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29th of March 2023
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7th of March 2023
GCSP Prize for Transformative Futures in Peace and Security
8th of February 2023
Latin American Congress of Anesthesiology
Río de Janeiro, Brazil
September 7-10, 2023
7th of February 2023
"Hello Hong Kong" Launched Today with 500,000 Free Air Tickets
https://www.discoverhongkong.com/us/deals/in-town-offers.html
30th of January 2023
49th Annual Meeting of the European Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation (EBMT)
23-26 April 2023
Paris, France and Online
https://annualmeeting.ebmt.org/
7th of November 2022
UIA Round Tables: Sign Up for Outreach, Mutual Learning, and More!
The UIA Association Round Tables promote, facilitate and enable expanded dynamism in the work of international associations. In each of their varied and attractive locations, the Round Tables focus on structured training, educational and networking opportunities. They are famous for opening up the mind and the senses to local cultural events; they invariably provide outstanding food and beverage experiences.
30th of September 2022
Waging Peace Building - Humanity's Golden Peace
https://thevisioneers.ca/events/waging-peace
You are invited to become part of history by participating in a unique event.
Join a global collaboratory of leaders, changemakers, and wisdom keepers
Waging Peace
Building Humanity’s Golden Peace
October 9, 2022 at 11:00 AM PDT
20th of September 2022
28 September 2022
UNESCO will celebrate the International Day for Universal Access to Information in Tashkent with a global conference dedicated to artificial intelligence, e-governance and access to information.
This event is a continuation of recent activities on the subject such as the Forum on Artificial Intelligence recently organized in southern Africa, and will serve as a preparatory stage for the Global Forum on AI scheduled for December in Prague.
9th of September 2022
UIA CIM World of Associations News released on 6 September, featuring:
UIA Statistics Report and The Pandemic in 2021 – signs of the new normal in the midst of turmoil
By Joel Fischer, UIA Statistics Coordinator
11th of August 2022
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30th of September 2024
MECC Maastricht will be hosting the 36th edition of the annual European conference of the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC) from 16-21 May 2026. The conference offers a forum for collaboration and knowledge exchange between environmental professionals and covers a broad spectrum of multidisciplinary topics. In the past, the European event has been held in cities such as Copenhagen, Dublin and Seville, and in 2025 it will take place in Vienna.
25th of September 2024
HAEVENUE, the Global Convention Complex in the Haeundae area designated by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, is a specialized MICE industry space covering approximately 239,000 m² and featuring nine integrated MICE facilities.
25th of September 2024
In 2028, Busan will host the World Congress on Computational Mechanics (WCCM), a major international academic conference that will bring together over 3,000 experts in computational mechanics from around the world. WCCM is a biennial conference organized by the International Association for Computational Mechanics. It serves as a platform for sharing the latest research and innovations in computational solid mechanics and computational fluid dynamics through discussions and lectures.
17th of September 2024
The SSAI Congress is a bi-annual meeting meant for the professionals of the field of anaesthesiology. The congress is held in a different Nordic city that holds a University Hospital each time – the congress is held in Finland every ten years. In 2024, the honor was granted to Oulu.
2nd of September 2024
The international Fab Lab Conference will take place in Oulu in August 2027
The Fab Lab Conference is an annual event that rotates globally. In 2024, the conference took place in Mexico. The conference is organised in partnership with the Fab Foundation and the average number of participants is around 800 people. The City of Oulu will act as the responsible organiser and the University of Oulu as a partner.
19th of August 2024
International Geological Congress Returns after 8 Years as an In-person Event
19th of August 2024
With its hosting of the 37th International Geological Congress (IGC 2024), Busan has once again been thrust into the global limelight. Busan is home to Busan National Geopark, a beautiful geological park that the city is working to have certified as a UNESCO Global Geopark. Take a sneak peek at a recommended tour of Busan National Geopark where you can build geological knowledge while experiencing nature.
16th of August 2024
According to the UIA report published in June, Finland ranks 16th in the international comparison of congress countries and is the most popular congress country in the Nordics.
16th of August 2024
The Coimbra Group Annual Conference and General Assembly attracted around 300 participants from 40 universities across Europe to Turku, Finland.
The Coimbra Group Annual Conference and General Assembly, hosted by the University of Turku and Åbo Akademi University, was organized in Turku from June 4th to June 7th 2024. The event centered on the theme "Research and Education - Most Impactful Together", spotlighting the synergies between research and education.
29th of July 2024
The 45th Scientific Assembly of the Committee on Space Research (COSPAR 2024) is the first large international space event to be held in Korea since the foundation of the Korea Aerospace Administration (KASA). The Committee on Space Research is the largest consortium on space science in the world, and COSPAR 2024 brought together about 2,700 space scientists from approximately 60 countries, creating an opportunity to promote Korea’s achievements in space science over the years.
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Río de Janeiro, Brazil
September 7-10, 2023
Waging Peace Building - Humanity's Golden Peace
https://thevisioneers.ca/events/waging-peace
You are invited to become part of history by participating in a unique event.
Join a global collaboratory of leaders, changemakers, and wisdom keepers
Waging Peace
Building Humanity’s Golden Peace
October 9, 2022 at 11:00 AM PDT
This initiative seeks to ensure full single market freedoms for associations, simplifying their cross-EU activities and promoting their fundamental rights.
Current rules create obstacles, such as additional registrations, when associations operate across EU borders. This may distort the market for non-profit organisations, affecting the EU democratic space and the exercise of EU fundamental rights.
Pages
News from sources other than the UIA. International organizations listed in the Yearbook of International Organizations, and UIA's members may add their own public news items.
Note: The UIA reserves the right to remove any posts it deems inappropriate for this list, for example commercial ads.
MECC Maastricht will be hosting the 36th edition of the annual European conference of the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC) from 16-21 May 2026. The conference offers a forum for collaboration and knowledge exchange between environmental professionals and covers a broad spectrum of multidisciplinary topics. In the past, the European event has been held in cities such as Copenhagen, Dublin and Seville, and in 2025 it will take place in Vienna.
HAEVENUE, the Global Convention Complex in the Haeundae area designated by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, is a specialized MICE industry space covering approximately 239,000 m² and featuring nine integrated MICE facilities.
In 2028, Busan will host the World Congress on Computational Mechanics (WCCM), a major international academic conference that will bring together over 3,000 experts in computational mechanics from around the world. WCCM is a biennial conference organized by the International Association for Computational Mechanics. It serves as a platform for sharing the latest research and innovations in computational solid mechanics and computational fluid dynamics through discussions and lectures.
The SSAI Congress is a bi-annual meeting meant for the professionals of the field of anaesthesiology. The congress is held in a different Nordic city that holds a University Hospital each time – the congress is held in Finland every ten years. In 2024, the honor was granted to Oulu.
The international Fab Lab Conference will take place in Oulu in August 2027
The Fab Lab Conference is an annual event that rotates globally. In 2024, the conference took place in Mexico. The conference is organised in partnership with the Fab Foundation and the average number of participants is around 800 people. The City of Oulu will act as the responsible organiser and the University of Oulu as a partner.
International Geological Congress Returns after 8 Years as an In-person Event
With its hosting of the 37th International Geological Congress (IGC 2024), Busan has once again been thrust into the global limelight. Busan is home to Busan National Geopark, a beautiful geological park that the city is working to have certified as a UNESCO Global Geopark. Take a sneak peek at a recommended tour of Busan National Geopark where you can build geological knowledge while experiencing nature.
According to the UIA report published in June, Finland ranks 16th in the international comparison of congress countries and is the most popular congress country in the Nordics.
The Coimbra Group Annual Conference and General Assembly attracted around 300 participants from 40 universities across Europe to Turku, Finland.
The Coimbra Group Annual Conference and General Assembly, hosted by the University of Turku and Åbo Akademi University, was organized in Turku from June 4th to June 7th 2024. The event centered on the theme "Research and Education - Most Impactful Together", spotlighting the synergies between research and education.
The 45th Scientific Assembly of the Committee on Space Research (COSPAR 2024) is the first large international space event to be held in Korea since the foundation of the Korea Aerospace Administration (KASA). The Committee on Space Research is the largest consortium on space science in the world, and COSPAR 2024 brought together about 2,700 space scientists from approximately 60 countries, creating an opportunity to promote Korea’s achievements in space science over the years.