Guidelines for Participants

Location

UN Officie at Vienna,

Vienna International Centre (VIC)
Wagramer Strasse 5
1400 Vienna
Austria

Conference Rooms: Multimedia Room G0545, and Briefing Room G0542. Both are located in Tower G, 5th floor.

How to Reach the UN Vienna International Centre (VIC)?

Take the underground line U1 in the direction of Leopoldau until you reach Kaisermühlen/Vienna International Centre and then follow the signs to Gate 1 of the VIC, the main entrance. The VIC is also easy to reach by car via the A22 motorway or from the city centre via the Reichsbrücke. Buses may park in the side street off Wagramer Strasse and in the car park beside Gate 2. The VIC is accessible to people with disabilities.

For more Information on the VIC click here.

Registration at the VIC

Participants will have to register at the entrance of the VIC (on each conference day, February 28, and March 1). Please make sure to arrive timely since you will have to pass a security check and the registration procedure does require some time.

After having registered please ask the UNIS desk or the information desk at the entrance area, how to find the conference rooms (Multimedia Room G0545, Tower G, 5th floor).

Registration Location and Time: 9:00a.m. - 10.00a.m, Gate 1, VIC

Required documents: valid ID or passport (with photo)

Please note that once you have left the VIC building with your day-pass you cannot re-enter.

Participation Fees and Catering

The conference participation is free. However, all meals will be at own expense. Lunch and coffee will be taken at the VIC cafeteria.

Conference Purpose and Format

The conference is inspired by the idea to advance UN research and teaching and to do this by bringing together academics and practitioners. In order to trigger active engagement and joint thinking, an innovative conference format is employed that seeks to involve both practitioners and academics into discussion:

First, two sessions of colloquia are scheduled, where practitioners are invited to share all kinds of knowledge products which are generated at the UN and probably are not known in public  such as first-hand reports, studies, publications and other material with the audience. In each session, two colloquia will run in parallel.

These sessions will provide a basis for the following open discussion rounds. In these rounds, researchers, teachers and practitioners are called upon to share their own views, experiences and visions. Discussants are called to prepare for brief introductory statements or presentations that will serve as food for thought for further brainstorming regarding the following aspects of teaching the UN: How to communicate UN concepts and issues to the next generation? How to improve relations between academia and UN organizations? How can practitioners' knowledge be brought into the classroom? How to establish a sustainable network of engaged teachers and  practitioners? How fo foster exchange between these parties?

   Please note that we will close the speakers' list after the first ten incoming applications for  presentations.

How to Participate

With respect to the colloquia-sessions, participants will be able to discuss with panelists. As to the joint discussion sessions, participants are invited to hold short presentations from 5-10 minutes. If you are interested in holding such a "lightening talk", please send us an email with your name, the discussion session, and the topic you would like to speak about.