At the University of Ljubljana we welcomed a delegation from the Belgian Catholic University of Leuven. During the visit, Vice-Rector Prof. Dr. Danny Pieters from the Catholic University of Leuven met with management representatives and researchers from various faculties of the University of Ljubljana. Among other things, he visited the recently constructed buildings of the Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Technology and Faculty of Computer and Information Science. The visit was concluded with the signing of a strategic partnership memorandum.
At the Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana, we organised the 3rd international symposium entitled Why the world needs anthropologists? in cooperation with the EASA Applied Anthropology Network, Research Centre of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts (ZRC SAZU), VU University Amsterdam, Campus CIELS Padova, Slovenian Ethnological and Anthropological Association KULA and the University of Delaware. The symposium was attended by 450 participants from 25 countries who discussed why anthropology is necessary for the resolution of hot global issues, such as climate change, political unrest and rapid development of technologies.
At the Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Ljubljana, we held the 2nd module of interuniversity European postgraduate education entitled Non-clinical pharmaceutical and early clinical development. Education was provided within the scope of the harmonised Pharma Train programme, which implements reliable standards for top quality postgraduate education and training in medicine development and brings together ten European universities. The programme featured twenty lectures given by domestic and foreign professors and lecturers from European regulatory bodies and pharmaceutical industry.
At the Faculty of Civil and Geodetic Engineering, University of Ljubljana, we participated in the organisation of the Cloud-Assisted Services conference (CLASS 2015).The international conference focused on the subject of smart cities and communities, 4.0 industry and sustainable development.
At the Faculty of Theology, University of Ljubljana, we organised an international science conference entitled Truth and Compassion. The conference hosted 18 lecturers from Slovenia, Hungary, Poland and Russia. The main topic at the conference involved searching and getting to know the real questions and answers about truth and compassion and searching for ways to put them into practice worldwide with respect to events during and after World War II.
