Schlagwort: Symposium 2014
We need to transcend borders
We live in a world with borders. More so, we live in a world that is defined by borders. Borders are responsible for how we live, how we think and how we act. There...
Crossing borders pays off
The SURPRISE FACTORS SYMPOSIUM in march 2014 marked the beginning of the fourth year in the history of ACADEMIA SUPERIOR. Once again, international experts, members of our Academic Advisory Board and students exchanged their...
What do we learn from crisis?
The main topic of this year’s symposium, "Beyond borders,“ may affect all aspects of life. The world is experiencing an unprecedented period of global peace today. The threats of our time are not wars...
SURPRISE FACTORS SYMPOSIUM REPORT 2014
For the fourth time, the SURPRISE FACTORS SYMPOSIUM took place in 2014. The chief event in ACADEMIA SUPERIOR"s schedule attracted numerous guests who came to the Toscana Congress Gmunden, looking forward to experiencing live...
The Crisis can be a New Start
In forefront of the SURPRISE FACTORS SYMPOSIUM, students from various disciplines gathered together to discuss our this year main theme "Beyond Borders - The Strength to Emerge from Crises“. Six of them brought the...
Europe must not become Venice
Karel Schwarzenberg, born in 1937, has seen many political boundaries emerge and disappear in his life. Schwarzenberg is rooted in the whole of Central Europe and therefore "boundless". In 1989 Schwarzenberg was awarded the...
The world of fears is becoming increasingly complex
The meaning of disaster fictions
Eva Horn is a cultural studies scholar and university professor of modern German literature at the University of Vienna. Her new book "The Future as a Disaster" will be published...
X‑Events — essential for human progress
Only societies which have confidence in their institutions are resilient
John L. Casti is an American mathematician and system theorist. He is senior research fellow at the Stevens Institute of Technology in New York and...
Overcome and respect personal limits
If you push your limits, you perform at your best
Peter Habeler is an Austrian mountaineer, alpinist and author. In 1978 he ascended, together with Reinhold Messner, the Mount Everest as first man without supplementary...
Beyond borders — the strength to emerge from crises
The fourth SURPRISE FACTORS SYMPOSIUM was held in Gmunden from March 14 to 16, 2014. International experts came together to exchange ideas on crossing borders and to discuss surprising aspects - those SURPRISE FACTORS...
