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Newsflash, April 2005 |
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Young
SIETAR
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YOUNG SIETAR's 3RD OFFICIAL EVENT IN THE USA |
| November 9th, 2005, a Pre-Conference Day in cooperation
with SIETAR USA's Annual Conference 2005 Blending Cultures,
Building Strength,November 9-12, in Jersey City, New
Jersey.
This Pre-Conference day was designed with the young
interculturalist in mind, providing sessions that address
the needs of newcomers to the intercultural field as
well as offering plenty of learning and networking opportunities.
For the first time this year, well-known personalities
in the intercultural field will co-present together
with Young SIETAR members. Our purpose is to bring together
newcomers and senior practitioners not only in their
traditional roles as speaker/instructor (senior interculturalist)
and audience/learner (Young SIETARian), but to have
a real exchange, where roles are switched and learning
happens experientially.
We plan to start with an interactive Career Coaching
Panel in which participants will be able to participate
in a career coaching simulation.
The two afternoon sessions will provide applications
or examples of careers and education in the field. This
year we are thrilled to welcome Sonja Schlegel-Breemen
from ISIS Group International, Mary Kay Jou from the
International Institute New Jersey, Young SIETARians
Stephanie Quappe, Netta Reichenberg and Farzana Nayani,
and many more.
Save the date for this exciting Pre-Conference day
and continue to check your website for updates at www.youngsietar.org,
as the date gets closer. Contact the Head Organizer
at secretary@youngsietar.org
for any questions regarding this event.
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Workshops for intercultural professionals
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MAKE THE INTERNET YOUR BUSINESS PARTNER |
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Enhance your skills with new approaches through ArgonautOnline
London, 25 May 2005
Join your fellow professionals for a workshop on bringing
the power of the internet into your intercultural business.
The workshop will cover four main areas:
- Scaling up your business
- Designing a unique programme cost-effectively
- Delivering personalised programmes
- Extending the learning moment by making the web
work for you
Interested? If so, please contact Caroline
Beery at beery@coghillbeery.com.
This is an accreditation workshop for licensing and
use of ArgonautOnline. Register by 30 April 2005 to
get a 15% discount. Participation in the workshop costs
€300 when registering after 30 April. Participation
includes full access to ArgonautOnline for one person
for six months, plus all training materials and post-workshop
follow-up support. Please register soon, as places are
limited.
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ESAE SEMINAR 2005 |
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Association Leadership and Communication in the Information
Age
10 – 11 May 2005 at Brussels Marriott Hotel
A traditional Chinese proverb says, "May you live
in interesting times", and today's associations
certainly do. The Information Age challenges the very
foundation of trade associations that provide their
members with privileged access to information. Ideas
on leadership, governance and ethics have evolved >from
a chain-of-command mentality to a persuade-me-don't-tell-me
approach. Professional societies need to equip their
members with a wider range of skills and expertise.
ESAE has pulled together top association experts for
a half-day seminar to give you a strategic overview
and practical advice on:
- Leadership and Strategy
- Communication
The seminar will offer an ideal opportunity to network
in a targeted environment with key players from the
European trade and professional association sector.
Confirmed Speakers include:
- Ms Silvia Cambiè - Consultant, Cambre Associates
- Mr Denys Correll - Executive Director, International
Council of Social Welfare
- Mr Ben Peachey - Communications Manager, ARUP
- Mr Norman Rose - Director General, Business Services
- Mr Alfons Westgeest - Managing Partner, Kellen Europe
View
the Programme, hotel information and registration form
or visit www.esae.org
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WORKING WITH THE EU
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| Flagship 6-day intensive programme June 19-24,
2005*
Institutional relations and Public Affairs
- a top level professional training programme
- delivered by 25 leading practitioners and EU officials
- fully interactive, with real lobbying cases &
workgroup projects
- with the full time presence of a reputed Course
Director
Visit
the website
* Forthcoming sessions:
October 9 to October 14 and
November 27 to December 2
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ICPW WORKSHOPSIN BARCELONA
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| JUNE 25 to JULY 2
This summer, the workshops will take place in Barcelona
from in the centre of this beautiful city.
There is a brand new workshop on INTERNATIONAL LEADERSHIP
led by Veronika Rolle-Green, the TEAM BUILDING WORKSHOP
has been joined by Caroline Beery. Argonaut, a new tool
on cultural orientation, will also be presented as part
of this workshop. Jeremy Solomons will again be coming
over from the US to facilitate his CAREER DEVELOPMENT
WORKSHOPS.
Our new venture – the icpw MASTER CLASS facilitated
by DR GEORGE RENWICK took place in London in March and
was a great success. Dr Renwick also spoke at the UK
Sietar ‘Business of Culture’ event and was
heard by over 100 people. Thank you, George.
PLEASE JOIN US in Barcelona where a warm welcome awaits
you; please review the web site and APPLY NOW at icpw.co.uk
- do not hesitate to call us for any further information.
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Congresses
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DIALOGS AND CONTEXTS IN FOCUS
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| INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON LANGUAGE, COMMUNICATION
AND CULTURE
“Dialogs and Contexts in Focus”
October 19-21, 2005 organised by the National Institute
of Development Administration (NIDA) in Bangkok, Thailand.
If interested, please
look at the website for further information.
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INTERCULTURAL KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE
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| Challenges of Eastern and Western Europe
2005 November 7-10, 2005 in Vienna
First call for papers!
This conference is the concluding event of an EU-funded
workshop series during 2003-2005 on intercultural knowledge
and intercultural knowledge management (InterKnow).
The InterKnow conference tracks will promote research
in the following fields:
- Overview of KM and IKM from theoretical and practitioner
perspectives
- Current state of KM in Europe
- Organizational learning and trust in intercultural
knowledge management and transfer of knowledge
- Challenges for model-building, organisational mapping
and overall conceptual development
- Presentation of models and concepts for merging
traditional IKM with KM
- Implications for academic teachers and researchers
in the two fields, with special reference to young
researchers
- Benefits for knowledge managers
- New tools and concepts for company training and
education
- Multinational work teams
- Implications for improving knowledge transfer for
the EU enlargement process
Keynote-speakers of this conference address research
questions:
- Shaping IKM for the knowledge based economy
- Success and failure factors of implementing IKM
- Creating Competitive advantage by successful implementation
of IKM
- Adapting new tools for company training and education
This call primarily addresses young researchers (<35
years), postgraduate students and practitioners (trainers,
coaches) to submit proposals of 5-8 pages or full papers
of 15 pages maximum. The European Union is providing
grants for travel and accommodation for about 70-90
young European researchers.
Papers will be presented and discussed either in 14
special sessions or in four poster sessions. The international
InterKnow program committee selects proposals. Depending
on their recommendations the conference chairs will
organize presentations in panels or at poster sessions.
Non-European scholars or scholars beyond 35 of age are
advised to apply with IACCM, which soon will issue a
parallel call.
Please contact: diana.wernisch@wu-wien.ac.at
The conference is a joint event with Wirtschaftsuniversität
Wien and IACCM.
The IACCM track is chaired by Wolfgang Mayrhofer, Nigel
Holden, and Slawomir Magala.
Application form and research proposals (5-8 pages)
or full papers
(15 pages) should be submitted until June 15, 2005.
Final versions of full papers or posters are requested
until October 10, 2005. The best papers will be published
in the proceedings of the workshop. Format instructions
for papers will be sent with the second call for papers.
Information and application:
Prof. Gerhard Fink
Europe Institute
Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration
Althanstrasse 39-45
1090 Wien
Tel.: +43/1/31336-4134
elisabeth.beer@wu-wien.ac.at
Mario.Springnagel@wu-wien.ac.at
Visit
the project homepage |
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COMMUNICATION: QUESTIONING THE DIALOGUE
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| The 55th Annual Conference of the International
Communication Association
May 26-30, 2005, Sheraton New York Hotel & Towers
Pre-registration deadline: May 6, 2005
To whet your appetite, here is an early look at just
a few conference highlights:
- A special opening session on Thursday evening that
examines communication research and public dialogue
in the context of the United Nations. The opening
session will feature United Nations Secretary- General
Kofi Annan (invited) and United Nations Under Secretary-General
for Communications and Public Information Shashi Tharoor.
- A plenary panel of scholars will explore Dialogue
in Cross- Cultural Perspective featuring Tamar Katriel
and Anna Wierzbicka.
- Another Plenary panel will explore dialogue through
a look at the United Nations and the news media. The
panel will feature three United Nations ambassadors
and representatives from the news media (tentatively
scheduled are Le Monde, Al Jazerra and the New York
Times).
Division-sponsored panels of particular interest include
the Public Relations panel providing a report by the
Taskforce on Cross-National Research, which was charged
with identifying, consolidating, and promoting opportunities
for international public relations research, a Political
Communication session exploring "From Image to
Issue to Image: Televised Advertising, Debates, and
the Internet," and. The division unit planners
noted that their divisions' Top Paper panels would be
especially excellent this year.
An outstanding lineup of preconference workshops will
address, among other topics, Articulating the Media/Globalization
Nexus, A Debate Between the Normative and Descriptive
Traditions, A Research Design Workshop, Global Roundup
From a Dialogic Perspective, and Conducting Research
on the United Nations.
Visit the website
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Useful
web and printed resources
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GLOBAL ACADEMIC NETWORKING PLATFORM
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| A virtual academy www.academici.com
with already several thousands of members in 92 countries
is a networking tool among colleagues (i.e. you can
find colleagues working in similar areas across the
globe, find cooperation partners in universities, scholarly
societies and in Industry worldwide). It is especially
designed for interdisciplinary and international studies.
As already in our University, and even more beyond campus,
it is always hard to find colleagues to develop joint
projects, find conference speakers aso. University websites
and search engines are not made for direct personal
contact. Please, have a look at our virtual academy,
it enables you to contact peers easily by name, University,
their interests etc. and create and suggest forums for
supporting your own research networks by interactive
space on academici. In this way 'academici' offers the
unprecedented opportunity for cross-fertilisation between
and across academic disciplines. It is a tool designed
by academics for academics.
Basic membership is free and with no time limit, and
with my personal invitation you can enjoy premium features
one month for free. (No charges and no obligations at
ANY point now or in future).
Click
here to register as member.
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THE INTERNATIONAL DIRECTORY OF GOVERNMENT 2005
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| A comprehensive guide to people in power in every
part of the world.
Truly international in scope, and listing some 17,500
government ministries, departments, agencies, corporations
and their connected bodies from every country in the
world, this directory provides a uniquely comprehensive
view of government activity world-wide.
Each country chapter contains:
- The constitutional position of the head of state
- An outline of the country's legislature and government
system
- A description of the system of government
- A summary of local government
- A list of ministries, together with key personnel
- Government departments and their connected bodies
- Nationalised industries
- Government organisations and affiliated groups.
Ministries and government organizations include:
Agriculture and the Environment; Business and Economy;
Defence; Development and Planning; Education and Research;
Employment; Health and Welfare; International Affairs;
Legal and Judiciary; Media; Mining and Energy; Science
and Technology; Tourism; Transport and Communications;
and Utilities
The International Directory of Government is an exceptional
guide to governments and governmental systems world-wide.
It is a vital acquisition for anyone needing further
details on the subject, or for those needing a reliable
source of governmental contacts.
4th Edition. 950pp. US$675.00 including delivery.
Hardcover.
E-mail: aapi@aapi.com.au
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Party
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ADAPT IN FRANCE CELEBRATES ITS BIRTHDAY
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| The association Adapt in France (AIF) with over
320 members, is celebrating its fourth birthday on 27th
May 2005.
The proceedings will commence at 5:30 pm. with a “French
goûter” with food and drink.
It will be in the 1st floor Meeting room of Building
Centre de Vie, just BELOW the AIF office in Valbonne
Sophia-Antipolis. Go in the glass doors on the ground
floor and up one flight of stairs to find it.
You are cordially invited to come celebrate with us
on Friday, May 27th.
Come alone or with your friends... It will be an opportunity
to get together, see "old" friends and show
your interest in our Association.
As always there will be a warm and convivial ambience
with surprises, and plenty of fun for everybody.
We hope to see you on the afternoon of 27th May. For
further details, please do not hesitate to email or
call Sylvie
(tel 04 93 65 33 79).
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