38th Dignity Conference 13: Uli Spalthoff Introduces the WDUi Electronic Learning Platform
Channel: Evelin Lindner
Date: 2022-12-16

The First World Dignity University Initiative Workshop, titled "For People and the Planet: Learning for a Future of Dignity," has been hosted online on December 9, 2022. It was the 19th Annual Workshop co-hosted by Morton Deutsch International Center for Cooperation and Conflict Resolution at Teachers College, Columbia University. The first workshop took place in 2003, convened by Morton Deutsch.

Dr. rer. nat. Ulrich Spalthoff introduces the World Dignity University electronic learning platform. Ulrich Spalthoff is also the Director of Operations of Dignity Press, publishing books covering a wide range of themes connected with human dignity. He most generously offers his time and energy as a gift.

Uli Spalthoff has studied chemistry in Mainz and Münster, Germany. After some years in industrial research on optical communication technologies, he held various positions dealing with marketing, quality management, technology strategy, and innovation management at Alcatel-Lucent in Germany and France. As Director of Advanced Technologies, he worked with a truly global team, mentoring start-ups and consulting high-tech companies in IT, telecommunication and semiconductor industries from countries all over the world. Being interested in a broad range of professional fields and diverse social contexts, he has acquired expertise in a large range of technical, economic, and social areas. 
After his retirement, he still wants to nurture more innovative ideas to shape our future. In 2021, he wrote: "I regard the concept of human dignity as a most valuable tool for organizing our societies. After retiring from a technical career I am happy to explore this and to learn more ways how people can work for a dignified common future. Currently I am working with Dignity Press, publishing books covering a wide range of themes connected with human dignity."

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See more on: 
- www.humiliationstudies.org/whoweare/annualmeeting/38.php
- www.humiliationstudies.org/education/education.php
- www.worlddignityuniversity.org