Advertisement 2 June 2015 Upcoming International Congresses Europe 10th European Biophysics Congress of the European Biophysical Societies Association, 18-22/07/15, Dresden +++ 14th European Congress of Psychology of the European Federation of Psychologists' Association, 07-10/07/15, Milan +++ 19th European Meeting of the International Association for Adolescent Health, 24-26/06/15, Lisbon Asia 9th International Conference of the Asian Association of Lexicography, 25-27/06/15, Hong Kong +++ Annual Meeting ot the Asian Finance Association, 29/06-02/07/15, Changsha +++ 21st Meeting of the International Society of Lasers Surgery and Medicine, 19-22/08/15, Indore America 25th Congress of the International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis, 20-25/06/15, Toronto +++ 9th World Congress of the International Association of Landscape Ecology, 05-10/07/15, Portland OR +++ 13th Biennial Congress of the International Group of History, Philosophy and Science Teaching Group, 22-25/07/15, Rio de Janeiro Africa 3rd African Conference of the International Society for Gynecologic Endoscopy, 23-26/08/15, Nairobi +++ 9th Annual Congress of the South African Society for Research in Music, 16-18/07/2015, Cape Town +++ Africa Peace Conference of the African Centre for Peace Building, 21-22/08/15, Accra Pacific 24th Biennial Conference of the Australasian Association for European History, 14-17/07/15, Newcastle +++ 19th Biennial Conference of the Australasian Human Development Association, 08-11/07/15, Wellington +++ 15th International Symposium of the World Society of Victimology, 05-09/07/15, Perth Transferring knowledge for changing board members by Gert Willems, Board of European Students of Technology Preparing the next generation. Changing board members happens in every organisation, however in BEST, Board of European Students of Technology, it is done on a yearly basis. Preparing the next generation has therefore become one of the biggest tasks of the acting board. Our knowledge transfer method for the International Board has been developed and optimised throughout many years, is continuously evaluated and adjusted. Our management is called the International Board, is unpaid and currently consists of seven people. Each board starts its 1-year mandate on 1st July, barely two months after its election at the General Assembly. Given that a mandate is only 12 months, two months might seem like a long period. However, after this period the board, being only somewhat experienced, has to be ready to lead the entire organisation. Further, given the common need to wrap up educational obligations (e.g. finishing exams or writing a master thesis), this is actually a short time... Read more! Advertisement Please tell us your news! Feel free to get in touch. We would like to hear about you. ESAE Study Mission Hong Kong. The European Society for Association Executives (ESAE) and the Hong Kong Tourism Board are organising a study mission for eligible association professionals from 7 - 12 July 2015. Click here for more information. Associate member Gyeonggi Tourism Organization. The Gyeonggi Tourism Organization (GTO) is a new Associate Member of UIA. GTO is a governmental organization that aims to establish Gyeonggi-do as a dynamic business events destination. Advertisement Open data by UIA Free service. The Open Calendar is a free service of the Union of International Associations' subscription-based International Congress Calendar Online (ICCO) with more than 350,000 meetings. Global Report 2015 UNESCO. The new, 2015 EFA Global Monitoring Report "Education for All 2000-2015: Achievements and Challenges" has been published. Download your copy now. Why Nantes? Eric Montant, Head of Sales and Development of La Cité, Le Centre des Congrès de Nantes Did you know that Nantes... + is located in Western France and is less than two hours away from most European capital cities? + is the birthplace of Jules Verne and was named "the loopiest city in France" in one of the Sunday Times articles? + was European Green Capital in 2013? Read more! "Showing how cycling can be a future maker" Bernhard Ensink, Secretary-General of the European Cyclists’ Federation (ECF) Today Velo-city 2015, the world summit on cycling, kicks off in Nantes. What is it about? The motto of this year’s Velo-city conference is “Cycling: Future Maker”. Cycling is without a doubt going to play a role in the future of transportation and our society in general. Through the collaboration and ideas shared at the conference, we hope to continue to pave the way for cycling communities to become even stronger in the future. The conference is also closely linked in theme to global events such as COP21 and the Habitat-III new urban agenda. We are making the link between cycling and the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals and showing how cycling can be a future maker... Read more! Important conferences UIA RT Asia 29-30/09/2015 Bangkok More UIA RT Europe 13/11/2015 Brussels More Important shows ibtm america 09-11/06/2015 Chicago More ibtm china 05-06/08/2015 Beijing More Number of the month Increase. The 52nd edition of the Yearbook of International Organizations has just been closed, building on more than a century of data collection. The 1909 edition included 213 organizations. This 52nd edition includes 68,029 New associations European Academy of Neurology (EAN) w w w. eaneurology. org International Nuclear Non-proliferation and Security Academy (INSA) http: //insa. kinac. re. kr/english/ African Tax Research Network (ATRN) http: //atrnafrica. org/atrn/index feedback print unsubscribe subscribe imprint Advertisement