Write up about the Conference Conference Theme: Intersecting Belongings: Cultural Conviviality and Cosmopolitan Futures. The European Association for South East Asian Studies (EuroSEAS) is an international initiative to foster scholarly cooperation within Europe in the field of Southeast Asian studies. It was founded in 1992 and it is the only pan-European scientific organization dedicated to Southeast Asian studies. EuroSEAS members work in all areas of humanities and social sciences, from archeology to economics, from anthropology to linguistics. The 2013 EuroSEAS Conference was held in the Technical University of Lisbon, at the School of Social and Political Sciences – ISCSP, Lisbon from 2ndto […]
RDG Conference Report of Ellaine Joy C. Sanidad
Write up about the Conference International Teacher Education Conference 2014 aims to provide a multinational platform where the latest trends in education can be presented and discussed in a friendly environment with the aim to learn from each other. Feedback on paper presented The audience generally enjoyed the paper I presented. They liked the simplicity and depth of the teaching strategy I proposed for ending classes. Future directions of research presented The audience suggested that my proposed teaching strategy be further tested to more classrooms and courses to see areas which may further improve it, and make it applicable to wider […]
RDG Conference Report of Marc J. San Valentin
Write up about the Conference The 5th ICONSEA is an international conference focusing on critical issues prevalent in the South East Asian region. Held from the 11th to the 13th of December 2013 and hosted by the Universiti of Malaya, the conference is a venue for interaction and exchange of ideas under different themes which includes political development, economy and social development, education, cultural issues, minority ssues, maritime issues and regional cooperation. Feedback on paper presented The questions raised after the presentation focused mainly on the nature of the collection and how it was used in various publications and classes. […]
RDG Conference Report of Jonathan P. Sale
Write up about the Conference The International Labour Process Conference (ILPC) is one of the longest established and best known forums for the analysis of all aspects of work and employment. It has earned a reputation as a cornerstone of empirical research and cutting edge theoretical debate within the labour process and work organization tradition. Every year, the conference brings together academics and policy makers from the sociology of work and employment, business and management studies, human resource management, industrial relations, organizational analysis and a range of other discipline to discuss and critically assess developments in the field. Keynote speakers […]
RDG Conference Report of Kevin C. Salamanez
Write up about the Conference The 24th Asian Pacific Weed Science Society (APWSS) Conference definitely put emphasis on how weed science can support food security by 2020, which is very significant because of rapid population growth, increasing influx of new weeds as international travel increases, climate change and its impact on weed distribution and abundance, and evolution of weeds that are resistant to herbicides. Food and land systems that are environment-friendly, sustainable and profitable in both the short- and long-term have been planned to adopt for use in different situations earth-wide. To face the new challenges of weed science, increased level […]
RDG Conference Report of Jae Joseph Russell B. Rodriguez
Write up about the Conference The International Society for Forensic Genetics (ISFG) is an association which aims to promote scientific knowledge of genetic markers of forensic relevance. ISFG organizes a congress every two years, usually in a European country. In 2013 the 25th World Congress was held in Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre, Melbourne Australia. During the first two days, workshops on various forensic topics such as evidence interpretation, disaster victim identification, and ancestry analysis were participated by DNA analysts and students from around the world. The congress was officially opened on September 3 by the keynote speech of the […]
RDG Conference Report of Aris A. Reginaldo
Write up about the Conference Around six hundred delegate from all over the world gathered for the 11th International Mammalogical Congress which was held in Belfast City, Northern Ireland United Kingdom from August 11-16, 2013. Attendees were mostly professional mammalogists with some students who are starting their career in mammalogy. Most participants came from Europe, United States and Australia and. There were also few delegates that came from Asia, primarily from China and Japan. The congress featured plenary sessions, oral presentation and poster presentation that cover almost all aspect of mammalian biology (evolution, ecology, disease and parasitism, responses to climate change) […]
RDG Conference Report of Genevieve Quintero
Write up about the Conference The 1st Annual International Conference on Contemporary Cultural Studies, held at Hotel Fort Canning in Singapore from 09-10 December 2013, was organized by the Global Science and Technology Forum (GSTF). Its aim is to “understand how meaning is generated, disseminated, and produced from the social, political and economic spheres within a given culture.” The conference “tackled historical culture and how it affects the modern society.” The following papers were accepted for presentation in the conference. These are: Social Media and Youth Protests: Facebook Use in Hong Kong’s National Curriculum Debate by Dr. Celia Lam of The University of […]
RDG Conference Report of Maria Ana T. Quimbo
Write up about the Conference The 5th Asian Conference on Education 2013 (ACE2013) was held in Ramada Hotel, Osaka, Japan on 23 to 27 October 2013. It coincided with the First Asian Conference on Society, Education and Technology (ACSET2013). This joint Conference was organized by the International Academic Forum (IAFor) with the theme “Learning and Teaching in Changing Times”. Among IAFor’s partner organizations were Virginia Tech, Waseda University, University of London, University of Lincoln, National Institute of Education (Singapore),National University of Tainan, Auburn University, The Hong Kong Institute of Education, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Universidad Nacional de […]
RDG Conference Report of Lourdes M. Portus
Write up about the Conference The Conference featured three plenary speeches and 39 parallel sessions. A film competition was held on the 2nd day. There were more than 160 delegate coming from 25 countries including the Philippines. Seven were Filipinos: two from UP Diliman (including myself), one from UPLB and three from the Southern Luzon State University in Lucena, Quezon. It was refreshing to see faculty members of an unknown SUC present their research in an international conference. We agreed to continuously link for updating. I invited them to join the Philippines Communication Society (PCS), where conferences are held regularly […]
