Welcome to the VENUS Seminars Website! VENUS offers seminars for interested citizens and students all over Europe, in a virtual way. Some past topics of the autumn (2006) and spring (2007) seminar series are ‘Water Economy’ by professor Petrella, ‘The moral challenges of Leadership’ by professor Ciulla, ‘Knowledge 2.0’ by Stephen Downes… all within the overall theme “Global Issues for the European Citizenâ€. You can find the recordings of the seminars on this page.
For each topic, the VENUS team invited a renowned speaker, a specialist in the field, whose lecture was broadcast through videoconference to several locations all over Europe. At these locations people gathered to discuss the subject both locally (face-to-face) and internationally with each other and with the expert (interactively, through videoconferencing and streaming technology).
People who attended the VENUS seminars, though sometimes skeptic beforehand, returned very enthusiastic, both about the contact with the famous speaker and about the European feeling caused by an audience spread over several European countries: “The delivery is virtual, the experience is real!â€
Please click on the links below to watch the recorded presentations:
1. Prof. Petrella : " Water Economy" 11 October 2006.
2. Prof. Wessels : " Europe" 25 October 2006.
3. Prof. Ciulla : " The Moral Challenges of Leadership" 8 November 2006.
4. Prof. Cassiman : " Genetic Services in Europe: The Way Forward" 22 November 2006.
5. Prof. Stephen Downes : " Knowledge 2.0 : Toward a Future Knowledge Society" 14 Februari 2007.
6. Prof. Risto Linturi on Visionary Thinking : "How to Develop Radical Ideas" 14 March 2007
7. Prof. Nathan Shedroff : "Experience Design" 28 March 2007
8. Prof. Derrick de Kerckhoven: "Culture and Technology" 11 April 2007