Conference Opportunities

[chenchow]

I set up this thread, so that in the future anyone who finds out any nice conference to be recommended to fellow ReCom members could put up here.

One that I have found and I think i would apply would be:
http://www.businesstoday.org/backend/7/public_html/index.php/Conference

Read the details in it. Basically, it is a Business Today Conference organized by Princeton students. Any undergraduate from any university/college in the world of any major can apply. So, hopefully you guys can take the opportunities. All accommodation and meal will be fully paid. 85% of traveling cost will be subsidized too. A very good deal.

[thesoothsayer]

For those working in the EECS fields, this site may be of interest:
http://www.ieee.org/conferencesearch/

[chenchow]

Just got the good news of being selected for the Business Today International Conference 2004. Very excited about it! It would be in November 2004 in NYC.

Hopefully more ReCom members can apply for it next year. Application around Feb - April 2005. http://www.businesstoday.org You just need to be an undergraduate (any major) in any university any part of the world. This conference would be a great networking opportunities for those who have some interest in Business. There would be about 190 undergraduates and about 100 business executives selected for this conference. Founder of Business Today is Steve Forbes, Founder of Forbes Magazine.

[iQing]

I think such info of events is important..
why don?t we have a new section.. let?s call it EVENT section where we can gather very useful event announcement so that ReCommers wont miss a chance to participate in such event?

we can include that party in malaysia and ReCom NY gathering in such section...

we can submit seminars and expo in such section as well..

just a suggestion...

[chenchow]

I think such a thread is sufficient... unless we have lots of postings about this. Hopefully more people can post on any opportunity they find....

[chenchow]

A few conference to be recommended to everyone.

1. The 8th International Youth Leadership Conference in Prague, Czech Republic, Jan 3rd to 8th 2005. I am going to this. This event is subsidized. Conference fee is 750 Euro. This event would involve Model UN, Model International Criminal Court, Model Parliament, visit to some Ministries in Czech, foreign embassies, corporate offices. I know HP, PriceWaterHouse Cooper, Czech Airlines etc are sponsor. Czech airlines would sponsor 15% of air tix.
www.czechleadership.com

2. The 10th World Business Dialogue
University of Cologne, 6th to 7th April 2005. This one is free to those who get accepted, including free flights from anywhere in the world. Bill Gates attended this conference before, as well as many top achievers.

For anyone that plan to apply, please use my referral id, 41697. It would help me to get acceptance too!
http://www.ofw.de/index.php?id=337&L=3

3. Wharton Global Business Forum
http://www.whartonglobalforum.com/
This is from 19th to 20th November. I am attending the Asia one on the 20th.

4. 3rd World Youth Congress 2005
http://www.scotland2005.org
This is a UN event. 600 youth from all over the world would be in Scotland. Conference is completely free. 30th July to 8th August 2005. I am applying this one too~!


Check it out~! Hope to see more of you guys on those events~! Hopefully others would post too~!

[wawa]

Way to go, CC!

[aquila]

Dear all,

This conference will likely be of interest to many people on this list.


Unite For Sight Second Annual International Health Conference
"Eyes on International Collaboration: Promoting Health From Campus to Lab to Field"
April 2 and 3, 2005
Harvard University
Cambridge, Massachusetts

Click Here to Register - Early Bird Reduced Registration Rate for 2 More Weeks http://www.uniteforsight.org/2005_conference_registration.php

Conference Schedule

Community Experiences: Improving Health for the Medically Underserved

"Global Health", Dr. Barry Bloom, PhD
"Impossible Dreams - The First Ascent of the East Face of Mt. Everest and Eradicating Blindness in Mountainous Asia", Dr. Geoffrey Tabin, MD
"Eye Diseases and Community Experiences in Tanzania", Dr. Muhsin Sheriff, MD, MPH
"Health Care for the Homeless in Boston", Dr. James O'Connell, MD
The Role of Research to Improve Health

"Compassion, Knowledge, and Advanced Ophthalmic Technologies", Dr. Dimitri Azar, MD
"Advances in Corneal Transplantation", Dr. Shachar Tauber, MD
"Optic Neuro-Prevention - A Strategy to Eradicate Glaucoma Blindness", Dr. Louis Pasquale, MD
"Stem Cells to the Retinal Rescue", Dr. Michael J. Young, PhD
"The Role of Household Drinking Water Treatment Technologies and Safe Water Storage in Preventing Blindness in the Developing World", Ms. Susan Murcott, M.S.
Epidemiology and The Economic Perspective on Health Improvement

"The Cost of Blindness", Dr. Kevin Frick, PhD
"The Role of Economics in Improving Health Outcomes", Heidi Williams, MSc
Unite For Sight International Speakers

"Eye Health in Nigeria," Dr. Rotimi Bajulaiye, MD
"Eye Health in India," Dr. Santanu Sanyal, MBBS, MHA
"Eye Health in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania," Ms. Sally Ong
"Cataract Surgeries in Humjibre and Buduburam, Ghana," Ms. Silvia Odorcic
"Eyeglasses for Children in China," Ms. Shawna Novak

Biographies of speakers at http://www.uniteforsight.org/2005_annual_conference.php

[chenchow]

One more.

ISC-Symposium , St. Gallen, Switzerland.
19th to 21st May 2005.
http://www.isc-symposium.org/ISC/

Thanks aquila for sharing. Hope that others would share too and hopefully more ReComers would make full use of such opportunities~!

[cquayhl]

Some physics summer schools for postgrads and postdocs:

Boulder (Colorado)
http://research.yale.edu/boulder/
This one is free!

Les Houches
http://w3houches.ujf-grenoble.fr/index-en.html

[cquayhl]

Another one in my inbox.

SCHOLARSHIPS FOR ONE WEEK COURSE ON COMPLEX SYSTEMS

We have funding for a limited number of partial scholarships for the One-Week Intensive Course on complex systems concepts and methods.

Course Information:
Title: Complex Physical, Biological and Social Systems
Dates: January 3-7, 2005
Location: Cambridge, MA (at MIT)
Registration: http://necsi.org/education/oneweek/winter05.html

Members of underrepresented groups are especially encouraged to apply.

Applications should be sent to programs@<hidden> We will provide these scholarships on a first come first served and need basis.

[chenchow]

For those who are in Malaysia, especially Klang Valley, there is a good list of conference opportunities organized by University Malaya.

http://www.um.edu.my/um/news_event/seminar.htm

Here's probably the first cryptography conference being held in Malaysia.

Original papers on all technical aspects of cryptology are solicited for submission to Mycrypt 2005, the inaugural international conference on cryptology, hosted in Malaysia. The conference is co -organized by iSECURES (Information Security Research) Lab at Swinburne University of Technology (Sarawak Campus), NISER (National ICT Security and Emergency Response Centre) and INSPEM (Institute for Mathematical Research) at UPM (University Putra Malaysia).

Important Dates
1 Apr 2005 Submission deadline
24 Jun 2005 Notification of acceptance
15 Jul 2005 Proceedings version due
28 Sep ? 1 Oct 2005 Conference
http://www.niser.org.my/mycrypt2005/index.html

[chenchow]

To all who have heard from me about the fantastic China trip in July 2004, the 6th China Synergy Program For Outstanding Youth will again be held from 10th to 27th July 2005. This trip will bring you to HK, Guangdong, Xian, Shanghai and Beijing. Typically neighboring cities within those cities, like Panyu, Huadu, Yangling, Suzhou, Tianjin will be visited, just like during my time. You will get to meet a lot of top governmental officers, business executives, successful youth, as well as other students from all over the world.

This trip will be heavily sponsored. What you need to pay is USD200 if you are successful in applying (this is the new co-payment they initiate this year) and your own flight to HK and your own visa (if applicable).

Application fee is FREE!!! The only downside is that it is open to only everyone who has a Chinese root. So, if you have any relatives who is a chinese you can apply.

Check out and apply http://www.chinasynergy.org.hk .
Deadline is 31st January 2005.

[chenchow]

For those who are interested to know more about tsunami and are living in Malaysia, the following conference is free of charge, but you would need to pre-register yourself.

Catastrophic Environmental Hazards: Earthquakes and Tsunamis

Date: 29 January 2005 (Saturday)
Venue: Geology Department, Universiti Malaya

Program

10.00 am - Registration & Refreshment
10.30 am - Earthquake and Tsunami 26/12: Causes and Mechanisms
Prof Emeritus Dr. H.D. Tjia
LESTARI, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
11.15 am - Tsunamis 26/12: An Overview
Prof Dr. J.K. Raj
Geology Dept. Universiti Malaya
12.00 - Discussion
12.30 - Closing


This Technical Talk is organised by the Institute of Geology Malaysia and Geological Society of Malaysia with support from the Institute for Environment and Development (LESTARI) of Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia and Geology Department of Universiti Malaya. Registration is free of charge but on a first-come-first-served basis. Please contact Ms. Anna Lee to confirm your
participation (Tel: 7957-7036; Fax: 7956-3900; Email: geologi@<hidden>).

[chenchow]

Those who live around Klang Valley should definitely make full use of these opportunities.

Tony Fernandes (Group CEO/director of AirAsia), Chan Hong Saik (CEO of e-Business Sdn Bhd), Cheok Lay Leng (CEO of ProSem Technology Sdn Bhd), and Dr Ishwar S. Parhar (Japan Nippon Medical School?s Molecular Neuroendocrinology Unit director) will be giving free public seminar at Menara Star on May 5, entitled New Ideas for Competing on the World Stage.

It is a wonderful opportunities for those who are interested in technopreneurship, and it is completely free. To register, call 03-7967 1388 (ext 1121/ 1122/ 1123). This will be very useful for all ReComers who want to learn from the best entrepreneurs in the nation.

Refer to The Star (http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2005/4/28/nation/10800631&sec=nation)

[chenchow]

As a follow up from the seminar above, some of the stuff spoken by those speakers are at the following link:-

The Star (http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2005/5/6/nation/10877054&sec=nation)
and another article:- The Star (http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2005/5/6/nation/10877967&sec=nation)

[ngai]

Hey I was just thinking about sharing this info with recomers.
The 8th International Congress on AIDS will be held in Colombo, Sri Lanka from 19th to 23rd August 2007. This congress is closely associated with CARAM Asia(Coordination of Action Research on AIDS and Mobility). Student participation fee is only US$150. Hopefully recomers can take the opportunity to attend this conference to make a difference! For more info, pls log on to www.icaap8.lk