Orthodoxy and Evangelism

BABEŞ-BOLYAI University
LifeLong Learning Centre,
together with
The Faculty of Orthodox Theology and the Bible Study Centre,
WorldVision International and Adoramus Printing House, Iaşi
Organized on the 5th of May 2009

the conference:
The Paschal Mystery in the Liturgical Life of the Church
Guest: PhD. Univ. Prof. Bradley Nassif, Biblical and Theological Studies, North Park University (Chicago), co-author of the book Orthodoxy and Evangelism. Three Perspectives.

the book launching:

ORTODOXY AND EVENGHELISM. THREE PERSPECTIVE
Bradley Nassif et all
Adoramus, Iaşi, 2009
Speakers: PhD. Prof. Bradley Nassif
PhD. Dănuţ Mănăstireanu
PhD. Prof. Stelian Tofana

and the round table:Orthodoxy and Evangelism - Perspectives and Dialog
Participants: 150 persons, especially university staff and students from the Faculty of Orthodox Theology, but also other persons interested in the topics.

21st Century Prisons: The Need for Staff Specialization, Support and Training

BABEŞ-BOLYAI UNIVERSITY
LifeLong Learning Centre,
together with
The National Penitentiary Administrations (NPA)
and International Correction and Prison Association

organized on the 14th of April 2009 the conference:

21st Century Prisons: The Need for Staff Specialization, Support and Training
Guest: PhD. Univ. prof. Elaine Crawley,
Senior Lecturer in Criminology and Director of Salford Centre for Prison Studies, University of Salford, Greater Manchester

Dr. Elaine Crawley has conducted extensive research into the working lives of prison staff, and into the coping strategies and experiences of prisoners. During the past 12 years her research into these issues has taken place not only in the UK, but also in Russia, Germany, Sweden, Canada and the United States. Her best-known publication is a book called 'Doing Prison Work: the public and private lives of prison officers', which was published in 2004.


Participants: approximately 60 persons, especially NPA staff, university staff and students from Babeş-Bolyai University.

The conference took place in English.

INTERRACTIVE MULTIMEDIA – AN INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH

Babeş-Bolyai University
LifeLong Learning Centre
in collaboration with:
Faculty of Theatre and Television – Media Department
And The Faculty of Political, Administrative and Communication Science – The Department of Journalism
organized on the 5th of March the conference:
INTERRACTIVE MULTIMEDIA – AN INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH
Guests:
univ. assist. PhD. Student Radu Meza, The Department of Journalism, Faculty of Political, Administrative and Communication Science
univ. assist. PhD. Student Andrei Costina, The Department of Journalism, Faculty of Political, Administrative and Communication Science

In the context of the new technologies development, multimedia production requires an interdisciplinary collaboration for students in different areas: media, journalism, design/ arts and informatics. From an idea to the point of defining a concept and finally developing a successful product we undergo a process that is so much dependent on an interdisciplinary team, on the capacity of finding resources, on promoting and meeting the needs of a national and international multimedia market.

Participants: 60 students were present.
The students were presented with different multimedia applications that were part of international competitions. The discussions were on how to conceive and develop innovative multimedia products in order to participate in international competitions, how to work in teams, how to use the new technologies in order to have a better impact.

The conference also inspired the launching of a discussion group for collaboration and creation of products for international competitions. The first meeting of this group took place on the 2nd of April at the Continuous Education and Distance Learning Centre.

Messiah Oratorio

On the 6^th of December the LifeLong Learning Centre organized together with Jubilate Foundation the concert – Messiah Oratorio, Georg Friedrich Händel.

Choir: “CON SPIRITO”

Conductor: Kenneth Tucker (SUA)

Singers:

Diana Chirilă, soprano

Ruben Mureşan, tenor

Slavic Vulpe, baritone

Participants: 300 persons

An Introductory Lecture on the Philosophy of Alain Badiou

The LifeLong Learning Centre together with the Faculty of History and Philosophy - the Department of Systematic Philosophy, organized on the 10^th of October 2008 at the Club Casa Universitarilor the conference: An Introductory Lecture on the Philosophy of Alain Badiou.

Guest Speaker: dr. Chris Watkin, Cambridge University, UK

Christopher Watkin specializes in contemporary French literature and philosophy, with a particular interest in the relation between deconstruction and phenomenology and theological themes in continental thought. He has published work on Maurice Merleau-Ponty, Jean-Luc Nancy and Paul Ricœur.

Participants: 20 university staff and students

The National Codecs Congress

The National Codecs Congress - HR Vocational School – took place in Cluj-Napoca on the 4^th and the 5^th of September.

It was the first human resources congress organized in Romania and it aimed to tackle the hot issues in the field, as well as finding solutions for the challenges. The conference applied specifically to the HR experts, training and organizational development practitioners from Romania, challenging them to engage in dialog and to find solutions.
photo: hotnews

A research made by Manpower (the largest international leasing company) showed that Romania is facing the greatest personnel crisis in the world.

The speakers were: David Simmons (University of Webminister), Steve Crabb (Strategic Adviser CIPD & Editor People Management Magazine), Monica Grigoriu (Coaching Guild Romania), Andreea Raghina (Organisational Advancement Manager, Timken), Marian Staş (President, Codecs for Leadership Foundation), Miguel Saralegui (HR Manager Tenaris Sicotub România) etc. photo: hotnews

Through speeches, interactive plenary or optional workshops, study cases, panel discussions, book launching (David Simmonds, Designing and Delivering Training) the conference achieved what Mrs. Roxana Mocanu called “ a social and professional dialog pointing out to the Romanian human capital, claiming the European active citizenship and ensuring the social cohesion and the adaptability and employment growth.” (Roxana Mocanu, HR Vocational School Director MBA CIPD Licentiate Member).

The Babes-Bolyai University was represented in the panel discussion by the President of the Academic Council, professor Şerban Agachi who underlined the importance of matching the formation offer (under graduate and graduate formation) to the actual market demands.

The conference distinguished as / proved to be a very well organized event. We congratulate the organizers for their initiative and for their 15 years hard work in the field!

http://www.hrvscongress.ro/

Hungarian National and International Lifelong Learning Conference

The 4th International Lifelong Learning Conference took place in Nyiregyhaza, Hungary on the 17th-18th of April 2008. Babes-Bolyai University was represented by the director of the Centre of LifeLong Learning, Rodica Mocan.