International conference Knowledge-Research-Education, Prague 09/09/10
The National Library of Technology under the auspices of the 1st Deputy Minister of the Minister of Education, Youth and Sports Kryštof Hajn and in cooperation with the Czech Technical University and Institute of Chemical Technology in Prague organizes the international conference.
On September 9th of this past year we had ceremonially opened the doors of the state-of-the-art new building of the National Library of Technology and we would like to commemorate this special date (090909) by organizing our conference.
In fact, we hope that this will be but the first in a tradition of annual meetings. The general topic of the conferences is Knowledge, Research and Education. It is planned as a small conference (of about 90 guests) where university dignitaries and senior members of the academic, library and publishing fields can come together and listen and discuss trends and policies that inform their respective fields of interest and that we all share.
Our wish is to draw attention to a mutual dependency of what is often experienced as institutionalized separation between information providers, knowledge makers and educators by offering an amiable platform for lectures and discussion that reflects on the myriad and rapidly changing ways in which information is transformed into knowledge which, in turn, supports research and is further shared within the academy to promote the process of higher education.
Martin Svoboda, Director of National Library of Technology
Program
Thursday, September 9th
Registration and inquiries 12:00 - 14:00
Cloakroom12:00 - 18:30
chair: Irena Šléglová, Central library of Faculty of Social Studies MU
13:00 – 13:05
Welcome Addresses
Kryštof Hajn, 1st Deputy Minister of the Minister of Education, Youth and Sports
Martin Svoboda, Director of the National Technical Library
13:05 – 13:35
Opening Keynote
The future of academic publishing for the good of university and society
Sijbolt J. Noorda, European University Association, Open Access Working Group, UK
13:50 - 14:35
New roles of libraries in Teaching, Learning and Research
Hans Geleijnse, LIBER - Association of European Research Libraries
14:35 - 15:05
Coffee Break
moderuje: Darina Kožuchová, NTK
15:05 - 15:50
Crisis of Scientific Communication: Fact or Fiction?
Rudolf Haňka, University of Cambridge, UK
15:50 - 16:35
Knowledge, Research & Education at University and in Industry
Jan Vobecký, ABB Switzerland Ltd.
Special program
16:50 - 17:40
Excursion of the National Library of Technology
(four organized groups depart from the Balling Hall)
17:40 - 17:50
Short concert in the library
18:30
Organized departure from NTK
18:40
Departure of the two historical trams which will take conference participants to the Prague city center.
(boarding station: Lotyšská, near NTK)
Route: Vítězné náměstí - Hradčanská - Malostranská - Štefánikův most - Náměstí Republiky
19:00 - 23:30
Mid-time Reception at the Municipal House (nám. Republiky 5, Praha 1)Friday, September 10
Registration and inquiries 8:30 - 10:30
Cloakroom8:30 - 13:00
9:00 - 9:30
Coffee Break
chair: Martin Svoboda, National Library of Technology Director
9:30 - 10:15
Academic Scholarship in the Digital Age
Rudi Schmiede, Darmstadt University of Technology, Germany
10:15 - 11:00
Manufacturing Knowledge in the Age of Pervasive Forgetting
Andrew Lass, Mount Holyoke College, MA, U.S.
11:00 - 11:20
Cofee Break
chair: Andrew Lass, Mount Holyoke College, MA, U.S.
11:20 – 12:15
Panel Discussion
12.20
Conclusion
Lectures & Speakers
Andrew Lass, Professor of Social and Cultural Anthropology, Mount Holyoke College, MA, U.S.: Manufacturing Knowledge in the Age of Pervasive Forgetting
Hans Geleijnse, Library Strategy Consultant at Tilburg University and President of LIBER (Association of European Research Libraries): New roles of libraries in Teaching, Learning and Research
Rudolf Haňka, Professor Emeritus, Wolfson College, University of Cambridge; Professor at The Faculty of management and Member of Convocation of The University of Economics, Prague; President of the Advisory Board of the Minister of Education of the Czech Republic for the Reform of Higher Education: Crisis of scientific communication; fact or fiction?
Sijbolt J. Noorda, President of the Association of Universities in the Netherlands, The Hague and member of the Council of the European : The future of academic publishing for the good of university and society
Rudi Schmiede, Professor of Sociology, Darmstadt University of Technology, Germany: Academic Scholarship in the Digital Age
Jan Vobecký, Professor, member of Convocation at Faculty of Electrical Engineering of Czech Technical University, Prague; Researcher and Expert Scientist, ABB Switzerland Ltd.: Knowledge, Research & Education at University and in IndustryRegistration
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Useful information
Níže najdete užitečné informace o dopravě do Národní technické knihovny a ubytování v jejím okolí.
Useful information
Participants are asked to make their own travel arrangements.Transport from the airport
From the airport, you can reach the National Library of Technology by bus or taxi.By bus:
Bus 119 departs from Vaclav Havel airport approximately every 5-20 minutes between 5 a.m. to 0:30 p.m. from Terminal 1 and stops near the entrance to subway line A's Dejvická station. The ride takes approximately 25 minutes and costs 24 CZK. You can also use the special bus AE linka (Airport Express) that stops at the same place (40 CZK).By taxi:
We recommend you to take a taxi with an official licence (AAA or 111 taxi). Taxis take about 10 minutes to arrive to Dejvice and cost around 300 CZK.More information: http://www.dpp.cz/en/public-transit-to-ruzyne-airport/
Transport from the central station and the bus station
From the central railway station and the bus station Florenc, use the red subway line C towards Háje and transfer at Muzeum to green line A in the direction of the end station Dejvická. From there, follow the signs to the library/Czech Technical University campus.
Transport to the city center
Getting downtown from the conference is easy and convenient - using subway line A, it's just three stops to Staroměstská and five stops to Muzeum.
There are three kinds of tickets: the all-day ticket (110 CZK) is valid for 24 hours. Single trip tickets are available for 75 minutes (32 CZK) or 30 minutes (24 CZK) - be sure to validate your ticket when you enter the subway. The tickets are valid for the entire public transportation network including subway, bus, tram - and even the cable car to Petřín hill. They can be purchased in the self-service machines, at some underground stations, tobacconist shops and some newspaper kiosks.
More information: http://www.dpp.cz/en/
Accommodation
Participants are asked to make their own hotel arrangements. Some hotels near the conference venue:
Hotel DAP (Dům Armády Praha)
Address: Vítězné náměstí 684/4, 160 00 Praha 6 - Dejvice
Tel. + 420 973 211 444, + 420 973 211 422
http://www.daphotel.cz
Hotel Denisa
Adresa: Národní obrany 33, 160 00 Praha 6 - Dejvice
Tel. + 420 224 318 969
http://www.hotel-denisa.cz
Diplomat Hotel Praha
Address: Evropská 15, 160 41 Praha 6 - Dejvice
Tel. + 420 296 559 212, + 420 296 559 178, + 420 296 559 213
http://www.diplomathotel.cz/cz/home
Hotel International Prague
Address: Koulova 15, 160 45 Praha 6 - Dejvice
Tel. + 420 296 537 111
http://www.internationalprague.com
Masarykova kolej (hostel)
Address: Thákurova 1, Praha 6 - Dejvice
Tel. + 420 233 051 111
http://www.studenthostel.cz/
Other useful information
The Conference Hall has 196 seats in the auditorium and 50 seats in the balcony. All the seats in the auditorium (except the first row) offer power and data sockets.
