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Geological
and Archaeological Field Trip in Naples

XXIst
Annual conference - Risks, Environment & Sustainable
Development

"HERCULES"
conference at the Wenner Gren Centre, Stockholm

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other news

European
Review

Prof.
Theo D'Haen who is editor-in-chief of the Review and also chair of
the Section for Literary and Theatrical Studies of the Academia,
would be pleased to hear from any members who might be interested in
acting as collecting editors for specific focus issues, or who may
be willing to act as additional reviewers or proof readers. Some
money may be available to help in the proofing and editorial work.
We would also like to try to extend the readership of the review, so
please make the journal known to colleagues and especially your
insitutional and departmental librarians. Special rates for other
learned societies can be negotiated with the C.U.P and there is a
possibility to provide space in the online issues to other
organisations. send
an email

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you also know that all AE members have full online access, through
Cambridge Journals Online (CJO)?  click on the title above and
browse the site. You can register to access our journal and other
services and titles using the subscription number that is
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Dear
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Welcome
to our newsletter - August 2009.

Our new online E-zine

This
is the first of our new online E-zine communications with members.
You can unsubscribe if you do not want to receive further issues.
This new development is part of the Council strategic plan and hs
supported by a project grant from the Riksbankens Jubileumsfond
of Sweden. This E-zine, will be one element of developing a
more active and comprehensive communications and publishing
activity. Over the coming months and next few years, members will
see changes in both the volume and types of communication that
will be delivered - not just to the membership, but also to external
audiences. Clearly there is a need to greatly improve our
visibility, our profile and to demonstrate our relevance.  The
Communications platform that we will develop will be just
one component of the plans to that will radically improve the
position of the Acdemy in the European context. This five-year
programme will  further enhance the status that membership of
the Academia Europaea brings.

Our President
- Lars Walloe, will be pleased to hear from any
members with proposals, advice and suggestions of help to transform
the Academia Europaea over this coming period. Why not email
him with your ideas?
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Online Subscription Payments for
members

Members
can now pay annual subscriptions online using our new secure
payments link to the Charities Aid Foundation Bank.

If
you do not want to use the paper payment forms that were sent to all
members with this years letter from the Treasurer this is a good
alternative.  Please remember that you must include your
membership number in the correct field. This was printed on the
letter that you have just received. Your membership number allows us
to record your payment into our database so that you will not
receive any reminders in the Autumn.  To simplify the system,
the payemnt is a fixed 100 pounds sterling. The level set by Council
was 120 Euros.  Follow this link to the payments page http://academiaeuropaea.cmail1.com/t/r/l/iudrih/l/y
, or follow the link from the home page (right hand column). If you
cannot pay, exemptions can be granted on request and in confidence
to Peter Day our Treasurer, by sending an email to the Executive
Secretary. Other options are also available on request.
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Geological and Archaeological Field Trip
in Naples

Giovanni
Orsini and Don Dingwell: have arranged an exciting three day field
trip to the geological and archaeological sites around Naples. This
will take place immediately after the annual conference. The
programme is varied and the trip is open to anyone - not just
members or those associated with the Earth Sciences Section. There
is an additional cost (to include transport, Hotel and
meals during the trip). The Deadline to register and pay the deposit
is the end of August. The trip will only go ahead if we get  a
minimum of 20 participants. Maximum number will be 25

For
full programme details and to register online and pay the deposit -
follow this link...http://academiaeuropaea.cmail1.com/t/r/l/iudrih/l/j
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XXIst
Annual conference - Risks, Environment & Sustainable
Development

You
can still register to participate in the annual confernce. This
takes place in Naples from 24th - 26th September. Full programme
details, registration information, Hotel information etc can be
found on our website. Click on the title above...
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"HERCULES"
conference at the Wenner Gren Centre, Stockholm

From
5th - 7th November, 2009 The HERCULES group of the Academia will run
an international symposium entitled:“From Information to
Knowledge; from Knowledge to Wisdom:Challenges and changes facing
higher education in the digital age”.

There
is no registration fee and all participants will receive a gratis
copy of the proceedings. The rationale is: The traditional
model of higher education is inappropriate for the new context and
challenges of the 21st century. European universities are rapidly
becoming “mass” and “multi-purpose” institutions. This trend is
paralleled by globalisation and the exponential increase of
information, the flow, diffusion, and use of which is hard to
monitor and control. A major responsibility of higher education
institutions is to guide students’ learning in such a way that they
are able to selectively process and transform information into deep
conceptual knowledge networks. They should acquire competence,
beliefs and attitudes for using their knowledge in adaptive,
responsible, and creative ways in new situations, which is a major
component of wisdom. Institutions of higher education must learn how
to deal with the impact of this massive increase of retrievable
information and the explosive development of its digital archiving
and access. What are the consequences of these ongoing developments
for the role of science in the knowledge and learning society of the
future?

Prof.
David Perkins (Graduate School of Education, Stanford University)
will present a keynote address on the theme: Clarifying the concepts
‘information’, ‘knowledge’, ‘wisdom’, and their relationships

Invited
speakers will address in four sessions the following issues:
1.
Perspectives on the information – knowledge – wisdom chain.
2.
The future of higher education institutions.
3. Implications for
teaching and learning in higher education.
4. The changing role
of science in society.

The
conference will end with a panel session “Synthesis, Agenda for
Action, Conclusions”.
For full details and how to register click
on the title above.  The symposium is open to non AE
members, so please pass on this information to your colleagues and
contacts. the event coordinator is Prof. dr. Erik de Corte
(Leuven).

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