Advertisement 3 May 2011 Upcoming International Congresses Europe 17th Congress of the International Association of Theatre for Children and Young People, 20-29/05/11, Copenhagen/Malmo +++ 62nd Annual Meeting of the Nordic Microscopy Society, 08-11/06/11, Oulu +++ 13th Conference of the Comparative International Governmental Accounting Research Network, 09-10/06/11, Ghent Asia 11th Congress of the Asian Pediatric Nephrology Association, 02-04/06/11, Fukuoka +++ 15th Meeting of the European Hair Research Society, 06-09/07/11, Jerusalem +++ 12th International Conference in Asia of the International Union of Materials Research Societies, 19-22/09/11, Taipei America Conference of the International Association for Information and Data Quality, 27-30/06/11, San Diego CA +++ 20th World Conference of the Society for Ecological Restoration International, 21-25/08/11, Merida +++ 70th Annual Meeting of the International Cotton Advisory Committee, 04-10/09/11, Buenos Aires Africa Seminar on Sustainable Tourism of the World Tourism Organization Commission for Africa, 06-08/06/11, Ouagadougou +++ 5th Violence and Injury Prevention Meeting of the World Health Organization, 06-07/09/11, Cape Town +++ International Conference of the Southern African Institute for Industrial Engineering, 21-23/09/11, Pretoria Pacific 25th General Assembly of the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics, 28/06-07/07/11, Melbourne +++ Australasian Coasts and Ports Conference of PIANC, 28-30/09/11, Perth +++ 8th Regular Session of the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission, 05-09/12/11, Koror More conferences on the UIA Congress Calendar Online Challenges for us all By Marilyn Mehlmann, Vice President of the UIA and General Secretary of Global Action Plan International Complex situation. The major threat to humans one hundred years ago, as perceived by UIA founders Otlet and Lafontaine, was war. And indeed, though they could not know it, the world was headed into probably the most war-torn half-century in history. In retrospect it seems incredible that the world has managed nearly 70 years without a ‘world war’. The ongoing armed conflicts are of course a tragedy for those involved – still, it seems as though all those peace conferences bore some fruit... Read more! Ask the associations Do you have any questions/articles for your peers? Advertisement Survey of the month: World Environment Day UNEP. The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is calling upon all of us to be part of the World Environment Day (WED) on June 5, 2011. Should associations support WED? » Yes » No » Maybe Best deals/Best offers Complimentary. Meetings in Budapest now come with a complimentary gala venue - from royal castles to spectacular museums. 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