Conventions: Aug 07, 2008
- Terminus
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Aug 7, 2008 - Aug 11, 2008,
Hilton Chicago Hotel, Chicago, Illinois United StatesFive days of magic and discovery await you at Terminus, a Harry Potter conference. Whether you are scholar, student, teacher or fan, the magnificent Chicago Hilton Hotel will welcome you to J. K. Rowling’s world on August 7-11, 2008. Your itinerary will include academic presentations and lectures, educational workshops, a Quidditch tournament, a bon voyage ball, and certainly, lively discussion about Harry Potter.
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- 2nd Annual Scholarship of Teaching & Learning (SOTL) in Nursing Conference
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Aug 7, 2008 - Aug 8, 2008,
University of Cincinnati Academic Health Center, Cincinnati, Ohio United StatesNursing has become a very complex profession, and nurses need to be taught using methods that teach the complex cognitive skills necessary for practice. With this in mind, this conference has a two-fold purpose: 1) a forum for presenting research related to SoTL in nursing, and 2) a forum for demonstrating how to get started doing SoTL in nursing.
Everyone interested in SoTL in nursing is welcome to participate.
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- 1st International Business Conference (IBC2008)
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Aug 7, 2008 - Aug 9, 2008,
Hyatt Regency, Dearborn, Detroit, Michigan United StatesThe main aim of this conference, IBC2008, is to provide an international platform for academics, business professionals and government officials from all over the world to come together to exchange ideas on how to exploit global business management strategies for promoting economic development of the world.
IBC2008 will consist of workshops, tutorials, networking sessions, exhibitions, trade transactions, keynote speeches, paper presentations, panel discussions, and a tour of industries and places of tourist attraction in Michigan and other states.
IBC2008 will address the needs of all participants. Submitted papers will be double blind peer reviewed. Accepted Papers will be published in the CD conference proceedings.
Best papers will be considered for publication in appropriate reputable journals.
After the conference, business, trade, and investment delegations from the United States/North America will travel to South America, Europe, Africa and Asia and vice versa to promote economic development. - full details
- National Trucks & Commercial Vehicle Expo
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Aug 7, 2008 - Aug 9, 2008,
Homebush Exhibition Centre, Sydney Olympic Park, Sydney, New South Wales AustraliaIt’s a landmark event for everyone involved at every level of the industry - from owner operators, fleet managers and engineers to directors and managers, drivers, maintenance managers, mechanics, apprentices and tradesmen. They all come to the NTCVE specifically to meet with suppliers, find out what’s new within the industry, discuss deals and talk serious business.
For three days, NTCVE is the hub of the road transport industry. All displays will be indoors, under the one roof in the giant Dome and connected exhibition halls 2, 3 and 4 with only oversized equipment featured on outside areas. - full details
- National Construction Exhibition (NCE)
***EVENT CANCELED***
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Aug 7, 2008 - Aug 9, 2008,
Sydney Showground, Olympic Park, Sydney, New South Wales AustraliaAustralia's National Construction Exhibition (NCE) 2008 is an international standard exhibition showcasing a comprehensive range of equipment, materials and services for the civil and commercial construction industries.
Now in its second edition, NCE will be co-located with the National Truck & Commercial Vehicle Expo (NTCVE) at the Sydney Showground, Sydney Olympic Park, from 7-9 August 2008.
NCE offers increased value as a sales and marketing platform for construction industry
suppliers, delivering high quality trade visitors to exhibitors. - full details
- 3rd National Congress of Professional Development for Teachers of English
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Aug 7, 2008 - Aug 8, 2008,
Los Dos Chinos Hotel, Brasil 780 Buenos Aires Argentina2008 SHARE Convention
35 top speakers from the best Universities in Argentina
American keynote speakers
Bonus: Play and Cultural Programme
The Third SHARE Convention: "SOLUTIONS FOR ELT" has been conceived of as a workshop, a laboratory or a clinic where different practical applications to English Language Teaching could be discussed by some of the most prominent exponents of our profession in our country.
Presentations will afford direct demonstrations of strategies, techniques, examples, procedures and methods for concrete classroom practice as well as the sharing of successful experiences in EFL and ESL. Within this general framework, presentations that include reports of or proposals for innovative classroom practice or new theories, methodologies or ways of looking at language and language learning and teaching have been favoured in the selection of speakers.
Rather than describing or discussing, the presentations in this Convention will show a technique for teaching or testing. Normally the presenter's statement of the theory underlying the technique will take not more than ten minutes. The rest of the time will be used for showing, rather than telling.
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- Information Architecture and Collaborative Design
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Aug 7, 2008 - Aug 8, 2008,
Sydney, New South Wales AustraliaInformation architecture (IA) involves structuring, organising, navigating, labelling and indexing information on intranets and websites to assist organisations in achieving their information needs. It is used to decide how a site should be structured, what kind of content it should host, and how to accommodate its future growth. IA is the foundation of good website or intranet design as it ensures the site will meet business and user needs and defines the backbone of an information system.
However, many organisation’s websites and intranets were established several years ago, and may have been designed in an ad-hoc way, since grown very large and difficult to manage, and no longer accurately reflect the organisation’s current goals, priorities, purpose, or functions. As a result, organisations are finding that IA issues aren’t only important in design, but also when revamping, redesigning and upgrading their information systems, and are looking to IA to help them to locate the information they need, make better choices and complete information tasks more rapidly and accurately.
This two-day interactive workshop will provide a thorough overview and understanding about how to effectively use information architecture to make your intranet or website as effective as possible. It will cover a wide range of information architecture issues such as the following:
* What information architecture is and how it can facilitate user experience
* Analysing and sorting content
* Carrying out user research: surveys, focus groups and card sorting
* Classifying, sorting and labelling within your information system
* Using wireframes and site maps: the ‘bread and butter’ tools of IA
* Navigating, indexing and designing page layouts
* Effectively carrying out your IA project: tips, tools, techniques and processes - full details
- Winning Strategies in Maintenance Planning, Estimating & Scheduling
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Aug 7, 2008 - Aug 8, 2008,
Bangkok, ThailandThe Nuts and Bolts Of The Planning Process – From Maintenance Management to Work Request To Work-Performance Reporting
This two day workshop is designed to meet the needs of maintenance and operations personnel who are responsible for delivering cost effective reliability and availability of plant and equipment. The course emphasizes maintenance planning, estimating and scheduling as they are amongst the most important elements in modern maintenance management. The underlying principles of effective modern world class maintenance/Asset CARE are covered in some detail to ensure that they are properly understood, because without this knowledge maintenance planning, estimating and scheduling will not be as effective as it should be.
The sessions will focus on modern maintenance methods and techniques, with particular emphasis on selecting the right maintenance work and undertaking it at the right time, organizing maintenance resources, analyzing and understanding actual and potential failures and how to deal with them, estimating and controlling maintenance costs, measuring results and ensuring continuous improvement. - full details
- Heat Exchanger Fouling Mitigation
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Aug 7, 2008 - Aug 8, 2008,
Bangkok, ThailandWorkshop Facilitator Profile
The trainer is the Director of Institute for Technical Thermodynamics, German Aerospace Centre and the Director of the Institute of Thermodynamics and Thermal Engineering of the University of Stuttgart (Germany). He holds previous employments with LINDE AG, BASF AG, The University of Surrey (England) and the University of Auckland (New Zealand). He is considered one of the world-leading experts on heat exchanger fouling with more than 25 years of theoretical, experimental and industrial experience in this field.
Key benefits for attending this event
• Understand the effects of deposit formation on design, operation and cost of heat exchangers
• Learn about the mechanisms of deposit formation and how they are affected by the operating conditions in heat exchangers
• Do example calculations for several fouling problems
• Find out how different heat exchanger types are affected by fouling
• Hear about the solutions to typical fouling problems in a number of processing industries
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- SMX - Search Marketing Expo Sao Paulo
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Aug 7, 2008 - Aug 8, 2008,
Sao Paulo BrazilJoin us for the inaugural Search Marketing Expo - SMX Sao Paulo in Brazil August 7-8. SMX Sao Paulo will be two days of comprehensive search marketing sessions covering all relevant topics including organic, PPC, link building, web analytics and social media marketing. In Portuguese.
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- 2008 VELG National Conference
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Aug 7, 2008 - Aug 8, 2008,
Broadbeach Island, Brisbane, Queensland AustraliaThe structure of the Voc Ed Learning Group's (VELG)conference allows participants to explore the progress of the Australian Quality Training Framework (AQFT) Essential Standard for Registration; and improve knowledge about Excellence Criteria, Quality Indicators, Internal Auditing, and External Auditing. Elective sessions are: risk management, recognition of prior learning (RPL), Industry Skills Councils, and brainstorming using the Cognito Principle.
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