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Preparing the workforce for the Information Society

The Third International Conference on Adult Education
The new dates of the conference: 25-29 April 2010! We apologize for any inconvenience!



The new forms of social organization and communication require adaptation and development of new skills and specific competences. The third International Conference on Adult Education aims to underline the importance of the new communication technologies. The symposium and debate sessions are based on the hypothesis claiming that the new communication technologies comprise essential instruments in achieving the continuing and adult education’s objectives.

The conference aims to initiate and support a dialog between specialists and practitioners from continuing education and adult education, a forum implying NGOs, local, regional, national as well as international organizations’ active participation in public and private area, regarding the opportunities of the workforce development in the new conditions of informational society.

Topics of Interest
The submissions are invited on presenting and discussing aspects of Continuing and Adult Education including, but not limited to:
• New forms of continuing education;
• Learning and education regions;
• Continuing education networks;
• Specific methods and containments of the new communicating technologies;
• Connection between NTI utilization and individual/community performance;
• Work motivation in terms of NTI;
• NTI and global workforce – the management of workforce migration;
• Social and politic innovation brought by NTI;
• Social charge dimensions from NTI implementation perspective;
• Socio-cognitive impact and symbolic of NTI type e-learning, e-government, e-democracy;
• Virtual communication reality;
• Human rights and labor laws.

The conference will host Hall of Fame Symposium and Doctoral Consortium on 27th April 2010.

Scientific committee:
Prof. Dr. Dinu Airinei, "Alexandru Ioan Cuza" University of Iasi, RO
Prof. Dr. Séraphin Alava, Université de Toulouse le Mirail, FR
Prof. Dr. Teodor Cozma, "Alexandru Ioan Cuza" University of Iasi, RO
Prof. Dr. Dan Cristea, "Alexandru Ioan Cuza" University of Iasi, RO
Prof. Dr. Constantin Cucos, "Alexandru Ioan Cuza" University of Iasi, RO
Prof. Dr. Ion Dafinoiu, "Alexandru Ioan Cuza" University of Iasi, RO
Prof. (H) Dr. Heribert Hinzen, IIZ/DVV, Bonn, DE
Prof. Dr. Romita Iucu, University of Bucharest, RO
Dr. Gary E. Miller, International Adult and Continuing Education Hall of Fame, SUA
Prof. Dr. Irina Moroianu-Zlatescu, The Romanian Institute for Human Rights, RO
Prof. Dr. Ioan Neacsu, University of Bucharest, RO
Dr. James P. Pappas, International Adult and Continuing Education Hall of Fame, SUA
Prof. Dr. Gheorghe Popa, "Alexandru Ioan Cuza" University of Iasi, RO
Prof. Dr. Horst Siebert, Leibniz University of Hannover, DE
Prof. Dr. Laurentiu Soitu, "Alexandru Ioan Cuza" University of Iasi, RO

Organizational committee:
Dr. Oana Beldianu
PhD student Diana Chihaia
Eng. Adrian Istrimschi
Prof. Ioan Oancea
Prof. Dr. Laurentiu Soitu
Student Aniella Vieriu

Language
The official languages of the conference are Romanian and English