Erasmushogeschool Brussels, department for ‘Toegepaste Taalkunde’ invited author/lecturer Richard Hill.

Erasmushogeschool Brussel has introduced an international programme in English called CLASS (Communication and Languages as Strategic Skills) which includes lectures, tutorials and group work combined with study visits and project activities.

The international programme offers three key modules: advertising and marketing; journalism, with press and new media topics; public relations focusing on international communication and events organisation.
Students who have enjoyed in-depth language training, can choose extra language modules.Erasmushogeschool Brussel was named after the humanistic philosopher Desiderius Erasmus who lived in Brussels. His work is characterized by genuine openness of mind, tolerance and international perspective: three pillars of Erasmushogeschool's mission. Erasmushogeschool Brussel participates in most European programmes and has exchange agreements covering student exchange, staff exchange and project-oriented work.

Passport To Trade

Europublic Speakers Bureau member Richard Hill chaired an event held at the Committee of the Regions to launch the 'Passport To Trade' initiative designed to help Europe's SMEs trade across the Single Market: www.businessculture.org. 
This was commissioned by the Education and Culture Directorate General under the Leonardo da Vinci Programme.

Professor Jane Silver of the University of Salford and Julia Ridsdale-Saw of Stratex presented the P2T website.

The European Patent Office (EPO)

The Berlin Management Team of the European Patent Office (EPO) organised a presentation on "intercultural aspects of working in an international organisationin" in association with the Europublic Speakers Bureau in Berlin.

To access the website of the EPO, click here

Presentation at Wilton Park

Following a presentation on the subject of ‘Lessons from Mass Hostage-Takings’ and ‘Crisis Response Management Framework’, made by Lina Kolesnikova, member of the Europublic Speakers Bureau, at a Wilton Park Conference entitled "Improving Emergency Response in Europe", (Wilton Park is an academically independent agency of the Foreign & Commonwealth Office in the UK),

the latest issue of Crisis Response Journal, volume 2, issue 2, 2006, includes her material on this subject.

AIESEC, the world's largest student organisation, is the international platform for young people to discover and develop their potential so as to have a positive impact on society.
 

Aiesec Belgium recently organised a seminar to prepare students for ‘internships’ abroad.

Guest speaker was Richard Hill who talked  about ‘Intercultural Communication and Negotiation’.  

GRACE: a Network of Excellence

The EU-funded research project GRACE (Genomics to combat Resistance against Antibiotics in Community-acquired LRTI in Europe) was launched at the Sheraton Brussels Airport Hotel, Brussels.

GRACE is a Network of Excellence supported by the EU's Sixth Research Framework Programme and focuses on the complex and controversial field of community-acquired lower respiratory tract infections (LRTI) such as bronchitis, one of the leading reasons for seeking medical care.

GRACE is exceptional as it brings together investigators from basic laboratory sciences, clinical medicine, and health economics. In the jointly executed research programme, 17 academic groups, spread across 9 EU Member States and 5 SMEs will participate.

Jacques Bredael moderated for Bayer Veterinary Health                                      

Jacques Bredael, member of the Europublic Speakers Bureau, moderated two new product launches organised by the Veterinary Health Care Division of Bayer in 'le Grand Hornu' and 'Stavelot' in Belgium.

Jacques Bredael is well-known to the Belgian public and European Union officials as the man who, for many years, presented national TV news (Le Journal Télévisé) as well
as working on a series of highly regarded historical documentaries and other feature programmes. At different times in his career, he also presented the Ecran Témoin and the Magazine des Consommateurs programmes. He worked as a TV journalist from 1964 to 1997.