Our Common Present: Current Challenges of Central Europe

3rd year of interdisciplinary conference Our Common Present
Wednesday 24th April 2013 10:00–18:30
Faculty of Arts, Charles University in Prague,
Celetná 20, Praha 1, room No. 138
The conference working language is English, entry is free, refreshment provided. Please register via website http://is.gd/common.
For the full conference programme including abstracts (changes reserved) see www.ecoology.org
The program includes presentations by speakers from six Central European countries. Other participants are warmly invited to participate in discussions and to join an open platform for exchanging ideas.

Conference programme

9:00–10:00 Registration, coffee
10:00–10:30 Welcome and opening speeches.

Representatives of organizing universities and departments.

10:30–11:30 Morning session I 

Tibor László Csegődi Some additions to sustainable development in Visegrad countries – a comparative analysis using HDI and environmental-energetic data

Karlheinz Knickel Agriculture and rural areas, and their role in modern society – some critical questions

11:30–12:00 Coffee break
12:00–13:30 Afternoon session I 

Jana Dlouhá, Andrew Barton Higher education and the challenge of sustainability – the Central European case

Anna Kalinowska Biodiversity loss and public opinion – what is the pattern for Central Europe?

Bernhard Schneider  The particularities of the Central European scientific community in a nutshell – from the viewpoint of a project evaluator

13:30–14:00 Lunch
14:00–15:30 Afternoon session II 

Eva Cudlínová A Green New Deal Strategy from a Central European Perspective

Katarína Kohányiová Complementary currencies – the Hungarian experience

Peter Morée  The image of religion in the public discourse in the Czech Republic

15:30–16:00 Coffee break
16:00–18:00 Panel discussion between speakers and audience
What is the most important challenge for the whole of Central Europe?
18:00–18:30 Conference conclusion
For conference abstracts see www.ecoology.org 

Download the conference flyer here.