HE Events Diary - University World News

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New Events this Week

Now until 31 May; 14 May, 27-28 May: This is European Month of the Brain, taking place across Europe with nearly 100 events in 21 countries. Activities seek to: increase awareness of the importance of brain research and healthcare matters; showcase EU achievements; outline foresight research and policy; improve the resource allocation for brain research and healthcare within and between EU member states and associated countries; lift taboos around mental health. The conference European Brain Research: Successes and Next Challenges is held in Brussels on 14 May; and the conference Healthy Brain, Healthy Europe: A New Horizon for Brain Research and Health Care takes place in Dublin on 27-28 May
ec.europa.eu

By 15 May; 20-21 May: The conference Open Innovation 2.0: Sustainable Economy and Society takes place in Dublin, Ireland 20-21 May, co-organised by the European Commission, Open Innovation Strategy and Policy Group, Intel Labs Europe, Dublin City Council and Trinity College Dublin, under the patronage of the Irish Presidency of the European Union. The aim is to initiate and develop a manifesto, platform and roadmap for sustainable economy and society development. As part of the conference the 2013 Better Cities competition is being held, on the theme ‘How to make our cities more socially and economically sustainable through use of open data and information technology’ with focus on how citizens can engage and contribute to the innovation process (see second link). Deadline for entries is 15 May.
ec.europa.eu
digitaldublin.ie

29 May: The ATHENA Workshop Moldova, Fostering Sustainable and Autonomous Higher Education Institutions, is hosted by the Academy of Economic Studies of Moldova, Chisinau, and co-organised by the European University Association and the Academy of Economic Studies of Moldova, Free International University of Moldova, Cahul State University BP Hasdeu, National Rectors’ Council of Moldova and the Moldovan Ministry of Education. It is part of the ATHENA project, which is supported by the European Union’s TEMPUS programme and aims to contribute to the development, reform and modernisation of higher education systems in the partner countries Armenia, Moldova and Ukraine by fostering policy development at system-level and capacity building at institutional level. This system-level event brings together main national higher education stakeholders including university representatives and public authorities to discuss university autonomy and funding in Moldova.
www.eua.be

29-31 May: The 45th EUCEN Conference Transferring Knwledge in a Globalised World: a University Lifelong Learning (ULLL) Responsibility takes place in Charmey, Switzerland, organised by the Continuing Education Centre of the University of Geneva and EUCEN, the European University Continuing Education Network. The conference examines responsibility of ULLL in the knowledge society - what are the models of the future for ULLL in a globalised world? - and explores two aspects: Between competition, collaboration and cooperation – the policy of internationalisation for universities; and the transfer of knowledge by ICT.
www.unige.ch

31 May – 2 June: The 19th Annual Teaching Professor Conference takes place in New Orleans, Louisiana, US. The event provides an opportunity to learn effective pedagogical techniques and interact with colleagues committed to teaching and learning excellence. Plenary sessions on ‘Higher education in five years (or sooner)’, by Richard M Felder, Hoechst Celanese Professor Emeritus of Chemical Engineering, North Carolina State University, and ‘Dead ideas and other tyrannies: how they limit teaching and learning’, presented by Diane Pike, Professor of Sociology at Augsburg College. Pre-conference workshops on Making discussion work in support of student learning; Technology for blended courses; The ins and outs of writing in the quantitative classroom; What makes teaching learner-centred? The brain and learning: a user’s guide.
www.teachingprofessor.com

20 June: The International Academic Conference Education and Personality: the Right to Education and the Obligation to Study takes place at the Boris Grinchenko Kyiv University, Kyiv, Ukraine. The event discusses: Education as a key factor of personality formation and a strategic resource of socioeconomic, cultural and spiritual development of society; Modernisation of education – objectives, tasks and basic principles; The right to education and the scope of human and state responsibility; Ethics in education; Cooperation between the state, local community and civil society in educational management.
partner.kmpu.edu.ua

20-21 June: The European Consortium for Accreditation (ECA) Conference Quality Assurance and Recognition of Joint Programmes: The Art and the Passion takes place in Madrid, Spain. The conference comes under the JOQAR (Joint programmes: Quality Assurance and Recognition of degrees awarded) project co-funded by the European Commission.
www.ecaconsortium.net

8-9 July: The AAUN/ACU International Africa Forum The Power of Partnerships and the AAUN Annual Meeting take place at the University of Sydney, Australia, hosted by the Australia Africa University Network and the Association of Commonwealth Universities. The Forum brings together Australian and African researchers, policy-makers, officials and other interested parties to discuss areas of mutual interest and agree on an action plan.
www.acu.ac.uk

11-13 July: The Association of Commonwealth Universities’ Graduate Employment Network Conference Exploring the Value of Higher Education to the Economy takes place at the University of Auckland Business School, Auckland, New Zealand, presented in association with Universities New Zealand. Questions to be addressed include: Are today’s graduates employable? How do we measure their value to the economy? Are universities fit for the future? Should graduate employability be a key measurement criterion? Should there be greater mobility between the TVET and HE sectors? Is student dissatisfaction becoming an increasingly important issue? The conference celebrates the centenary of the ACU and draws on the Centenary theme Future Forward: Design, Develop, Deliver, which addresses key issues relating to the future of international higher education.
www.acu.ac.uk

6-8 November: The 4th International conference on The Future of Information Sciences, INFuture, Information Governance, takes place in Zagreb, Croatia, organised by the Department of Information and Communication Sciences, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences. INFuture is a series of biannual international conferences aimed at researchers and professionals from the broad field of information and communication sciences and related professions. The conference objective is to provide a platform for discussing both theoretical and practical issues in information organisation and information integration. The conference is the fourth in a series focusing on theory and methodology of information governance, EU infrastructure integration, interaction between e-society.
infoz.ffzg.hr

Events

Until 30 June: Ruairi Quinn, Minister for Education and Skills of Ireland which holds the rotating presidency of the Council of the European Union, has announced Ireland’s priorities.
www.eu2013.ie

Now until 31 May; 14 May, 27-28 May: This is European Month of the Brain, taking place across Europe with nearly 100 events in 21 countries. Activities seek to: increase awareness of the importance of brain research and healthcare matters; showcase EU achievements; outline foresight research and policy; improve the resource allocation for brain research and healthcare within and between EU member states and associated countries; lift taboos around mental health. The conference European Brain Research: Successes and Next Challenges is held in Brussels on 14 May; and the conference Healthy Brain, Healthy Europe: A New Horizon for Brain Research and Health Care takes place in Dublin on 27-28 May
ec.europa.eu

By 20 May; 4-7 July: ECSS 2013, the European Conference on the Social Services, Society, Environment and Trust: Towards Sustainable Systems of Governance, takes place in July in Brighton, UK organised by the International Academic Forum and its partners. Numerous conference themes, from Anthropology to Technology and applied sciences; see second link. Submissions deadline 20 May. See also ECSEE listing below.
ecss.iafor.org
ecss.iafor.org

By 20 May; 4-7 July: ECSEE 2013, The European Conference on Sustainability, Energy and the Environment, Sustainability, Society and the Environment: Searching for Synergies, takes place in July in Brighton, UK, organised by the International Academic Forum and its partners. Conference streams include: Environmental sustainability and human consumption – food and water, hunger and thirst – waste; Environmental sustainability and environmental management: freshwater, oceans and seas – land use and misuse – atmosphere and air; cultural sustainability: protecting, preserving and conserving; Economic sustainability: environmental challenges and economic growth – sustainable businesses and CSR; Social sustainability and social justice, war and peace, sustainable living; Energy: environmental degradation – renewable energy and environmental solutions – energy economics and ecological economics. Submission deadline 20 May. See also the ECSS listing above.
www.ecsee.iafor.org

By 20 May; 20-22 November: The 19th Annual Sloan Consortium International Conference on Online Learning, Online Learning: A Universe of Opportunities, takes place in Lake Buena Vista, Florida, US, in November. Broad conference tracks are: Faculty and professional development and support; K-12 online education; Leadership, values and society; Learning effectiveness; Open, global, mobile; Student services and learner support; Technology and emerging learning environments. Submissions deadline 20 May.
sloanconsortium.org

20-21 May: The conference Open Innovation 2.0: Sustainable Economy and Society takes place in Dublin, Ireland, co-organised by the European Commission, Open Innovation Strategy and Policy Group, Intel Labs Europe, Dublin City Council and Trinity College Dublin, under the patronage of the Irish Presidency of the European Union. The aim is to initiate and develop a manifesto, platform and roadmap for sustainable economy and society development. As part of the conference the 2013 Better Cities competition is being held, on the theme ‘How to make our cities more socially and economically sustainable through use of open data and information technology’ with focus on how citizens can engage and contribute to the innovation process (see second link).
ec.europa.eu
digitaldublin.ie

20-21 May: The Developing High Impact Collaborations Management Education Forum takes place in Tampa, Florida, US, organised by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business. The AACSB forum provides best practices for collaborations with a focus on developing objectives, partner selection, contract terms and development, managing and sustaining relations, as well as success factors. Participants learn about mutually beneficial partnerships to help them enhance the quality of teaching at their institutions.
www.aacsb.edu

20-21 May: The 11th Annual Higher Education Summit takes place in Sydney, Australia, in the Informa Higher Education Series. The conference examines policy and reform issues impacting the future of the Australian higher education sector. The programme covers a wide range of issues including the impact and implications of reform and the new regulatory framework, the political and economic constraints on funding higher education and the broader strategies for improving the delivery of higher education.
www.highereducationsummit.com.au

20-22 May: Finnish International Educators’ Days take place in Levi, Lapland, Finland. Main themes are: Global competence, responsibility and multicultural society/dialogue; Measuring and comparing internationalisation; Professional development for internationalisation.
www.ulapland.fi

21 May: EASPA, the European Alliance for Subject-Specific Professional and Accreditation and Quality Assurance, is hosting an international conference on Subject-based External QA: Its Contribution to Quality Development and Mobility in Brussels, Belgium. This annual forum brings together international experts and guests from the International Higher Education and Quality Assurance community to discuss all aspects of disciplinary quality assurance and accreditation and its impact on fostering academic and professional mobility on a European and global level. The conference is followed by the annual general assembly of EASPA.
ecampus.chem.auth.gr

22-24 May: The 1st Instruct Biennial Structural Biology Meeting takes place at EMBL, Heidelberg, Germany. The programme includes sessions representing recent structural biology highlights, emerging methods and technologies and results of biomedical importance; and a special session, jointly organised with the ESFRI project Euro-Bioimaging, focuses on the bridge between structural and cell biology provided by recent developments in electron, light and x-ray microscopy.
www.structuralbiology.eu

26-31 May: NAFSA 2013, the 65th Annual National Association of Foreign Student Advisors Annual Conference and Expo, takes place in St Louis, Missouri, US, on the theme Ideals and Impact in International Education.
www.nafsa.org

Until 31 May; 27-28 May: This is European Month of the Brain, taking place across Europe with nearly 100 events in 21 countries. Activities seek to: increase awareness of the importance of brain research and healthcare matters; showcase EU achievements; outline foresight research and policy; improve the resource allocation for brain research and healthcare within and between EU member states and associated countries; lift taboos around mental health. The conference Healthy Brain, Healthy Europe: A New Horizon for Brain Research and Health Care takes place in Dublin on 27-28 May.
ec.europa.eu

20-21 May: The 11th Higher Education Summit takes place in Sydney, Australia. The summit is the flagship event organised by Informa Higher Education Series.
www.highereducationconferences.com.au

27-29 May: The 2013 University-Industry Interaction Conference, Challenges and Solutions for Fostering Entrepreneurial Universities and Collaborative Innovation, takes place in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, hosted by the University Industry Innovation Network and the VU University Amsterdam. Topics include knowledge transfer, entrepreneurship, intellectual property, the entrepreneurial university, innovation and university-business cooperation.
www.university-industry.com

28 May: The mid-term workshop of the RBUCE-UP European programme, International Mobility of Researchers, takes place in Paris, France, organised by Universud for the Research-Based Universities Chairs of Excellence – Universities of Paris project, a European Commission Marie Curie Action.
www.rbuce-up.eu

28-29 May: The OECD Forum 2013, Jobs, Equality and Trust, takes place in Paris, France, bringing together representatives from governments, business, labour, civil society and academia. The three main themes are: promoting inclusive growth and addressing inequalities; rebuilding trust in the system;; fostering sustainability. The forum is organised alongside the annual OECD Ministerial Council meeting held on 29-30 May.
www.oecd.org

29-31 May: The 8th eLearning Africa conference, the continent’s largest annual conference on ICT for development, education and training, takes place at the Safari Conference Centre, Windhoek, Namibia, hosted by Namibia’s Ministry of Education in conjunction with the Ministry of ICT. eLearning Africa 2013 focuses on Tradition, Change and Innovation. Sub-themes are: The Present: Innovation and learning under the African sky; The Past: Africa’s rich learning traditions and legacies; The Future: The future of learning in Africa.
www.elearning-africa.com

30 May: The conference Erasmus 2013 – What Challenges, what Future? is hosted by the Grenoble Institute of Technology (IUT2), France, where the new European programme of education and training for 2014-20, ‘Erasmus for All’, will be presented. The programme widens the span of Erasmus significantly, with three major strategies: (1) Mobility of individuals for education, training, youth and sport – the European Union plans the departure of five million students (twice the present number) and one million teachers within Europe and beyond. (2) Cooperation in innovation and exchange of good practice – promotion of international partnerships between institutes of higher education and companies. (3) Support for policy reform – including implementation of EU transparency tools. The conference will deal with the programme’s key issues, and also focus on how to make it more widely accessible, notably in institutes of technology and to vocational students. Participants include Hervé Tilly, France’s deputy director of European and Multilateral Affairs; Hywel Ceri Jones, a founding father of the Erasmus programme; Jacqueline Bergeron, head of the Erasmus expertise network; Anne Corbett, researcher specialised in European education. The event is under the high patronage of the French Minister of Higher Education and Research, Geneviève Fioraso.
erasmus2013.canal-iut.fr

29-30 May: The 3rd EU-US-Japan Trilateral Conference on Critical Materials, Towards New Models in Efficient Management of Critical Materials, takes place in Brussels, Belgium, under the auspices of the European Commission the US Department of Energy, Japan’s Ministry of Economy. Trade and Industry, and the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization.
ec.europa.eu

28-31 May: The Association of African Universities’ 13th General Conference takes place in Libreville, Gabon, hosted by Université Omar Bongo, on the theme Transforming African Higher Education for Graduate Employability and Socio-Economic Development. Sub-themes are: The connect between higher education and productive sector; Graduate employability; The role of organised private sector; Socio-political environment and employability; Funding issues.
lwww.aau.org

28 May – 1 June: NCORE 2013, the 26th Annual National Conference on Race and Ethnicity in American Higher Education (NCORE), takes place in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. Conference issues cover race relations on college campuses, equity and access to higher education.
www.ncore.ou.edu

29 May: The ATHENA Workshop Moldova, Fostering Sustainable and Autonomous Higher Education Institutions, is hosted by the Academy of Economic Studies of Moldova, Chisinau, and co-organised by the European University Association and the Academy of Economic Studies of Moldova, Free International University of Moldova, Cahul State University BP Hasdeu, National Rectors’ Council of Moldova and the Moldovan Ministry of Education. It is part of the ATHENA project, which is supported by the European Union’s TEMPUS programme and aims to contribute to the development, reform and modernisation of higher education systems in the partner countries Armenia, Moldova and Ukraine by fostering policy development at system-level and capacity building at institutional level. This system-level event brings together main national higher education stakeholders including university representatives and public authorities to discuss university autonomy and funding in Moldova.
www.eua.be

29-30 May: The 3rd EU-US-Japan Trilateral Conference on Critical Materials, Towards New Models in Efficient Management of Critical Materials, takes place in Brussels, Belgium, under the auspices of the European Commission, the US Department of Energy, Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, and the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization.
ec.europa.eu

29-31 May: The 45th EUCEN Conference Transferring Knwledge in a Globalised World: a University Lifelong Learning (ULLL) Responsibility takes place in Charmey, Switzerland, organised by the Continuing Education Centre of the University of Geneva and EUCEN, the European University Continuing Education Network. The conference examines responsibility of ULLL in the knowledge society - what are the models of the future for ULLL in a globalised world? - and explores two aspects: Between competition, collaboration and cooperation – the policy of internationalisation for universities; and the transfer of knowledge by ICT.
www.unige.ch

29-31 May: The 8th eLearning Africa conference, the continent’s largest annual conference on ICT for development, education and training, takes place at the Safari Conference Centre, Windhoek, Namibia, hosted by Namibia’s Ministry of Education in conjunction with the Ministry of ICT. eLearning Africa 2013 focuses on Tradition, Change and Innovation. Sub-themes are: The Present: Innovation and learning under the African sky; The Past: Africa’s rich learning traditions and legacies; The Future: The future of learning in Africa.
www.elearning-africa.com

31 May – 2 June: The 19th Annual Teaching Professor Conference takes place in New Orleans, Louisiana, US. The event provides an opportunity to learn effective pedagogical techniques and interact with colleagues committed to teaching and learning excellence. Plenary sessions on ‘Higher education in five years (or sooner)’, by Richard M Felder, Hoechst Celanese Professor Emeritus of Chemical Engineering, North Carolina State University, and ‘Dead ideas and other tyrannies: how they limit teaching and learning’, presented by Diane Pike, Professor of Sociology at Augsburg College. Pre-conference workshops on Making discussion work in support of student learning; Technology for blended courses; The ins and outs of writing in the quantitative classroom; What makes teaching learner-centred? The brain and learning: a user’s guide.
www.teachingprofessor.com

30-31 May: The First Arab-Euro University Conference on Higher Education is hosted by the University of Barcelona, Spain, and organised by the university, the Association of Arab Universities and the European University Association (EUA). The conference considers specific themes in Arab-European collaboration and compares recent higher eduction developments in both regions, including internationalisation. Main topics are: Higher education development trends in Europe and the Arab world; Comparability and equivalence of higher education systems: Bologna as an example – Employability: cultural, social and economic perspectives – Research and doctoral education – Internationalisation of higher education; Towards enhanced higher education collaboration between Europe and the Arab world. Keynote speeches on: Strategies for enhancing cooperation between our universities in a changing world through dialogue, understanding and exchange of knowledge.
www.eua.be

By 31 May; 21 October - 14 June: The Institute of International Educational Planning,(IIEP-UNESCO) is accepting applications for the 49th session of its Advanced Training Programme (ATP)in Educational Planning and Management, which takes place from October to June. The intensive eight-month programme leads to a professional certificate at the diploma or master’s level, and is delivered in English and French in blended mode – at distance and in Paris. The ATP contributes to the creation of sustainable institutional and organisational capacity at the service of education progress. It covers skills and practices supporting educational development and reform in participants’ home countries with emphasis on relevance and applicability. Application deadline 31 May. Other training opportunities for interested candidates for whom an eight-month course is impractical are: The Education Sector Planning programme (ESP), combining an eight-week online learning phase with a 12-week residential training phase providing participants with the fundamentals of educational planning; and the Specialised Courses programme, eight courses of two weeks each, covering ‘Education planning and analysis’ focusing on the analysis of information for decision-making, and ‘Planning and management’ on operational planning and implementation.
www.iiep.unesco.org

31 May: The 2013 International Economic Forum Latin America and the Caribbean Empowering Entrepreneurship for Competitiveness – Fostering SME Development in Latin America and the Caribbean takes place in Paris, France, co-organised by the OECD Development Centre, the Inter-American Development Bank and the French Ministry of Economy and Finance. The sessions cover: Enabling the environment for growth and productivity – the macroeconomic outlook; Competing in global markets; Funding private initiative.
www.oecd.org

By 1 June; 2-4 October: The 10th International Workshop on Higher Education Reforms: Looking Back, Looking Forward takes place in October at the University of Ljubliana, Slovenia, co-sponsored by the Comparative and International Education Society Higher Education Special Interest Group; the Canadian Society for the Study of Higher Education; and the Centre for Policy Studies in Higher Education and Training of the University of British Columbia at Vancouver, Canada, and the PASCAL International Observatory. Proposals deadline 1 June.
www.pef.uni-lj.si

2-7 June: Graphene Week 2013, the 7th International Conference on the Fundamental Science of Graphene and Applications of Graphene-based Devices, takes place in Chemnitz, Germany, organised by the Graphene Community. The event is devoted to the science and technology of grapheme (atomically thin graphitic films), investigation of its physical properties, advances in its growth and chemical processing, manufacturing grapheme-based devices and emerging applications of this new material; and focuses on sharing latest developments across disciplinary borders.
www.graphene-week.eu

2-8 June: The 4th Asia-Pacific Regional Conference on Service-learning takes place at Lingnan University, Hong Kong, and Sun Yatsen University, Guangzhou, China, on the theme Service-learning as a Bridge from Local to Global: Connected world, connected future. Broad conference areas are: Different modes/models of service-learning; Building effective partnerships in service-learning; Service-learning as civic education; Global citizenship and international service-learning; Programme evaluation and assessment: outcomes of service-learning and a research agenda; Fostering reflection/critical thinking; Higher education as a force to address social problems.
www.ln.edu.hk

By 3 June; 4-6 December: REMINDER - Online Educa Berlin 2013 takes place in the German capital in December, with focus on change and the role of technology in promoting creativity and innovation. Themes include: Creativity and engagement; Work and ‘life-wide’ learning; Global learning; Redefining formal learning; Modern problems – smart solutions; Learning analytics. Proposals deadline 3 June.
www.icwe.net

By 3 June; 4-6 December: Online Educa Berlin 2013 takes place in the German capital in December, with focus on change and the role of technology in promoting creativity and innovation. Themes include: Creativity and engagement; Work and ‘life-wide’ learning; Global learning; Redefining formal learning; Modern problems – smart solutions; Learning analytics. Proposals deadline 3 June.
www.icwe.net

3-5 June: The 22nd annual conference of the European Access Network (EAN) The Evolution of Access: Adapt to Survive? New challenges and opportunities in widening participation in higher education, takes place in Strasbourg, France, in collaboration with the Council of Europe. Questions covered are: Can an integrated approach across sectors, institutions, state or national boundaries transform higher education and accelerate progress? Achieving national and regional participation goals: what are the implications for policy and practice in higher education systems? Tightening public investment in higher education; can ‘access work’ survive?
www.ean-edu.org

3-7 June: EU BC&E 2013, the 21st European Biomass Conference and Exhibition, takes place in Copenhagen, Denmark, supported by European and international organisations including the European Commission, UNESCO, World Council for Renewable Energy and the European Biomass Industry Association. The technical programme is coordinated by the European Commission Joint Research Centre. The conference discusses major issues for the biomass markets, in technical and business areas, from resources assessment to market and policy developments drawing on leading experiences from Europe and worldwide. The conference is expanding its coverage on the growing issue of bioeconomy.
www.conference-biomass.com

4-5 June: The BRIDGE event – Best Practices in EU-Russia University Collaboration – takes place at Lappeenranta University of Technology, Finland, targeted at European and Russian university staff working with international university cooperation, in international education programmes and engaged in international research and development projects. It discusses internationalisation of higher education, double degree programmes between the EU and Russia and offers insights into the role of international accreditations and rankings in the higher education sector; it also focuses on funding possibilities for EU-Russia R&D cooperation and mobility.
www.lut.fi

5-6 June: The Smart Cities Annual Conference 2013 takes place in Budapest, Hungary, an event for cities and solutions providers to meet and discuss the future shape of the European urban landscape.
eu-smartcities.eu

5-7 June: The Council for the Advancement and Support of Education is organising the CASE Rectors and Presidents Fundraising Study Tour to the universities of Oxford, Reading and Bristol, UK. The tour provides an opportunity to visit and learn from the development operations of leading English universities with diverse traditions, structures and missions.
www.case.org

6-7 June: The University Planning and Design Forum 2013 takes place in Melbourne, Australia, organised by Informa Education. In Australia, with government funding tightened and overall pressure of limited resources of funding, educational institutes face the challenge of finding new ways of attracting funding and designing facilities. Universities are forced to find creative means of redeveloping or designing new facilities through seeking funding by collaborative projects with other institutes or external partners to reusing current occupancy spaces and refurbishment. The summit discusses this and other issues such as social media, online learning courses, developments in technology which demand universities to question the change of pedagogy and the role facilities have in enhancing student engagement and use of spaces, and showcases examples of various projects underway.
www.informa.com.au

7-13 June: The Graduate School of Education at the National Research University – Higher School of Economics in Moscow is holding its interdisciplinary Summer School in higher education studies, Creating Effective Universities in Moscow, Russia, for early career researchers, institutional researchers and doctoral students with a background in relevant fields such as sociology, economics, political science, education, psychology, management. The objective is to bring together young and senior researchers of higher education to provide unique learning opportunities that will advance understanding of what can make higher education systems more effective for the different stakeholders – students, faculty, researchers, industry, government, the public.
gse.hse.ru

By 8 June; 20-22 March: IHE 2014, the First International Conference on iPads in Higher Education, takes place in Paphos, Cyprus, in March, co-hosted by Networked Learning Technologies in Art and Design and the Simos Mendardos Language Centre, both of the Cyprus University of Technology, Limassol; and the Centre for Pedagogic Arts-based Research, Falmouth University, Cornwall, UK. Proposals deadline 8 June.
ipadsinhe.org

6-7 June: The 8th World Economy Research Institute’s Annual Conference on Fostering Innovation and Competitiveness in the EU at National and Regional Level takes place in Warsaw, Poland. Topics covered include: Interrelations between competitiveness, economic growth and economic policy on regional and national levels in the light of the second wave of financial crisis; Transfer of knowledge between enterprises and research institutions; Innovation policy and institutional instruments of fostering innovation with the focus on EU member states and their regions; Clustering and its influence on creating the competitiveness and innovation capacity of European regions; National and regional innovation systems.
www.sgh.waw.pl

5-7 June: WIRE IV, the 4th Week of Innovative Regions in Europe, takes place in Cork, Ireland. The European Commission-supported conference addresses the Innovation Union context of the ‘Capacities’ work programme, especially the Research Potential Programme, with emphasis on research and innovation as key drivers of competitiveness, jobs, sustainable growth and social progress. The conference focuses on: The role of regions in internationalisation; Growing pains – moving on from cohesion; How to design a regional programme.
ec.europa.eu

9-11 June: The Annual Conference 2013 of EFMD Management Development Network takes place in Brussels, Belgium, on the theme Does Management Education Create Impact?
www.efmd.org

9-11 June: The Academic Cooperation Association’s 20-year Anniversary Conference Internationalisation and International Mobility. Where do we stand, where are we heading? takes place in The Hague, Netherlands, co-organised by Nuffic.
www.aca-secretariat.be

9-11 and 12-21 June: The Clute Institute 2013 European International Academic Conference takes place in Paris, France for the Clute June conference, and on board the Norwegian Cruise Line’s Norwegian Star for a second conference. Conference tracks are: Business and economics; Education; Energy policy; Engineering education; Health Sciences.
cluteinstitute.com

9-13 June: LIHE’13 Europe, the 9th International Symposium, takes place in June at Agia Marina in Aegina Island, Greece, organised by LIHE, the International Academic Association for the Enhancement of Learning in Higher Education. The event brings together authors of accepted chapters to review, edit and finalise their chapters for the anthology Improving University Students’ Learning Outcomes through Case-based Teaching, to be published by Libri Publishing Ltd. The three ‘framing concepts’ of the anthology, which showcases successful experiences with case-based teaching in higher education, are: The concept of case-based teaching; The learning affordances of case-based teaching; and The successful achievement of learning outcomes through case-based teaching.
www.lihe.info

10-12 June: The Global Business School Network 2013 Annual Conference and 10th Anniversary Celebration takes place in Tunis, Tunisia, co-hosted by the Mediterranean School of Business (Tunisia) and Babson College (USA). The event provides not only networking and learning opportunities but generates new ideas to address the growing issue of youth unemployment in the developing world. It includes a full day looking closely at Tunisia and the MENA region.
www.gbsnonline.org

11-13 June: The Global Internship Conference North, South, East and West: Internships at a Crossroad takes place in Singapore, a forum dedicated to advancing the knowledge of academic work placement and experiential education. Scope includes, but is not limited to, professionals who work in the field or seek to learn more about internships, academic work placement, cooperative education, teaching and volunteering both domestically and internationally.
globalinternshipconference.org

11-13 June: The International Enhancement Themes Conference: Enhancement and Innovation will take place at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Glasgow, United Kingdom. To mark 10 years of the Enhancement Themes this major conference will bring together over 500 delegates from across the globe engaged in enhancing the student learning experience. The conference will feature a series of keynote lectures from leading international experts covering the spectrum of enhancement. Conference tracks are: Curriculum innovation; Achieving curriculum change; Internationalisation of the curriculum; Impact of national policy on quality enhancement; Teaching postgraduate students; Supporting enhancement through quality processes; Collaboration in curriculum development, including staff-student, inter-institutional and interdisciplinary; Empowering staff; Empowering students.
www.enhancementthemes.ac.uk

12-13 June: The E-Learning Symposium 2013 takes place in Austin, Texas, US, organised by the E-Learning Council for professionals who manage and design web-based education programs in healthcare, government, higher education, energy and corporate settings. In tandem with the symposium three workshops cover: From e-learning to mobile learning; Guide to recording great audio for your e-learning and podcasts; Top e-learning tools and strategies for accessibility compliance.
els.elearningcouncil.com

12-13 June: The conference Renewing Vocational Education and Training to Tackle Skill Mismatch: Work-based learning and apprenticeship for all?, takes place in Thessaloniki, Greece, organised by Cedefop, the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training. The conference discusses how information such as Cedefop’s pan-European skill supply and demand forecasts can help education and training to reflect more closely labour market needs to provide skills in demand and reduce skill mismatch, and how such information can be used and improved to adapt education and training for the benefit of individuals, society and the economy.
events.cedefop.europa.eu

12-14 June: ICELW, the International Conference on E-learning in the Workplace, takes place at Columbia University, New York, US. Conference topics include: Online training methodologies; Performance support systems; Just-in-time learning; Mobile learning (including iPads, smartphones and other mobile devices); Collaborative and social learning; E-learning design; E-learning usability studies; Success stories and case studies; E-learning experiences in large and small organisations; Knowledge management; Strategies for implementing e-learning within an organisation; Authoring tools and learning content management systems; E-learning evaluation; Studies of e-learning in practice; E-learning project management; Use of virtual worlds in e-learning; Communities of practice.
www.icelw.org

12-14 June: The 3rd Forum Mondial des Centres de Langues de l’Enseignement Supérieur HÉRACLES (World Forum of Higher Education Language Centres HERACLES) takes place at the University of Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada, on the theme Les Centres de langues et la mise en oeuvre des politiques linguistiques dans l’enseignement supérieur: Enseignement – Recherche – Mobilités (Language centres and the implementation of linguistic policies in higher education: Teaching – Research – Mobility). HÉRACLES (Hautes Études et Recherches pour les Apprentissages dans les Centres de Langues de l’Enseignement Supérieur) is an initiative of the Agence Universitaire de la Francophonie.
www.auf.org

12-14 June: The 2013 AAUP Annual Conference takes place in Washington DC, US, organised by the American Association of University Professors. Topics likely to include: Funding and defunding public education; Collective bargaining in higher education; The role of faculty in institutional decision making; Faculty working off the tenure track; The role of academic professionals in higher education; Assessment and accountability; The corporatisation of teaching and research; Race, gender and sexual orientation in the academy; The 21st century curriculum; Online education.
www.aaup.org

12-15 June: CU Expo 2013, the Community-University Expo Engaging Shared Worlds, is hosted by the Memorial University of Newfoundland and the City of Corner Brook with support of Canada’s provincial Rural Secretariat, in Corner Brook, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. The two-yearly expo is a Canada-led international conference designed to showcase the best practices in community-university partnerships worldwide and create opportunities for innovative and successful collaborations to strengthen communities. Themes are: Engaging transformation – what is needed to support mobilising communities’ engagement with universities for positive change?; Engaging knowledge – how can communities and universities engage in teaching, research and knowledge mobilisation?; Engaging voices – How do we broaden participation in transformation and knowledge creation?
www.cuexpo2013.ca

13-14 June: The UKRO Annual Conference 2013 takes place at the John McIntyre Conference Centre, University of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, organised by the UK Research Office. The event is aimed primarily at European liaison officers, European research managers, research councils and policy makers, and includes speakers from the European Commission on a range of EU funding programmes and policies, notably Horizon 2020.
www.ukro.ac.uk

By 15 June; 27-29 September: ISEPSS 2013, the 2013 International Symposium on Education, Psychology and Social Sciences, takes place in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, in September. Numerous topics under the three themes; proposals deadline 15 June.
isepss.org

By 15 June; 2-6 December: EXTENDED PROPOSALS DEADLINE FOR PCF7, the Commonwealth of Learning 7th Pan-Commonwealth Forum on Open Learning, which takes place in Abuja, Nigeria, in December on the theme Open Learning for Development: Towards Empowerment and Transformation. Sub-themes are: Girls’ and women’s education; Skills development; Promoting OER; Innovation and technology; Institutional development. The forum is co-hosted by the Federal Ministry of Education, and the National Open University of Nigeria is the lead partner institution. New proposals deadline 15 June.
www.col.org

By 17 June: The European University Association is launching the Rankings in Institutional Strategies and Processes (RISP) project in partnership with the Dublin Institute of Technology, France’s Conference of University Presidents and the Academic Information Centre in Latvia. RISP, which is co-funded by the Lifelong Learning Programme of the European Commission, will be the first pan-European study of the impact and influence of rankings on European universities; it seeks to build understanding on how rankings and similar transparency tools impact development of institutional strategies and processes and to propose recommendations on how they can be used to promote institutional development while identifying potential pitfalls universities should avoid. The project includes an online survey to European universities and higher education institutions on the influence of rankings on institutional strategic decision-making, policies and organisation (deadline 17 June); a series of site visits in October-December; a roundtable with senior university managers in May 2014; a final publication including policy recommendations at end 2014 or beginning 2015.
www.eua.be

17-19 June: The 4th AEBIOM Bioenergy Conference takes place in Brussels, Belgium, co-organised by the European Biomass Association with the European Pellet Council, the Industrial European Pellet Suppliers and the European Biogas Association, in association with the Irish presidency of the Council of the European Union.
www.aebiom.org

By 18 June; 25-27 June: - INTE 2013, the multilingual International Conference on New Horizons in Education, takes place in Rome, Italy, organised by Sakarya University. Nearly 50 topics, from Art education to Vocational education (see second link).
www.int-e.net
www.int-e.net

18-19 June: The 6th Annual Meeting of the EUA-CDE, the European University Association’s Council for Doctoral Education, From Student to Researcher – Are we on the right track? is hosted by the University of Warsaw, Poland. The premise is that structured doctoral education is becoming the norm; universities have introduced doctoral schools and taught courses, and are monitoring progress of doctoral candidates and quality of supervision and research in doctoral programmes. New legislation is being drafted or implemented across Europe, and there are new requirements for the institutional management of doctoral education and quality assurance agencies, and research assessments are taking a more specific interest in the area. The conference, the largest gathering of all stakeholders in the field of doctoral education in Europe, asks whether the focus is being kept on the goal of doctoral education – to make students into researchers?
www.eua.be

By 18 June; 25-27 June: CONFERENCE CHANGE OF DATE AND VENUE - ISTEC 2013, the International Science, Technology and Engineering Conference which was due to take place in Songdo-Dong, South Korea from 18-20 July, will now be held in Rome, Italy, 25-27 June, because of growing tensions in the region of the original venue. ISTEC 2013 conference is supported by Sakarya University, SUNY Korea, TOUSAT and TASET. Numerous subjects for debate – see second link. Deadline for proposals, in English and Turkish, 18 June.
www.iste-c.net
www.iste-c.net

18-20 June: EuroNanoForum 2013 takes place in Dublin, Ireland, focusing on the commercialisation of nanotechnologies, exploiting its potential for new applications and taking them further for enabling technologies to end products. It also introduces the industry to new innovations for growth opportunities. With Horizon 2020 beginning in 2014 the conference also shows how nanotechnologies fit into the new structure within Europe’s key priority areas of excellent science, industrial leadership and tackling societal challenges.
www.enf2013.eu

19 June: The ECCH workshop An Introduction to Case Teaching takes place at IE Business School, Madrid, Spain. The workshop is for teachers who have little experience of using cases in their classes. It explores the benefits of using the case method and the tutor works with participants to develop practical skills in case preparation and classroom delivery.
www.ecch.com

19-21 June: Worldviews 2013, Global Trends in Media and Higher Education, takes place in Toronto, Canada, organised by Academic Matters, Inside Higher Ed, OCUFA, University of Toronto Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, and University World News.
worldviewsconference.com

20 June: The International Academic Conference Education and Personality: the Right to Education and the Obligation to Study takes place at the Boris Grinchenko Kyiv University, Kyiv, Ukraine. The event discusses: Education as a key factor of personality formation and a strategic resource of socioeconomic, cultural and spiritual development of society; Modernisation of education – objectives, tasks and basic principles; The right to education and the scope of human and state responsibility; Ethics in education; Cooperation between the state, local community and civil society in educational management.
partner.kmpu.edu.ua

20-21 June: The European Consortium for Accreditation (ECA) Conference Quality Assurance and Recognition of Joint Programmes: The Art and the Passion takes place in Madrid, Spain. The conference comes under the JOQAR (Joint programmes: Quality Assurance and Recognition of degrees awarded) project co-funded by the European Commission.
www.ecaconsortium.net

19 June: The ECCH workshop An Introduction to Case Teaching takes place at IE Business School, Madrid, Spain, organised by the European Case Clearing House. This workshop is for teachers who have little experience of using cases in their classes. The benefits of using the case method are explored and participants learn to develop practical skills in case preparation and classroom delivery.
www.ecch.com

23-25 June: The Sustainability Conference organised by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) in Washington, DC, US, reveals new ways and best practices in sustainability and corporate responsibility, and highlights b-school efforts to serve local and global communities further. A diverse group of experts and educators discuss how participants can lead sustainability efforts at their institutions.
www.aacsb.edu

23-26 June: The 6th International Academic Conference takes place in Bergen, Norway, sponsored by the International Institute of Social Economic Sciences and the University of Economics in Prague, Economics faculty. Conference tracks are: Business and economics; Social sciences and humanities; Teaching and education; Health, environment and welfare; IT for business; Law in society.
www.iises.net

24-25 June: The workshop Efficiency in Higher Education takes place in Thessaloniki, Greece, organised by the Department of Economics at the University of Macedonia. The workshop analyses different aspects of performance in higher education, related to research, teaching, administration or other supplementary activities of higher education institutions such as libraries and residences. The keynote speaker is Professor Shawna Grosskopf, Department of Economics, Oregon State University, US.
afroditi.uom.gr

24-26 June: CICE-2013, the Canada International Conference on Education, takes place at the University of Toronto, Canada. CICE is an international refereed conference dedicated to the advancement of the theory and practices in education. It promotes collaborative excellence between academicians and professionals from education and aims to provide an opportunity for those from various educational fields with cross-disciplinary interests to bridge the knowledge gap, promote research esteem and the evolution of pedagogy. All accepted papers appear in the proceedings and modified versions of selected papers are published in special-issue peer-reviewed journals. Broad conference topics include art education, adult education, business education, course management, curriculum research and development, educational foundations, Learning/ teaching methodologies and assessment, global issues in education and research, pedagogy, research management, ubiquitous learning, research in progress.
www.ciceducation.org

23-26 June: The End-of-Academic-Year Multidisciplinary Conference takes place in Munich, Germany, with tours to Nuremberg and Innsbruck (Austria), in June, organised by the International Journal of Arts and Sciences. Conference tracks are: Social sciences and humanities; Business and economics; Teaching and education; Technology and science. The aims of the IJAS annual conferences are to provide opportunities for academics from a range of disciplines and countries to share their research, receive informal in-depth feedback through discussions and establish contact with professionals in other countries and institutions (the tours are the main way of ‘breaking the ice’ away from the formalities of the conference hall, providing an informal setting for discussing different points of view), and to introduce academics to educational premises in locations suitable for study-abroad programmes and which may meet their students’ educational needs. Full-length manuscripts may be published in the International Journal of Arts and Sciences or refereed journals electronically available through its publishing consortium.
www.internationaljournal.org

24-28 June: XV WCCES, the Comparative Education World Congress, takes place in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on the theme New Times, New Voices: Comparative Perspectives for Education. Thematic groups are on: New theoretical and methodical voices for comparative education; Voices from the south; New perspectives on the state, the global and the local; Actors’ voices in new scenarios; New times for public education systems; Educational internationalisation, academic voices and public policy; Voices of diversity and new forms of educational democratisation; Group & voice and language; New times for curriculum; Voices from countries/areas in conflict or fragility; Voices from those in adult learning/non-formal learning; New ways of communicating voices.
wcces2013.com.ar

25 June: The conference Transactional, Transitional, Transformational: Changing the Paradigm on American and Iraqi Cooperation takes place in Washington DC, organised by the Iraqi Cultural Office, the Kurdistan Regional Government-Iraq (DRG) Representation to the United States Office and the US Department of State. The conference features the three Iraqi scholarship programmes that send thousands of students abroad for masters and doctorate degrees each year: Government of Iraq’s Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research; Higher Committee for Education Development; KRG’s Human Capacity Development Programme. Included on the agenda: Updates from the three scholarship programmes; Techniques on how to recruit and integrate Iraqi scholarship students and their families to the campus; Faculty and Postdoc research exchanges; Best practices and lessons learned.
www.surveymonkey.com

24-28 June: EdMedia 2013, the World Conference on educational Media and Technology, takes place in Victoria, BC, Canada in June, organised by AACE, the Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education. Themes for discussion at this multi-disciplinary conference include: Infrastructure; Tools and content-oriented applications; New roles of the instructor and learninger; Human-computer interaction; Cases and projects; Universal web accessibility; Indigenous peoples and technology.
aace.org

25-26 June: The CHEA 2013 Summer Workshop takes place in Washington DC, USA, organised by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation. Sessions include: The US Department of Education’s completion and innovation agendas; Accreditation and the expanding interest in competency-based education and assessment of prior learning; Quality assurance in an international setting; Are MOOCs still relevant? Why and to whom? US Under-secretary of Education Martha Kanter is attending.
www.chea.org

25-27 June: INTE 2013, the multilingual International Conference on New Horizons in Education, takes place in Rome, Italy, organised by Sakarya University. Nearly 50 topics, from Art education to Vocational education (see second link).
www.int-e.net
www.int-e.net

25-27 June: CONFERENCE CHANGE OF DATE AND VENUE - ISTEC 2013, the International Science, Technology and Engineering Conference which was planned to take place in Songdo-Dong, Korea from 18-20 July, will now be held in Rome, Italy, 25-27 June because of growing tensions near the original venue. ISTEC 2013 conference is supported by Sakarya University, SUNY Korea, TOUSAT and TASET. Numerous subjects for debate – see second link.
www.iste-c.net
www.iste-c.net

25-27 June: CONFERENCE CHANGE OF DATE AND VENUE – IDEC 2013, the International Distance Education Conference which was due to take place in Suwon, South Korea, from 15-17 July, will now be held in Rome, Italy 25-27 June, because of growing tensions in the region of the original venue. IDEC is supported by Sakarya University, Kyonggi University and TASET with the aim of providing a multinational platform where latest trends in distance education can be discussed. Wide scope of topics – see second link. Official languages English and Turkish.
www.id-ec.net
www.id-ec.net

26-28 June: The international conference Racism and Anti-Racism through Education and Community Practice: An International Exchange takes place at the Centre for Education for Racial Equality in Scotland, University of Edinburgh. The event aims to put ‘race’ back on the agenda in education and community theory and practice. The premise is that over recent years practitioners and academics interested in the operations of ‘race’, racism and anti-racism have had to negotiate various disabling discourses in policy, politics and practice. From the backlash against ‘failed’ multiculturalism in Europe to the marginalisation of ‘race’ in inclusive education to a shift in preference for discussing culture and ethnicity rather than racism, it seems that ‘race’ and ‘challenging racism’ have been silenced from broader discussions about educational inclusion and social justice. The conference aims to bring together academics, policy makers and practitioners from around the world to debate and share practice experiences about ‘race’, racism and anti-racism in different national contexts. Keynotes from Professor David Gillborn (University of Birmingham, UK), Professor Philomena Essed (Antioch University, USA) and Professor Geri Smyth (University of Strathclyde, Scotland, UK).
www.ceres.education.ed.ac.uk

26-29 June: The 2nd Conference on Sustainable Intelligent Manufacturing takes place in Lisbon, Portugal, organised jointly by the Centre for Rapid and Sustainable Product Development, Polytechnic Institute of Leiria and the Faculty of Architecture, Technical University of Lisbon. The conference aims to provide a major international forum for academics, researchers and industrial partners, and foster networking and collaboration to advance knowledge and identify major trends in the fields. Numerous topics include Computer-aided green manufacturing; Eco-design and eco-innovation; Design for climate change; inclusive design; e-Manufacturing; Green manufacturing; Sustainable construction for the built environment; Green supply chain management; Green transportation; Renewable energy; Reuse, remanufacturing, disassembly and recycling techniques; Sustainable packaging solutions; Smart manufacturing; Reverse logistics and product recovery; Smart and sustainable materials; Life-cycle engineering and assessment; Energy efficiency in manufacturing; Energy efficiency in manufacturing; Smart design for sustainability; Sustainable technology innovation; Sustainable business models; Zero-waste production; Nearly zero-energy buildings; Resource efficient cities.
co108w.col108.mail.live.com

By 28 June; 11-13 December: The SRHE Annual Research Conference 2013 Experiencing Higher Education: Global Trends and Transformations takes place at Celtic Manor, Newport, South Wales, UK, in December, organised by the Society for Research into Higher Education. Conference research domains are: Academic practice, work, careers and cultures; Higher education policy; Learning, teaching and assessment; Management, leadership, governance and quality; The digital university. Paper submission deadline 28 June.
www.srhe.ac.uk

30 June – 6 July: The EFER European Entrepreneurship Colloquium (EEC), Entrepreneurship in Emerging Markets, takes place at Ozyegin University, Istanbul, Turkey, organised by the European Forum for Entrepreneurship Research. The EEC aims to provide a forum for participants to learn about interactive teaching methods; develop and update skills in teaching entrepreneurship; experience latest thinking in the field of entrepreneurship through interaction with leading academics and practitioners; increase interaction with entrepreneurial practitioners in teaching and curriculum development; generate more committed professors and educators to entrepreneurship; accelerate cross-border exposure of universities and faculty.
www.efer.eu

By 1 July; 15-17 July: IDEC 2013, the International Distance Education Conference, takes place at Kyonggi University, Suwon, South Korea, supported by Sakarya University, Kyonggi University and TASET with the aim of providing a multinational platform where latest trends in distance education can be discussed. Conference languages are Turkish, English and Korean. Wide scope of topics – see second link. Abstracts deadline 1 July.
www.id-ec.net
www.id-ec.net

1-3 July: Edulearn 13, the 5th annual International Conference on Education and New Learning Technologies, takes place in Barcelona, Spain. Numerous topics under the broad themes of Experiences in education; Pedagogical innovations in education; Experiences in research; International projects; General issues; E-learning; Computer-supported collaborative work; Emerging technologies in education; Educational software in serious games; E-content management and development.
iated.org

1-3 July: Edulearn 13, the 5th annual International Conference on Education and New Learning Technologies, takes place in Barcelona, Spain. Numerous topics under the broad themes of Experiences in education; Pedagogical innovations in education; Experiences in research; International projects; General issues; E-learning; Computer-supported collaborative work; Emerging technologies in education; Educational software in serious games; E-content management and development.
iated.org

1-3 July: - The ECCH workshop Writing Cases takes place at INSEAD business school, Fontainebleau, France, organised by the European Case Clearing House in association with the Richard Ivey School of Business. The workshop aims to help participants write effective cases quickly and develop skills to create a more enriching classroom environment for their students.
www.ecch.com

1-4 July: The 2013 HERDSA conference takes place at AUT University, Auckland, New Zealand, organised by the Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia on the theme The Place of Learning and Teaching. Conference topics are: Spaces and places; Pedagogy and curriculum; Research and policy.
herdsa.nz123.co.nz

1-4 July: The 19th EARMA Conference 2013 Stairways to Excellence in Research Management and Administration is hosted by the Vienna University of Technology, Austria, organised by the European Association of Research Managers and Administrators. The conference marks the final round of the 7th European Framework Programme for Research and focuses on new challenges regarding the upcoming Horizon 2020 Programme.
www.earma-vienna-2013.com

By 2/30 July; 4 October: BioMicroWorld2013, the 5th International Conference on Environmental, Industrial and Applied Microbiology, takes place in Madrid, Spain, in October. Core topics are Agriculture, soil, forest microbiology; Environmental, marine, aquatic microbiology, geomicribiology; Food microbiology; Industrial microbiology – future bioindustries; Medical microbiology – pharmaceutical microbiology – antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy; Microbial physiology, metabolism and gene expression. Submissions deadlines 2 July for oral presentations, 30 July for poster/virtual presentations
www.biomicroworld2013.org

4-5 July: The international conference Skilling the Future – VET and Workplace Learning for Economic Success takes place in Leipzig, Germany, co-organised by the OECD and the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research.
www.oecd.org

4-7 July: ECSS 2013, the European Conference on the Social Services, Society, Environment and Trust: Towards Sustainable Systems of Governance, takes place in Brighton, UK organised by the International Academic Forum and its partners. Numerous conference themes, from Anthropology to Technology and applied sciences; see second link. See also ECSEE listing below.
ecss.iafor.org
ecss.iafor.org

4-7 July: ECSEE 2013, The European Conference on Sustainability, Energy and the Environment, Sustainability, Society and the Environment: Searching for Synergies, takes place in Brighton, UK, organised by the International Academic Forum and its partners. Conference streams include: Environmental sustainability and human consumption – food and water, hunger and thirst – waste; Environmental sustainability and environmental management: freshwater, oceans and seas – land use and misuse – atmosphere and air; cultural sustainability: protecting, preserving and conserving; Economic sustainability: environmental challenges and economic growth – sustainable businesses and CSR; Social sustainability and social justice, war and peace, sustainable living; Energy: environmental degradation – renewable energy and environmental solutions – energy economics and ecological economics. See also the ECSS listing above.
www.ecsee.iafor.org

6-7 July: ICKET 2013, the 2nd International Conference on Knowledge and Education Technology takes place in Hong Kong in July, organised by IACSIT. Many topics – see second link.
www.icket.org
www.icket.org

6-11 July: The 38th FEBS Congress, Mechanisms of Biology, takes place in St Petersburg, Russia, organised by the Federation of European Biochemical Societies.
www.febs-2013.org

8-9 July: The AAUN/ACU International Africa Forum The Power of Partnerships and the AAUN Annual Meeting take place at the University of Sydney, Australia, hosted by the Australia Africa University Network and the Association of Commonwealth Universities. The Forum brings together Australian and African researchers, policy-makers, officials and other interested parties to discuss areas of mutual interest and agree on an action plan.
www.acu.ac.uk

8-9 July: The 10th Annual Sloan Consortium Blended Learning Conference and Workshop Trend to Blend: Lessons from the Field takes place in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, US. Broad conference tracks are: Teaching and learning; Research; Student support; Faculty development and support; Leadership and administration.
sloanconsortium.org

8-12 July: The Berkeley Institute on Higher Education takes place at the University of California, Berkeley, organised by the university’s Center for Studies in Higher Education. Aimed at higher education leaders from around the world the Institute focuses on and compares the essential characteristics of major research universities in the United States with the University of California as a case study. It also focuses on internal university governance and management that make possible the creation and maintenance of the world’s top research universities, including strategic planning university governance at multi-campus and campus levels, and faculty participation in governance, tenure, admissions, access for all elements of society, academic planning, accomplishing change and starting new campuses. And more.
cshe.berkeley.edu

11-12 July: The 6th International Conference of the European Research Network on Philanthropy, ERNOP, takes place in Riga, Latvia, on the theme Challenges for Reearch on Philanthropy: New and Transnational Perspectives.
www.ernop.eu

11-13 July: The Association of Commonwealth Universities’ Graduate Employment Network Conference Exploring the Value of Higher Education to the Economy takes place at the University of Auckland Business School, Auckland, New Zealand, presented in association with Universities New Zealand. Questions to be addressed include: Are today’s graduates employable? How do we measure their value to the economy? Are universities fit for the future? Should graduate employability be a key measurement criterion? Should there be greater mobility between the TVET and HE sectors? Is student dissatisfaction becoming an increasingly important issue? The conference celebrates the centenary of the ACU and draws on the Centenary theme Future Forward: Design, Develop, Deliver, which addresses key issues relating to the future of international higher education.
www.acu.ac.uk

13-14 July: ICEMT 2013, the 4th International Conference on Education and Management Technology takes place in Jakarta, Indonesia. The conference aim is to provide a platform for researchers, engineers, academicians as well as industrial professionals from all over the world to present their research results and development activities in Education and Management Technology. Many conference topics – see second link. All papers will be published in the IJ4E (ISSN: 2010-3654) as one volume, and included in the Engineering & Technology Digital Library, and indexed by EBSCO, WorldCat, Google Scholar, CNKI, Ulrich's Periodicals Directory and sent to be reviewed by ISI Proceedings.
www.icemt.org
www.icemt.org

14-16 July: The American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers Transfer Conference Determining New Pathways Towards Student Success takes place in Tucson, Arizona, USA, held in conjunction with the AACRAO Technology Conference (see separate entry). Topics include: Public policy and legislation; Transfer of credit and articulation; Prior learning experience and MOOCs Enrolment management of transfer students, including recruitment and retention; Statewide initiatives and collaborations; Transfer centres; Institutional partnerships; Organisational models and staffing for transfer services; Application of technology to improve transfer services; Advising and assessment; Transfer trends; Transfer admissions and credit evaluation policies and workflow; Digital transcripts (and other documents, eg PDFs); Access and success; Specific transfer populations (military, non-traditional, etc); Marketing to transfer students; International transfer students and transfer credit.
www.aacrao.org

14-16 July: The American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admission Officers’ Technology Conference Integrating Technology and Student Success on Campus takes place in Tucson, Arizona, USA, held in conjunction with the AACRAO Transfer Conference (see separate listing). Topics include: Student success applications; Early alert systems; Cloud computing; CRM solutions; ERP issues and solutions; Business intelligence and data analytics; One-stop-shop solutions; Document imaging and storage; Identity and Access management; ‘Green’ computing practices and technology; XML and EDI (SPEEDE); Mobile applications and services; LMS innovations; Room scheduling; Privacy and security (eg FERPA); Innovative applications of technology to improve services; Open/community source applications; Tools to support advising and assessment; Web applications and services; Social networking applications; Workflow; Dig9ital documents (eg PDFs).
www.aacrao.org

14-20 July: The 2013 Conference on Global Leadership, Learning and Research, the Emerging Scholarly Research Forum, takes place in Orlando, Florida, US, organised by Nova Southeastern University’s Fischler School of Education. Topics cover the latest trends and research in P-12 Education, including public, private and charter education; Higher education (administration and student personnel); Organisational leadership; Speech language pathology and related fields; Instructional technology (K-12 and higher education); Distance education (K-12 and higher education); Health care education/nursing; Training and organisational development; Cross-cultural competency.
www.fischlerschool.nova.edu

15-17 July: IDEC 2013, the International Distance Education Conference, takes place at Kyonggi University, Suwon, South Korea, supported by Sakarya University, Kyonggi University and TASET with the aim of providing a multinational platform where latest trends in distance education can be discussed. Conference languages are Turkish, English and Korean. Wide scope of topics – see second link.
www.id-ec.net
www.id-ec.net

15-17 July: The Engagement Australia 2013 Conference Next Steps: Coproducing Knowledge for Social Impact takes place in Melbourne, Australia. Conference themes are: Creating an engagement culture in universities; Coproducing knowledge; Creating and evaluating social impact. The conference aims to provide a forum to discuss university-community engagement and an opportunity for universities and c9ommunities to share practices, engage with individuals and organisations outside higher education and provide professional learning opportunities for academic and professional staff.
engagementaustralia.org.au

18-20 July: ISTEC 2013, the International Science, Technology and Engineering Conference, takes place in Songdo-Dong, Korea, organised by Sakarya University, and also supported by SUNY Korea and TASET. Numerous subjects for debate – see second link.
www.iste-c.net
www.iste-c.net

18-21 July: ECLL 2013, the inaugural European Conference on Language Learning, takes place in Brighton, UK, organised by the International Academic Forum on the theme Shifting Paradigms: Informed Responses. The conference discusses the many shifts education has seen, for example in areas of teaching methodology, assessment and use of technology, as well as numerous other topics related to language learning and teaching.
ecll.iafor.org

22-23 July: MOOCs 2013 takes place in Melbourne, Australia, organised by Informa Higher Education Series. The only conference currently in the Australian market directly addressing massive open online courses, the new higher education model, the conference discusses questions about the short-term future with regard to viability of the current MOOCs model, and the long term regarding democratisation of education and what it means for the future of universities. Such complex and far-reaching consequences raise significant questions for Australian universities across a spectrum of issues, say the organisers. These include: Addressing the challenges of MOOCs such as scalability, quality assurance and the integrity of learning with reference to accreditation, grading and cheating; The shift in learning and the level of significance that is given to online learning and collaboration compared with traditional face-to-face learning; Practical realities of industry and employer requisites in skill sets and whether MOOCs are a tool that can be applied to deliver these comparisons.
www.informa.com.au

22-26 July: The 8th International Conference on Higher Education and Disability takes place in Innsbruck, Austria in July 2013, organised by the host, the University of Innsbruck, and the University of New Orleans Training, Resource and Assistive-technology Center, US. Broad conference topics are: Innovations in higher education, programmes, services, technology and funding; International educational exchange programmes; Approaches to professional development and standards for disability service providers.
trac.uno.edu

24-26 July: ACET 2013, the Asian Conference in Education and Technology, takes place in Seoul, South Korea, on the theme Education and Technology: Towards Reengineering Education in Asia and Beyond the Borders. Conference topics are: Effective teaching pedagogies, learning styles and learning outcomes; Technology-based instructions; Emerging technologies; Educational management; ISO certification of schools; Engineering and sciences research.
www.iamure.com

26-27 July: Connect 2013 Online Education Conference takes place in Louisville, Kentucky, US. Topics include: Existing and emerging trends in federal and state policies; Project plans for sealing your online programs; Staffing for online student success; Financial aid for online learning – staying out of trouble; Emerging online instructional tools; Online classroom management.
www.learninghouse.com

29 July – 1 August: Campus Technology 2013, the 20th Higher Education Technology Conference, takes place in Boston, Massachusetts, US. The event covers the skills needed to master and implement latest technologies – including cloud computing, immersive learning/augmented reality, collaborative environments, Web 2.0, virtual reality.
events.campustechnology.com

29-30 July: The 2nd Annual Student Health and Welfare Conference takes place in Sydney, Australia, organised by Informa Higher Education Series. Key conference themes include: What constitutes student services in a modern campus? Creating health campuses for student health and wellbeing – perspectives on physical, sexual and mental health; Access and availability to mental health support services; Looking beyond traditional approaches and interventions with new ways to deliver evidence-based, accessible and broad-reaching support; At-risk populations; Understanding and responding to patterns of unhealthy or oppressive behaviour; Student representation on school and university committees – integrating the student view within student health and welfare strategies; Role of a skilled and diverse multidisciplinary staff team in supporting equity and diversity; Campus life and engagement; Financial welfare; Campus security – developing a campus culture that enables safety, key risks and risk management; Enhancing the student experience – international students, postgraduate students, the first-year student experience; Improving the indigenous student experience; Academic support – opportunities for guidance from teaching staff; Study skills programmes – codes of practice and guidelines for learning, research, examinations and project work.
www.informa.com.au

By 31 July: Applications are now being accepted for the 13th Otto Schott Research Award for outstanding scientific achievements in the field of international glass research, valued at EUR25,000. Schott, an international technology group in specialty glasses and materials and advanced technologies, is owned by the Carl Zeiss Foundation with headquarters in Mainz, Germany. The award, made every two years, is for fundamental research and/or technology development in glass and related advanced materials, components and systems in the fields of optics and electronics, solar power, health and living. Deadline for applications 31 July.
www.otto-schott-research-award.de

By 31 July; 1 September: The Department of Educational Research at Lancaster University, United Kingdom, is launching a unique distance learning PhD programme in Higher Education Research, Evaluation and Enhancement, for September 2013 entry. Students complete the part-time programme entirely online, over four to five years. Designed for professionals working within higher education institutions around the world, participants can study from home while in full- or part-time employment and do not need to visit the Lancaster campus, making the programme suitable for international students. Applications preferably by end of July.
www.lancs.ac.uk

By 2 August; 21-23 November: The 8th European Quality Assurance Forum, EQAF, Working Together to take Quality Forward, is hosted by the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, in November, and co¬-organised by ENQA, ESU, EUA and EURASHE. The main purpose of the forum is to foster a dialogue on QA that bridges national boundaries and leads to a truly European discussion on QA in higher education, and to create a common European understanding of QA through discussions and networking among different stakeholder groups. Registration opens in July; proposals for papers and workshops 2 August.
www.eua.be

2-4 August: The APPA 2013 international Annual Conference and Exhibition Celebrating Innovation and Preparing for the Next Horizon takes place in Minneapolis, Minnesota, US, for identification of and discussion about the most current and pressing challenges facing educational facilities.
www.appa.org

6-9 August: The 2nd Annual Conference of the International Society of Diversity and Inclusion Professions, International Insights and Innovation, takes place in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The theme reflects the continuing need for diversity and inclusion professionals to expand their competence with global issues affecting their profession.
www.diversityandinclusionprofessionals.org

29-31 August: The EAIR 35th Annual Forum 2013 takes place in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, hosted by Erasmus University Rotterdam which celebrates its centenary in 2013. The conference theme is The Impact of Higher Education: Addressing the Challenges of the 21st Century. Broad conference tracks are: Governance – impact follows strategy? Student learning and the student experience; Institutional research – how to measure impact? Quality management in higher education; Ranking – excellence and reputation management; Access to higher education; The impact of higher education on the economy.
www.eair.nl

1 September: The Department of Educational Research at Lancaster University, United Kingdom, is launching a unique distance learning PhD programme in Higher Education Research, Evaluation and Enhancement, for September 2013 entry. Students complete the part-time programme entirely online, over four to five years. Designed for professionals working within higher education institutions around the world, participants can study from home while in full- or part-time employment and do not need to visit the Lancaster campus, making the programme suitable for international students.
www.lancs.ac.uk

1-4 September: The 7th International Academic Conference takes place in Prague, Czech Republic, sponsored by the International Institute of Social and Economic Sciences and the University of Economics in Prague, Economic faculty. Conference tracks are: Business and economics; Social sciences and humanities; Teaching and education; Health, environment and welfare; IT for business; Law in society.
www.iises.net

2-4 September: WCE-2013, the World Congress on Education, takes place in London, UK. Numerous topics under the broad themes: Accessible world; Adult education; Art education; Business education; Course management; Curriculum, research and development; Educational foundations; Interaction and cultural models of disability; Learning/teaching methodologies and assessment; Global issues in education and research; Pedagogy; Research management; Ubiquitous learning; Research in progress. The WCE is an international refereed conference dedicated to the advancement of the theory and practices in education, and promotes collaborative excellence between academicians and professionals from education. WCE’s aim is to provide an opportunity for academics and professionals for various educational fields with cross-disciplinary interests to bridge the knowledge gap, promote research esteem and the evolution of pedagogy.
www.worldconedu.org

10-13 September: The 25th Annual Conference of the European Association for International Education takes place in Istanbul, Turkey, on the theme Weaving the Future of Global Partnerships.
www.eaie.org

15-20 September: SMMIB 2013, the 18th International Conference on Surface Modification of Materials by Ion Beams takes place in Kusadasi, Turkey. Broad themes are: Phenomena, processes and techniques; Fundamental studies of ion beam processing; Applications; Emerging techniques and equipment.
www.smmib2013.net

16-20 September: The SEFI 2013 Annual Conference takes place in Leuven, Belgium, organised by the European Society for Engineering Education which is celebrating its 40th anniversary. More than 30 topics, ranging from Accreditation of engineering education to University – business cooperation and inspiration.
www.kuleuven.be

19-20 September: The 5th Annual Workshop The Output of R&D Activities: Harnessing the Power of Patents Data takes plce in Seville, Spain. It covers the relation between patents and other intellectual property rights and research, development and innovation and factors affecting such relations.
ec.europa.eu

19-21 September: The World e-ID Congress takes place in Nice, France, bringing together e-ID programs managers, government officials and technology experts around major projects, policies, trends and innovations. The 2013 conference highlights include reinforced global approach with sessions on Africa and emerging countries; strong focus given to mobile ID applications and deployments by governments, enterprises and banks; with contact less at the heart of next generation e-ID, the conference benefits from the co-located NFC World Congress and the new M2M Innovation World Congress; more interactive panels on topics such as harmonisation of policies, cross-border issues, travel document vs. mobile ID with smartphones, &c.
www.worlde-idcongress.com

November 2013: The biennial Commonwealth of Learning 7th Pan-Commonwealth Forum on Open Learning takes place in Abuja, Nigeria, co-hosted by the Federal Ministry of Education. NOUN, the National Open University of Nigeria, is the lead partner institution.

20-21 September: The 32nd Research-to-Practice Conference in Adult and Higher Education (formerly Midwest Research to Practice Conference) takes place at Lindenwood University, St Charles, Missouri, US.
www.lindenwood.edu

21-24 September: The 5th EMBO Meeting takes place in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. EMBO is an organisation of more than 1,500 leading researchers that promotes excellence in the life sciences. It aims to support talented researchers at all stages of their careers, stimulate exchange of scientific information and help build a European research environment.
www.the-embo-meeting.org

25-27 September: The Chip-to-Cloud Security Forum 2013 Smart Trusted Technologies and Services for the Networked Society takes place in Nice, France, organised by Strategies Telecoms and Multimedia. The technical event covers all aspects of all assets protection in embedded, mobile and cloud technologies – subjects include new smart security challenges in: embedded security technologies; trusted mobile devices and services; cloud security and beyond; ‘horizonal’ issues – standardisation, privacy, evaluation, certification, etc.
www.chip-to-cloud.com

26-27 September: CONCORDi-2013, the 4th European Conference on Corporate R&D and Innovation, takes place in Seville, Spain, organised by the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre, on the theme Financing R&D and Innovation for Corporate Growth in the EU: Strategies, Drivers and Barriers. The programme addresses the financial challenges affecting the link between innovation and growth of European companies.
iri.jrc.ec.europa.eu

26-28 September: The 4th International Conference on University Traditions: a Resource or a Burden? takes place in Moscow, Russia, organised by the Russian Association of Higher Education Researchers. The conference is co-hosted by the International commission for the History of Universities, the New Economic School and HSE Poletayev Institute for Theoretical and Historical Studies. The agenda includes a specialised symposium “University and Professors’ Archives”; conference tracks are: Academic profession and academic contracts in universities; The role of universities in regional development; Mergers and acquisitions in university practices; Universities and urban development; The role of traditions in university development.
www.educonf.hse.ru

27-29 September: ISEPSS 2013, the 2013 International Symposium on Education, Psychology and Social Sciences, takes place in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Numerous topics under the three themes.
isepss.org

29 September – 2 October: The Unisa Cambridge International Conference on Open and Distance eLearning 2013 takes place in Cape Town, South Africa, organised by the University of South Africa in association with Cambridge Distance Education and the Commonwealth of Learning on the theme Continuity, Change and Sustainability in Open, Distance and eLearning. A small-scale international conference, limited to 100 delegates, for sharing open and distance e-learning knowledge and experience while highlighting issues particularly relevant to the Global South.
www.unisa.ac.za

2-4 October: The 10th International Workshop on Higher Education Reforms: Looking Back, Looking Forward takes place at the University of Ljubliana, Slovenia, co-sponsored by the Comparative and International Education Society Higher Education Special Interest Group; the Canadian Society for the Study of Higher Education; and the Centre for Policy Studies in Higher Education and Training of the University of British Columbia at Vancouver, Canada, and the PASCAL International Observatory.
www.pef.uni-lj.si

4-6 October: The Teaching Professor Technology Conference takes place in Atlanta, Georgia, US, on the theme Blended, Flipped, Massive. Conference topics include the newest ideas about pedagogy and technology; the latest research on technology in the classroom; best practices for teaching with technology; strategies to boost student engagement and improve learning with technology; proven ideas and new techniques for college teachers in every discipline. Sessions include: Blended or flipped courses; Online learning; Technology in face-to-face courses; MOOCs; Social media, mobile learning and apps.
www.teachingprofessor.com

7-10 October: The first World Congress on Access to Post-secondary Education, Connecting the Unconnected, takes place in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, organised by the European Access Network. Major objectives are: to identify and link the networks, actors and stakeholders working globally on access issues and facilitate a new global access movement with a series of specific communities of practice; to launch experimental work and build new connections, partnerships and funding mechanisms to address challenges of access to post-secondary education; to inform key political leaders about the latest thinking and practices from around the world on how to improve access to, and success in, post-secondary education in the interests of economic progress, social stability, community and individual wellbeing; to ensure the voice of students internationally takes a prominent place in discussions, declarations and actions stemming from this inaugural congress; to use the Canadian experience as a microcosm to examine access challenges and comparative international approaches including issues related to urban strategies, rural and remote education delivery, diversity and integration and closing education gaps for Aboriginal peoples.
www.eanworldcongress.org

8-11 October: AIEC 2013, the Australian International Education Conference, Global Imperatives – Local Realities, takes place in Canberra, Australia. Focus is on the key global, regional and local drivers that influence and shape international education.
www.aiec.idp.com

10-11 October: The Kozminski University Conference Management and Economic Policy for Development takes place in Warsaw, Poland, the closing event of the university’s 20th jubilee celebrations.
www.kozminski.edu.pl

By 15 October: The European Commission has launched the 2nd European Union Women Innovators Prize to reward three women who have achieved outstanding innovations and brought them to market. The prize aims to raise awareness of the need for more female entrepreneurs and to inspire other women to follow in their footsteps. The first prize is worth EUR100,000, the second EUR50,000 and the third EUR25,000. The contest is open to all women who have founded or co-founded their company and who have at some point of their careers benefited from the EU’s research framework programmes or the Competitiveness and Innovation Framework programme.
ec.europa.eu

16-18 October: CAIE-CAEI, the Conference on the Americas on International Education, takes place in Monterrey, Mexico. The event debates the role key stakeholders should play in the integration of internationalisation in higher education, and discusses the role and responsibility university administrators, government officials, academics, students and partners from the private and philanthropic sector have regarding which future path internationisation should take and its subsequent contribution to society. Also, discussion on what types of technological, human and financial resources are needed and the kinds of strategic alliances that should be conceived and implemented.
www.caie-caei.org

2-5 October: ICEEPSY 2013, the 4th International Conference on Education and Education Psychology, takes place in Antalya, Turkey. Conference themes are: Assessment and evaluation, teacher education, basic education, basic skills; Design learning and arts education; counselling psychology; Adolescent growth and development & educational psychology; Leadership and collaborative policy, adult and continuing education, higher education, quality assurance/ institutional effectiveness; Learning theories, effective teaching practices, second language teaching; Sport and exercise education; New approaches in psychology; Special education, education and technology, ICT, distance learning. The conference is ‘Approved by the British Psychological Society Learning Centre for the purposes of Continuing Professional Development’.
www.iceepsy.org

3-4 October: The Science for the Environment 2013 conference takes place in Aarhus, Denmark, organised by Aarhus University and the Partnership for European Environmental Research. The aim is to provide input to the European Commission on the future research needs in Horizon 2020. Themes are: Climate action: mitigation and adaptation; Resource efficiency: natural resources, ecosystems, raw materials; Green economy: eco-innovation.
dce-conference.au.dk

4 October: BioMicroWorld2013, the 5th International Conference on Environmental, Industrial and Applied Microbiology, takes place in Madrid, Spain. Core topics are Agriculture, soil, forest microbiology; Environmental, marine, aquatic microbiology, geomicribiology; Food microbiology; Industrial microbiology – future bioindustries; Medical microbiology – pharmaceutical microbiology – antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy; Microbial physiology, metabolism and gene expression.
www.biomicroworld2013.org

16-20 October: LIHE’13 Michigan, the 10th International Symposium on Learning Spaces in Higher Education, takes place in Ann Arbor and Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA, organised by LIHE, the International Academic Association for the Advancement of Learning-centred Higher Education; the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan; and Steelcase Education Solutions. Chapter contributions to the anthology Learning Spaces in Higher Education to be published by Libri Publishing Ltd form material for the symposium where authors meet to review, edit and complete their chapters and finalise the manuscript for publication. The three broad, interlinked themes are: (1) Conceptual – What is a learning space? Are there different types of learning spaces? What are the different components of a learning space? (2) Practical – How are learning spaces constructed? How are learning spaces used as an educational tool? How are learning spaces changing over time and with technological advances? (3) Theoretical – What are the effects of different learning spaces? How does the learning space moderate other pedagogical factors? How does a learning space lead to learning?
www.lihe.info

17 October: The 1st Annual IIE Workshop on Developing Strategic International Partnerships takes place in New York City, US, organised by the Institute of International Education’s Center for International Partnerships. Designed for both US and international education leaders, it features hands-on strategic planning exercises, country-specific updates and strategies and best practices on building strategic partnerships. Registration opens June.
www.naylornetwork.com

21 October - 14 June: The Institute of International Educational Planning,(IIEP-UNESCO) is holding the 49th session of its Advanced Training Programme (ATP)in Educational Planning and Management. The intensive eight-month programme leads to a professional certificate at the diploma or master’s level, and is delivered in English and French in blended mode – at distance and in Paris. The ATP contributes to the creation of sustainable institutional and organisational capacity at the service of education progress. It covers skills and practices supporting educational development and reform in participants’ home countries with emphasis on relevance and applicability. Other training opportunities for interested candidates for whom an eight-month course is impractical are: The Education Sector Planning programme (ESP), combining an eight-week online learning phase with a 12-week residential training phase providing participants with the fundamentals of educational planning; and the Specialised Courses programme, eight courses of two weeks each, covering ‘Education planning and analysis’ focusing on the analysis of information for decision-making, and ‘Planning and management’ on operational planning and implementation.
www.iiep.unesco.org

24-25 October: The EADTU Conference Transition to Open and Online Education in European Universities takes place in Paris, France, organised by the European Association for Distance Education Universities. Conference themes are: National and institutional aspects of opening up education; Institutional models for online or blended course and curriculum development and delivery; Innovations in technology enhanced learning for the future; Quality assurance in online and distance learning; Other and related topics – Modernising universities; Educational technology; Networked curricular; QA in e-learning; Open educational resources and MOOCs; E-learning forecast studies; Good practices of transitions to open and flexible learning; Models of open and flexible learning; Current procedures in OER and MOOCs; Schemes for virtual and blended mobility; Innovative pedagogies; Online assessments; E-learning forecast studies.
www.eadtu.eu

3-6 November: WCU-5, the 5th International Conference on World-Class Universities, Global Outreach of World-Class Universities: How it is Affecting Higher Education, takes place in Shanghai, China, organised by the Center for World-Class Universities of Shanghai Jiao Tong University. WCU-5 will include a special session for the 10th anniversary of the Global University Ranking.
www.shanghairanking.com

4-7 November: The University of Nottingham’s International Leadership Conference: Managing Global Universities takes place at the university’s campus in Ningbo, China, for senior leaders to discuss and share best practice on important topics around the internationalisation of higher education. Possible topics include: developing university strategy; different approaches to internationalisation; enterprise; effective financial management; development and fundraising; capital planning; building research capacity; leadership in an international context; quality, ratings and rankings; international partnership; leading innovation in teaching and learning; marketing on the global stage; global governance.
www.nottingham.edu.cn
www.nottingham.ac.uk

4-7 November: CORDEX 2013, International Conference on Regional Climate, takes place in Brussels, Belgium, organised by the World Climate Research Programme, The European Commission and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. The event provides a forum for assessing the following: Development of regional climate change projections; Provision of reliable and actionable regional climate information; Use of regional climate information in impact, adaptation and vulnerability studies; Dissemination of regional climate knowledge to policymakers and a wide range of stakeholders and decisionmakers. Broad themes are: Methodologies for regional downscaling, evaluation analysis, integration and interpretation; Evaluation of CORDEX regional downscaling: present climate and future change; User needs: the driver of CORDEX downscaling; Regional climate change impacts, societal vulnerabilities and adaptation/mitigation options; Future priority areas for regional downscaling and CORDEX
cordex2013.wcrp-climate.org

6-8 November: The 4th International conference on The Future of Information Sciences, INFuture, Information Governance, takes place in Zagreb, Croatia, organised by the Department of Information and Communication Sciences, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences. INFuture is a series of biannual international conferences aimed at researchers and professionals from the broad field of information and communication sciences and related professions. The conference objective is to provide a platform for discussing both theoretical and practical issues in information organisation and information integration. The conference is the fourth in a series focusing on theory and methodology of information governance, EU infrastructure integration, interaction between e-society.
infoz.ffzg.hr

10-13 November: The American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers (AACRAO) Strategic Enrolment Management Conference The Origin and Future of SEM takes place in Chicago, Illinois, USA. Topics include: SEM and K-12 alignment through common core standards; Serving distinct and/or non-traditional populations (ie, veterans, LGBT students, native populations, students with disabilities); Managing online enrolments; Impacts of the Affordable Care Act on higher education; SEM and achieving institutional sustainability; Creating effective enrolment management plans; Leading campus strategic planning efforts through data-driven decision-making; Improving student access and success; Integrating academic and student affairs; Delivering exemplary student service; Implementing leading-edge technologies; Graduate SEM; International SEM; Building effective academic partnerships; Utilising financial aid more effectively; Models for effective transfer programmes; Development enrolment projections; Measuring return on investment (ROI) on enrolment initiatives.
www.aacrao.org

13-15 November: ICTL 2013, the 4th International Conference on Teaching and Learning, Higher Learning in the ASEAN Context, takes place in Bangkok, Thailand, organised by INTI International University of Malaysia, and Stamford International University of Bangkok. Conference topics include: Student mobility; E-learning and virtual mobility; Teaching and learning for international cohorts; Student services for international cohorts; English learning and bilingual programmes; Curricular impact of international trends; Innovations in teaching, learning and assessment; Alternate pathways in higher education.
ictl.intimal.edu.my

17-20 November: The 2nd GRF One Health Summit 2013, One Health – One Planet – One Future: Risks and Opportunities takes place in Davos, Switzerland. The event explores the need for a global integrative risk management approach for ‘one health’, and identifies ways to achieve added value by multi-sectorial and multi-stakeholder cooperation and promote enhanced public-private partnership models for risk-based financing tools. It addresses the future of integrative health risk management in the context of: (1) selected health risks – human animal/wildlife interaction; urban environment; food and agriculture; climate change, ecosystems, water; emerging diseases; non-communicable diseases, allergies; (2) cross-cutting themes – millennium development goals; economics/finance; governance, subsidiarity, corporate social responsibility; and (3) instruments for applicable solutions – communication and outreach; health risk management; public-private partnership; education and research.
onehealth.grforum.org

18-20 November: ICERI 2013, the 6th International Conference of Education, Research and Innovation, takes place in Seville, Spain, for discussion of the latest developments in the field of teaching and learning methodologies, educational projects and innovations and new technologies applied to education and research. Broad themes, each covering many topics, are: Education - experiences in education; pedagogical innovations in education; experiences in research; international projects; general issues. Technology in education - e-learning; computer-supported collaborative work; emerging technologies in education; educational software and serious games; e-content management and development.
www.iceri2013.org

20-22 November: The 19th Annual Sloan Consortium International Conference on Online Learning, Online Learning: A Universe of Opportunities, takes place in Lake Buena Vista, Florida, US. Broad conference tracks are: Faculty and professional development and support; K-12 online education; Leadership, values and society; Learning effectiveness; Open, global, mobile; Student services and learner support; Technology and emerging learning environments.
sloanconsortium.org

21-22 November: The ECCH workshop Creating Compelling Cases takes place at the Kellogg School of Management, Chicago, USA, organised by the European Case Clearing House. The workshop covers different case types and how each can be applied in different learning settings; helps participants to bridge between theory and practice; and explores how to connect case studies to established literature in any academic discipline. As well as learning case writing participants learn how to structure an effective teaching note. Participants have a change to discuss, evaluate and practise skills needed to create their own case studies. ECCH was established by the business school community to provide a mechanism for publishing and distributing case study materials; it has the largest collection of management case study materials in the world and is dedicated to promoting and facilitating case study-based learning in management education and development.
www.ecch.com

21-23 November: The 8th European Quality Assurance Forum, EQAF, Working Together to take Quality Forward, is hosted by the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, and co¬-organised by ENQA, ESU, EUA and EURASHE. The main purpose of the forum is to foster a dialogue on QA that bridges national boundaries and leads to a truly European discussion on QA in higher education, and to create a common European understanding of QA through discussions and networking among different stakeholder groups.
www.eua.be

2-6 December 2013: PCF7, the Commonwealth of Learning 7th Pan-Commonwealth Forum on Open Learning, takes place in Abuja, Nigeria, on the theme Open Learning for Development: Towards Empowerment and Transformation. Sub-themes are: Girls’ and women’s education; Skills development; Promoting OER; Innovation and technology; Institutional development. The forum is co-hosted by the Federal Ministry of Education, and the National Open University of Nigeria is the lead partner institution.
www.col.org

4-6 December: Online Educa Berlin 2013 takes place in the German capital in December, with focus on change and the role of technology in promoting creativity and innovation. Themes include: Creativity and engagement; Work and ‘life-wide’ learning; Global learning; Redefining formal learning; Modern problems – smart solutions; Learning analytics.
www.icwe.net

11-13 December: The SRHE Annual Research Conference 2013 Experiencing Higher Education: Global Trends and Transformations takes place at Celtic Manor, Newport, South Wales, UK, organised by the Society for Research into Higher Education. Conference research domains are: Academic practice, work, careers and cultures; Higher education policy; Learning, teaching and assessment; Management, leadership, governance and quality; The digital university.
www.srhe.ac.uk

2014

9-10 January: The 7th World Universities Forum takes place at the University of Lisbon, Portugal. The Forum hopes to initiate a conversation on democracy and higher education, engaging the promise and perils it faces in an era of dramatic change. Broad themes, each with many topics (see second link), are: Teaching and learning; Research and knowledge formation; University administration; The university and the community.
ontheuniversity.com
ontheuniversity.com

By 17 February; 21-23 July: The 7th biennial Higher Education Close Up conference takes place at Lancaster University, UK, in July, on the theme Making a Difference. The event is a forum for researchers across the world who are doing fine-grained research into higher education. Higher Education Close Up is a virtual network of the Society for Research into Higher Education.
www.lancs.ac.uk

19-21 March: The International Association of Universities holds the IAU International Conference on Blending Higher Education and Traditional Knowledge for Sustainable Development, organised in collaboration with the Universidad Cientifica del Perú, Iquitos, Peru.
www.iau-aiu.net

20-22 March: IHE 2014, the First International Conference on iPads in Higher Education, takes place in Paphos, Cyprus, co-hosted by Networked Learning Technologies in Art and Design and the Simos Mendardos Language Centre, both of the Cyprus University of Technology, Limassol; and the Centre for Pedagogic Arts-based Research, Falmouth University, Cornwall, UK.
ipadsinhe.org

21-26 June: The Euroscience Open Forum 2014 Science Building Bridges takes place in Copenhagen, Denmark, in June 2014. ESOF 2014 is a biennial, interdisciplinary, pan-European general science meeting that aims to showcase the latest advances in science and technology, promote a dialogue on the role of science and technology in society and public policy and stimulate and provoke public interest. Conference themes are: The healthy society; A revolution of the mind; Global resources management; Learning in the 21st century; Green economy; Material and virtual world; Urbanisation, design and liveability; Science, democracy and citizenship. The related festival Science in the City takes place alongside the forum – see second link.
esof2014.org
esof2014.org

By 30 April; 2-6 December: - The Commonwealth of Learning’s 7th Pan-Commonwealth Forum on Open Learning (PCF7) takes place in December in Abuja, Nigeria, in partnership with the Federal Ministry of Education and the National Open University of Nigeria December. The conference addresses Open Learning for Development: Towards Empowerment and Transformation through five themes: Girls’ and women’s education; Skills development; Promoting open educational resources (OER), Innovation and technology, Institutional development. Proposals deadline 30 April.
www.col.org

By 1 May; 3-4 October: The Science for the Environment 2013 conference takes place in Aarhus, Denmark, in October, organised by Aarhus University and the Partnership for European Environmental Research. The aim is to provide input to the European Commission on the future research needs in Horizon 2020. Themes are: Climate action: mitigation and adaptation; Resource efficiency: natural resources, ecosystems, raw materials; Green economy: eco-innovation. Call for abstracts deadline 1 May.
dce-conference.au.dk

By 1 May; 24-25 October: The EADTU Conference Transition to Open and Online Education in European Universities takes place in Paris, France, in October, organised by the European Association for Distance Education Universities. Conference themes are: National and institutional aspects of opening up education; Institutional models for online or blended course and curriculum development and delivery; Innovations in technology enhanced learning for the future; Quality assurance in online and distance learning; Other and related topics – Modernising universities; Educational technology; Networked curricular; QA in e-learning; Open educational resources and MOOCs; E-learning forecast studies; Good practices of transitions to open and flexible learning; Models of open and flexible learning; Current procedures in OER and MOOCs; Schemes for virtual and blended mobility; Innovative pedagogies; Online assessments; E-learning forecast studies. Papers submitted under the research strand are eligible for publication in the research journal Open Learning. Abstracts deadline 1 May.
www.eadtu.eu

By 1 May; 10-13 November: The American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers (AACRAO) Strategic Enrolment Management Conference The Origin and Future of SEM takes place in Chicago, Illinois, USA, in November. Topics include: SEM and K-12 alignment through common core standards; Serving distinct and/or non-traditional populations (ie, veterans, LGBT students, native populations, students with disabilities); Managing online enrolments; Impacts of the Affordable Care Act on higher education; SEM and achieving institutional sustainability; Creating effective enrolment management plans; Leading campus strategic planning efforts through data-driven decision-making; Improving student access and success; Integrating academic and student affairs; Delivering exemplary student service; Implementing leading-edge technologies; Graduate SEM; International SEM; Building effective academic partnerships; Utilising financial aid more effectively; Models for effective transfer programmes; Development enrolment projections; Measuring return on investment (ROI) on enrolment initiatives. Proposal submission deadline 1 May.
www.aacrao.org

1-3 May: CONAHEC’s 15th North American Higher Education Conference takes place in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, organised by the Consortium for North American Higher Education Collaboration. Conference tracks, each with several topics, re: Internationalisation; Mobility; Issues and trends in international higher education collaboration; Identity; Innovation; Higher education priorities: serving and involving indigenous communities; International academic collaboration around sustainability.
www.conahec.org

5-8 May: EUCHIS 2013, the International Conference of the European Chitin Society, takes place in Porto, Portugal, in May, sponsored by the Universidade Catolica Portuguesa. Conference topics are: Production, modification and characterisation of chitin and chitosan; Enzymatic synthesis, modification and degradation of chitin and chitosan Biomedical applications; Agricultural, food and other applications; Industrial applications and regulatory issues.
www.skyros-congressos.pt

6-8 May: The Arab Education Summit takes place at Grand Hyatt, Amman, Jordan, organised by Arab Brains. It brings together captains of industry and government leaders to ensure the world-class delivery of education, science and technology across the Middle East and North Africa. The Summit is held under the patronage of the Jordanian Minister of Education, HE Professor Wajih Oweis and with the support of the Jordanian government ensures participation of ministers, deputies and directors-general from more than 15 countries. It is centred around pre-scheduled one-to-one meetings between companies, government ministries, educational institutions and civil society.
www.arabbrains.com

By 6 May; 13-15 May: IETC 2013, the International Educational Technology Conference, takes place in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, organised by Sakarya University and University of Malaya. The convergence of recent technologies, web and mobile technologies, provides unique opportunities and an infrastructure for both face to face and online learning environments. However, specific environments for constructing knowledge are needed. In such environments, knowledge media should bring together the technology and learning theories to form meaningful settings for learners with different academic, administrative and support needs. The conference aims to provide an environment for experts to discuss the current state of the art for learning in schools, industry and universities with virtual environments, CSCL, m-learning, e-training and e-learning topics of particular interest. Wide range of conference topics – see second link. Proposals and abstract submission deadline 6 May.
www.iet-c.net
www.iet-c.net

7-8 May: QS-MAPLE, the 3rd QS Middle East and Africa Professional Leaders in Education Conference and Exhibition, is hosted by the University of Johannesburg, South Africa. Numerous topics – see second link.
www.qsmaple.org
www.qsmaple.org

7-9 May: The 4th Diversity and Inclusion in Higher Education and the Workplace Conference, Acknowledge, Resolve and Pursue: Toward an Education Nation of Inclusion, takes place in Boston, Massachusetts, US, on 8-9 May. Pre-conference seminar Diversity and Inclusion in Higher Education and the Workplace on 7 May.
www.conference-board.org

7-10 May: The 16th General Assembly of the Agence Universitaire de la Francophonie takes place in São Paulo, Brazil, on the theme L’Université, Moteur du Développement des Sociétés (University, Motor of Development of Societies). The programme of the four-yearly conference for those to study, teach and do research in French includes discussions on key issues of the academic world: commodification and massification of higher education, university funding, professionalization of training, exchange of good governance practices, the role of digital education.
www.auf.org
(info in English)

By 9 May; 21-26 June 2014: ESOF 2014 Copenhagen, Science Building Bridges, takes place in Copenhagen, Denmark, in June 2014. The aim of the biennial, interdisciplinary, pan-European general science meeting is to raise awareness of science in the public, and is an open platform for debating science and a showcase for European and global research at all levels. Conference themes are: The healthy society; A revolution of the mind; Global resources management; Learning in the 21st century; Green economy; Material and virtual world; Urbanisation, design and liveability; Science, democracy and citizenship. Call for proposals deadline 9 May 2013. The related public outreach programme Science in the City takes place alongside – see second link.
esof2014.org
esof2014.org

12-15 May: The International Interdisciplinary Conference takes place in Venice, Italy, sponsored by IISES, the International Institute of Social and Economic Sciences, and the University of Economics in Prague, Economic faculty. Broad conference tracks are: Business and economics; Social sciences and humanities; Teaching and education; Health, environment and welfare; IT for business; Law in Society.
www.iises.net

13-15 May: GUNI, the Global University Network for Innovation, is organising its 6th International Barcelona Conference on Higher Education at the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya in Barcelona, Spain, on the theme Let’s Build Transformative Knowledge to Drive Social Change: Be Knowledgesiastic! The conference explores the critical dimensions in understanding of the roles, and potential roles, of higher education institutions as active players contributing to the creation of another possible world.
www.guninetwork.org

13-17 May: The ASSEQEN 2013 Conference on Higher Education, Reearch and Innovation for Sustainable Future: The Way Forward, takes place at Auchi Polytechnic, Auchi, Nigeria, organised by the Association for Encouraging Qualitative Education in Nigeria. The conference considers how higher education, innovation, research, entrepreneurial, environmental, women, technology, science, vocational, language, peace, technical education, gender studies, youth empowerment, quality education can be used to enhance a sustainable future.
www.wesoeduonline.com
www.wesoeduonline.com

By 15 May: The European Commission has issued a call for proposals for the 2012 EU ICI-ECP Programme, for joint mobility projects (JMP) and joint degree projects (JDP). The call supports cooperation between the European Union and Australia, Japan, New Zealand and the Republic of Korea through JDP and JMP, which focus on structured exchanges of students and faculty members; on the joint development of joint or shared curricular and joint study programmes; and the award of joint or double degrees. For JDP the call is open to consortia of higher education institutions from an EU member country and a partner country; for JMP, to consortia of vocational and training institutions, as well as HEIs.
eacea.ec.europa.eu

By 15 May; 24-26 July: ACET 2013, the Asian Conference in Education and Technology, takes place in Seoul, South Korea, in July, on the theme Education and Technology: Towards Reengineering Education in Asia and Beyond the Borders. Conference topics are: Effective teaching pedagogies, learning styles and learning outcomes; Technology-based instructions; Emerging technologies; Educational management; ISO certification of schools; Engineering and sciences research. Submissions for presentation consideration deadline 15 May.
www.iamure.com

13-15 May: IETC 2013, the International Educational Technology Conference, takes place in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, organised by Sakarya University and University of Malaya. The convergence of recent technologies, web and mobile technologies, provides unique opportunities and an infrastructure for both face to face and online learning environments. However, specific environments for constructing knowledge are needed. In such environments, knowledge media should bring together the technology and learning theories to form meaningful settings for learners with different academic, administrative and support needs. The conference aims to provide an environment for experts to discuss the current state of the art for learning in schools, industry and universities with virtual environments, CSCL, m-learning, e-training and e-learning topics of particular interest. Wide range of conference topics – see second link.
www.iet-c.net
www.iet-c.net

16-17 May: The IREG Forum on Ranking Methodologies takes place in Warsaw, Poland, organised by the IREG Observatory on Academic Ranking and Excellence. Forum topics include: (1) Analysis of existing methodologies – international (global) rankings; national rankings; can methodologies of international and national rankings be compatible? (2) Theoretical aspects of ranking methodologies – New approaches to statistics, bibliometrics ad econometrics in rankings; Are there alternative methodologies in the making? Evolution of ranking: making changes but maintaining comparability of results. (3) practical aspects of ranking methodologies – Methods of data collection and verification of data; ‘Arbitrariness’ in assignment of weights to indicators; Presentation of results, eg instant picture vs. long-term trend.
www.ireg-observatory.org

By 17 May; 9-11 and 12-21 June: The Clute Institute 2013 European International Academic Conference takes place in Paris, France for the Clute June conference, and on board the Norwegian Cruise Line’s Norwegian Star for a second conference. Conference tracks are: Business and economics; Education; Energy policy; Engineering education; Health Sciences. Final papers and abstracts deadline 17 May.
cluteinstitute.com

19-20 May: ICKD 2013, the 2nd International Conference on Knowledge Discovery, takes place in Copenhagen, Denmark. Topics include Novel algorithms; Association rules; Knowledge engineering and management; Classification and ranking; Clustering; Text analysis and text understanding; Machine learning; Privacy preserving data minding; Statistical methods; Parallel and distributed data mining; Interactive and online mining; KDD process and human interaction; Knowledge management; Data and knowledge visualisation; Application; Privacy preserving data mining; Knowledge engineering and management; Web-based intelligence monitoring and analysis; Deception and intent detection; Text analysis and text understanding.
www.ickd.org

By 20 May; 4-7 July: ECSS 2013, the European Conference on the Social Services, Society, Environment and Trust: Towards Sustainable Systems of Governance, takes place in July in Brighton, UK organised by the International Academic Forum and its partners. Numerous conference themes, from Anthropology to Technology and applied sciences; see second link. Submissions deadline 20 May. See also ECSEE listing below.
ecss.iafor.org
ecss.iafor.org

By 20 May; 4-7 July: ECSEE 2013, The European Conference on Sustainability, Energy and the Environment, Sustainability, Society and the Environment: Searching for Synergies, takes place in July in Brighton, UK, organised by the International Academic Forum and its partners. Conference streams include: Environmental sustainability and human consumption – food and water, hunger and thirst – waste; Environmental sustainability and environmental management: freshwater, oceans and seas – land use and misuse – atmosphere and air; cultural sustainability: protecting, preserving and conserving; Economic sustainability: environmental challenges and economic growth – sustainable businesses and CSR; Social sustainability and social justice, war and peace, sustainable living; Energy: environmental degradation – renewable energy and environmental solutions – energy economics and ecological economics. Submission deadline 20 May. See also the ECSS listing above.
www.ecsee.iafor.org

By 20 May; 20-22 November: The 19th Annual Sloan Consortium International Conference on Online Learning, Online Learning: A Universe of Opportunities, takes place in Lake Buena Vista, Florida, US, in November. Broad conference tracks are: Faculty and professional development and support; K-12 online education; Leadership, values and society; Learning effectiveness; Open, global, mobile; Student services and learner support; Technology and emerging learning environments. Submissions deadline 20 May.
sloanconsortium.org

20-21 May: The Developing High Impact Collaborations Management Education Forum takes place in Tampa, Florida, US, organised by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business. The AACSB forum provides best practices for collaborations with a focus on developing objectives, partner selection, contract terms and development, managing and sustaining relations, as well as success factors. Participants learn about mutually beneficial partnerships to help them enhance the quality of teaching at their institutions.
www.aacsb.edu

20-22 May: Finnish International Educators’ Days take place in Levi, Lapland, Finland. Main themes are: Global competence, responsibility and multicultural society/dialogue; Measuring and comparing internationalisation; Professional development for internationalisation.
www.ulapland.fi

22-24 May: The 1st Instruct Biennial Structural Biology Meeting takes place at EMBL, Heidelberg, Germany. The programme includes sessions representing recent structural biology highlights, emerging methods and technologies and results of biomedical importance; and a special session, jointly organised with the ESFRI project Euro-Bioimaging, focuses on the bridge between structural and cell biology provided by recent developments in electron, light and x-ray microscopy.
www.structuralbiology.eu

20-21 May: The 11th Higher Education Summit takes place in Sydney, Australia. The summit is the flagship event organised by Informa Higher Education Series.
www.highereducationconferences.com.au

27-29 May: The 2013 University-Industry Interaction Conference, Challenges and Solutions for Fostering Entrepreneurial Universities and Collaborative Innovation, takes place in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, hosted by the University Industry Innovation Network and the VU University Amsterdam. Topics include knowledge transfer, entrepreneurship, intellectual property, the entrepreneurial university, innovation and university-business cooperation.
www.university-industry.com

29-31 May: The 8th eLearning Africa conference, the continent’s largest annual conference on ICT for development, education and training, takes place at the Safari Conference Centre, Windhoek, Namibia, hosted by Namibia’s Ministry of Education in conjunction with the Ministry of ICT. eLearning Africa 2013 focuses on Tradition, Change and Innovation. Sub-themes are: The Present: Innovation and learning under the African sky; The Past: Africa’s rich learning traditions and legacies; The Future: The future of learning in Africa.
www.elearning-africa.com

29-30 May: The 3rd EU-US-Japan Trilateral Conference on Critical Materials, Towards New Models in Efficient Management of Critical Materials, takes place in Brussels, Belgium, under the auspices of the European Commission the US Department of Energy, Japan’s Ministry of Economy. Trade and Industry, and the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization.
ec.europa.eu

By 1 June; 2-4 October: The 10th International Workshop on Higher Education Reforms: Looking Back, Looking Forward takes place in October at the University of Ljubliana, Slovenia, co-sponsored by the Comparative and International Education Society Higher Education Special Interest Group; the Canadian Society for the Study of Higher Education; and the Centre for Policy Studies in Higher Education and Training of the University of British Columbia at Vancouver, Canada, and the PASCAL International Observatory. Proposals deadline 1 June.
www.pef.uni-lj.si

28-31 May: The Association of African Universities’ 13th General Conference takes place in Libreville, Gabon, hosted by Université Omar Bongo, on the theme Transforming African Higher Education for Graduate Employability and Socio-Economic Development. Sub-themes are: The connect between higher education and productive sector; Graduate employability; The role of organised private sector; Socio-political environment and employability; Funding issues.
lwww.aau.org

2-8 June: The 4th Asia-Pacific Regional Conference on Service-learning takes place at Lingnan University, Hong Kong, and Sun Yatsen University, Guangzhou, China, on the theme Service-learning as a Bridge from Local to Global: Connected world, connected future. Broad conference areas are: Different modes/models of service-learning; Building effective partnerships in service-learning; Service-learning as civic education; Global citizenship and international service-learning; Programme evaluation and assessment: outcomes of service-learning and a research agenda; Fostering reflection/critical thinking; Higher education as a force to address social problems.
www.ln.edu.hk

By 3 June; 4-6 December: REMINDER - Online Educa Berlin 2013 takes place in the German capital in December, with focus on change and the role of technology in promoting creativity and innovation. Themes include: Creativity and engagement; Work and ‘life-wide’ learning; Global learning; Redefining formal learning; Modern problems – smart solutions; Learning analytics. Proposals deadline 3 June.
www.icwe.net

By 3 June; 4-6 December: Online Educa Berlin 2013 takes place in the German capital in December, with focus on change and the role of technology in promoting creativity and innovation. Themes include: Creativity and engagement; Work and ‘life-wide’ learning; Global learning; Redefining formal learning; Modern problems – smart solutions; Learning analytics. Proposals deadline 3 June.
www.icwe.net

3-5 June: The 22nd annual conference of the European Access Network (EAN) The Evolution of Access: Adapt to Survive? New challenges and opportunities in widening participation in higher education, takes place in Strasbourg, France, in collaboration with the Council of Europe. Questions covered are: Can an integrated approach across sectors, institutions, state or national boundaries transform higher education and accelerate progress? Achieving national and regional participation goals: what are the implications for policy and practice in higher education systems? Tightening public investment in higher education; can ‘access work’ survive?
www.ean-edu.org

3-7 June: EU BC&E 2013, the 21st European Biomass Conference and Exhibition, takes place in Copenhagen, Denmark, supported by European and international organisations including the European Commission, UNESCO, World Council for Renewable Energy and the European Biomass Industry Association. The technical programme is coordinated by the European Commission Joint Research Centre. The conference discusses major issues for the biomass markets, in technical and business areas, from resources assessment to market and policy developments drawing on leading experiences from Europe and worldwide. The conference is expanding its coverage on the growing issue of bioeconomy.
www.conference-biomass.com

5-6 June: The Smart Cities Annual Conference 2013 takes place in Budapest, Hungary, an event for cities and solutions providers to meet and discuss the future shape of the European urban landscape.
eu-smartcities.eu

5-7 June: The Council for the Advancement and Support of Education is organising the CASE Rectors and Presidents Fundraising Study Tour to the universities of Oxford, Reading and Bristol, UK. The tour provides an opportunity to visit and learn from the development operations of leading English universities with diverse traditions, structures and missions.
www.case.org

6-7 June: The 8th World Economy Research Institute’s Annual Conference on Fostering Innovation and Competitiveness in the EU at National and Regional Level takes place in Warsaw, Poland. Topics covered include: Interrelations between competitiveness, economic growth and economic policy on regional and national levels in the light of the second wave of financial crisis; Transfer of knowledge between enterprises and research institutions; Innovation policy and institutional instruments of fostering innovation with the focus on EU member states and their regions; Clustering and its influence on creating the competitiveness and innovation capacity of European regions; National and regional innovation systems.
www.sgh.waw.pl

5-7 June: WIRE IV, the 4th Week of Innovative Regions in Europe, takes place in Cork, Ireland. The European Commission-supported conference addresses the Innovation Union context of the ‘Capacities’ work programme, especially the Research Potential Programme, with emphasis on research and innovation as key drivers of competitiveness, jobs, sustainable growth and social progress. The conference focuses on: The role of regions in internationalisation; Growing pains – moving on from cohesion; How to design a regional programme.
ec.europa.eu

9-11 June: The Annual Conference 2013 of EFMD Management Development Network takes place in Brussels, Belgium, on the theme Does Management Education Create Impact?
www.efmd.org

9-11 June: The Academic Cooperation Association’s 20-year Anniversary Conference Internationalisation and International Mobility. Where do we stand, where are we heading? takes place in The Hague, Netherlands, co-organised by Nuffic.
www.aca-secretariat.be

9-11 and 12-21 June: The Clute Institute 2013 European International Academic Conference takes place in Paris, France for the Clute June conference, and on board the Norwegian Cruise Line’s Norwegian Star for a second conference. Conference tracks are: Business and economics; Education; Energy policy; Engineering education; Health Sciences.
cluteinstitute.com

9-13 June: LIHE’13 Europe, the 9th International Symposium, takes place in June at Agia Marina in Aegina Island, Greece, organised by LIHE, the International Academic Association for the Enhancement of Learning in Higher Education. The event brings together authors of accepted chapters to review, edit and finalise their chapters for the anthology Improving University Students’ Learning Outcomes through Case-based Teaching, to be published by Libri Publishing Ltd. The three ‘framing concepts’ of the anthology, which showcases successful experiences with case-based teaching in higher education, are: The concept of case-based teaching; The learning affordances of case-based teaching; and The successful achievement of learning outcomes through case-based teaching.
www.lihe.info

10-12 June: The Global Business School Network 2013 Annual Conference and 10th Anniversary Celebration takes place in Tunis, Tunisia, co-hosted by the Mediterranean School of Business (Tunisia) and Babson College (USA). The event provides not only networking and learning opportunities but generates new ideas to address the growing issue of youth unemployment in the developing world. It includes a full day looking closely at Tunisia and the MENA region.
www.gbsnonline.org

11-13 June: The International Enhancement Themes Conference: Enhancement and Innovation will take place at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Glasgow, United Kingdom. To mark 10 years of the Enhancement Themes this major conference will bring together over 500 delegates from across the globe engaged in enhancing the student learning experience. The conference will feature a series of keynote lectures from leading international experts covering the spectrum of enhancement. Conference tracks are: Curriculum innovation; Achieving curriculum change; Internationalisation of the curriculum; Impact of national policy on quality enhancement; Teaching postgraduate students; Supporting enhancement through quality processes; Collaboration in curriculum development, including staff-student, inter-institutional and interdisciplinary; Empowering staff; Empowering students.
www.enhancementthemes.ac.uk

12-14 June: ICELW, the International Conference on E-learning in the Workplace, takes place at Columbia University, New York, US. Conference topics include: Online training methodologies; Performance support systems; Just-in-time learning; Mobile learning (including iPads, smartphones and other mobile devices); Collaborative and social learning; E-learning design; E-learning usability studies; Success stories and case studies; E-learning experiences in large and small organisations; Knowledge management; Strategies for implementing e-learning within an organisation; Authoring tools and learning content management systems; E-learning evaluation; Studies of e-learning in practice; E-learning project management; Use of virtual worlds in e-learning; Communities of practice.
www.icelw.org

12-14 June: The 3rd Forum Mondial des Centres de Langues de l’Enseignement Supérieur HÉRACLES (World Forum of Higher Education Language Centres HERACLES) takes place at the University of Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada, on the theme Les Centres de langues et la mise en oeuvre des politiques linguistiques dans l’enseignement supérieur: Enseignement – Recherche – Mobilités (Language centres and the implementation of linguistic policies in higher education: Teaching – Research – Mobility). HÉRACLES (Hautes Études et Recherches pour les Apprentissages dans les Centres de Langues de l’Enseignement Supérieur) is an initiative of the Agence Universitaire de la Francophonie.
www.auf.org

12-14 June: The 2013 AAUP Annual Conference takes place in Washington DC, US, organised by the American Association of University Professors. Topics likely to include: Funding and defunding public education; Collective bargaining in higher education; The role of faculty in institutional decision making; Faculty working off the tenure track; The role of academic professionals in higher education; Assessment and accountability; The corporatisation of teaching and research; Race, gender and sexual orientation in the academy; The 21st century curriculum; Online education.
www.aaup.org

12-15 June: CU Expo 2013, the Community-University Expo Engaging Shared Worlds, is hosted by the Memorial University of Newfoundland and the City of Corner Brook with support of Canada’s provincial Rural Secretariat, in Corner Brook, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. The two-yearly expo is a Canada-led international conference designed to showcase the best practices in community-university partnerships worldwide and create opportunities for innovative and successful collaborations to strengthen communities. Themes are: Engaging transformation – what is needed to support mobilising communities’ engagement with universities for positive change?; Engaging knowledge – how can communities and universities engage in teaching, research and knowledge mobilisation?; Engaging voices – How do we broaden participation in transformation and knowledge creation?
www.cuexpo2013.ca

By 17 June: The European University Association is launching the Rankings in Institutional Strategies and Processes (RISP) project in partnership with the Dublin Institute of Technology, France’s Conference of University Presidents and the Academic Information Centre in Latvia. RISP, which is co-funded by the Lifelong Learning Programme of the European Commission, will be the first pan-European study of the impact and influence of rankings on European universities; it seeks to build understanding on how rankings and similar transparency tools impact development of institutional strategies and processes and to propose recommendations on how they can be used to promote institutional development while identifying potential pitfalls universities should avoid. The project includes an online survey to European universities and higher education institutions on the influence of rankings on institutional strategic decision-making, policies and organisation (deadline 17 June); a series of site visits in October-December; a roundtable with senior university managers in May 2014; a final publication including policy recommendations at end 2014 or beginning 2015.
www.eua.be

By 18 June; 25-27 June: - INTE 2013, the multilingual International Conference on New Horizons in Education, takes place in Rome, Italy, organised by Sakarya University. Nearly 50 topics, from Art education to Vocational education (see second link).
www.int-e.net
www.int-e.net

18-20 June: EuroNanoForum 2013 takes place in Dublin, Ireland, focusing on the commercialisation of nanotechnologies, exploiting its potential for new applications and taking them further for enabling technologies to end products. It also introduces the industry to new innovations for growth opportunities. With Horizon 2020 beginning in 2014 the conference also shows how nanotechnologies fit into the new structure within Europe’s key priority areas of excellent science, industrial leadership and tackling societal challenges.
www.enf2013.eu

19 June: The ECCH workshop An Introduction to Case Teaching takes place at IE Business School, Madrid, Spain, organised by the European Case Clearing House. This workshop is for teachers who have little experience of using cases in their classes. The benefits of using the case method are explored and participants learn to develop practical skills in case preparation and classroom delivery.
www.ecch.com

23-25 June: The Sustainability Conference organised by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) in Washington, DC, US, reveals new ways and best practices in sustainability and corporate responsibility, and highlights b-school efforts to serve local and global communities further. A diverse group of experts and educators discuss how participants can lead sustainability efforts at their institutions.
www.aacsb.edu

23-26 June: The 6th International Academic Conference takes place in Bergen, Norway, sponsored by the International Institute of Social Economic Sciences and the University of Economics in Prague, Economics faculty. Conference tracks are: Business and economics; Social sciences and humanities; Teaching and education; Health, environment and welfare; IT for business; Law in society.
www.iises.net

24-26 June: CICE-2013, the Canada International Conference on Education, takes place at the University of Toronto, Canada. CICE is an international refereed conference dedicated to the advancement of the theory and practices in education. It promotes collaborative excellence between academicians and professionals from education and aims to provide an opportunity for those from various educational fields with cross-disciplinary interests to bridge the knowledge gap, promote research esteem and the evolution of pedagogy. All accepted papers appear in the proceedings and modified versions of selected papers are published in special-issue peer-reviewed journals. Broad conference topics include art education, adult education, business education, course management, curriculum research and development, educational foundations, Learning/ teaching methodologies and assessment, global issues in education and research, pedagogy, research management, ubiquitous learning, research in progress.
www.ciceducation.org

23-26 June: The End-of-Academic-Year Multidisciplinary Conference takes place in Munich, Germany, with tours to Nuremberg and Innsbruck (Austria), in June, organised by the International Journal of Arts and Sciences. Conference tracks are: Social sciences and humanities; Business and economics; Teaching and education; Technology and science. The aims of the IJAS annual conferences are to provide opportunities for academics from a range of disciplines and countries to share their research, receive informal in-depth feedback through discussions and establish contact with professionals in other countries and institutions (the tours are the main way of ‘breaking the ice’ away from the formalities of the conference hall, providing an informal setting for discussing different points of view), and to introduce academics to educational premises in locations suitable for study-abroad programmes and which may meet their students’ educational needs. Full-length manuscripts may be published in the International Journal of Arts and Sciences or refereed journals electronically available through its publishing consortium.
www.internationaljournal.org

24-28 June: XV WCCES, the Comparative Education World Congress, takes place in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on the theme New Times, New Voices: Comparative Perspectives for Education. Thematic groups are on: New theoretical and methodical voices for comparative education; Voices from the south; New perspectives on the state, the global and the local; Actors’ voices in new scenarios; New times for public education systems; Educational internationalisation, academic voices and public policy; Voices of diversity and new forms of educational democratisation; Group & voice and language; New times for curriculum; Voices from countries/areas in conflict or fragility; Voices from those in adult learning/non-formal learning; New ways of communicating voices.
wcces2013.com.ar

24-28 June: EdMedia 2013, the World Conference on educational Media and Technology, takes place in Victoria, BC, Canada in June, organised by AACE, the Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education. Themes for discussion at this multi-disciplinary conference include: Infrastructure; Tools and content-oriented applications; New roles of the instructor and learninger; Human-computer interaction; Cases and projects; Universal web accessibility; Indigenous peoples and technology.
aace.org

25-27 June: INTE 2013, the multilingual International Conference on New Horizons in Education, takes place in Rome, Italy, organised by Sakarya University. Nearly 50 topics, from Art education to Vocational education (see second link).
www.int-e.net
www.int-e.net

26-28 June: The international conference Racism and Anti-Racism through Education and Community Practice: An International Exchange takes place at the Centre for Education for Racial Equality in Scotland, University of Edinburgh. The event aims to put ‘race’ back on the agenda in education and community theory and practice. The premise is that over recent years practitioners and academics interested in the operations of ‘race’, racism and anti-racism have had to negotiate various disabling discourses in policy, politics and practice. From the backlash against ‘failed’ multiculturalism in Europe to the marginalisation of ‘race’ in inclusive education to a shift in preference for discussing culture and ethnicity rather than racism, it seems that ‘race’ and ‘challenging racism’ have been silenced from broader discussions about educational inclusion and social justice. The conference aims to bring together academics, policy makers and practitioners from around the world to debate and share practice experiences about ‘race’, racism and anti-racism in different national contexts. Keynotes from Professor David Gillborn (University of Birmingham, UK), Professor Philomena Essed (Antioch University, USA) and Professor Geri Smyth (University of Strathclyde, Scotland, UK).
www.ceres.education.ed.ac.uk

26-29 June: The 2nd Conference on Sustainable Intelligent Manufacturing takes place in Lisbon, Portugal, organised jointly by the Centre for Rapid and Sustainable Product Development, Polytechnic Institute of Leiria and the Faculty of Architecture, Technical University of Lisbon. The conference aims to provide a major international forum for academics, researchers and industrial partners, and foster networking and collaboration to advance knowledge and identify major trends in the fields. Numerous topics include Computer-aided green manufacturing; Eco-design and eco-innovation; Design for climate change; inclusive design; e-Manufacturing; Green manufacturing; Sustainable construction for the built environment; Green supply chain management; Green transportation; Renewable energy; Reuse, remanufacturing, disassembly and recycling techniques; Sustainable packaging solutions; Smart manufacturing; Reverse logistics and product recovery; Smart and sustainable materials; Life-cycle engineering and assessment; Energy efficiency in manufacturing; Energy efficiency in manufacturing; Smart design for sustainability; Sustainable technology innovation; Sustainable business models; Zero-waste production; Nearly zero-energy buildings; Resource efficient cities.
co108w.col108.mail.live.com

By 1 July; 15-17 July: IDEC 2013, the International Distance Education Conference, takes place at Kyonggi University, Suwon, South Korea, supported by Sakarya University, Kyonggi University and TASET with the aim of providing a multinational platform where latest trends in distance education can be discussed. Conference languages are Turkish, English and Korean. Wide scope of topics – see second link. Abstracts deadline 1 July.
www.id-ec.net
ww.id-ec.net

By 1 July; 18-20 July: ISTEC 2013, the International Science, Technology and Engineering Conference, takes place in Songdo-Dong, Korea, organised by Sakarya University, and also supported by SUNY Korea and TASET. Numerous subjects for debate – see second link. Abstracts deadline 1 July.
www.iste-c.net
www.iste-c.net

1-3 July: Edulearn 13, the 5th annual International Conference on Education and New Learning Technologies, takes place in Barcelona, Spain. Numerous topics under the broad themes of Experiences in education; Pedagogical innovations in education; Experiences in research; International projects; General issues; E-learning; Computer-supported collaborative work; Emerging technologies in education; Educational software in serious games; E-content management and development.
iated.org

1-3 July: REMINDER - The ECCH workshop Writing Cases takes place at INSEAD business school, Fontainebleau, France, organised by the European Case Clearing House in association with the Richard Ivey School of Business. The workshop aims to help participants write effective cases quickly and develop skills to create a more enriching classroom environment for their students.
www.ecch.com

1-4 July: The 2013 HERDSA conference takes place at AUT University, Auckland, New Zealand, organised by the Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia on the theme The Place of Learning and Teaching. Conference topics are: Spaces and places; Pedagogy and curriculum; Research and policy.
herdsa.nz123.co.nz

By 2/30 July; 4 October: BioMicroWorld2013, the 5th International Conference on Environmental, Industrial and Applied Microbiology, takes place in Madrid, Spain, in October. Core topics are Agriculture, soil, forest microbiology; Environmental, marine, aquatic microbiology, geomicribiology; Food microbiology; Industrial microbiology – future bioindustries; Medical microbiology – pharmaceutical microbiology – antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy; Microbial physiology, metabolism and gene expression. Submissions deadlines 2 July for oral presentations, 30 July for poster/virtual presentations
www.biomicroworld2013.org

4-7 July: ECSS 2013, the European Conference on the Social Services, Society, Environment and Trust: Towards Sustainable Systems of Governance, takes place in Brighton, UK organised by the International Academic Forum and its partners. Numerous conference themes, from Anthropology to Technology and applied sciences; see second link. See also ECSEE listing below.
ecss.iafor.org
ecss.iafor.org

4-7 July: ECSEE 2013, The European Conference on Sustainability, Energy and the Environment, Sustainability, Society and the Environment: Searching for Synergies, takes place in Brighton, UK, organised by the International Academic Forum and its partners. Conference streams include: Environmental sustainability and human consumption – food and water, hunger and thirst – waste; Environmental sustainability and environmental management: freshwater, oceans and seas – land use and misuse – atmosphere and air; cultural sustainability: protecting, preserving and conserving; Economic sustainability: environmental challenges and economic growth – sustainable businesses and CSR; Social sustainability and social justice, war and peace, sustainable living; Energy: environmental degradation – renewable energy and environmental solutions – energy economics and ecological economics. See also the ECSS listing above.
www.ecsee.iafor.org

6-7 July: ICKET 2013, the 2nd International Conference on Knowledge and Education Technology takes place in Hong Kong in July, organised by IACSIT. Many topics – see second link.
www.icket.org
www.icket.org

6-11 July: The 38th FEBS Congress, Mechanisms of Biology, takes place in St Petersburg, Russia, organised by the Federation of European Biochemical Societies.
www.febs-2013.org

8-9 July: The 10th Annual Sloan Consortium Blended Learning Conference and Workshop Trend to Blend: Lessons from the Field takes place in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, US. Broad conference tracks are: Teaching and learning; Research; Student support; Faculty development and support; Leadership and administration.
sloanconsortium.org

8-12 July: The Berkeley Institute on Higher Education takes place at the University of California, Berkeley, organised by the university’s Center for Studies in Higher Education. Aimed at higher education leaders from around the world the Institute focuses on and compares the essential characteristics of major research universities in the United States with the University of California as a case study. It also focuses on internal university governance and management that make possible the creation and maintenance of the world’s top research universities, including strategic planning university governance at multi-campus and campus levels, and faculty participation in governance, tenure, admissions, access for all elements of society, academic planning, accomplishing change and starting new campuses. And more.
cshe.berkeley.edu

13-14 July: ICEMT 2013, the 4th International Conference on Education and Management Technology takes place in Jakarta, Indonesia. The conference aim is to provide a platform for researchers, engineers, academicians as well as industrial professionals from all over the world to present their research results and development activities in Education and Management Technology. Many conference topics – see second link. All papers will be published in the IJ4E (ISSN: 2010-3654) as one volume, and included in the Engineering & Technology Digital Library, and indexed by EBSCO, WorldCat, Google Scholar, CNKI, Ulrich's Periodicals Directory and sent to be reviewed by ISI Proceedings.
www.icemt.org
www.icemt.org

14-16 July: The American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers Transfer Conference Determining New Pathways Towards Student Success takes place in Tucson, Arizona, USA, held in conjunction with the AACRAO Technology Conference (see separate entry). Topics include: Public policy and legislation; Transfer of credit and articulation; Prior learning experience and MOOCs Enrolment management of transfer students, including recruitment and retention; Statewide initiatives and collaborations; Transfer centres; Institutional partnerships; Organisational models and staffing for transfer services; Application of technology to improve transfer services; Advising and assessment; Transfer trends; Transfer admissions and credit evaluation policies and workflow; Digital transcripts (and other documents, eg PDFs); Access and success; Specific transfer populations (military, non-traditional, etc); Marketing to transfer students; International transfer students and transfer credit.
www.aacrao.org

14-16 July: The American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admission Officers’ Technology Conference Integrating Technology and Student Success on Campus takes place in Tucson, Arizona, USA, held in conjunction with the AACRAO Transfer Conference (see separate listing). Topics include: Student success applications; Early alert systems; Cloud computing; CRM solutions; ERP issues and solutions; Business intelligence and data analytics; One-stop-shop solutions; Document imaging and storage; Identity and Access management; ‘Green’ computing practices and technology; XML and EDI (SPEEDE); Mobile applications and services; LMS innovations; Room scheduling; Privacy and security (eg FERPA); Innovative applications of technology to improve services; Open/community source applications; Tools to support advising and assessment; Web applications and services; Social networking applications; Workflow; Dig9ital documents (eg PDFs).
www.aacrao.org

14-20 July: The 2013 Conference on Global Leadership, Learning and Research, the Emerging Scholarly Research Forum, takes place in Orlando, Florida, US, organised by Nova Southeastern University’s Fischler School of Education. Topics cover the latest trends and research in P-12 Education, including public, private and charter education; Higher education (administration and student personnel); Organisational leadership; Speech language pathology and related fields; Instructional technology (K-12 and higher education); Distance education (K-12 and higher education); Health care education/nursing; Training and organisational development; Cross-cultural competency.
www.fischlerschool.nova.edu

15-17 July: IDEC 2013, the International Distance Education Conference, takes place at Kyonggi University, Suwon, South Korea, supported by Sakarya University, Kyonggi University and TASET with the aim of providing a multinational platform where latest trends in distance education can be discussed. Conference languages are Turkish, English and Korean. Wide scope of topics – see second link.
www.id-ec.net
www.id-ec.net

15-17 July: The Engagement Australia 2013 Conference Next Steps: Coproducing Knowledge for Social Impact takes place in Melbourne, Australia. Conference themes are: Creating an engagement culture in universities; Coproducing knowledge; Creating and evaluating social impact. The conference aims to provide a forum to discuss university-community engagement and an opportunity for universities and c9ommunities to share practices, engage with individuals and organisations outside higher education and provide professional learning opportunities for academic and professional staff.
engagementaustralia.org.au

18-20 July: ISTEC 2013, the International Science, Technology and Engineering Conference, takes place in Songdo-Dong, Korea, organised by Sakarya University, and also supported by SUNY Korea and TASET. Numerous subjects for debate – see second link.
www.iste-c.net
www.iste-c.net

18-21 July: ECLL 2013, the inaugural European Conference on Language Learning, takes place in Brighton, UK, organised by the International Academic Forum on the theme Shifting Paradigms: Informed Responses. The conference discusses the many shifts education has seen, for example in areas of teaching methodology, assessment and use of technology, as well as numerous other topics related to language learning and teaching.
ecll.iafor.org

22-26 July: The 8th International Conference on Higher Education and Disability takes place in Innsbruck, Austria in July 2013, organised by the host, the University of Innsbruck, and the University of New Orleans Training, Resource and Assistive-technology Center, US. Broad conference topics are: Innovations in higher education, programmes, services, technology and funding; International educational exchange programmes; Approaches to professional development and standards for disability service providers.
trac.uno.edu

24-26 July: ACET 2013, the Asian Conference in Education and Technology, takes place in Seoul, South Korea, on the theme Education and Technology: Towards Reengineering Education in Asia and Beyond the Borders. Conference topics are: Effective teaching pedagogies, learning styles and learning outcomes; Technology-based instructions; Emerging technologies; Educational management; ISO certification of schools; Engineering and sciences research.
www.iamure.com

26-27 July: Connect 2013 Online Education Conference takes place in Louisville, Kentucky, US. Topics include: Existing and emerging trends in federal and state policies; Project plans for sealing your online programs; Staffing for online student success; Financial aid for online learning – staying out of trouble; Emerging online instructional tools; Online classroom management.
www.learninghouse.com

29 July – 1 August: Campus Technology 2013, the 20th Higher Education Technology Conference, takes place in Boston, Massachusetts, US. The event covers the skills needed to master and implement latest technologies – including cloud computing, immersive learning/augmented reality, collaborative environments, Web 2.0, virtual reality.
events.campustechnology.com

By 31 July; 1 September: The Department of Educational Research at Lancaster University, United Kingdom, is launching a unique distance learning PhD programme in Higher Education Research, Evaluation and Enhancement, for September 2013 entry. Students complete the part-time programme entirely online, over four to five years. Designed for professionals working within higher education institutions around the world, participants can study from home while in full- or part-time employment and do not need to visit the Lancaster campus, making the programme suitable for international students. Applications preferably by end of July.
www.lancs.ac.uk

6-9 August: The 2nd Annual Conference of the International Society of Diversity and Inclusion Professions, International Insights and Innovation, takes place in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The theme reflects the continuing need for diversity and inclusion professionals to expand their competence with global issues affecting their profession.
www.diversityandinclusionprofessionals.org

29-31 August: The EAIR 35th Annual Forum 2013 takes place in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, hosted by Erasmus University Rotterdam which celebrates its centenary in 2013. The conference theme is The Impact of Higher Education: Addressing the Challenges of the 21st Century. Broad conference tracks are: Governance – impact follows strategy? Student learning and the student experience; Institutional research – how to measure impact? Quality management in higher education; Ranking – excellence and reputation management; Access to higher education; The impact of higher education on the economy.
www.eair.nl

1 September: The Department of Educational Research at Lancaster University, United Kingdom, is launching a unique distance learning PhD programme in Higher Education Research, Evaluation and Enhancement, for September 2013 entry. Students complete the part-time programme entirely online, over four to five years. Designed for professionals working within higher education institutions around the world, participants can study from home while in full- or part-time employment and do not need to visit the Lancaster campus, making the programme suitable for international students.
www.lancs.ac.uk

1-4 September: The 7th International Academic Conference takes place in Prague, Czech Republic, sponsored by the International Institute of Social and Economic Sciences and the University of Economics in Prague, Economic faculty. Conference tracks are: Business and economics; Social sciences and humanities; Teaching and education; Health, environment and welfare; IT for business; Law in society.
www.iises.net

10-13 September: The 25th Annual Conference of the European Association for International Education takes place in Istanbul, Turkey, on the theme Weaving the Future of Global Partnerships.
www.eaie.org

15-20 September: SMMIB 2013, the 18th International Conference on Surface Modification of Materials by Ion Beams takes place in Kusadasi, Turkey. Broad themes are: Phenomena, processes and techniques; Fundamental studies of ion beam processing; Applications; Emerging techniques and equipment.
www.smmib2013.net

19-21 September: The World e-ID Congress takes place in Nice, France, bringing together e-ID programs managers, government officials and technology experts around major projects, policies, trends and innovations. The 2013 conference highlights include reinforced global approach with sessions on Africa and emerging countries; strong focus given to mobile ID applications and deployments by governments, enterprises and banks; with contact less at the heart of next generation e-ID, the conference benefits from the co-located NFC World Congress and the new M2M Innovation World Congress; more interactive panels on topics such as harmonisation of policies, cross-border issues, travel document vs. mobile ID with smartphones, &c.
www.worlde-idcongress.com

November 2013: The biennial Commonwealth of Learning 7th Pan-Commonwealth Forum on Open Learning takes place in Abuja, Nigeria, co-hosted by the Federal Ministry of Education. NOUN, the National Open University of Nigeria, is the lead partner institution.

20-21 September: The 32nd Research-to-Practice Conference in Adult and Higher Education (formerly Midwest Research to Practice Conference) takes place at Lindenwood University, St Charles, Missouri, US.
www.lindenwood.edu

21-24 September: The 5th EMBO Meeting takes place in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. EMBO is an organisation of more than 1,500 leading researchers that promotes excellence in the life sciences. It aims to support talented researchers at all stages of their careers, stimulate exchange of scientific information and help build a European research environment.
www.the-embo-meeting.org

25-27 September: The Chip-to-Cloud Security Forum 2013 Smart Trusted Technologies and Services for the Networked Society takes place in Nice, France, organised by Strategies Telecoms and Multimedia. The technical event covers all aspects of all assets protection in embedded, mobile and cloud technologies – subjects include new smart security challenges in: embedded security technologies; trusted mobile devices and services; cloud security and beyond; ‘horizonal’ issues – standardisation, privacy, evaluation, certification, etc.
www.chip-to-cloud.com

26-27 September: CONCORDi-2013, the 4th European Conference on Corporate R&D and Innovation, takes place in Seville, Spain, organised by the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre, on the theme Financing R&D and Innovation for Corporate Growth in the EU: Strategies, Drivers and Barriers. The programme addresses the financial challenges affecting the link between innovation and growth of European companies.
iri.jrc.ec.europa.eu

26-28 September: The 4th International Conference on University Traditions: a Resource or a Burden? takes place in Moscow, Russia, organised by the Russian Association of Higher Education Researchers. The conference is co-hosted by the International commission for the History of Universities, the New Economic School and HSE Poletayev Institute for Theoretical and Historical Studies. The agenda includes a specialised symposium “University and Professors’ Archives”; conference tracks are: Academic profession and academic contracts in universities; The role of universities in regional development; Mergers and acquisitions in university practices; Universities and urban development; The role of traditions in university development.
www.educonf.hse.ru

2-4 October: The 10th International Workshop on Higher Education Reforms: Looking Back, Looking Forward takes place at the University of Ljubliana, Slovenia, co-sponsored by the Comparative and International Education Society Higher Education Special Interest Group; the Canadian Society for the Study of Higher Education; and the Centre for Policy Studies in Higher Education and Training of the University of British Columbia at Vancouver, Canada, and the PASCAL International Observatory.
www.pef.uni-lj.si

2-5 October: ICEEPSY 2013, the 4th International Conference on Education and Education Psychology, takes place in Antalya, Turkey. Conference themes are: Assessment and evaluation, teacher education, basic education, basic skills; Design learning and arts education; counselling psychology; Adolescent growth and development & educational psychology; Leadership and collaborative policy, adult and continuing education, higher education, quality assurance/ institutional effectiveness; Learning theories, effective teaching practices, second language teaching; Sport and exercise education; New approaches in psychology; Special education, education and technology, ICT, distance learning. The conference is ‘Approved by the British Psychological Society Learning Centre for the purposes of Continuing Professional Development’.
www.iceepsy.org

3-4 October: The Science for the Environment 2013 conference takes place in Aarhus, Denmark, organised by Aarhus University and the Partnership for European Environmental Research. The aim is to provide input to the European Commission on the future research needs in Horizon 2020. Themes are: Climate action: mitigation and adaptation; Resource efficiency: natural resources, ecosystems, raw materials; Green economy: eco-innovation.
dce-conference.au.dk

4 October: BioMicroWorld2013, the 5th International Conference on Environmental, Industrial and Applied Microbiology, takes place in Madrid, Spain. Core topics are Agriculture, soil, forest microbiology; Environmental, marine, aquatic microbiology, geomicribiology; Food microbiology; Industrial microbiology – future bioindustries; Medical microbiology – pharmaceutical microbiology – antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy; Microbial physiology, metabolism and gene expression.
www.biomicroworld2013.org

16-20 October: LIHE’13 Michigan, the 10th International Symposium on Learning Spaces in Higher Education, takes place in Ann Arbor and Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA, organised by LIHE, the International Academic Association for the Advancement of Learning-centred Higher Education; the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan; and Steelcase Education Solutions. Chapter contributions to the anthology Learning Spaces in Higher Education to be published by Libri Publishing Ltd form material for the symposium where authors meet to review, edit and complete their chapters and finalise the manuscript for publication. The three broad, interlinked themes are: (1) Conceptual – What is a learning space? Are there different types of learning spaces? What are the different components of a learning space? (2) Practical – How are learning spaces constructed? How are learning spaces used as an educational tool? How are learning spaces changing over time and with technological advances? (3) Theoretical – What are the effects of different learning spaces? How does the learning space moderate other pedagogical factors? How does a learning space lead to learning?
www.lihe.info

24-25 October: The EADTU Conference Transition to Open and Online Education in European Universities takes place in Paris, France, organised by the European Association for Distance Education Universities. Conference themes are: National and institutional aspects of opening up education; Institutional models for online or blended course and curriculum development and delivery; Innovations in technology enhanced learning for the future; Quality assurance in online and distance learning; Other and related topics – Modernising universities; Educational technology; Networked curricular; QA in e-learning; Open educational resources and MOOCs; E-learning forecast studies; Good practices of transitions to open and flexible learning; Models of open and flexible learning; Current procedures in OER and MOOCs; Schemes for virtual and blended mobility; Innovative pedagogies; Online assessments; E-learning forecast studies.
www.eadtu.eu

4-7 November: CORDEX 2013, International Conference on Regional Climate, takes place in Brussels, Belgium, organised by the World Climate Research Programme, The European Commission and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. The event provides a forum for assessing the following: Development of regional climate change projections; Provision of reliable and actionable regional climate information; Use of regional climate information in impact, adaptation and vulnerability studies; Dissemination of regional climate knowledge to policymakers and a wide range of stakeholders and decisionmakers. Broad themes are: Methodologies for regional downscaling, evaluation analysis, integration and interpretation; Evaluation of CORDEX regional downscaling: present climate and future change; User needs: the driver of CORDEX downscaling; Regional climate change impacts, societal vulnerabilities and adaptation/mitigation options; Future priority areas for regional downscaling and CORDEX
cordex2013.wcrp-climate.org

10-13 November: The American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers (AACRAO) Strategic Enrolment Management Conference The Origin and Future of SEM takes place in Chicago, Illinois, USA. Topics include: SEM and K-12 alignment through common core standards; Serving distinct and/or non-traditional populations (ie, veterans, LGBT students, native populations, students with disabilities); Managing online enrolments; Impacts of the Affordable Care Act on higher education; SEM and achieving institutional sustainability; Creating effective enrolment management plans; Leading campus strategic planning efforts through data-driven decision-making; Improving student access and success; Integrating academic and student affairs; Delivering exemplary student service; Implementing leading-edge technologies; Graduate SEM; International SEM; Building effective academic partnerships; Utilising financial aid more effectively; Models for effective transfer programmes; Development enrolment projections; Measuring return on investment (ROI) on enrolment initiatives.
www.aacrao.org

17-20 November: The 2nd GRF One Health Summit 2013, One Health – One Planet – One Future: Risks and Opportunities takes place in Davos, Switzerland. The event explores the need for a global integrative risk management approach for ‘one health’, and identifies ways to achieve added value by multi-sectorial and multi-stakeholder cooperation and promote enhanced public-private partnership models for risk-based financing tools. It addresses the future of integrative health risk management in the context of: (1) selected health risks – human animal/wildlife interaction; urban environment; food and agriculture; climate change, ecosystems, water; emerging diseases; non-communicable diseases, allergies; (2) cross-cutting themes – millennium development goals; economics/finance; governance, subsidiarity, corporate social responsibility; and (3) instruments for applicable solutions – communication and outreach; health risk management; public-private partnership; education and research.
onehealth.grforum.org

20-22 November: The 19th Annual Sloan Consortium International Conference on Online Learning, Online Learning: A Universe of Opportunities, takes place in Lake Buena Vista, Florida, US. Broad conference tracks are: Faculty and professional development and support; K-12 online education; Leadership, values and society; Learning effectiveness; Open, global, mobile; Student services and learner support; Technology and emerging learning environments.
sloanconsortium.org

21-22 November: The ECCH workshop Creating Compelling Cases takes place at the Kellogg School of Management, Chicago, USA, organised by the European Case Clearing House. The workshop covers different case types and how each can be applied in different learning settings; helps participants to bridge between theory and practice; and explores how to connect case studies to established literature in any academic discipline. As well as learning case writing participants learn how to structure an effective teaching note. Participants have a change to discuss, evaluate and practise skills needed to create their own case studies. ECCH was established by the business school community to provide a mechanism for publishing and distributing case study materials; it has the largest collection of management case study materials in the world and is dedicated to promoting and facilitating case study-based learning in management education and development.
www.ecch.com

2-6 December 2013: PCF7, the Commonwealth of Learning 7th Pan-Commonwealth Forum on Open Learning, takes place in Abuja, Nigeria, on the theme Open Learning for Development: Towards Empowerment and Transformation. Sub-themes are: Girls’ and women’s education; Skills development; Promoting OER; Innovation and technology; Institutional development. The forum is co-hosted by the Federal Ministry of Education, and the National Open University of Nigeria is the lead partner institution.
www.col.org

4-6 December: Online Educa Berlin 2013 takes place in the German capital in December, with focus on change and the role of technology in promoting creativity and innovation. Themes include: Creativity and engagement; Work and ‘life-wide’ learning; Global learning; Redefining formal learning; Modern problems – smart solutions; Learning analytics.
www.icwe.net

2014

9-10 January: The 7th World Universities Forum takes place at the University of Lisbon, Portugal. The Forum hopes to initiate a conversation on democracy and higher education, engaging the promise and perils it faces in an era of dramatic change. Broad themes, each with many topics (see second link), are: Teaching and learning; Research and knowledge formation; University administration; The university and the community.
ontheuniversity.com
ontheuniversity.com

By 17 February (2014); 21-23 July: The 7th biennial Higher Education Close Up conference takes place at Lancaster University, UK, on the theme Making a Difference. The event is a forum for researchers across the world who are doing fine-grained research into higher education. Higher Education Close Up is a virtual network of the Society for Research into Higher Education (see listing for 11/12-14 December 2012).
www.lancs.ac.uk

21-26 June 2014: ESOF 2014 Copenhagen, Science Building Bridges, takes place in Copenhagen, Denmark. The aim of the biennial, interdisciplinary, pan-European general science meeting is to raise awareness of science in the public, and is an open platform for debating science and a showcase for European and global research at all levels. Conference themes are: The healthy society; A revolution of the mind; Global resources management; Learning in the 21st century; Green economy; Material and virtual world; Urbanisation, design and liveability; Science, democracy and citizenship. The related public outreach programme Science in the City takes place alongside – see second link.
esof2014.org

21-23 July: The 7th biennial Higher Education Close Up conference takes place at Lancaster University, UK, in July, on the theme Making a Difference. The event is a forum for researchers across the world who are doing fine-grained research into higher education. Higher Education Close Up is a virtual network of the Society for Research into Higher Education.
www.lancs.ac.uk