1st Announcement and Call for Papers
7th International Conference on Global Research and Educationin New Methods in Education
INTER-ACADEMIA 2008
September 15 - 18, 2008
Pécs, Hungary
Hotel Pátria
Honorary Committee
Károly Molnár, Rector and Gábor Péceli, Rector-Electof the Budapest University of Technology and Economics
and Rectors
Naotaka Oki, Shizuoka University, Japan
Volker Ronge, Wuppertal University, Germany
Włodzimierz Kurnik, Warsaw University of Technology, Poland
Frantisek Gaher, Comenius University, Slovakia
Vasile Isan, Alexandru Ioan Cusa University, Romania
Aleksandr V. Rogachev, Gomel State University, BelarusGeneral Chair
Annamária R. Várkonyi-Kóczy

Executive Committee:Nobuyuki Araki (Prof. Emeritus – Shizuoka Univ.), Masashi Kando (Prof. Emeritus - Shizuoka Univ.),
Michiharu Tabe (Shizuoka Univ.), Masaaki Nagatsu (Shizuoka Univ.), Hidenori Mimura (ShizuokaUniv.), Mitsuji Yamashita (Shizuoka Univ.), Beata Brestenska (Comenius Univ.), Jürgen Engeman(Wuppertal Univ.), Dariusz Korzec (Wuppertal Univ.), Ryszard Jablonski (Warsaw Univ. of Techn.),Leszek Kudla (Warsaw Univ. of Techn.), Dumitru Luca (Ioan Cuza Univ.), Gheoghe Popa (Ioan CuzaUniv.), Viktor P. Kazachenko (Gomel State Univ.), Péter Korondi (Budapest Univ. of Technology andEconomics), István Berta (Budapest Univ. of Technology and Economics), Annamária R. VárkonyiKóczy (Budapest Univ. of Technology and Economics)

Local Organizing Committee:
Péter Korondi – Chair, István Berta, Csaba Hős, Ernő Jeges, Dániel Kovács

Conference Focus
The International Conference on Global Research and Education INTER-ACADEMIA was initiated inBratislava, Slovakia, in 2002 where the participants decided to organize it in the future as a regular annualevent. The success of the further meetings strengthened us in continuing the tradition according to which
INTERACADEMIA'2008 is planned to offer a possibility for university professors and scientificcommunities to exchange ideas and experiences of mutual interest in the fields of research, education
programs, and experiences in training of students. This year the Conference will have a special emphasis
on new methods in education, covering fields such as e-learning, internet based education, double degreeprograms, joined programs, cooperative programs, new techniques in practical education, introducing
novel research fields to education, etc. INTERACADEMIA'2008 is also devoted to present the state-ofthe-art and recent results of the participants in the main research fields of the community, to improvemutual understanding of the participants, to introduce the participant’s local research communities andtheir main research partners, and to contribute to new theoretical and practical achievements in the fields,and to help in attaining and developing new trends and recent techniques of education.

Conference Topics-Intelligent and traditional systems in electrical, mechanical, chemical and transport engineering
Theory and practice of intelligent and soft computing techniques
Modeling, design, identification, diagnostics, measurement, and control
Multimedia techniques
Plasma physics
Material science and technology
Bio- and environmental engineering
Photonic and electronic devices, thin film growthInternet based education, distance learning
E-learning techniques and education materials.

Call for papers
Prospective authors should submit one electronic copy of an extended abstract (min. 3 pages) or a draft ofthe paper, including the summary of accomplishments, the significance of the contribution, and a list ofreferences. Submissions should include the name(s) and affiliation(s) of the author(s); the contact author
should be identified by providing his/her mail address, telephone and fax numbers, and email address.
Please submit abstracts or draft papers by e-mail to trivent@trivent.hu by May 26, 2008. Submission
implies willingness to register at the conference and present the contribution.

Special Session
A special session for young researchers and students will be organized during IA2008 to offer students
the possibility to present their research topics either in short (10 minutes) presentations or on posters.

Important dates
Submission of extended abstract
Notification of acceptance
Submission of camera ready manuscriptand early registration deadline
Conference dates

May 26, 2008
June 20, 2008
July 20, 2008
Sept. 15 - 18, 2008

Registration fees
1. Participants .......................330 EUR
The fee includes:
Participation in the Conference
Conference proceedings
Lunches, coffee and tea breaks
Welcome Party and Conference Dinner
2. Accompanying persons ..…210 EUR
The fee includes:
Welcome party, Conference Dinner,
1 guided social program with lunch included
Preliminary Program:First dayMorning: conference sessions
Afternoon: Pécs guided sightseeing tour (optional)
Evening: Welcome party
Second day:Morning and early afternoon: conference sessions
Evening: excursion to Szekszárd horse riding, wine tasting, dinner (optional)
Third day:Morning: conference sessions
Afternoon: Visit Osjiek (Eszék) – Croatia (optional)
Fourth day:Morning and early afternoon: conference sessions
Evening: excursion by “forest train”, conference dinner
Fifth day morning: transfer to Budapest (airport) – if needed
Contacts
Information concerning the organization:
TRIVENT Conference Office
Etele út 59-61
H-1119 Budapest, Hungary
Phone/Fax: +36 1 371 1333
E-mail: trivent@trivent.hu
Information concerning the technical program:
Prof. A.R. Várkonyi-Kóczy
Department of Measurement and Information Systems
Budapest University of Technology and Economics
Magyar tudósok krt. 2.
H-1521 Budapest, Hungary
Phone: +36 1 463 2057
Fax: +36 1 463 4112
E-mail: koczy@mit.bme.hu

www.trivent.hu/IA2008