The IUA Business School is invited to participate in a Cross-Cultural Dialogue Conference held in Linz, Australia in autumn 2009 (date TBD). Head on the IUA Business School, Dr. Stein Skjorshammer, is member of the conference board.

Related to the conference, five students from the Business school will be invited to attend. Eligible are both bachelor and master students who study at IUA Business School at the time of the conference.

Those who wish to participate should carefully study the following requirement:

1. Submit a proposed subject and essay abstract to the Business School.
   1. The subject has to be related to “Business and Cross-Cultural Dialogue”.
   2. The essay abstract should be one A4 size page in length, in English, and less than 600 words.
   3. Please include your name, university ID number, contact information such as telephone, email, etc.
   4. The deadline to submit the essay abstract is on April. 6, 2009 .
   5. The students whose abstracts passed the initial screening will be announced publicly by May. 4, 2009
2. We will invite those who pass the abstract to write a full-length essay on his or her chosen subject.
   1. The essay should be 3-5 pages long, Times New Roman, 12-point and double space.
   2. The deadline to submit the essay is on August. 3, 2009 .
   3. The five winners will be chosen by the faculty members at Business School; announced latest by September. 1, 2009
3. There will be a workshop to prepare the students for the conference in late September or early October.
4. Students get a paid trip to participate the Linz conference 09 (travel costs, accommodation including breakfast) and approximately €18 per day of pocket money during the three-day-conference period.

Other general information:

·          Linz is the Cultural Capital of Europe in 2009.

·          The Cross-Cultural Competence Center of the University of Upper Austria and its partners in Estonia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Turkey are invited to contribute into the Linz 09 event.

·          The Conference is called Cross-Cultural Dialogue: Overcoming of Boundaries and Prejudices.

·          International University Audentes is the proud partner of this conference from Estonia.

·          The Conference will be held in Linz for three days, dates to be decided later.

·          The tentative program of the conference:

o        Day 1:

§         Opening Plenary Session

§         Sub-Workshops (one per country) on the development of self-perception and perception of the others (foreign culture)

o        Day 2:

§         Plenary Session: presentation of the workshop in consideration of the communication patterns and other tokens

§         Sub-Workshop on the assessment and cognitions.

o        Day 3:

§         Plenary session: presentation of the approaches of change

§         Closure of the dialogue and conference.

Please turn to Siyi Ma siyi.ma[at]tv.ttu.ee at Business School for more detailed information.