WUN Conferences

Below are featured WUN conferences that have benefited from the dedication and hard work of University of Illinois faculty and staff.



Translating the Middle Ages

An international conference sponsored by the Program in Medieval Studies and Center for Translation Studies at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

October 28 and 29, 2008

This international conference will bring together medievalists whose scholarship focuses on the theory and practice translation in the Middle Ages or on the cultural transfer of medieval ideas, images, and ideologies. The conference will involve medievalists from North America and Europe who work in various disciplinesliterature, language, art history, and historyand in various national traditionsEnglish, French, Italian, and Latin.

Participants include contributors to the Worldwide Universities Network collaborative project Multilingualism in the Middle Ages (for a description of the project, see online link.

The sessions will be video-taped and the video made accessible via the WUN web site until the publication of the proceedings volume. The conference website can be found here.




Second International Conference on Spintronic Materials and Technology
(WUN-SPIN-08)

Nanjing-Hangzhou, China
July 14-18, 2008
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Jean-Pierre Leburton
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Beckman Institute
Co-Chairman, Program Committee

Jean-Pierre Leburton
Presentation “Quantum dot and tunable spintronic devices”
WUN-Hangzhou International School on Spintronics, Hangzhou, China, July 17-19, 2008

SPINTRONICS is expected to have a major impact on advanced data storage, microelectronics, automotive sensors, communication and quantum computing, in a way comparable to the development of the transistor 60 years ago. This international conference with an emphasis on materials, devices and applications aims to bring together people from both academia and industries working on spintronics to share ideas on the progress and future of this exciting technology.




WUN China Enterprise Conference
Globalisation: Integrating Innovation and Entrepreneurship

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14-16 May, 2008

This is the third in a series of WUN conferences focusing on enterprise, that have been held Chicago, Leeds, and Hangzhou 2007-2008. The ambition of this conference is to explore the collaboration and cooperation of international institutions in integrating global innovation resources to build new models and approaches to enterprise education.

Conference themes include: global innovations and entrepreneurship, social entrepreneurship, and innovation and internationalisation of enterprise education.



WUN Leeds Enterprise Conference
Inspiring and Developing Enterprising People:
Building Global Networks

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10-11 December, 2007

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This is the second in a series of workshops focusing on enterprise being held in Chicago, Leeds and Zhejiang in 2007-08.

The ambition is to explore aspects of practice and research and developing entrepreneurship skills in the context of the distinctive requirements to develop global entrepreneurs. We are defining global entrepreneurs as individuals and organisations equipped to work across geographical, political and economic boundaries to accelerate the development of innovative research, systems and products. Increasingly creative adaptable and cross-cultural individuals are needed to develop new types of relationships, partnerships and organisations that are based on extensive trans-national collaborations.




WUN Chicago Enterprise Conference
Inspiring and Developing Enterprising People:
Entrepreneurship and Global Impact Conference

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4-6 October, 2007

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This conference will address the profound impact that entrepreneurship has on globalization, cultural change, technology, and social issues. How is the world around us adapting to economic change? What role are entrepreneurs taking in this new marketplace, and what role do Universities play in providing challenging and innovative entrepreneurship curriculum?

Select faculty members will have the opportunity to present entrepreneurial concepts and research based papers, that center around conference themes. Social entrepreneurship presentations and discussion will address best practices for the creation of not-for-profit enterprises and the far reaching effects of their social impact.

First International Conference on Spintronics Materials and Technology
(WUN-SPIN-07)

York, England, UK
August 8-10, 2007

Programme committee member: Jean-Pierre Leburton
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Beckman Institute

Conference presentation: Jean Pierre-Leburton
“Spin-based quantum dots for quantum computing” Quantum Computing workshop