Annex. Activities Involving Social Dissemination

Lectures, Round-tables, Debates [7.10.2004] Hall, Centre de Cultura [23.11.2004] León Contemporània de Barcelona Rector Gabriel Ferraté gave a lecture on [1.9.2004] Universal Forum of Cultures. Debates on Education, co-organised by the “Liderar la universidad de la sociedad del Barcelona Faculty of Psychology and Educational conocimiento” at the University of Leon, Spain, Librarian Núria Ferran took part in the Human Sciences and the Fundació Jaume Bofill. on occasion of the specialisation course on Movements and Immigration World Congress “Política educativa i igualtat d’oportunitats. university academic management. Organised with a presentation of the COINE (Cultural Prioritats i propostes”, a lecture given by Xavier by the Fundación General de la Universidad de Objects in Networked Environments) project and Bonal, Miquel, Àngel Essomba i Ferran Ferrer. León y de la Empresa. the result of its application to content at the http://www.uoc.edu/dt/cat/bonal0305.html Centre de Documentació of the Museu d’Història [24.11.2004] Fòrum Can Basté. Barcelona de la Immigració a Catalunya. Organised by the [10.10.2004] Centre d’Estudis i Recursos Jordi Alberich, lecturer at the Faculty of Institut Europeu de la Mediterrània. Culturals, Provincial Council of Barcelona Information and Communication Sciences, took The Museu d’Història de la Immigració a Cecilia Braslavsky, the late Director of part in the talk “L’efecte Mobius: nous Catalunya’s website UNESCO’s International Bureau of Education, llenguatges artístics i comunicatius en la cultura http://oliba.uoc.edu/lab/migracio/index.htm. spoke about “Possibilities and limits of youth visual digital”. educational policies. Reflections on the [2.9.2004] Madrid conclusions of the 47th International [25.11.2004] Girona Jordi Vilaseca, Head of the Faculty of Conference on Education” during the fifth Jordi Vilaseca, Head of the Faculty of Economics and Business Studies gave a edition of the Debates on Education. Economics and Business Studies, gave a lecture on “Les TIC en l’empresa: 10 idees lecture on the information technologies and sobre el canvi tecnològic digital a Catalunya”. [21.10.2004] Saragossa enterprise, at Girona’s PIMEC headquarters. Francesc González, lecturer of the Tourism [4.9.2004] Linz (Austria) Programme, took part in a colloquium on [25.11.2004] Escola Politècnica Superior. Girona Pau Alsina, Co-ordinator, Artnodes space, tourism during a seminar held at the University Rector Gabriel Ferraté gave the lecture “Escola delivered the paper “On Art, Science and of Saragossa. Politècnica Superior 30 anys. Del passat al Technology e-Learning”, at the Ars Electronica present, passant pel futur”. Festival congress. Timeshift: The world in [28.10.2004] Barcelonès Support Centre twenty-five years. Mario Pérez-Montoro and Sandra Sanz Martos, [26.11.2004] Madrid lecturers from the Faculty of Documentation, Ismael Peña, the Administrator of the Campus [14.9.2004] Barcelonès Support Centre gave a lecture on “A la cerca del valor afegit en for Peace, gave the lecture “Trabajo en red: The Faculty of Computer Science and les empreses: la gestió del coneixement i intranets”, at the V Conferencia Tecnología para Multimedia invited free software programmer l’aprenentatge al lloc de treball”. Open to the el Desarollo Humano. ICTs: A Tool for Miguel de Icaza to give a lecture on free public. development. software. http://www.uoc.edu/dt/cat/deicaza0904.html [4.11.2004] Hotel Domo de Vilafranca del [29.11.2004] Jalisco (Mexico) Penedès Adriana Gil, lecturer at the Faculty of [15.9.2004] Provincial Council of Tarragona , Catalonian Minister for Psychology and Educational Sciences, gave the Local Development Unit Territorial Policies and Public Works, attended a lecture “Voces no escuchadas: juventud y TIC” Jordi Vilaseca, Head of the Faculty of lunch-and-debate session of the Tribuna Oberta at the V Coloquio de Estudios de la Cultura. Economics and Business Studies, gave a Vilafranca. lecture on the information and communications http://www.uoc.edu/dt/cat/nadal0505.html [30.11.2004] Guadalajara (Mexico) technologies (ICTs) and work. Toni Badia, Head of the Faculty of Psychology [4.11.2004] Valencia and Educational Sciences, gave the lecture [21.9.2004] Vilafranca del Penedès Joan Miquel Gomis, lecturer of the Tourism “Xarxes de formació de professors i treball A new lunch-and-debate session of the Tribuna Programme, took part in a round-table on the col·laboratiu”, during the International Book Fair. Oberta Vilafranca was held, with Enric low-cost airlines, together with representatives Esquerra, General Director of Condis from Iberia, Air Europa, Air Berlin, Vueling and [1.12.2004] University of Barcelona. supermarkets, as a special guest. Savia Amadeus. Organised by Travel Advisors Departament of Sociology Guild, an association of specialised company Rosa Borge, lecturer at the Faculty of Law and [22.9.2004] UOC, Central Building travel agents. Political Science, gave the lecture-workshop Professor Charlotte Gunawardena, from the “La participación electrónica: estado de la College of Education at the University of New [4.11.2004] UOC, Central Building cuestión y debate sobre sus dimensiones Mexico (USA), gave a lecture on distance The Head of the Faculty of Humanities gave a sociales y políticas”. education and cultural diversity. lecture on “The Connectivist Paradigm: Art http://www.uoc.edu/idp/dt/cat/borge.html The event was organised by the Faculty of Science and Consciousness” by Roy Ascote. Psychology and Educational Sciences. [9.12.2004] University of Seville [11.11.2004] Hotel Fira Palace. Barcelona Pau Alsina, Co-ordinator, Artnodes space, gave [23.9.2004] Chicago (USA) Jordi Vilaseca, Head of the Faculty of the lecture “Revistas electrónicas y cultura Raquel Xalabarder, a lecturer in the Faculty of Economics and Business Studies, gave a audiovisual digital: el caso Artnodes”, at the Law and Political Science, gave a lecture on lecture on “Pimes, innovació en procés i Faculty of Communication’s Graduates’ Hall. copyright and the responsibility of the Internet formació en competències: cap un nou model service providers, during the Intellectual de creixement de l’economia catalana”, within [14.12.2004] Hall, Centre de Cultura Property in Europe meetings, organised by the the session “Tecnologia i coneixement com a Contemporània de Barcelona Center for Intellectual Property Law at the John motors de l’economia” of the Jornada dels A new session of the Debates on Education, Marshall Law School in Chicago. Economistes organised by the Col·legi organised by the Faculty of Psychology and d’Economistes de Catalunya. Educational Sciences, took place, with the [29.9.2004] Centre d’Estudis i Recursos presence of Jorge Wagensberg, Director of Culturals. Casa de la Caritat. Barcelona [17.11.2004] Badalona CosmoCaixa and Professor of the Theory of Pau Alsina, Co-ordinator, Artnodes space, gave Jordi Vilaseca, Head of the Faculty of Irreversible Processes at the Faculty of Physics the lecture “Art digital a Catalunya” within the Economics and Business Studies, gave a of the University of Barcelona. The lecture was “E-CULTUR@ i els Serveis Municipals” cycle. lecture on “Adaptació de les PIME a les NTIC. titled “Educar a la frontera: entre la intuïció i la Situació actual i tendències”, at the Fent comprensió”. [30.9.2004] Barcelona Empresa meetings run by the Institut Municipal Adoració Pérez, Head of the UOC Library, took de Promoció de l’Ocupació, Reactivació part in the round-table “Internet como medio Badalona, with the collaboration of the CIDEM. para la promoción de la lectura”, where she delivered the paper “La biblioteca de referencia virtual y su uso”.

67 [11.1.2005] UOC, Central Building [22.2.2005] Hall, Centre de Cultura [14.5.2005] Headquarters of the Col·legi The Faculty of Law and Political Science invited Contemporània de Barcelona Oficial d’Arquitectes de Catalunya. Girona Professor Fred von Lohmann, of the Electronic A new session of Debates on Education took Pau Alsina, lecturer at the Faculty of Humanities Frontier Foundation, to give the lecture place, co-organised by the Faculty of and Language and Literature, and Co-ordinator “Problems Generated with the Protection of Psychology and Educational Sciences and the of Artnodes, gave a lecture at the international Intellectual Property on the Internet”. The Fundació Jaume Bofill. Christian Laval, meeting “El paisatge transgredit. Interseccions lecture was given in English, and a number of sociologist and Associate Researcher at the de natura, art, ciència i tecnologia”. The questions and a debate followed. University of Paris X, and member of the Institut meeting was jointly organised by the UOC, de Recherches of the Fédération Syndicale Híbrids la Plataforma, the Col·legi d’Arquitectes [17.1.2005] Amics de la UNESCO. Barcelona Unitaire, acted as guest speaker. de Catalunya of the Girona area, the Escola Anna Busquets, Head of the East Asian Studies http://www.uoc.edu/dt/cat/laval0405.html d’Art Floral, and the Fundació Espais d’Art programme, gave the lecture “La Xina que va Contemporani of Girona. veure Lord MacDartney: el segle XVIII”, included [24.2.2005] UOC, Central Building in the cycle “Els dilluns de la Xina”. Round-table “L’organització d’un despatx [17.5.2005] Vilafranca del Penedès d’advocats”, organised by the Faculty of Law A lunch-and-debate session of Tribuna Oberta [18.1.2005] Escola d’Administració Pública de and Political Science. took place with Miguel Ángel Fraile, the Catalunya. Barcelona Secretary-General of the Confederació Catalana Agustí Cerrillo, lecturer at the Faculty of Law [1.3.2005] Faculty of Library and de Comerç and the Confederación Española de and Political Science, gave the lecture Documentation Studies of the University of Comercio, as a special guest. “L’Administració electrònica local”. Barcelona http://www.uoc.edu/dt/cat/fraile0905.html Librarian Cristina Barragán gave the lecture “El [25.1.2005] Madrid programari lliure en l’àmbit de la documentació i [25.5.2005] Òmnium Cultural premises in Esther Pérez, Head of the Tourism Programme, biblioteques”. Cristina Barragán is the co- Barcelona gave the lecture “La integración del ordinator of the Free Software for Information Laura Borràs, lecturer at the Faculty of conocimiento en los procesos productivos y Professionals work group at the Col·legi. Humanities and Language and Literature, organizativos”, at the Gestión del conocimiento intervened in the “Societat i ciència” cycle with para el éxito en destinos turísticos work session [17.3.2005] Cosmocaixa. Barcelona the lecture “La malaltia mental a propòsit del of the Fitur fair. Professor Manuel Castells, Head of Research, Quixot”, which she gave jointly with Núria Pérez, gave the lecture “La economía política del who lectures at the Pompeu Fabra University. [4.2.2005] Faculty of Psychology, Educational código abierto”, included in the “L’era de Sciences and Sport, Blanquerna. Barcelona l’accés obert” cycle co-organised by the UOC, [27.5.2005] Sarrià-Sant Gervasi municipal Toni Badia, Head of the Faculty of Psychology the University of Barcelona and Cosmocaixa. headquarters. Barcelona and Educational Sciences, moderated a round- Teresa Fèrriz, Co-ordinator of the UOC’s table about “Sociedad de la información, [5.4.2005] Hall, Centre de Cultura literature space , took part in the round-table of nuevas tecnologías y educación” within the Contemporània de Barcelona the “Seminari sobre el patrimoni literari a I Congreso Internacional Psicología y A new session of Debates on Education had Barcelona”, organised by the Xarxa del Educación en Tiempos de Cambio. Lecturer Joan Coscubiela, Secretary-General of Patrimoni Literari de Sarrià-Sant Gervasi, and Elena Barberà also took part in the round-table. Comissions Obreres de Catalunya trade union, funded by the Any del Llibre i la Lectura. as a guest speaker on “Educació: dret o [9.2.2005] UOC, Central Building mercat?”. [8.6.2005] Palace of Congresses. Fira de Professor Susanne Lajoie, from the Department Barcelona of Educational and Counseling Psychology at [11.4.2005] Manresa Magí Almirall, Head of Development of Intranets, Canada’s McGill University, gave the lecture Rector Gabriel Ferraté gave the lecture took part in the round-table “Revisió de “Teaching and Learning in Technology-rich “Societat del coneixement: dimensió social” to l’e-learning” at the Internet Global Conference. Environments”. She had been invited by the inaugurate the Jornades Científico- EDUS research group of the Faculty of Tecnològiques TIC i societat, organised by the [9.6.2005] Girona Psychology and Educational Sciences. Institut d’Educació Secundària SEP Lacetània. Joan Torrent, lecturer at the Faculty of Economics and Business Studies, took part in the Fòrum de [10.2.2005] Granollers Support Point [11.4.2005] Antonio de Nebrija University. Noves Tecnologies organised by the Associació Joan Torrent, lecturer at the Faculty of Madrid d’Empreses de Noves Tecnologies de Girona Economics and Business Studies, presented Francisco Rubio, Vice Rector of International (AENTEG), where he gave the lecture “Les TIC a the PIC Empresa within a cycle of lectures Relations, gave the lecture “Las TIC en la l’empresa: una inversió rendible?”. organised by the UOC and ISOC-CAT, the docencia, investigación y gestión”. Catalan Chapter of the Internet Society. [17.6.2005] Narcís de Carreras Auditorium. [22.4.2005] Istanbul (Turkey) Girona [16.2.2005] Hotel Domo de Vilafranca del Maria Taulats and Marc Ribó, of Information for Joan Torrent, lecturer at the Faculty of Penedès Management, intervened at the EFQM Economics and Business Studies, and Head of A lunch-and-lecture of the Tribuna Oberta Education Community of Practice to give a the Business Administration and Management Vilafranca was held with Adriana Casademont, lecture on the UOC’s model of excellence. programme, took part in the round-table CEO of Casademont SA, as a special guest. “Anàlisi de la situació actual de la innovació a la The lecture given was “L’empresa familiar en un [10.5.2005] Palau de Pedralbes. Barcelona petita empresa” included in the 2nd Cicle de entorn global”. Jordi Vilaseca, Head of the Faculty of Trobades sobre Innovació. Organised by Pimec Economics and Business Studies, gave the Girona and Caixa de Pensions. [17.2.2005] Barcelonès Support Centre inaugural lecture at the Awards to Agricultural Carles Sigalés, Vice Rector for Faculty and Technological Innovation 2004. The title of his [21.6.2005] UOC, Central Building Academic Policy, presented the PIC Educació lecture was “Les TIC i la indústria Dinner-and-colloquium, with the participation of within the cycle of lectures organised by the agroalimentària a Catalunya”. Professor M. Carnoy, of Stanford University, UOC and ISOC-CAT, the Catalan Chapter of within the cycle Debates on Education, the Internet Society. [10.5.2005] Associació d’Entitats de Sants i organised by the Faculty o Psychology and Hostafrancs. Barcelona Educational Sciences. [17.2.2005] Hall, Centre de Cultura Anna Busquets, Head of the East Asian Studies Contemporània de Barcelona Programme, gave the lecture “La Xina actual: la [26.6.2005] Calgary (Canada) Agustí Canals, Head of the Faculty of dona i la família”. Rector Gabriel Ferraté gave a lecture at the Information and Communication Sciences, took Connecting Technology and Teaching Learning part in the round-table “Gestió del coneixement: [11.5.2005] Online Educa Madrid 2005. congress. Francesc Vallverdú, Vice Rector of persones, processos i tecnologia”, organised by Madrid Research, Methodology and Educational the Col·legi Oficial de Bibliotecaris i Elena Rodríguez Vall-llovera and Diana Amigó, Innovation, and Francisco Rubio, of Documentalistes de Catalunya and the Col·legi from Postgraduate Training, intervened in a International Relations, also intervened. It was d’Economistes de Catalunya, with the round-table on “Certificación de modelos organised by the OECD (Organisation for collaboration of the UOC. educativos basados en la formación por Economic Co-operation and Development). competencias”. [1.7.2005] UOC, Central Building [12.5.2005] Barcelonès Support Centre The UOC’s East Asian Studies organised, for Josep Cobarsí and Eva Ortoll, lecturers at the the closing ceremony of the academic year Faculty of Information and Communication 2004-2005, the paper “Empresa i pensament a Sciences, gave a session on “Bones i males l’Àsia oriental: un diàleg entre el yin i el yang?” pràctiques en la gestió de la informació: given by Seán Golden, Head of the Centre of desastres i competències informacionals a les International and Intercultural Studies at the empreses”. Autonomous University of Barcelona, and Amadeo Jensana, Head of the Business Circle at Barcelona’s Casa Àsia.

68 [7.7.2005] Auditorium, Faculty of Biology, [16.9.2004] Until 18th. Metz (France) [5.11.2004] La Pedrera building. Barcelona University of Barcelona Isidre Ribot, of the Library, took part in the Ismael Peña, Administrator of the Campus for Pau Alsina, lecturer at the Faculty of Humanities Association des Directeurs de Bibliothèques Peace, took part in the sessions on La qualitat en and Language and Literature, gave the lecture Universitaires de France’s annual congress. He benefici de tots: el tercer sector, l’empresa “Sobre art, biologia i tecnologia”. presented the UOC Library with the lecture privada, la Universitat i l’Administració. Peña took “Adaptation des services bibliothécaires part in the workshop “Tecnologies de la informació [8.7.2005] UOC, Central Building traditionnelles et création de nouveaux services i la comunicació en projectes de cooperació en el Adriana Gil, lecturer at the Faculty of à la Bibliothèque de l’UOC”. desenvolupament i el voluntariat del Campus for Psychology and Educational Sciences, Peace de la UOC i la Fundació Iwith.org”. organised the round-table “El gènere i la [22.9.2004] Ronald Reagan Center. universitat”, in which the following took part: Washington (United States) [10.11.2004] Shanghai (China) Assumpta Civit, Head of the Human Resources Raquel Xalabarder, lecturer at the Faculty of Jordi Cabot, lecturer at the Faculty of Computer area; María Jesús Izquierdo, lecturer of Law and Political Science, took part in the Science and Multimedia, took part in the 23rd Sociology at the Autonomous University of 2004-IP Europe Summit to present the latest International Conference on Conceptual Barcelona and Co-ordinator of the Sentiments, European legal developments on issues Modeling, with the lecture “Roles as Entity Emocions i Societat research group; Barbara involving copyright and responsibility of the Types: A Conceptual Modeling Pattern”. Biglia, Consultant on Sociogenesis at the UOC; Internet service providers. historian Muriel González, Magistra Artium from [15.11.2004] Until 19th. Hotel Alimara. the University of Cologne; and Inés Massot, [29.9.2004] San Sebastián / Donosti Barcelona lecturer on Educational Research Methods and Rector Gabriel Ferraté took part in the session A second edition of the UOC’s UNESCO Chair Diagnosis at the University of Barcelona. “Las nuevas tecnologías al servicio de la of e-Learning International Seminar took place educación” included in the 2nd cycle of under the title “Liderar la universitat en la [11.7.2005] Terrassa Jornadas y Conferencias Plan e-Guipúzkoa. societat del coneixement”. A new session of Tribuna Oberta Terrassa was held, with the intervention of Maria Teresa [21.10.2004] UOC, Central Building [17.11.2004] Salamanca Costa Campí, President of the Spanish National Seminar “Los derechos de propiedad intelectual Adoració Pérez, Head of the Library, took part Energy Commission. The speaker gave the de los artistas intérpretes o ejecutantes: su in the 2nd Congreso Nacional de Bibliotecas lecture “Les TIC i la gestió del coneixement pasado, su presente y su futuro”, monitored by Públicas, with the lecture “El perfil del energètic”. Ramon Casas, tutor at the Faculty of Law, and profesional de bibliotecas públicas”. http://www.uoc.edu/dt/cat/costa0905.html co-ordinated by Raquel Xalabarder, Head of the Programme of the Faculty of Law and Political [18.11.2004] Salamanca [16.7.2005] Hall, Centre de Cultura Science. The seminar was inaugurated by Vice Patrícia Riera, from the Library, took part in the Contemporània de Barcelona Rector Joan Fuster and Pere Fabra, Head of 2nd Congreso Nacional de Bibliotecas Pau Alsina, lecturer at the Faculty of Humanities the Faculty of Law, among others. Públicas, with the lecture “Sobre la propiedad and Language and Literature, and Co-ordinator intelectual y las bibliotecas”. of the Artnodes space, gave the “CopyFight: [25.10.2004] UOC, Central Building cultura lliure a la societat de la informació”. A workshop was held about SEEARCH-Web, [20.11.2004] Col·legi d’Advocats de an interactive portal on south east European Catalunya. Barcelona [25.8.2005] Universitat Catalana d’Estiu. archaeology, by the Òliba research group. On Pere Fabra, Head of the Faculty of Law and Prada de Conflent 25th, the seminars “The UOC Distance-learning Political Science, and Agustí Cerrillo, lecturer at Pau Alsina, lecturer at the Faculty of Humanities Model” and “Multimedia Materials: Some Case the same Faculty, took part in the Jornada and Language and Literature, and Co-ordinator Studies” were given by the Department of sobre el nou Estatut d’autonomia de Catalunya, of the space, gave the lecture “La influència de International Relations and Cristina Girona, of where the latter of the two delivered the paper la física en les pràctiques artístiques d’avui”. the Educational Development Model area, “Els reptes actuals de la societat catalana i la respectively. seva incidència sobre l’Estatut”.

Seminars, Meetings and Congresses [26.10.2004] Barcelonès Support Centre [27.11.2004] Palace of Congresses of Galicia. A workshop was held about SEEARCH-Web, Santiago de Compostela [9.9.2004] Until 12th. Copenhagen (Denmark) an interactive portal on south east European Face-to-face meeting of Galician students and Julià Minguillón, lecturer at the Faculty of archaeology, by the Òliba research group. On lecturers. The sessions were titled “La evolución Computer Science and Multimedia, took part in 25th, the seminars “The UOC Distance-learning de la acción docente en la UOC ante los the ESMRMB04 congress. Model” and “Multimedia Materials: Some Case cambios en la actividad empresarial”, and were Studies” were given by the Department of given by the Head of the Faculty of Economics [9.9.2004] UOC, Tibidabo building International Relations and Cristina Girona, of and Business Studies Joan Torrent; “Cómo Albert Sangrà, lecturer at the Faculty of the Educational Development Model area, rentabilizar el perfil UOC en tu evolución Psychology and Educational Sciences, respectively. On 26th Cèsar Carreras, Co- profesional”, by a UOC graduate in Labour organised the seminar “The Empathy Approach director of Òliba, spoke on “Evaluation Methods Sciences, and “Cómo optimizar tu rendimiento in Holmberg’s Theory of Teaching-Learning for E-learning”. en la UOC”, with the participation of graduates, Conversations”. The guest speaker was Börje counsellors and students. Holmberg. [26.10.2004] Vic Jordi Vilaseca, Head of the Faculty of [30.11.2004] Olot [9.9.2004] Ramon Llull University. Barcelona Economics and Business Studies, took part in Joan Miquel Gomis, lecturer of the Tourism Antoni Badia, Head of the Faculty of the Vic 2004 Meeting of Businesspersons, programme, took part in the sessions Com Psychology and Educational Sciences, took which on 26th dealt with “Empreses amb TIC o venem el turisme rural? to lecture on tourist part in the scientific seminar Miraona where he sense TIC... invertim?”. Vilaseca spoke on destinations and the ICTs. Jointly organised by delivered the paper “Los procesos de “Economia i societat del coneixement. Situació the Fundació d’Estudis Superiors d’Olot, the apropiación del discurso académico en la de l’empresa catalana. Reptes”. Directorate-General of Tourism of the educación superior. El caso de los estudiantes Generalitat, and the Town Council of Olot. de Pràcticum I de Psicopedagogía de la UOC”. [28.10.2004] Mexico Vice Rector Carles Sigalés took part in the 3rd [3.12.2004] Berlin (Germany) [15.9.2004] Until 17th. University of Granada Conferencia Internacional sobre Bibliotecas Marga Franco and Carme Anguera delivered Josep Grau, from Communication with Digitales como Apoyo a la Educación Superior, the paper “A Successful Collaborative Students, and UOC tutor Albert Fornieles organised by the National Autonomous Experience: The Virtual Seminars” at Berlin’s presented the article “Enquestes de satisfacció University of Mexico (UNAM). Online Educa international congress. per Internet: una experiència pràctica”, at the 3rd Congreso de Metodología de Encuestas, [2.11.2004] Figueres [10.12.2004] Auditorium, França Building, held at the Faculty of Sociology of the Rector Gabriel Ferraté and Vice Rector for Pompeu Fabra University (UPF), Barcelona University of Granada. Institutional Relations and Cultural Activities The Faculty of Law and Political Science and http://www.uoc.edu/dt/20398/index.html Joan Fuster attended the inauguration of the the Pompeu Fabra University jointly organised Dalí Symposium. Noves fronteres de la ciència, the 1st Congrés Internacional sobre Fiscalitat a [15.9.2004] Until 17th. Madrid l’art i el pensament, at the Figueres Dalí l’Habitatge. On the part of the UOC, lecturers Julià Minguillón and Jordi Herrera, lecturers at Museum, organised, among others, by Ana María Delgado and Antoni Galiano took the Faculty of Computer Science and Artnodes. part. Joan Fuster, the Vice Rector for Multimedia, took part in the RECSI VIII http://www.uoc.edu/artnodes/dali/cat Institutional Relations and Cultural Policy took congress, and gave, respectively, the lectures part in the inaugural presentation. “Transmisión progresiva de imágenes marcadas digitalmente” and “PlaPID: una plataforma para [15.12.2004] Cosmocaixa. Barcelona la protección de imágenes digitales”. Pau Alsina, co-ordinator of the Artnodes space, took part in the Física i Art cycle, together with the Physics lecturer of the University of Barcelona Josep Perelló and the artist Antoni Abad.

69 [17.12.2004] Until 18th. UOC, Central Building [1.3.2005] From 1st to 13th. On-line Congress [15.3.2005] Palace of Congresses of Second plenary meeting of the Inter-university Francesc Saigi, lecturer at the Faculty of Catalunya. Barcelona Committee on the Humanities, to elaborate the Information and Communication Sciences, Jordi Vilaseca, Head of the Faculty of White Book of the Humanities Degree, with the delivered the paper “Impacto de la Economics and Business Studies, took part in idea of adapting it to the directives of the biotecnología y las ciencias de la vida en the Financorp forum (Finances Corporatives per European Higher Education Area (EHEA). la sociedad del conocimiento” at the 1st a Pime) organised by the Creativities Group to Rector Gabriel Ferraté inaugurated the event. Congreso Internacional Online sobre give a view from the university standpoint. Tecnologías de la Información en Ciencias de [13.1.2005] Reial Acadèmia de Medicina. la Vida. It was organised by the Asociación [17.3.2005] Until 19th. Boston (United States) Barcelona Hispana de Documentalistas en Internet. The Agustí Canals, Head of the Faculty of Information The Second Anatomy Session took place, an congress was held on line, with some face-to- and Communication Sciences, delivered a paper event organised by Lletra, the space on Catalan face sessions in Montevideo (Uruguay). at the 6th European Conference on Organizational literature, and the Institució de les Lletres Knowledge, Learning and Capabilities (OKLC). Catalanes, about the state of Catalan literature [1.3.2005] Barcelonès Support Centre in 2004 and the prognosis that several actors in The Seminar “Arts escèniques i noves [17.3.2005] Until 19th. Auditorium, Centre the Catalan literature system made with a view tecnologies”, with the intervention of Professor d’Estudis Jurídics i Formació Especialitzada. to next year. Luis Thenon, Head of the Laboratory of New Barcelona It was attended by the Minister of Culture of the Technologies of Image, Scene and Screen of The Faculty of Law and Political Science , ; the the Laval University of Quebec (Canada). The organised the international congress Internet, Rector, Gabriel Ferraté; Jaume Subirana – Head event was introduced by the lecturer at the dret i política. Les transformacions del dret i la of the Institució de les Lletres Catalanes –; Faculty of Humanities and Language and política en la societat de la informació. The Vicent Alonso – Head of the journal Caràcters Literature, Pau Alsina, and a debate ensued with congress was jointly inaugurated by the Rector, and writer –; Manuel Ollé – literary critic –; Artur Serra, Director of the F2ICAT. The event Gabriel Ferraté, and the Head of the Faculty, Joaquim Palau – Director, Ediciones Destino –; was jointly organised by the UOC, F2ICAT, Pere Fabra, who is also its academic director, Miquel de Palol – writer –; Marta Ramoneda – Neapolis Vilanova and the Embassy of Canada. and was closed by Professor Manuel Castells. from La Central bookshop –; and Sergio Vila- The following lecturers took part in it: Albert Sanjuán – Commissioner for the Year of the [3.3.2005] Until 4th. Auditorium, Centre Batlle – Director of the Political Science Book and of Reading. d’Estudis Jurídics i Formació Especialitzada. Programme –, Agustí Cerrillo, Ana Sofía http://www.uoc.edu/lletra/anatomia2004/index. Barcelona Cardenal, Rosa Borge, Rosa Fernández, Mònica html The Faculty of Law and Political Science and Vilasau, Ana Delgado and Raquel Xalabarder. the Associació Catalana de Iuslaboralistes http://www.uoc.edu/symposia/idp/cat/index.html [19.1.2005] Arnes jointly organised the Jornades Catalanes de Joan Miquel Gomis, lecturer of the Tourism Dret Social, devoted in this edition to the study [31.3.2005] Until 3rd April. Montreux programme, delivered the paper “Situació of “La responsabilitat laboral de l’empresari: (Switzerland) actual del turisme a Catalunya” at the 3rd sinistralitat laboral”. The sessions were Maria Antònia Huertas, lecturer in Computer Jornades de Turisme Rural. Cap a un nou inaugurated by Joan Fuster, Vice Rector for Science and Multimedia, took part in the 1st model de turisme. Institutional Relations and Cultural Policy. World Congress on Universal Logic where she http://www.uoc.edu/symposia/dretsocial/cat/in presented the article “A Characterization of [26.1.2005] Sala Metrònom. Barcelona dex.html Quantified Hybrid Logic”. Pau Alsina, co-ordinator of the Artnodes space, took part in the Robot Sapiens sessions, with [3.3.2005] UOC, Central Building [31.3.2005] UOC, Central Building the lecture “Imagina artbots, biobots, A session was held for the teaching staff Jordi Vilaseca, Antoni Messeguer and Joan nanobots...”. organised by the Faculty of Humanities and Torrent, of the Faculty of Economics and Language and Literature on browsing through Business Studies gave the seminar “Measuring [27.1.2005] IESE. Barcelona art and literature on line, under the title e-Business Targets”. Agustí Canals, Head of the Faculty of Immersió Ciber. An immersion takes place into Information and Communication Sciences, took works of art and literature on line to obtain a [31.3.2005] UOC, Central Building part in the seminar “La indústria de la global view of on-line creation from 1994 to Inma Rodríguez, from the Faculty of Economics comunicació i els reptes de futur”. 2004, and browsing is effected among one and Business Studies, gave the seminar “An hundred previously selected works. Integrated Model of Adoption and Development [8.2.2005] UOC, IN3 Building, Castelldefels The following took part in it: ArtNodes, A2.CAT of Electronic Commerce in Companies” at the UOC’s Jornada de Recerca en e-learning, (Art i artivisme. Ciència, Art i Tecnologia) and PIC-Empreses session. where the projects included in the line of Hermeneia. research led by Professor Tony Bates were [14.4.2005] Autonomous University of presented. The following took part: Francisco [4.3.2005] Logroño Barcelona. Faculty of Physics Rubio, Vice Rector for International Relations; Manuel Armayones, lecturer at the Faculty of Pau Alsina, co-ordinator of the Artnodes space, Carles Esquerré, Deputy Administrator; and Psychology and Educational Sciences and a took part in the Any Internacional de la Física: lecturers Josep M. Duart, Josep M. Mominó, member of the PSINET research group, took Física i Societat with the paper “Física i arts visuals”. Montse Guitert, Joan Campàs, Lourdes part in the 11th Congreso de la Sociedad Guàrdia, Glòria Munilla, Elena Barberà and Julià Española de Toxicomanías with the paper [14.4.2005] Santiago de Compostela (Galicia) Minguillón. For the closing session, Magí “Internet como medio para la mejora de la Carles Sigalés, the Vice Rector for Academic Almirall; lecturer Enric Mor; and UOC usability salud y la calidad de vida: reflexiones y Policy and Faculty , took part in the Jornadas consultant Eva de Lera presented a research propuestas de actuación”. de Formación de Asesores de Formación of the project on usability. Xunta de Galicia, with the lecture “La formación [7.3.2005] Barcelonès Support Centre virtual: el modelo pedagógico de la UOC”. [10.2.2005] Barcelonès Support Centre Second seminar of the UNESCO Chair of e- Second Seminar on Information Management Learning, under the name “Liderar la universitat [18.4.2005] Until 29th, Barcelona and Madrid Projects of the degree in Documentation. en l’era del coneixement”. 2nd Jornadas Interuniversitarias de Marketing: http://www.uoc.edu/catedra/unesco/cat/semina Marketing en movimiento, ¿interactúas? Inma [25.2.2005] UNED premises. Madrid ri.html Rodríguez and Ana I. Jiménez gave the session Francisco Rubio, Vice Rector for International “Productes i marques a Internet: noves eines Relations; Emma Kiselyova, from International [12.3.2005] Lisbon (Portugal) per al disseny d’estratègies de negoci”. Relations; and Nati Cabrera, from Educational Professor Manuel Castells, Head of Research, Methodology, took part in a seminar organised took part in the seminar “La sociedad en red y [20.4.2005] Casa Llotja de Mar. Barcelona by the European Association of Distance la economía del conocimiento”. Joan Torrent, lecturer at the Faculty of Teaching Universities (EADTU). Economics and Business Studies, took part in [14.3.2005] UOC, IN3 Building, Castelldefels the E-business sessions organised by the [25.2.2005] UOC, Central Building Seminar “Noves eines per a l’ensenyament i Chamber of Commerce of Barcelona with the A technical session was held during which aprenentatge en línia”, about content lecture “La mobilitat a l’empresa i els serveis Mònica Surinyach, from Telecommunications, management and production of learning mòbils de tercera generació: innovació, delivered the paper “La distribució de objects. Professors Jeff Miller, Karen Belfer and competitivitat i valor afegit al vostre abast”. continguts a Internet, el servei AKAMAI i la Mark Bullen, of the Distance Learning and UOC”, and Adoració Pérez, Head of the Library, Technology Department at the British Columbia [24.4.2005] Until 26th. San Jose (United and Jordi Serrano, also from the Library, University (Canada) expounded on their States) presented “Accés i recuperació de continguts experiences. Similarly, UOC lecturers Lourdes Josep Maria Duart, lecturer at the Faculty of en línia (ARC@)”. Guàrdia (Psychology and Educational Psychology and Educational Sciences and co- Sciences), Julià Minguillón and Montse Guitert ordinator of the UNESCO Chair of e-Learning, (both from Computer Sciences and Multimedia), took part in the Higher Education Institutional and Joan Campàs (Humanities and Language Management international seminar organised by and Literature) talked of their experiences and the OECD (Organisation for the Economic research proposals. Co-operation and Development), where he presented the article “E-strategies in the Introduction and Use of ICT at University”.

70 [25.4.2005] Barcelonès Support Centre [9.5.2005] Until 11th. Sao Paulo (Brazil) [27.5.2005] Campus de Cappont, University An interuniversity session on marketing took Víctor Renobell, lecturer at the Faculty of of Lleida place under the title Productes i marques a Information and Communication Sciences, Joan Elies Adell and Laura Borràs, lecturers at Internet: noves eines per al disseny delivered the paper “Ensenyament de la the Faculty of Humanities and Language and d’estratègies de negoci. Inma Rodríguez, comunicació audiovisual des d’Internet” at the Literature, took part in the creators’ meeting lecturer at the Faculty of Economics and international congress Celacom 2005 - IX L’escriptura i el llibre en l’era digital, organised Business Studies; the Director of the Market Colóquio Internacional sobre a Escola Latino- by the Ministry of Culture of the Generalitat de Research and Techniques programme; and Ana Americana de Comunicação. It was organised Catalunya and the Institució de les Lletres Isabel Jiménez, Director of the Business by the UNESCO Chair of Communication for Catalanes, with the collaboration of the UOC. Administration and Management programme Regional Development. took part in the session. [7.6.2005] Auditori Caixa Catalunya, La [9.5.2005] Milton Keynes (United Kingdom) Pedrera building. Barcelona [25.4.2005] Until 27th. University of Lleida Eva Ortoll, Deputy Head of the IN3, and Núria Ismael Peña, Administrator of the Campus for (UdL) Centre de Cultures i Cooperació Ferran, of the Library, took part in the EADTU Peace, moderated the paper “L’accés a les TIC: Transfronterera Meeting, “Library and Support Learning” to un dret humà fonamental?”, included in the II Laura Borràs and Joan Elies Adell, lecturers at deliver the papers “Personalisation in Libraries Jornades Internet i Solidaritat. the Faculty of Humanities and Language and and Ontologies” and “Schools in the Network Literature, took part in the sessions L’escriptura Society”. [15.6.2005] University of Victoria (British i el llibre en l’era digital. Borràs gave the lecture Columbia, Canada) “Textualitats electròniques” and Adell [18.5.2005] CosmoCaixa. Barcelona Joan Elies Adell, Laura Borràs, Roger Canadell moderated the round-table “L’escriptura i l’art Derrick de Kerckhove, Head of Education and and Isabel Clara Moll, lecturers at the Faculty of en l’era digital”. Technology at the US Library of Congress and Humanities and Language and Literature, took former Director of the McLuhan Program of part in the ACH/ALLC Conference (Association [27.4.2005] Cuenca (Ecuador) Culture & Technology at the University of for Computers and Humanities / Association for Jordi Cabot, lecturer in Computer Science Toronto, took part in the cycle “L’era de l’accés Literary and Linguistic Computing), with the and Multimedia, delivered the paper via obert” jointly organised by the UOC, the corresponding papers: “La docencia de la videoconference “El aprendizaje de la ingeniería University of Barcelona and Cosmocaixa, to creación digital emergente: la literatura del software en una universidad virtual: el caso speak about open culture and the weblog electrónica”, “La imaginación al servicio de la de la UOC”, included in the 1st Congreso sensation. The event was presented by Agustí educación: un ejemplo de work in progress”, Internacional de Tecnologías de la Información Canals, Head of the Faculty of Information and “Temas de literatura universal: usos y y Comunicaciones - V Congreso Nacional de Communication Sciences. aplicaciones del hipertexto pedagógico” and “El Informática. trabajo final de carrera en filología: perspectivas [20.5.2005] Until Saturday, 21st. Barcelona hacia un nuevo horizonte”. [28.4.2005] Until 30th. Brussels (Belgium) Toni Roig, Director of the Audiovisual Eva Rimbau, lecturer at the Faculty of Communication programme, took part in the [15.6.2005] UOC, Central Building Economics and Business Studies, took part in 3rd Congrés Internacional Comunicació i Jordi Vilaseca, Antoni Messeguer i Joan Torrent, the 20th Workshop on Strategic Human Realitat, with the paper “Cinema contemporani, of the Faculty of Economics and Business Resource Management organised by the Internet i new media: interaccions i complicitats Studies, gave the seminar “Synthetic Indicators European Institute for Advanced Studies in en l’era digital”. The lecturers at the Faculty of for Measuring E-business: A Target Approach”. Management (EIASM), where she presented the Information and Communication Sciences communication “A Strategic View on the Use of Víctor Renobell, who presented “Noves formes [16.6.2005] Porto (Portugal) Contingent Work Arrangements”. de creació de continguts visuals més enllà de Jordi Cabot, lecturer at the Faculty of Computer l’MCM: de blog a fotologs”, and Sònia Aran, Sciences and Multimedia, presented the paper [28.4.2005] Granada who co-presented “New Kid on the Blocks. El “Computing the Relevant Instances That May Josep M. Mominó and Guillem Bautista, Head fenomen dels blogs i la seva rellevància en la Violate an OCL Constraint” at the 17th of Programme and lecturer, respectively, at the mediaesfera i en la política”, also intervened. Conference on Advanced Information Systems Faculty of Psychology and Educational Engineering (CAiSE’05). Sciences, took part in the Jornadas [23.5.2005] Manresa Internacionales de Política Educativa en la The UOC collaborated in the organisation of the [17.6.2005] Centre d’Art Santa Mònica. Sociedad del Conocimiento, organised by the 10th Jornada d’Economia Caixa Manresa under Barcelona Department of Education of the Junta de the title “L’esperit emprenedor”. The following Pau Alsina, lecturer at the Faculty of Humanities Andalucía Autonomous Government. Mominó delivered papers: Gabriel Masfurroll, President and Language and Literature, and Co-ordinator, presented the result of the PIC Escola in the of USP Hospitales; José María Loizaga, Artnodes space, co-ordinated the lectures in non-university educational environment at the President of Mercapital; Vicky Hu, President of the programme of the Sónar, Festival of round-table “Resultats de les polítiques H. D. Biosciences Co.; Bert Twaalfhoven, Advanced Music and Multimedia Art. educatives per a la societat del coneixement”. President of the EFER; Ferran Adrià, Director of And Bautista presented the Sinergia research the cuisine workshop elBulli; Rosa Garcia, CEO [22.6.2005] Barcelonès Support Centre group, which he co-ordinated during the of Microsoft Ibérica; Antonio Gómez, General I Jornada sobre el MiDoc d’Humanitats. academic year 2004-2005. Director of Aertec; Joan Laporta, President of Futbol Club Barcelona. [22.6.2005] UOC, Tibidabo, 47 [29.4.2005] Badalona http://www.uoc.edu/symposia/caixamanresa/jor Meeting of IN3’s Scientific Committee. The Antoni Galiano, lecturer at the Faculty of Law nadaeconomia/2005/cat/index.html following experts took part: Martin Carnoy, and Political Science, took part in the Jornades Professor of Economics at Stanford University de Debat Ciutadà del Projecte Educatiu, [23.5.2005] Barcelonès Support Centre in California; Cecilia Castaño, Professor of intervening in the work groups that debated a David Maniega, from the Library, took part in Applied Economics at the Complutense framework document. They are organised by the 2nd Jornada de Usabilidad en Sistemas de University of Madrid; Vinton Cerf, Vice President the Town Council of Badalona with the Información, with the paper “Ver y oír al usuario: of WorldCom; Betty Collis, Professor of On-line collaboration of the Provincial Council of dos acciones que cambiarán la forma de Knowledge and Technology for Strategy at the Barcelona. entender el diseño de interfaces web”. University of Twente in Holland; Jerome A. Feldman, Professor of Computer Science at the [4.5.2005] Cuenca [26.5.2005] Until 27th. Tenerife and Gran University of California (Berkeley); Miguel Ángel Víctor Renobell, lecturer at the Faculty of Canaria Lagunas, lecturer at the Escola Superior Information and Communication Sciences, The lecturer of Tourism Joan Miquel Gomis took d’Enginyeria de Telecomunicació of the delivered the paper “Cine y teoría del género en part in the Jornadas de Turismo Emergente Polytechnic University of ; Robin Almodóvar” at the seminar “Aproximaciones al organised by Hoteles Escuela de Canarias, a Mansell, Professor of New Media and the cine de Pedro Almodóvar”, organised by the company of the Ministry of Tourism of the Internet at the London School of Economics Instituto de Estudios Avanzados de la Creación Canary Islands Autonomous Government, with and Political Science; William J. Mitchell, Audiovisual a the University of Castilla-La Mancha. a lecture on the new profiles of the consumer Professor of Architecture, Digital Art and tourist. Science at the Massachusetts Institute of [4.5.2005] Udine (Italy) Technology; Vicenç Navarro, Professor of Miquel Strubell, lecturer at the Faculty of [26.5.2005] Vilanova i la Geltrú Political and Social Sciences at the Pompeu Humanities and Language and Literature, took Jordi Vilaseca, Head of the Faculty of Fabra University; and Emilio Ontiveros, part in the Seminario Internazionale per la Economics and Business Studies, took part in Professor of Business Economics at the Presentazione del Progetto Europeo “Adum: the Laboratori estratègic de ciutat sessions, run Autonomous University of Madrid. Working Together To Promote Regional and by the Town Council of Vilanova i la Geltrú to Minority Languages”, organised by the speak about the PIC Empresa. [30.6.2005] Barcelona University of Udine (Friuli Venezia Giulia region) http://www.uoc.edu/in3/pic/cat/pic21.html Agustí Cerrillo, lecturer at the Faculty of Law in collaboration with universities from the and Political Science, delivered the paper “El Spanish state, Wales, Ireland, Belgium, Slovenia acceso a la información administrativa y la and Italy. identificación del usuario en Internet” at the 2nd Jornades de Signatura Electrònica organised by the Agència Catalana de Certificació.

71 [1.7.2005] Pontevedra (Galicia) [14.7.2005] Orlando (Florida, United States) [22.9.2004] University of Lisbon (Portugal) Esther Pérez, Director of the Tourism Enric Mor, lecturer at the Faculty of Computer The Psinet research group at the Faculty of programme; Francesc González, lecturer of the Science and Multimedia, took part in the Psychology and Educational Sciences programme; and Cristina Girona, from Simposio Iberoamericano de Educación, presented the result of its project on the Methodology, took part in the 8th Symposium Cibernética e Informática, to present the article Internet and quality of life at the 2nd Congreso Internacional sobre el prácticum y las prácticas “Personalización del proceso de aprendizaje en Hispano-Portugués de Psicología. en empresas en la formación universitaria, entornos virtuales”, jointly elaborated by Julià where they delivered the paper “Prácticum en Minguillón, who lectures in the same Faculty; [28.9.2004] PIMEC premises. Barcelona Turismo bajo estándares europeos en un Lourdes Guàrdia, a lecturer at the Faculty of Jordi Vilaseca, Head of the Faculty of entorno virtual”. Psychology and Educational Sciences; and Economics and Business Studies, presented Francesc Santanach, from Development of the PIC Empresa research project to the PIMEC [4.7.2005] Until 6th. Granada Intranets. (Petita i Mitjana Empresa de Catalunya) board Mercè Boixadós, lecturer at the Faculty of of directors. Psychology and Educational Sciences, took [14.7.2005] Orlando (Florida, United States) part in the 9th European Congress of David Megías and Josep Prieto, lecturers at the [30.11.2004] Instituto Mexicano de Juventud - Psychology to present the “Pòster de recerca Faculty of Computer Science and Multimedia, Secretaría General de la Juventud. Jalisco amb metodologia i comunicació de la recerca delivered the papers “Máster internacional en (Mexico) del grup PSINET”, jointly elaborated with software libre en un entorno de formación Adriana Gil, lecturer at the Faculty of lecturers Eulàlia Hernández and Modesta virtual” and “Requerimientos tecnológicos para Psychology and Educational Sciences, Pousada. It was organised by the Asociación la docencia de programación en un entorno de presented the chapter “Consum i producció de Española de Psicología, with the collaboration aprendizaje a distancia” respectively at the noves tecnologies per part dels joves catalans” of the Association of European Psychology Simposio Iberoamericano de Educación, included in the book Temps d’híbrids. It is a Federations. Cibernética e Informática. bilingual edition.

[5.7.2005] Until 7th. Granada [14.7.2005] Orlando (Florida, United States) [1.12.2004] Pompeu Fabra University. Eulàlia Hernández, lecturer at the Faculty of Magí Almirall, Head of Development of Barcelona Psychology and Educational Sciences, took Intranets, took part in the Simposio Pere Fabra, Head of the Faculty of Law and part in the 9th European Congress of Iberoamericano de Educación, Cibernética e Political Science, read his doctoral thesis, with Psychology to deliver the paper “Management Informática to present the article “Contenidos the title Veritat i correcció normativa. La of the Personal Time and Quality of Life in the de e-learning estándares accesibles y usables”, fonamentació del cognitivisme en l’obra de Net Society”. This work is part of the research jointly elaborated by the following people from Jürgen Habermas. The thesis was unanimously by the PSINET group and was jointly elaborated his operational group: Francesc Santanach, awarded the highest mark (Excel·lent cum with lecturers Modesta Pousada and Mercè Jordi Casamajó, Josep Rivera and Llorenç laude) by the tribunal. Boixadós. Sabaté, and with David Zanoleti from ONCE. [11.1.2005] University of Girona (UdG) [6.7.2005] Pompeu Fabra University. [25.7.2005] Seoul (Korea) Josep Cobarsí, lecturer at the Faculty of Barcelona Julià Minguillón, lecturer at the Faculty of Information and Communication Sciences, read Mario Pérez-Montoro, lecturer at the Faculty of Computer Science and Multimedia, took part in his doctoral thesis with the title El sistema Information and Communication Sciences, took the International Geoscience and Remote d’informació de campus per a estudiants en les part in the 7th Congress of the International Sensing Symposium, where he delivered the universitats espanyoles: caracterització i anàlisi. Society for Knowledge Organization (Spanish papers “Influence of Mark Embedding chapter) to deliver the paper “La organización Strategies on Lossless Compression of [24.1.2005] UOC, IN3 Building, Castelldefels del conocimiento en la empresa”. Ultraspectral Images” (jointly elaborated with David Castillo, lecturer at the Faculty of lecturers Jordi Herrera, David Megías, Jordi Economics and Business Studies, read his [7.7.2005] Pompeu Fabra University. Serra and Joan Serra-Sagristà) and “Wavelet doctoral thesis with the title Tecnologia, Barcelona Lossless Compression of Ultraspectral Sounder economia i universitat: anàlisi dels efectes de Mario Pérez-Montoro, lecturer at the Faculty of Data” (elaborated with Joan Serra-Sagristà, les tecnologies de la informació i la Information and Communication Sciences, David Megías, Fernando García, Bormin Huang comunicació sobre l’eficiència econòmica de presided over the session “Ética y and Alok Ahuja). les universitats virtuals. Jordi Vilaseca, Head of competencias en el manejo de la información” the Faculty of Economics and Business at the 7th Congress of the International Society [24.8.2005] Until 28th. University of La Studies, was the thesis supervisor. for Knowledge Organization (Spanish chapter). Laguna, Tenerife Eulàlia Hernández, lecturer at the Faculty of [27.1.2005] UOC, Central Building [7.7.2005] Until 8th. Tetuan (Morocco) Psychology and Educational Sciences, took The East Asian Studies programme organised Nati Cabrera, Head of the Methodology part in the 12th European Conference on the presentation of the research work of two operational group, took part in the session “4. Developmental Psychology to deliver the paper students - a work to earn them the Posibilidades, debilidades y fortalezas de la “Online Cognitive Training Programs and Life postgraduate degree in Economics and enseñanza virtual” with the paper “La utilización Span”. The work was jointly elaborated with Business Studies in East Asia. de las TIC en la educación superior”. Eulàlia Hernández and Modesta Pousada. [3.2.2005] UOC, Central Building [8.7.2005] Banyoles [27.8.2005] Until 30th. Riga (Latvia) Imma Tubella, lecturer at the Faculty of Information Jordi Vilaseca, Head of the Faculty of Josep M. Duart, lecturer at the Faculty of and Communication Sciences, presented the Economics and Business Studies, and Pilar Psychology and Educational Sciences and PIC Societat project within the cycle of lectures Ficapal, lecturer at the Faculty, delivered the co-ordinator of the UOC’s UNESCO Chair of organised by the UOC and the ISOC-CAT, the paper “El teletreball a Catalunya”, included in e-Learning, and Francisco Lupiáñez, of the same Catalan chapter of the Internet Society. the Jornades del Teletreball organised by the Chair, presented the results of the E-strategias http://www.uoc.edu/in3/pic/cat/pic1.html Regional Council of El Pla de l’Estany. project at the congress of the European http://www.uoc.edu/uocpapers/dt/cat/vilaseca. Association for Institutional Research in Higher [14.3.2005] ESADE. Building 2 html Education. Agustí Canals, Head of the Faculty of http://www.uoc.edu/rusc/dt/cat/duart0405.html Information and Communication Sciences, read [11.7.2005] Dominican Republic his doctoral thesis with the title The Strategic A new seminar of the UOC’s UNESCO Chair of Management of Knowledge Flows in the Spatial e-Learning was held under the title “La Presentations Economy: An Agent-Based Modeling universitat en l’era del coneixement”. Approach, supervised by Professors Max [14.9.2004] Universal Forum of Cultures. Boisot and Marcel Planellas. [13.7.2005] Barcelona Barcelona Inma Rodríguez gave her session “Determinants An advisory council is set up for the Master’s [6.4.2005] Tarragonès Support Centre de l’adopció i l’abast del comerç electrònic a course Gestió de la ciutat del segle XXI. Jordi Joan Elies Adell, lecturer at the Faculty of les empreses” during the seminar Recerca en Borja, the course director, makes a public Humanities and Language and Literature, Economia del Coneixement i Empresa Xarxa. presentation attended by the Rector, Gabriel presented his book La degradació natural dels Ferraté; the Vice Rector for International objectes, which was awarded a prize at the Relations, Francisco Rubio; the Head of latest Jocs Florals de Barcelona poetic Continuing Education, Lluís Tarín; the Director competition. of Postgraduate Education, Antoni Cahner; and the Head of the Faculty of Law and Political Science, Pere Fabra.

72 [28.4.2005] University of Barcelona. Faculty of [4.7.2005] Until 8th. Mediterranean University [2.12.2004] Teatre Prado. Sitges History Campus (UPC). Vilanova i la Geltrú A special showing for UOC students took place Joan Campàs, lecturer at the Faculty of Jordi Alberich, lecturer at the Faculty of of the film CSA, the Confederate States of Humanities and Language and Literature, read Information and Communication Sciences, gave America, of Kevin Wilmott, with a previous his doctoral thesis with the title El paper the course “Visions digitals. Espectacle, presentation by lecturers Imma Tubella and d’Internet en la cultura emergent del món actual entreteniment i estètica de l’excés de la cultura Mario Pérez Montoro. The showing was (1945-2003), supervised by Rector Gabriel audiovisual digital contemporània”, as part of included in the Festival Internacional de Cinema Ferraté. the summer courses. Fantàstic de Sitges.

[17.6.2005] Arteixo (A Coruña) [4.7.2005] Until 8th. Mediterranean University [21.12.2004] UOC, IN3 Building, Castelldefels Josep M. Mominó, Director of the Campus (UPC). Vilanova i la Geltrú UOC Research Day, and graduation of the Psychopedagogy Programme, presented, Pau Alsina, lecturer at the Faculty of Humanities doctoral students for the biennium 2002-2004. together with Àngel Domingo, a preliminary and Language and Literature, gave the course model for the evaluation of the Ponte dos Brozos “Arts digitals i imaginari tecnocientífic: quan els [24.1.2005] Tarragona project of the Fundación Amancio Ortega. androides somiïn en ovelles elèctriques...”, as Inauguration of the Tarragonès Support Point. part of the summer courses. At the event, Professor Francesc González, of [22.6.2005] Autonomous University of the Tourism programme, gave the lecture Barcelona (UAB) [11.7.2005] Until 14th. Mediterranean “Ciutats mitjanes, patrimoni i turisme”. Francesc Núñez, lecturer at the Faculty of University Campus (UPC). Vilanova i la Geltrú Humanities and Language and Literature, read Toni Roig, lecturer at the Faculty of Information [2.2.2005] Until 3rd. UOC, Central Building his doctoral thesis with the title Les plegades. and Communication Sciences, and Director of First meeting of the Advisory Council of the Capellans secularitzats. La identitat dels ex. the Audiovisual Communication programme, International Master’s course on E-learning, gave the course “Cine contemporani i mitjans presided over by Professor Tony Bates. In digitals: noves tendències, nous espectadors”, addition to Prof. Bates, the Vice Rector for Courses, Workshops and Exhibitions as part of the summer courses. International Relations, Francisco Rubio, and the course lecturers Albert Sangrà and Lourdes [13.9.2004] Until 14th. Fundació Sant Joan de [12.7.2005] Faculty of Letters, Rovira i Virgili Guàrdia also took part. Déu. Esplugues de Llobregat University. Tarragona The Campus for Peace and the Comparte Jordi Alberich, lecturer at the Faculty of [7.3.2005] UOC, Central Building foundation gave a practical workshop on its Information and Communication Sciences, and Second meeting of virtual volunteers for the joint campaign “Apadrinaja.org. Amb els nens Pau Alsina and Francesc Núñez, of the Faculty Campus for Peace, inaugurated by Rector de l’Argentina”, at the 4th Congress on of Humanities and Language and Literature, Gabriel Ferraté, who distributed the volunteering Fundraising in Spain. gave respective sessions at the “Art i certificates. Juan Antonio García, Head of deconstrucció” course at the Rovira i Virgili Distance Training at the Spanish Red Cross, [1.12.2004] Until 2nd. University of Alacant Summer University. The session of Alberich was took part in the event, and Ismael Peña, Adoració Pérez, Head of the Library, gave the titled “De la veritat i de la realitat en l’art”; Administrator of the Campus for Peace, course “Els serveis virtuals a les biblioteques Alsina’s, “Els límits de l’art o l’art en el límits”; presented the Co-operation Report for 2004 híbrides”. and Núñez’s, “La construcció del sentit: el and made a summary of the year. sentits del sentit”. [14.12.2004] Santander [5.5.2005] Vinaròs Patrícia Riera, from the Library, gave a course [25.7.2005] Until 27th. Mediterranean Through the Hermeneia research group, the on authors’ rights to library staff at the University Campus (UPC). Vilanova i la Geltrú UOC and the Town Council of Vinaròs signed University of Cantabria. Mireia Pascual, from Infrastructures and an agreement for the creation of the 1st Premi Logistics, taught the course “Noves eines i Internacional Ciutat de Vinaròs de Literatura [26.2.2005] Asociación Andaluza de sistemes de comunicació audiovisual en xarxa”, Digital. Lecturer Laura Borràs gave a lecture on Documentalistas. Granada as part of the summer courses. digital literature. Patrícia Riera, from the Library, gave a course on authors’ rights. [8.5.2005] Casa América. Madrid Institutional Events and Activities Graduation ceremony of recognised degrees of [9.3.2005] Hall, Centre de Cultura the Latin American campus, and of Contemporània de Barcelona [14.10.2004] UOC Central Building postgraduate degrees, academic year 2003- Víctor Renobell, lecturer at the Faculty of Professor Martin Carnoy from Stanford 2004. Information and Communication Sciences, took University gave the inaugural lecture for the part in the workshop “Nous models en la Academic Year 2004-2005, with the title “ICTs [3.6.2005] Premises of the Institut Nacional gestió, creació i distribució de contingut cultural in Teaching: Possibilities and Challenges”. d’Educació Física de Catalunya (INEFC). i periodístic”, included in the session Models de http://www.uoc.edu/inaugural04/cat/index.html Barcelona participació en xarxa organised by the Vegga Third edition of Graduate Night. association. [6.11.2004] Fòrum Building. Barcelona Graduation Ceremony of students of [16.6.2005] UOC, IN3 Building, Castelldefels [7.4.2005] Santiago de Compostela (Galicia) recognised degrees from the main campus, and Professor Tony Bates, Director of Distance Ismael Peña, Administrator of the Campus for of postgraduate students, academic year 2003- Education and Technology at the Department of Peace, gave the workshop “Voluntariado virtual 2004, with the attendance of Joan Clos, the Continuing Studies, University of British para e-learning solidario” at the Conferència Mayor of Barcelona. Columbia in Canada, was invested as Doctor Internacional de Voluntariat i Noves Tecnologies honoris causa. organised by the Volunet association. [27.11.2004] Until 5th December. Guadalajara http://www.uoc.edu/hc/bates/cat/index.htm (Mexico) [1.6.2005] Until 3rd. UOC, Central Building Inauguration of the Feria Internacional del Libro, The Hermeneia research group at the Faculty of with the presence of a stand of the UOC. The Mentions, Prizes and Awards Humanities and Language and Literature gave a following academic authorities attended: the seminar on e-Learning applied to literature for a Rector, Gabriel Ferraté; the Vice Rector for [8.9.2004] Ciudad Real delegation from the Open Hellenic University. International Relations, Francisco Rubio; the Rector Gabriel Ferraté received the Premio del Vice Rector for Research, Innovation and Comité Español de Automática. [6.6.2005] Until 8th. Barcelona Educational Methodology, Francesc Vallverdú; Jordi Herrera, lecturer at the Faculty of Professor Manuel Castells, researcher; the [13.9.2004] Veracruz (Mexico) Computer Science and Multimedia, and Head of the Latin American division, Antoni The Veracruzana University of Mexico awarded Fernando Pérez-González, of the University Cahner; the person in charge of International Rector Gabriel Ferraté the Medal of University of Vigo, organised the 7th Information Hiding Relations, Andreu Bellot; the Head of the Merit, during an event held by videoconference Workshop Barcelona 2005, a congress on the Rector’s Cabinet office, Josep Maria Oliveras; at the Tibidabo Building Auditorium. protection of intellectual digital property. the Head of the Faculty of Economics and http://www.uoc.edu/symposia/ih05 Business Studies, Jordi Vilaseca; the Head of [10.12.2004] Barcelona the Faculty of Psychology and Educational Agustí Cerrillo, lecturer at the Faculty of Law [8.6.2005] Until 9th. Barcelona Sciences, Antoni Badia; the Head of the Faculty and Political Science, won the 4th Premio Jordi Herrera, lecturer at the Faculty of of Computer Science and Multimedia, Rafael Fermín Abella y Blave 2004 for study and Information and Communication Sciences, Macau; the Head of the Faculty of Information research projects on local administrations, with organised the 1st Wavila Challenge sessions and Communications Sciences, Agustí Canals; the work Las condiciones de vivienda de los together with representatives from the the Head of the Faculty of Humanities and inmigrantes: la intervención de los entes University of Vigo and the European Network of Language and Literature, Isidor Marí; Agnès locales, jointly presented with Vicenç Aguado. Excellence company. Vayreda, lecturer in Humanities; lecturer Adriana http://www.uoc.edu/symposia/wacha05 Gil; the Head of Lletra, Teresa Fèrriz; and Cristina Barragán, from the Library.

73 [2.12.2004] [21.12.2004] UOC, Central Building [17.5.2005] UOC, Central Building The UOC was awarded the Gold Seal of Miquel Inglés, Director of the Adult Training Raúl Arias, Rector of the Veracruzana University European Excellence from the European Department at the Ministry of Education of the of Mexico, visited the UOC. Foundation for Quality Management (EFQM), in Generalitat de Catalunya visited the UOC. recognition for the quality of its governance [25.5.2005] UOC, Central Building model. [24.1.2005] UOC, Tibidabo, 47 Mónica Jiménez de la Jara, Rector of the Rector Gabriel Ferraté presented the UOC to a Catholic University of Temuco, visited the UOC. [10.2.2005] Barcelona City Hall. Saló de Cent delegation of Brazilian mayors. The Vice Rector for Institutional Relations and [26.5.2005] UOC, Central Building Cultural Policy, Joan Fuster, was awarded one [31.1.2005] UOC, Central Building Jaime Leal, Rector of the National Open and of the Ciutat de Barcelona prizes – specifically Josep Monràs, Mayor of Mollet del Vallès, Distance University of Colombia, visited the the one on history – by the Town Council of visited the UOC. UOC. Barcelona for his doctoral thesis. [1.2.2005] UOC, Central Building [8.6.2005] UOC, Central Building and IN3 Ramón Rosales, General Consul of the Building, Castelldefels Visits Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela in Barcelona, A delegation from Sun Microsystems visited the and Rafael Torres, President of INATUR UOC. It was led by James Simon (Chief Institutional Visits (Instituto Nacional de Turismo de Venezuela), Technologist, Global Education & Research, [2.9.2004] UOC, Central Building visited the UOC. Sun, USA); Jean-Noel Colin (consultant for Carlos d’Imporzano, Rector of the Fundación international projects for the European Teaching Eurocolombiana de Educación Superior, visited [1.2.2005] UOC, Central Building Commission in Belgium); Manuel Martínez the UOC. , Minister of Economy and (Senior Consultant of Web Services, Sun, Finances of the Generalitat de Catalunya, Madrid); Manuel Jaffrin (Director of Business [14.9.2004] UOC, Central Building visited the UOC. Development in Teaching and Research, Sun, Patricio Colombo and Horacio Santangelo, EMEA); and Cristina Montserrat (Account Rector of the National University of Salta and [4.2.2005] UOC, Central Building Manager for the Teaching Sector, Sun, advisor to the EAD at the Argentinian Ministry of The Director for International Relations of the Barcelona). Education and Culture, respectively, visited the Anahuac University of Mexico visited the UOC. UOC. [24.6.2005] UOC, Central Building [10.2.2005] UOC, Central Building Dennis Meadows, President of the Laboratory [15.9.2004] UOC, Central Building The Director-General of the Fundació Catalana for Interactive Learning, visited the UOC. Juan A. Vázquez García, Rector of the per a la Recerca, Enric Banda, visited the UOC University of Oviedo and President of the and met with Rector Ferraté. [4.7.2005] Until 5th. UOC, Central Building Spanish University Rectors Conference (CRUE), The expert consultants on the EFQM model, paid a visit to the UOC. [3.3.2005] UOC, Central Building Diego Hidalgo and Francesc Martos – of the Martín Becerra, Academic Secretary of the APPLUS certification company – visited the [16.9.2004] UOC, Central Building University of Quilmes (Argentina) visited the UOC after this university had been shortlisted to The Vice Rector for Programming and UOC to meet Vice Rector for International the final of the Premi Q awarded by the Development from the University of Salamanca, Relations, Francisco Rubio, and Marta Generalitat de Catalunya. The Premi Q is a Santiago López, visited the UOC where he met Ferrusola, from International Relations, to distinction awarded to the companies that with the Vice Rector for International Relations, monitor the agreement that links the UOC with stand out for their results thanks to their belief Francisco Rubio. this university. in quality. CIDEM is the body that manages the prizes. [17.9.2004] UOC, Central Building [7.3.2005] UOC, Central Building The Rector of the National University of the Professor Milon Potmesil, from the Faculty of [25.7.2005] UOC, Central Building Austral Patagonia paid a visit to the UOC. Pedagogy of the Palack_ University at The General Consul of France in Barcelona, M. Olomouc, Czech Republic, visited the UOC. He Bernard Valero, visited the UOC. [20.9.2004] UOC, Central Building met Marta Ferrusola, from International A delegation from the Colegio Nacional de Relations. [26.7.2005] UOC, Central Building Educación Profesional Técnica (CONALEP) Murrey W. Goldberg, Former President of from Mexico DF visited the UOC for an [9.3.2005] UOC, Central Building ´ WebCT, visited the UOC. interview with the Vice Rector for International José M. Antón, General Secretary of Virtual Relations, Francisco Rubio, and representatives Educa, visited the UOC. from this Vice Rectorate. Student Visits [15.3.2005] UOC, Central Building [9.11.2004] Sant Cugat [27.9.2004] UOC, Central Building Claudio Menezes, Director of UNESCO The students of Information and The Rector of the University of Quebec, Roch projects, visited the UOC. Communications Sciences visited the premises Denis, visited the UOC. of TVE Catalunya and recorded one episode of [21.3.2005] UOC, Central Building Los Lunnis. [28.9.2004] UOC, Central Building Carme Miralles, President of the Institut The Rector of the Santo Tomás University, d’Estudis Metropolitans, visited the UOC. [15.12.2005] Localia Faustino Corchuelo, visited the UOC. The students of Information and [22.3.2005] UOC, Central Building Communications Sciences visited the premises [26.10.2004] UOC, Central Building Agustí Montal, President of MUTUAM and of of Localia TV. The Vice Rector Francisco Rubio received the the Fundació Enciclopèdia Catalana, visited the Rector of the Pedagogical and Technological UOC. [14.4.2005] Soundtrack University of Colombia, Carlos Salamanca. The students of Information and [18.4.2005] UOC, Central Building Communications Sciences visited the premises [4.11.2004] UOC, Central Building Lieutenant-General Miró, of the Spanish army, of Soundtrack dubbing company. Rector Gabriel Ferraté received Francisco Ros, and , Catalan Minister of the Spanish Director-General of the Secretariat Governance and Public Administrations, visited [26.5.2005] TVC Multimèdia of State for Telecommunications and the the UOC. The students of Information and Information Society, and Ramon Palacio the Communications Sciences visited the premises General Director of Red.es. [21.4.2005] UOC, Central Building of TV Multimèdia. Josep Álvarez, Secretary-General of the UGT [22.11.2004] UOC, Central Building (Unió General de Treballadors) trade union, and Joaquín Ruiz Nando, General Director of the , Catalan Minister of Agriculture, Colegio Nacional de Educación Profesional Livestock and Fisheries, visited the UOC. (CONALEP) in Mexico, visited the UOC. [10.5.2005] UOC, Central Building [23.11.2004] Barcelona Ferran Amago, Dean of the Col·legi Oficial A dinner was held for the Board of Trustees of d’Enginyers Tècnics de Telecomunicació de the FUOC and the UOC Governing Council as Catalunya, visited the UOC. part of the events of the UOC’s 10th anniversary.

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Brussels Support Point Patronat Català Pro Europa Rue de la Loi, 227, 3e. 1040 Brussels - Belgium Mexico Support Point Tel. 00 32 2 231 03 30 Av. Insurgentes Sur 1898 UOC Liaison Office in Asia Torre Siglum, 11th floor Baiziwanlu, yigoukongjian 2 hao lou #1704 Col. Florida 100022 Chaoyang District, Beijing China C.P. 01030 Mexico, D.F. www.uoc.edu/mx

Bages Support Centre Biblioteca Campus Universitari de Manresa Av. Bases de Manresa, 7-11 08242 Manresa

Gironès Support Centre Segrià Support Centre Osona Support Centre Casa de Cultura "Les Bernardes" Canyeret, s/n, 2a. planta Fundació Mil·lenari C. Major, 172 25007 Lleida Plaça Mil·lenari, 2 17190 Salt Tel. 973 72 70 77 08500 Vic Tel. 972 40 50 67 Tel. 93 886 65 10

Vallès Occidental Vallès Occidental Support Centre, Sabadell Support Centre, Terrassa Biblioteca Vapor Badia Rambla d’Egara, 340, 3r. C. Les Tres Creus, 127-129 08221 Terrassa Barcelonès 08202 Sabadell Tel. 93 733 92 00 Support Centre Tel. 93 720 70 55 Av. Drassanes, 3-5 08001 Barcelona Baix Llobregat Tel. 93 481 72 72 Support Centre Torre del Roser C. Joan XXIII, 14 08980 St. Feliu de Llobregat Tel. 93 632 74 74

UOC Support Points outside Catalonia: Alt Penedès Support Centre Centre de Tecnologies de la Informació Ciutadella Support Point Valencia Support Point i la Comunicació Vilafranca Virtual Casa de Cultura C. Pau, 3 Plaça de la Verema, 1 C. Hospital de Santa Magdalena, 1 Despatx 105-E 08720 Vilafranca del Penedès 07760 Ciutadella de Menorca 46003 Valencia Tel. 93 818 06 54 Island of Menorca Tel. 971 38 63 32 Seville Support Point Edificio Expo Illes Pitiüses C. Inca Garcilaso, s/n Baix Camp Support Point 41092 Sevilla Support Centre Consell Insular d'Eivissa C. Escorxador, s/n i Formentera Alghero Support Point 43202 Reus Av. d'Espanya, 49 Carlo Alberto, 32 Tel. 977 33 80 08 07800 Eivissa 07041 Alghero Island of Eivissa Sardinia – Italy Tel. 971 19 54 56 Tel. 00 39 07 9 98 14 73 Baix Ebre Estudis Virtuals d’Andorra Support Centre Manacor Support Point Centre Cultural i de Congressos C. Alfara de Carles, 18 C. Muntaner, 12 Lauredià 43500 Tortosa 07500 Manacor Pl. de la Germandat Tel. 977 58 80 66 Island of Majorca Tel. 971 84 50 64 St. Julià de Lòria – Andorra Tel. 00 376 84 18 06 Madrid Support Point Plaza de las Cortes, 4 28014 Madrid Tel. 91 524 70 00

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