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6 November 2012
Upcoming International Congresses
EuropeAnnual Conference of the International Peace Bureau, 16-19/11/12, Dublin +++ Conference on Resolving Company-Community Conflicts of the World Legal Forum, 06-07/12/12, The Hague +++ Conference of the European Association for Practitioner Research on Improving Learning, 28-30/11/12, Jyväskylä
Asia17th Congress of the Asian Pacific Society of Respirology, 14-16/12/12, Hong Kong +++ 11th Congress of the Endoscopic and Laparoscopic Surgeons of Asia, 12-13/12/12, Riyadh +++ 19th International Conference on Neural Information Processing of the Asian Pacific Neural Network Assembly, 12-15/11/12, Doha
America33rd Annual International Conference on Information Systems of the Association for Information Systems, 16-19/12/12, Orlando FL +++ 18th Triennial Congress of the Interamerican Association of Intellectual Property, 02-05/12/12, Punta del Este +++ 28th Conference of the International Papillomavirus Society, 30/11-06/12/12, San Juan
Africa6th Congress of the African Middle East Association of Gastroenterology, 22-24/11/12, Calabar +++ 1st International Conference of the African Society for Laboratory Medicine, 01-07/12/12, Cape Town +++ 16th Annual Conference of the African Securities Exchanges Association, 02-04/12/12, Cairo
PacificAnnual Conference of the Australasian Society for Psychiatric Research, 05-07/12/12, Fremantle +++ 42nd Annual Scientific Meeting of the Australasian Society for Immunology, 02-06/12/12, Melbourne +++ 23rd Annual Conference of the International Education Association, 04-07/12/12, Auckland
More conferences on the UIA Congress Calendar Online
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Psychology. What goes on when we are in a crowd? What needs do we have at conferences? More

Project Management. There are so many tasks in event planning. What you should know? More
After the meeting in Dublin
Miriam Kennedy, Manager Dublin Convention Bureau, DCB

My favourite spots: Top restaurants:

Ely Bar and Brasserie, Custom house Quay: A stone’s throw from the national Convention Centre, Ely Bar and Brasserie is set in a stunning 200 year old vaulted warehouse for tobacco and wine. There are over 400 wines to choose from here which can make the decision making process a bit longer but coupled with home grown, organic food, ultimately worth it...
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"Alfred Nobel knew about the Peace Bureau"

Tomas Magnusson, Co-President of the International Peace Bureau, IPB

How come that everybody knows about the Nobel Prize for peace, but not the International Peace Bureau?
For sure, Alfred Nobel knew about the Peace Bureau at that time. If not we would not have had the Nobel Peace Prize. And I am pretty sure that most people who are actively engaged in a practical work for disarmament and peace know about the Peace Bureau.

Today we are a network of nearly 300 organisations in 70 countries, but following today’s trends and views on organizations, we are a loose network of independent organisations with their own programs and priorities. Our work is to coordinate, to inform, and to inspire. And when we find common goals and common activities that are adopted by many members...
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Number of the month


Peace keeping. The Yearbook of International Organizations lists 178 bodies with a focus on peace-keeping and 81 bodies with a focus on peace studies. It does not count the number of international bodies whose aims include the promotion of world peace.
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