This month the International Development Council for Academic Studies (IDCAS) has generously released a significant amount of additional funding to a number of non-profit organisations. These organisations include the International Health Research Institute (IHRI) and the 3D Grid Association. Today the 3D Grid Association has issued a press release stating that a portion of these [...]
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2011
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2011
Oct
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2010
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2010
ETDA Seminar (2010 Summary)
ETDA have reported that this event as a sucess with many benificial outcomes obtained through it. For this seminar the European Technology Development Association decided to focus mainly on the topic of 3-dimensional internet services. For information regarding IDCAS 3D visit www.idcas.org/3D. The implementation of stable 3D technology for the academic sector was discussed in great [...]
Jul
24
2010
24
2010
IDCAS AGM 2010
The Annual General Meeting took place on the last day of the week long IDCAS 2010 Conference. Entire meeting was broadcast to remote participants using the AtMeeting and Education 3D Grids. Opening Speech was delivered at 9am, followed by a brief summary of events which took place during the conference. Several new services for the [...]
Jul
23
2010
23
2010
IHRI Healthcare & Food Safety Day
“Healthcare & Food Safety Day” forms part of this years IDCAS conference. It was established by the International Health Research Institute as a forum to discuss important issues regarding human and animal health. Special attention was paid this year to the production and supply of healthy food to the general public as it was considered [...]
Jul
22
2010
22
2010
ETDA Technology Day
European Technology Development Association has just completed its “2010 Technology Day” and reports that it is very happy the outcomes obtained through it. Multiple issues were discussed including the future of the Internet in terms of ICANN policies, whois management, new DNS TLD’s and vertical integration for domain supply purposes. The development of stable 3D [...]
Jul
21
2010
21
2010
IDCAS Conference ’10: Science
Wednesday, 21st July (General Science). Topics covered today included biology, biotechnology, chemistry, physics, mathematics and computer science. Some of the various organisations which attended the meetings and lectures during the day including the International Health Research Institute and the European Technology Development Association.
Jul
20
2010
20
2010
Business/Commerce
Tuesday, 20th July is Business/Commerce day for the 2010 Conference. Topics covered today included Marketing, HR Management, Accounting & Finance, Corporate Law & Ethics. Meetings were meant to end by 8pm although with large quantity of material the final proceedings closed instead a little later at 8:30pm. Day was a success and many interesting discussions [...]
Jul
19
2010
19
2010
Literature Lecture: William Butler Yeats
A few hours ago an excellent lecture titled “The Life and Works of William Butler Yeats” was provided by the Frewin Society to participants of the IDCAS 2010 Conference. It focused on the collection of nearly 2,000 items relating to him are stored in the National Library of Ireland. This is the largest collection of [...]
Jul
18
2010
18
2010
Conference 2010: Tour of London
As part of the entertainment organised by IDCAS for conference participants, a tour of London took place today. Locations visited included Big Ben, London Bridge, 4D Experience, The Eye and Tower of London (including a visit to see the Crown Jewels). For more information regarding this years conference please visit www.idcas.org/conference2010. Public comments/suggestions are welcomed [...]
Jul
17
2010
17
2010
History (Medieval History)
Frewin Society organised an interesting lecture this evening about medieval historical sites in eastern England and the Republic of Ireland. One such site covered in detail was the Tower of London. Other UK locations such as St Albans City were discussed as possible visits during the coming year by the society. Art History and Irish [...]