(A microsymposium is one or more special sessions which are thematic and are organized as part of one of our general (non-thematic) conferences. If you want to organize such a thematic event, please review our policy and guidelines, for more details) | |||
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| The Mediterranean: Cradle of Civilization and World Economic Center as part of the 18th Annual International Conference on Mediterranean Studies Academics Responsible: Dr. Pedro Fernández Sánchez, Associate Professor, Universidad San Pablo-CEU, CEU Universities, Spain. Dr. María del Carmen García Centeno, Associate Professor, Universidad San Pablo-CEU, CEU Universities, Spain. This micro symposium aims to explore the historical, economic, cultural, and social relevance of the Mediterranean Sea (Mare Nostrum) from the onset of the Neolithic Revolution to the present day. It will highlight how, for millennia, this region was a key axis for human development, hosting the first urban civilizations and maintaining its influence throughout history, even after the shift of the economic center towards the Atlantic in the 17th century. | Abstract Submitting Form |
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| Healthcare, Life Sciences & Biopharma Management as part of the 12th Annual International Conference on Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences Academic Responsible: Dr. Frederic Jallat, Deputy Director, Business, Economics and Law Division & Professor, ESCP Business School, France This session aims to explore the latest research, innovative strategies, and practical solutions in the management of healthcare systems, life sciences advancements, and biopharmaceutical enterprises. | Abstract Submitting Form |
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| Forensic Mental Health as part of the 19th Annual International Conference on Sociology & the 13th Annual International Conference on Health & Medical Sciences Academics Responsible: Dr. Philip Candilis, Professor, George Washington University, USA. Dr. Susan Hatters-Friedman, Director, Forensic Psychiatry, UH Cleveland Medical Center, USA. We invite submissions for a microsymposium that explores cross-cultural differences in how societies worldwide address mental health within their criminal justice systems. Jurisdictions vary widely in their management of crime, ranging from rehabilitative to punitive approaches, as well as the use of inquisitorial versus adversarial legal systems. These differences have significant implications for individuals diagnosed with mental illness and their treatment within judicial systems. This microsymposium seeks to examine how minoritized groups, including immigrants, are treated within these frameworks and address the ongoing debate over whether substance use should be approached as a crime or a health issue. Additionally, we aim to discuss diversion programs, such as drug courts, veterans courts, and sex trafficking courts, which offer more health-focused alternatives in some countries. We encourage contributions that share innovative approaches and foster new thinking on the intersection of mental health and criminal justice. | Abstract Submitting Form |
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| Media and Olympic Games as part of the 23rd Annual International Conference on Communication and Mass Media & the 25th Annual International Conference on Sports: Economic, Management, Marketing & Social Aspects Academic Responsible: Dr. Mario Nicoliello, Academic Member, ATINER & Researcher, University of Brescia, Italy. We welcome abstracts in any area dealing with the link between media coverage and the Olympic Games. In particular, the session intends to investigate on the one hand how organisers of the Olympic Games have changed their communications style and on the other how the Olympic Games appear on the mass media. | Abstract Submitting Form |
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| The Transmission and Maintenance of Diaspora Identity Through time and Generation as part of the 16th Annual International Conference on Visual and Performing Arts Academic Responsible: Dr. Maria-Irini Avgoulas, Academic Member, Athens Institute & Casual Academic, School of Health, Medical & Applied Sciences, CQUniversity Australia and Cultural Counselling and Consultancy, Australia Diaspora communities with their specific cultural identity are found throughout the world and exist on a continuum of redevelopment as they evolve. The experience of diaspora identity and the transmission of memory culture that supports identity maintenance may vary by generation, the original migrants and their descendants born in diaspora. Diaspora community members of all generations may maintain a sense of nostalgia but also negative emotions of not belonging to either their original homeland or the host community. This may be expressed as having two homelands and, in a sense, belonging to both. While potentially enriching, diaspora identity may in fact be more like belonging nowhere and being a stranger in both cultures. This may represent a negative emotion associated with the experience of migration and acculturation despite the generation of membership. This session will explore the transmission and maintenance of diaspora identity through time and generation and consider how associated psychosocial factors and the recreated social environment of the culture of origin may influence wellbeing and the experience of illness that are significant factors in overall health as well as the promotion of health and wellbeing in diaspora. | Abstract Submitting Form |
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| Sustainable Supply Chain Management for the Circular Economy as part of the 13th Annual International Conference on Industrial, Systems and Design Engineering Academic Responsible: Dr. Mohammad Shbool, Academic Member, Athens Institute & Associate Professor, The University of Jordan, Jordan This topic would explore how supply chain practices can be optimized to support circular economy principles, focusing on sustainability, resource efficiency, and reducing waste. This would complement existing sessions on marketing, economics, and environmental studies while addressing a critical area of growing interest in global research and industry. | Abstract Submitting Form |
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| Macromarketing as part of the 23rd Annual International Conference on Marketing Academic Responsible: Dr. Frederic Jallat, Deputy Director, Business, Economics and Law Division & Professor, ESCP Business School, France Macromarketing emphasizes how marketing concepts, methodologies, theories, practices, and activities affect societies, cultures, and the economy as a whole. Marketing is primarily a concept that deals with private and public organizations. Macromarketing addresses the wider implications of marketing practices and theories at the social, national, and even global levels.. | Abstract Submitting Form |
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| Contracts between Ancient Practices and Modern Dogmas as part of the 22ndAnnual International Conference on Law Academic Responsible: Dr. Lucia Di Cintio, Associate Professor, University of Salerno, Italy. The archaeological discoveries of the last few decades have made it possible to completely revise ancient contract law; in fact, the results of research have revealed a very complex reality that is very close to our own today. Thus, some theoretical solutions created in the past for the correct interpretation and application of contracts may also be functional to our needs. Among these discoveries, I would like to bring to your attention the so-called Babatha Archive, consisting of a series of papyri, known as Yadin, during the ‘principato’ of Trajan and Hadrian. Of interest are contractual acts between individuals belonging to the Jewish community but residing in the Arabian Province. It also seems to me very interesting to understand how several rights, Hellenistic, Jewish and Roman, could coexist and how some peculiar negotiations could be protected by the relevant legal system. Yesterday as today, in the global world, several legal systems meet, thus the need to make connections between the various legal systems. At the same time, constant and rapid technological evolution makes it necessary to qualify and protect new situations that often take place only in the virtual world. How did the ancients solve the problems that the new, the atypical, one might say, raised? One solution was offered by the self-defence typical of the Greek and later Judeo-Hellenistic worlds: individual contracts were very detailed, had constitutive and enforceable value, and were endowed with self-defence such as a pledge or mortgage; this avoided the adjudicating courts. Certainly, there remained the substantial problem, which still arises today, of identifying a cause, i.e. a socio-economic function worthy of protection; well, the solution of the Romans is causal abstraction. The Roman rulers, faced with such novelties, poured the content of lawful transactions into schemes with an abstract cause stipulatio, in the sense that the cause existed and was lawful but not immediately qualifiable under a known type, granting generic legal actions. In the global world, where common law and civil law intersect, could a similar solution be envisaged, i.e. the idea of a predefined formal scheme but going beyond the problem of typicality? | Abstract Submitting Form |
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| Foundational Philosophical Issues in Physics as part of the 13th Annual International Conference on Physics Academic Responsible: Dr. Robert Bishop, Head, Philosophy Unit, Athens Institute & Professor, Wheaton College, USA This session aims to explore the deep philosophical questions underlying modern physics, including the nature of space and time, the interpretation of quantum mechanics, the role of symmetry in physical laws, and the philosophical implications of cosmology. We welcome papers from philosophers, physicists, and interdisciplinary researchers. | Abstract Submitting Form |
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| Integrating Oral Society Globally, Innovation and Contemporary Library Trends and Practice as part of the 12th Annual International Conference on Library and Information Science Academic Responsible: Dr. Nkhangweni Mahwasane, Information Librarian, University of Venda, South Africa. Libraries are regarded as the backbone of their parent bodies in which they exist in. As a result, no institution can operate quite well without the library, from schools, colleges, universities, research institutions, companies, hospitals governments departments as well as non-governmental organizations etc. All the above-mentioned institutions need information at their disposal to succeed. Learners, students, teachers, doctors, researchers, just a few to mention, also need information to have breakthroughs. | Abstract Submitting Form |
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| Critical Visual Literacy and Global Media as part of the 12th Annual International Conference on Library and Information Science Academic Responsible: Dr. Yan Ma, Professor, University of Rhode Island, USA. Since the movable printing, technological advances have made media in many forms reaching out to all corners of the globe in this digital world. This special session provides an interdisciplinary platform to critically analyze visual messages and the social construction of meaning in global media through visual literacy. It presents global media through the lens of visual literacy; the social construction of meaning of global media by applying visual literacy theories; the interdisciplinary nature of global media; a variety of global media for its liberating power of democracy; different types of global media and their social messages on race, gender, class, and cultural dimensions; and the converged global media cultural and visual competencies for diverse communities in this global age. Each presentation will use theories of visual literacy to critically analyze the selected media to present how this type of media enhances/changes work or life or society for its liberating power of democracy, social construction of meaning/messages of race, gender, class, social, cultural, and other dimensions. In a sense, all signs are information. In all media, the position of the subject is situated differently. This condition provides us with the basis for critical analysis of global media. Keywords: visual literacy, global media, social construction of meaning | Abstract Submitting Form |
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| Gender Equality in the Social and Business Global World as part of the 12th Annual International Conference on Social Sciences Academic Responsible: Dr. Codruta Simona Stoica, Head, Mathematics & Statistics Unit, Athens Institute & Professor and Vice-Rector, Aurel Vlaicu University of Arad, Romania This microsymposium seeks to explore gender equality’s impact on social and business landscapes worldwide. We welcome papers on topics such as workplace diversity, gender pay gap, women in leadership, social norms, policy interventions, and intersectionality. Submissions from various disciplines, including sociology, business, and gender studies, are encouraged. | Abstract Submitting Form |
