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Post-conference tours at 12th PASCAL Conference in Catania

We have made arrangements with a local tour operator to offer special prices to Conference attendees wishing to take advantage of the spectacular locations close to Catania.

Future PASCAL Developments – Associates and Members

The expansion of PASCAL International Observatory this Spring is an opportunity to strengthen the links among the universities that host PASCAL Centres, clarifying their roles and responsibilities.  This process, which could take several months, may take the form of a new memorandum, superseding previous agreements exchanged among the host institutions.

Invitation to International Conference on Learning Cities - 28-30 September 2015

Please find featured below and attached an invitation from our good friends at the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning in Hamburg to the forthcoming International Conference on Learning Cities in Mexico City from 28-30 September 2015. We strongly encourage all members of PASCAL and subscribers to consider attendance, particularly members cities and organisations of our Learning Cities Networks (LCN) program.

PASCAL Learning Cities Networks Inclusion Workshops

Arrangements have now been made for further Inclusion Workshops to be conducted in Glasgow, Bristol, and Melbourne to follow the initial workshop held in Townsville last May.

Invitation to become a member of the Friends of PASCAL Association

You are invited to become a member of the Friends of PASCAL Association headquartered in Melbourne Australia:

Spaces for Literacy: public discussions on the future of libraries

Theatrum Mundi will be in Edinburgh on 20-21 August 2015, hosting three public discussions on the future of libraries at the Edinburgh International Book Festival. With rapid global urbanisation, digital technology revolutionising access to information and demands on public funding, these debates will ask what spaces will literacy occupy in the 21st century city.

Interaction Design and Architecture(s) (IxD&A) - Invitation - Special Issue on Smart City Learning: Opportunities and Challenges

The journal, Interaction Design and Architecture(s) (IxD&A), has a special issue Smart City Learning: Opportunities and Challenges, and invites proposals for papers based on presentations made at the PASCAL conference in Catania.

Acireale as a learning city

On July 23 a meeting took place in the Palace of Tourism in Acireale, a beautiful city close to Catania, where the next PASCAL conference will be held in October. The meeting was arranged  to promote the city of Acireale joining PASCAL's Learning Cities Networks (LCN) programme.

Call for comments/suggestions on the SECOND draft of the 6th Big Tent Communiqué

Your critical feedback on this new Big Tent draft for the Catania Conference will be most welcome. So will any new thoughts related to the theme and earlier discussion.

Random Reflections by Dr. Rajesh Tandon – August 2015

I am returning to random reflections once again, for your perusal below:

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