Monday, 28 February 2011

Children

Cultural association “Manifest” is launching the third edition of the international poetry contest “Art Attack”. The festival uses engaged literature as a form with the possibility of affecting public opinion and introducing positive changes in the society. After two successful editions, the festival has spread across over twenty different countries around the world and was recognized by numerous cultural institutions in Croatia and abroad.


This year’s topic is “children”. The contest is open for authors up to 30 years of age who send their works (max 3 poems) in Croatian and/or English to the e-addressart.attack.fest@gmail.com. Closing date is March 15th, 2011.


The jury will choose 15 works which will be published in a bilingual poetry collection. Together with their works, authors are asked to send basic information about themselves: name and surname, date and country of birth as well as a short biography. Authors will be notified about the results by the end of March, 2011.


The festival will last for one week and will include events such as: presentation of the poetry collection, poetry readings, meetings with the awarded poets, children workshops, theatre plays and films as well as presentations of organisations participating in the project.


Awarded authors will be invited to participate in the events in Zagreb, Split and Šibenik in June 2011.

Articol preluat de pe Reteaua literara

Saturday, 26 February 2011

ICR_e-newsletter- Romanian Cultural Institute

Sender
ICR - the Romanian Cultural Institute in London,
Romania’s official organisation for international partnership programmes in arts and culture.
Meet us on-line at www.icr-london.co.uk.
For face2face encounters, please join us at our events!
Call of Proposals
Do you have brilliant ideas for cultural projects? Do you want to turn them into reality, in London, the city of
the Cultural Olympiad in 2012? Send us your proposals, work with us and be part of the most ambitious
programme of artistic creativity in 2012!
Deadline: 6 March 2011. More details (Romanian version only) http://www.icr-london.co.uk/ro/cultural-olympiad.php
ATTIC ARTS RESULTS
The first winners of our residency programme are:
http://www.icr-london.co.uk/winners2011.php
DANCE
Tue 15 Mar, 7.45pm:
Romanian contemporary dance
part of the dancEUnion Festival
at Southbank Centre
http://www.icr-london.co.uk/danceunion2011.php

Thursday, 24 February 2011

De Dragobete , cu drag tuturor!





Dar tu ai învãţat?

M-ai învãţat sã iubesc
Ninsorile şi corbii
Sã iubesc ura şi destinul
Cu aceeasi unitate de mãsurã

M-ai învãţat sã trãiesc
dezbrãcatã de hainele de duminica
sã iubesc goalã puşcã
arzând pe rugul cetãţii

M-ai învãţat sã iubesc
iubire fãrã de hotar şi
fãrã de habarul strãlucirii
ce se întoarce tot mai des în noi

M-ai învãţat sã iubesc intoleranţa
Şi puritatae cu aceeaşi inocenţã
Sã le topesc sub zâmbetul zãpezilor
Pânã când izvoare din stâncã vor zvâcni

M-ai învãţat sã iubesc întâmplarea
Şi aerul dintre cuvinte pânã când
Rãsãritul va scãlda cu luminã
Fiecare fereastrã şi fiecare zâmbet

M-ai învãţat sã ţes aducerile aminte
Şi sã le torc punţi peste
Apele repezi dintre inimi
Şi dintre uitãrile destinului


Mi-ai învãţat dorul sã colinde
printre casele înrobite de secunda de fiere
sã lase cetina sã zboare spiralã peste cer
cu ochii copiilor rãsãrind zâmbetele bunicilor.


M-ai învãţat sã picur dragoste
Paşilor desculţi printre morminte
M-ai învãţat sã iubesc istoria
Respirând între douã inchiziţii

M-ai invãţat parfumul florilor
Muzica sferelor iar zambetul stelelor
Sã-mi fie frate şi sorã drumurilor
Întortocheate de destin.

M-ai învãţat sã sãrut tãcerea pe gurã
Pãtimaş, sã o strâng cu aripile îngerilor
Pânã când rãcnetul cuvintelor
Va şuiera printre neputinţe strigând

Pace!

Dar tu ai învãţat?



3 ianuarie 2009
Cardiff

Fragment din volumul Parfumul ingerilor de Ionela Flood Ed Deliana, 2010, Bucuresti
Ilustratie de carte de Ioan Astalus .

Tuesday, 15 February 2011

18th International Economic Conference – IECS 2011 “CRISES AFTER THE CRISIS. INQUIRIES FROM A NATIONAL, EUROPEAN AND GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE” SIBIU

Anniversary Edition 19-20 May 2011 , Sibiu, Romania
- 20 Years of Higher Economic Education in Sibiu -

Papers may cover topics in Economics, Management, Marketing, Business, Banking, Finance, Accounting, Insurance and Economic Informatics, bearing on the Conference theme.

The Conference debates will be organized in specialized sessions, as follows:
1. Economics of Crises versus Crisis of Economics
2. Management: New Coordinates and Challenges
3. Marketing, Commerce and Tourism and a New Paradigm of Change
4. Banking, Accounting and Financial Systems from the 21st Century Perspective
5. Applied Informatics in Economy

PAPER FORMAT

Papers will be written in English and will be of maximum 10 pages long.
Papers must comply with the guidelines described in the IECS 2011 Template. The organizing committee reserves the right to reject submissions that do not comply with this format.
Participants can send either an individual paper or two papers in collaboration. The organizing committee will not accept papers with more than 3 co-authors.
All submissions are subject to a double blind review process. Papers will be evaluated for originality, significance, clarity, and contribution.
Accepted and presented papers will be published in the CD Conference Proceedings with ISBN that will be submitting for evaluation and coverage in the Conference Proceedings Citation Index by Thomson Reuters - ISI Proceedings.
Selected papers will be considered for publication in Revista Economică (http://economice.ulbsibiu.ro/rom/profesori/publicatii/revista_economica.php), a CNCSIS B+ Journal, indexed in RePeC, Ulrich`s Periodicals Directory, DOAJ.

IMPORTANT DEADLINES

➢ 21.03.2011: On-line registration and full-paper submission. Registration form will be available only on-line at http://iecs.ulbsibiu.ro
➢ 04.04.2011: Notification of paper acceptance or rejection
➢ 22.04.2011: Payment of registration fee
➢ 09.05.2011: Acknowledgment of arrival, by e-mail at iecs@ulbsibiu.ro

ACCOMMODATION

Hotel's detailed booking information will be provided in early 2011. Participants are required to book their own accommodation.

REGISTRATION FEE

100 euro/paper
covering registration, conference package (program and Conference Proceedings), access to all conference sessions and daily meals (lunch & dinner). Transport and accommodation expenses will be borne by participants.
In case the paper is multi-authored and more than one author would like to participate in the conference, each participant pays the registration fee separately.
The conference package will be available only for the authors who attend.

Payments are to be made by bank transfer, as follows:
- in lei, into the account of “Universitatea Lucian Blaga”, Sibiu, Victoriei No. 10, CUI: 4480173, IBAN: R063TREZ576504601X000406, Trezoreria Sibiu

- in euro, into the account of “Universitatea Lucian Blaga”, Sibiu, Victoriei No. 10, IBAN: RO44RNCB0227036041020003, BCR Sibiu, SWIFT CODE: RNCBROBU

All bank transfers will bear the specification: “Registration fee for the International Economic Conference – IECS 2011”.

CONTACT

E-mail: iecs@ulbsibiu.ro

Tel.: 004 0753 494444 or 004 0269 215243

Teaching assistant Diana Mihaiu, Ph.D. student

Associate Professor Ramona Orăştean, Ph.D.

Teaching assistant Eduard Stoica, Ph.D. student - for technical questions regarding the on-line registration and paper submission, please contact by e-mail at eduard.stoica@ulbsibiu.ro

VENUE

"Lucian Blaga" University of Sibiu
Faculty of Economic Sciences
17 Dumbrăvii Avenue, Sibiu, Romania


CONFERENCE LANGUAGE: English



For further information please visit the Conference website: http://iecs.ulbsibiu.ro

International Conference “The Financial Markets in the Context of the New Economy Paradigm”

13-14.05.2011

Organized by

THE FACULTY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION (FEAA)
Within the West University of Timisoara

THE FACULTY OF FINANCE, INSURANCE, BANKING AND STOCK EXCHANGE (FABBV)
Within Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies,

THE BANAT-CRIŞANA FINANCIAL INVESTMENTS COMPANY

THE PHD SCHOOL
Within the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration

THE RESEARCH CENTER IN FINANCE AND MONEY „ANGHEL RUGINĂ”
Within the Finance Department of the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration






The international and multidisciplinary conference encourages both professors from different universities as well as young researchers to take part if they share a common interest in one of the following scientific areas of interest:
- financial markets;
- financial crisis and global imbalances;
- modern financial intermediation;
- capital flows and their impact;
- Foreign Direct Investment in the context of globalization - case studies
- the stability of financial systems;
- the current crisis of economic theory and the New Macroeconomics;
- quality of public policies for sustainable development;
- the new determinants of growth in the context of knowledge society;
- any other relevant topic.

Important dates:
Deadline for Final Paper Submission - 28th of February
Notification of Acceptance/ Rejection of the Final Papers - 5th of April 2011
Deadline for the Payment of the Conference Fee and Final Deadline for Submitting the Participation Form at the e-mail address of one of the sections - 25th of April 2011

Guidelines for paper submission:

Papers are going to be written both in English according to the attached templates (authors’ guidelines.).
The papers selected by the scientific committee are going to be published in a separate supplement of the Timisoara Journal of Economics, recognized as a “B+” Journal by CNCSIS, indexed in international databases (Ulrich’s Periodicals Directory) or in The Capital Market Journal, ISSN 1842-3981.

Papers accepted for the conference must be presented in the conference in order to be taken into account for publication.

Registration:
The registration is done by filling in the Registration Form and sending it along with the final paper at the e-mail addresses listed below for each section:

Section Contact person e-mail address
Financial Markets Junior Assistant PhD candidate Mura Ovidiu fmcnep_financial_markets@yahoo.com
Private and Public Finance Assistant PhD Crâşneac Alexandru fmcnep_pp_finance@yahoo.com
Economic Growth Assistant PhD Năchescu Miruna fmcnep_economic_growth@yahoo.com
Young Researchers Junior Assistant PhD candidate Boţoc Claudiu fmcnep_young_researchers@yahoo.com


Each participant to the conference can register maximum 2 papers as single author or co-author.
Detailed information can be found on the conference site http://www.feaa.uvt.ro/fmcnep/

FMCNEP2011 Organizing Committee

Saturday, 15 January 2011

International Conference on "Management of Technological Changes"– organized by "Gheorghe Asachi" -1-3 September 2011 in Greece

Dear Colleagues,

Regarding the 7th International Conference on "Management of Technological Changes"– organized by "Gheorghe Asachi" Technical University of Iasi, Romania, through Center for Continuing Education and Training (CETEX) in Alexandroupolis, Greece, on September 1st-3rd, 2011, we remind you that the abstract submission deadline is February 1st, 2011, at midnight Romanian time (GMT + 2h).
The 2011 conference will debate the Impact of Globalization on Technological Changes upon organizations and society that will lead to sustainable development.
We would like to announce you that seven Conferences organized by CETEX – “Gheorghe Asachi” Technical University of Iasi are now indexed in the “ISI Web of Knowledge” ISI Proceedings Database. http://www.isiwebofknowledge.com

Important Deadlines:

Abstract submission
February 1st, 2011
Notification of acceptance of abstracts
February 15th, 2011
Submission of full papers
March 15th, 2011
Notification of full papers acceptance
May 31th, 2010

For further details, please visit our website: http://www.cetex.tuiasi.ro/mtc2011/

Important issues:

Conference Topics
Conference Fees
Scientific Committee
Manuscript preparation
Abstracts and Papers
MTC Short History

Warm regards,

Prof. Costache RUSU PhD
MTC 2011 Editor


The 7th International Conference on Management of Technological Changes – MTC Organizing Committee
"Gheorghe Asachi" Technical University of Iasi
Center for Continuing Education and Training - CETEX
53 Dimitrie Mangeron Blvd.
IASI - 700050, ROMANIA, Tel./ Fax: +00 40 232 213 708,http://www.cetex.tuiasi.ro/mtc2011/

Sunday, 9 January 2011

International Conference in Quality and Innovation in Engineering and Management, Cluj-Napoca, 17th-19th of March 2011.


The Technical University of Cluj -Napoca invites you to the 1st International Conference in Quality and Innovation in Engineering and Management, Cluj-Napoca, 17th-19th of March 2011.




Conference Topics

Quality Engineering and Management
Track coordinators: Sorin POPESCU
- Quality and performance management
- Technology and quality improvement
- The future of quality
- Quality for “life”
- Education for quality and Quality for education
Innovation Engineering and Management
Track coordinator: Stelian BRAD
- Innovative processes and models
- Methods and tools for innovation
- Business and process innovation
- Innovative quality tools
- Barriers and success factors for quality and
innovation
- E-Innovation and E-Quality
Design Engineering and Management
Track coordinator: Daniela POPESCU
- Product development
- Sustainable product innovation
- Organizational intelligence and competitive
development
- Project management
Numan DURAKBASA and
- Quality systems and organizational excellence
- Industrial Metrology
- Quality measurement and control
- Management for sustainability


Important Dates:
Abstract submission: January 5, 2011
Abstract acceptance notification: January 12, 2011
Full-paper submission: February 14, 2011
Full-paper acceptance: March 7, 2011





Fees:
Conference attendance & electronic proceedings 100 €
Printed proceedings 25 €
Gala dinner 25 €
PhD students will receive 50% discount of the above fees

Papers will be reviewed and published in the official Conference
Proceedings. Selected papers, in expanded version, will be
considered for publication as full-length research papers subjected
to full peer reviewing with appropriate revisions in scientific journals
indexed in international databases.

The primary objective of QIEM 2011 is to provide an international
forum for researchers to discuss the state of the art in the fields of
quality and innovation and to disseminate their recent advances and
their views in these areas.
The Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, as the main organizer of the
conference, proposes the Conference Topics in order to capitalize
upon the research activity, experience from the
major fields of interest within the Department of Machine-Tools and
Industrial Robots.

For additional information please refer to:
Conference website: www.qiem.utcluj.ro
Email: contact@qiem.utcluj.ro
Tel / Fax: +40 264 415710

The support of the EU funded project
POSDRU/18/1.2/G/9136 is acknowledged with gratitude



Professor Marieta Olaru, Ph. D.

Head of the Research Center for Business Administration
Department of Science of Commodities and Quality Management
University: The Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies, Romania
5-7 Mihail Moxa, Sector 1, Bucharest - 010704; Office: 3302
Email: olaru.marieta@gmail.com
Tel: 004 – 0722 922 797