Universidad Autónoma de Madrid

Moving target digitalisation: re-thinking global exchange in higher education (5-6 October 2020)

The German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) invites you to this two-day conference in the context of the German Presidency of the European Council:

The hybrid conference format builds a bridge across the gap between physical and virtual space. We would be honoured to welcome you as one of our remote contributors. Together we would like to discuss the present and future of global exchange in higher education.

We are looking for contributions that engage with, challenge and re-think International Collaboration, Mobility and Knowledge Transfer in the light of digital transformation. Selected papers will be published as part of the Conference Proceedings.

Contributions should address one of the following target areas, reflecting on internationalisation viewed through the lens of digitalisation:

1. Collaboration, Cooperation and Partnerships
2. Mobility and Exchange: Physical – Blended – Virtual
3. Administrating Internationalisation Digitally: Data Ecosystems and Data Sovereignty
4. Attractiveness of HEI in a Global Knowledge Society
5. Knowledge Transfer, ‘Third Mission’ and Open Education

You are invited to pick the format that suits your contribution: video presentation (pre-produced), conference poster, live demo, live panel discussion or workshop. You have further ideas for virtual presentations or interactive formats, such as a PechaKucha or a barcamp session? Feel free to introduce them!

Please refer to our proposal guideline (PDF) for more information on each format and use our submission template.

Submission deadline: August 1^st 2020

We kindly ask you to send in your submission or raise further questions to: movingtarget@daad.de.

Further information is available on the conference webpage:

• English version: https://www.daad.de/en/the-daad/what-we-do/moving-target/
• German version: https://www.daad.de/de/der-daad/was-wir-tun/digitalisierung/moving-target/

International Conference "Mapping South-South Connections" (21–22 November 2020 - Allameh Tabataba’i University, Iran)

This conference  Mapping South-South Connections: Networks, Alliances and New Actors on the International Scene during the Decolonization Process and Cold War in Latin America, Asia and Africa (1810–1990) aims to explore historical, political and cultural connections between Latin America, Asia and Africa during the decolonization process and the Cold War from an interdisciplinary perspective.

• Both individual papers as well as full panel submissions are welcome. 
• Deadline for abstract submissions is 10 September 2020.
• Notification of acceptance will be announced on 21 September 2020.

Please, visit the conference website https://southsouthconnections.atu.ac.ir and the website of the project Redes Sur-Sur for updates. Abstracts are to be submitted via the conference website and to the following email addresses: south-south@atu.ac.ir, redes.sur.sur@gmail.com. 

Abstract should be submitted in English with the title of the paper, name and affiliation of the author(s) and have the following format: 200–300 words, double-spaced, Times New Roman 12pt font, one-inch margins.

The conference will be held both online and on-site, thus allowing those who won’t be able to attend because of the Covid-19 situation to present their paper through video conference.