The Baltic University Programme (BUP) and the University of Ostrava are pleased to announce an upcoming student conference: Environment and Well-being: a joint venture of technology, sciences, and humanities.
The student conference will take place between 6-9 December in Ostrava, Czech Republic and will be based in this fascinating city as well as its surroundings. Accepted students will be immersed in a range of activities including workshops, study visits, and lectures focused on various topics including well-being, sustainability, the environment, and post-industrial urbanism.
This student conference is free of charge and applications are open for students at all levels (Bachelor, Master, and PhD) at BUP participating universities.
In total, 40 students from BUP participating universities will be selected to take part. The BUP accepts students from all kinds of study programs and no pre-knowledge is required.
The application deadline is 29 October. Apply
The program for this conference has been put together by the Czech National BUP Centre based at the University of Ostrava and has been specifically developed with the Czech Technical University in Prague and VSB Technical University in Ostrava to provide a strong Czech impetus and context.
View the preliminary program. Program is a draft and may be subject to change/alteration.
The goal of the event is to:
- Improve the knowledge of students around the key topics of this conference: Environment and Well-Being: a joint venture of technology, sciences, and humanities.
- Promote and encourage stimulating discussions between students and staff members especially around the relevance of the topic for the everyday.
- Discover and learn more about the city of Ostrava, its historical context and current situation, as well as a Czech context on the highlighted topics.
- Build skills in intercultural and interdisciplinary cooperation.
Students who complete the student conference will be rewarded with a certificate. The organisers cannot grant ECTS for the conference, but we encourage students to talk to their home departments, to see if they can convert the certificate to credits.
