The MULTI FORUM 2007 is a major international conference focused on innovations that improve European integration activities in the field of higher education. This conference will be an International Forum for Dialogue on Multi-Culturality, Multi-Ethnicity, and Multi-Disciplinarity in Education and Sciences with a view to the European Integration. The conference will be held in Athens, Greece, the place where the European system of education started 25 centuries ago.

The higher education faces significant challenges in crossing international, cultural, and social borders in order to expand the pool of those entering higher education and prepare the graduates to become successful in the global economy with diverse groups of people. Successfully addressing these issues will require innovative solutions and approaches that improve student learning, partnerships among academia, industry, government and curricular reform.

The Forum intends to build bridges between Europe and the entire world, by inviting experts from universities and professional institutions from countries EC members, EC candidates as well as EC non members, from Europe, Asia, America, Africa, etc. Its audience is teachers, students, researchers, women professionals, women students, academics, professional groups, entrepreneurs and the general public.

Prospective authors are invited to submit (by e-mail to the Conference Secretariat as attached files in Word format, mgioann@mail.ntua.gr; ioanna@mercury.gr ) previously unpublished papers relevant to the Conference topics. The full version of the papers will be reviewed (suggested length up to 6 pages) to be included in the Conference Proceedings. Selected papers will also be peer-reviewed for inclusion in a special volume of an International Journal. For instructions on preparation of full papers please consult the Conference Web site http://www.estiatn.net.

• Maria G. Ioannides
• Maria Athanassopoulou
• Ioanna A. Mylona

English will be the official language of the Conference and will be used for papers and presentations.

The Organizing Committee of MULTI-FORUM 2007 will offer a limited number of travel grants to support the participation of representatives of multicultural associations, of women scientists, of young researchers, and of representatives from other international multidisciplinary fora. Interested participants must apply in writing to the Conference Chairman ( mgioann@mail.ntua.gr ) and clearly demonstrate the reasons for a travel grant.

All fees, free of bank charges, must be paid to the Bank account:

The registration fee includes: the participation to the Conference program, coffee breaks, Conference Gala Dinner and Conference Proceedings.

• Prof. Dr. Maria G. Ioannides
  National Technical University of Athens, Faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering
  9, Iroon Polytechniou Street, 15773 Athens, Greece

• Tel: (+30)-210-7723791, (+30)-210-7722584, Fax: (+30)-210-7722584

• E-mails: mgioann@mail.ntua.gr; mioannid@ece.ntua.gr

Park Hotel
10, Alexandras Ave., 10682, Athens, Greece
Tel. +30-210-8894500, +30-210-8832711, Fax: +30-210-8238420
E-mails: info@athensparkhotel.gr; Parkhotel_banquet@vivodinet.gr

Location: Close to the city center, next to the National Archaeological Museum and opposite the Garden Park of Athens.

Reservations: For the participants to the ICIE’07 we arranged special prices: €90/single and €100/double room. You must make your reservations directly to the Park Hotel specifying MULTI-FORUM’07.