22st Scientific Meeting with International Participation
Technology, Culture and Development
Paliæ, Eco centre
08.09. - 10.09.2015.
Context of the Conference
THE WESTERN BALKANS COUNTRIES ON THEIR WAY TO THE EUROPEAN UNION
The first topic
Models, Strategies and Mechanisms for the Sustainable Development of Small Countries in Transition
The second topic
Ways to Ensure High Quality Educational Outcomes
The third topic
Energy technologies for sustainable energy supply - economic, environmental, political and other strategic implications
Organizers
Association "Technology and Society"
Faculty of Economics in Subotica
City of Subotica
Science and Technology Policy Research
Center - Mihajlo Pupin Institute, Belgrade
Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Podgorica
Aim and
Subject of the
Conference
This conference deals each year with selected topic on the scientific, open and democratic way, with the aim to contribute to the reliable understanding of the sense, purposes and implications of entering the European union and timely preparations for this cultural, sociopolitical, economic and overall undertaking of epochal importance to the Western Balkans countries.
The structure of the Conference
The structure of the conference has got a new concept which means that, in addition to two major topics, a third topic has been introduced in order to offer a comprehensive overview of the current state, foreseeable future and potential for the overall sustainable development of a very specific discipline, i.e. technology. In order to maintain the tradition it will be labeled as the third topic, although it will be used to open the meeting.
The first topic
The first topic of the conference reads Models, Strategies and Mechanisms for the Sustainable Development of Small Countries in Transition. This topic has been determined as a response to (a) dissatisfaction with the social, economic and other results of the ongoing transition, (b) responsibility of the research, educational, cultural and other communities to propose solutions for key elements that ensure transition continuation, (c) perceived interest among the participants of the conference for this topic, and (d) beliefs that there are much better paths of transition from those which have been taken so far. The purpose of this topic is a holistic, exploratory quest for a transition that would lead to the realization of the vision of the future economic, social, cultural and other systems that is achievable and preferred by the majority of the population.
The second topic
The second topic of the conference reads Ways to Ensure High Quality Educational Outcomes. This topic is a response to (a) belief that the outcomes of the current educational system are significantly below the needed and achievable quality, (b) the importance of quality education for sustainable development, especially in the case of small countries in transition, (c) the unacceptability of devastating effects of ever-present barriers to modernization of the educational system and (d) continual interest of the conference's participants for the problems of education. This topic is, according to the tradition of the conference, this year's concretization of the general topic of knowledge based development.
The third topic
The third topic of the conference reads Energy technologies for sustainable energy supply - economic, environmental, political and other strategic implications. For this topic, organizers will select three papers by invitation. Interested parties are welcome to suggest titles (subjects) and / or authors for the selected papers.
Method of the work
The Conference work is plenary with the intention to enable the full interdisciplinary and intensive interactions between different research disciplines, attitudes, problem understanding and solving strategy. The total time of the Conference is distributed on submission of papers, plenary discussions, artistic performances and social events.
Participants
There are invited individuals from university and scientific institutions, industrial firms, governmental agencies, cultural, political and non-governmental organizations, professional associations and organizations, media, as well as those outside of any organization or institution to take part in the work of this Conference.
Papers
The participation at
the Conference is not conditioned by the submission of the paper. Those
participants who wish to submit the paper are kindly asked to observe the
following:
1. Subject of the papers should be in accordance with the topics of the
Conference.
2. Length and work out of the paper should be in accordance to the
instructions delivered by the Organizing Committee.
3. Papers are subject to the peer review.
4. Papers should not have been submitted at any other conference or
published.
Application forms
Application forms for participation and abstracts of the papers to be submitted should be posted or e-mailed no later than Augist 01th, 2015. Papers to be publishing in the Proceedings of the Conference should be prepared strictly in accordance to instructions and sent after the Conference.
E-mail: cirnt@pupin.rs Telephone: +381 11 677 44 52
Venue and date
The
Conference will be held at Paliæu, Subotica, Serbia.
The program will start on September 8th, 2015 and will end on September
10st, 2015 in the afternoon.
Hotel and
Registration fee
Registration fee is
12.500 dinars (€100). Registration free in euro should be paid in cash with
a recieipt.
Payment instructions and information on hotel booking will be sent to the
participants.
Contact
Mr. Vlastimir
Matejic, Chairman of Program Committee
E-mail: vmatejic@sbb.rs
Ms. Danica Drakulic, Chairman of Organizing Committee
E-mail: dana@EUnet.rs
Ms. Dusica Semencenko
E-mail:
dusica.semencenko@pupin.rs