BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//უნივერსიტეტის ღონისძიებების პორტალი - ECPv6.2.8.2//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://events.iliauni.edu.ge/en/ X-WR-CALDESC:Events for უნივერსიტეტის ღონისძიებების პორტალი REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Asia/Dubai BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0400 TZOFFSETTO:+0400 TZNAME:+04 DTSTART:20230101T000000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20230403T190000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20230403T190000 DTSTAMP:20260425T075130 CREATED:20230323T060200Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240202T090908Z UID:10000111-1680548400-1680548400@events.iliauni.edu.ge SUMMARY:Georgian-American Startup Ecosystems from the 90s to Today DESCRIPTION:On April 3\, at 19:00\, in connection with the opening of the Startup Grind University Chapter at Ilia State University\, the first meeting will be held on the topic: Georgian-American Startup Ecosystems from the 90s to Today \nThe 1990s marked the beginning of many giant technology companies and modern economic principles. These companies were able to use new technologies and innovative business models to compete with traditional industries and create new markets. \nDuring the event\, we will review what processes have been taking place in the ecosystem from the 1990s to the present\, using the example of the Georgian and American environment. Speakers at the meeting will talk about the challenges of the startup environment in 1990-2022 and share their experience. \nDavid Chechelashvili – Strategy-oriented Tech Entrepreneur who operates at the intersection of technology and entertainment from 2004. Together with his business partners\, he has founded 5 global startups\, mainly in the fields of immersive visualization and artificial intelligence.  One of the startups is a well-known brand in the film industry and was at the forefront of the last wave of 3D technology (2005). In 2015\, David returned to Georgia and participates in the development of the startup ecosystem. He teaches innovative entrepreneurship at Ilia State University.He is also the coordinator of the 500 Georgia Acceleration Program. \nAna Robakidze – Founder\, CEO @ Theneo. Previously: Head of Engineering at Clientela\, worked on hundreds of different APIs and in 2022  won a Web Summit Pitch competition.Theneo (YC W22) specializes in AI platform development focused on API documentation. The company develops\, controls and maintains API documentation through artificial intelligence and machine learning. \nStartup Grind is a global organization that unites up to 3 million entrepreneurs around the world. The main goal of the organization is to discover and facilitate the development of startups\, knowledge sharing and the creation of entrepreneurial communities in an informal environment. \nThe goal of Startup Grind’s university chapter is to create a community that will promote the presentation of Georgia’s entrepreneurial potential in the international arena. \nWorking language:Georgian \nTime: 3 April\, 19:00 PM \nPlace: Ilia State University\, Building B\, room B201. Ilia Chavchavadze Ave. 32 \nAny interested person can attend the event based on registration form. \nPlease register by March 30. Places are limited\, the first 40 registered people will be able to attend the event. \nRegistration form:https://forms.gle/FTsahNvXJyhXx2Nc8 \nFor additional Information please contact: tiko.m@startupgrind.com \n2023 \n  \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n[wpai_display_imported_files_here] URL:https://events.iliauni.edu.ge/event/georgian-american-startup-ecosystems-from-the-90s-to-today/ CATEGORIES:Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://events.iliauni.edu.ge/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/75221.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20230409T200000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20230409T200000 DTSTAMP:20260425T075130 CREATED:20230404T113600Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240202T090904Z UID:10000109-1681070400-1681070400@events.iliauni.edu.ge SUMMARY:PERFORMANCE "THE IDEAL FAMILY" DESCRIPTION:Comedy in 1 Act \nWhat happens when you start building your life according to other’s opinions?! When you try to present yourself through derogation of others and create an ideal family only for others to see… Are there any ideal families at all?! Or there still are Václav Havel’s play characters around us\, who are constantly trying to underline inferiority of others and talk about their harmonious relationship. \nTranslator: Maya Nachkebia\nDirector: David Tchakhrakia\nSet and Costume Design: Giorgi Ustiashvili\nTechnical Director: Natia Samadashvili \nThe Cast:\nVera – Ruska Makashvili (Actress of the Rustaveli National Theatre)\nMihal – Giorgi Goguadze\nBedržih – Paata Papuashvili \nFirst Performance 30 March 2019\nDuration: 80 minutes\,  without  intermission \nPerformance was staged through financial assistance of Tbilisi Municipality\nand support of “Sky Development” \n\nRELATED PHOTO\nRELATED VIDEO\n\n\nTime: April 9\,  20:00 \nDuration: 80 minutes\,  without  intermission \nLocation: Ilia State University Theatre\, Ilia Chavchavadze Avenue N32 (back yard) \n2023 \n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n[wpai_display_imported_files_here] URL:https://events.iliauni.edu.ge/event/performance-the-ideal-family-4/ CATEGORIES:Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://events.iliauni.edu.ge/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/74238.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20230412T200000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20230412T200000 DTSTAMP:20260425T075130 CREATED:20230407T121831Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240202T090902Z UID:10000106-1681329600-1681329600@events.iliauni.edu.ge SUMMARY:PERFORMANCE "The Misfortune of Darispan" DESCRIPTION:In 1 Act \nPresenting a century-old story of how a Georgian gentry Darispan wanders with one of his four unmarried daughters Karozhna from doorstep to doorstep\, from friends to relatives\, from acquaintances to neighbours to somehow secure a decent husband for her to ensure that her future is taken care of. \nThis story\, tragic and comic at the same time\, is saturated with enormous love towards the country which “was always shot at but has never died”. This story is a spitten image of the fate of our country which\, like Darispan\, seeks a way out elswhere: in the help of others\, in “marrying off to a worthy candidate”\, in the illusion of a happy life\, which bounces back and causes even deeper despair. \nWhat is more inportant – freedom or untroubled life? \nThe actors and the director together with the audience shall attempt to find a way to help Darispan’s family and therefore\, the country as well. \n\nDirector: Saba Aslamazishvili\nSet Design: Mariam Kalatozishvili\nCostume Design: Sandro Margvelashvili\nMusical Arrangement: Nino Sikharulidze\nChoreographer: Dea Abakelia\nMusical Consultant: Ivane Khachidze\nTechnical Director: Tamuna Kamladze\n\nThe CAST: \n\nDarispan – Slava Natenadze\nMartha – Lili Khuriti\nPelagia – Maia Khornauli\nNatalia – Nina Kipshidze\nKarozhna – Mashiko Tvalabeishvili\nOsiko – Tornike Kakulia\n\nThe Performance was staged through financial assistance of the Tbilisi Municipality \nDuration of the Performance – 70 minutes withough intermission \nTime: April 12\,13\, 21\,  20:00 \nLocation: Ilia State University Theater\, Ilia Chavchavadze Avenue N32 (back yard) \n2023 \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n[wpai_display_imported_files_here] URL:https://events.iliauni.edu.ge/event/performance-the-misfortune-of-darispan/ CATEGORIES:Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://events.iliauni.edu.ge/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/75517.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20230419T100000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20230419T100000 DTSTAMP:20260425T075130 CREATED:20230412T065300Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240202T090858Z UID:10000103-1681898400-1681898400@events.iliauni.edu.ge SUMMARY:International Conference "Center and Peripheries: Political\, Economic\, Cultural and Linguistic Space Adaptation in Contemporary Era" DESCRIPTION:On April 19\, Ilia State University will be hosting the second day of a three-day multidisciplinary international conference entitled “Center and Periphery: Adaptation of Political\, Economic\, Cultural\, and Linguistic Space in Modernity”. The first and third days of the conference will be held on April 18th and 20th\, respectively\, at Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University and Caucasus University. \nThe conference brings together Georgian and foreign researchers from various fields to analyze political\, economic\, cultural\, linguistic\, and literary processes from the perspective of the relationship between the center and the periphery. \nThe conference was prepared by the initiative of Lille University and Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University. In addition to the University of Ilia and the University of the Caucasus\, the following French institutions were also involved in its organization: French-Georgian University (Université franco-géorgienne)\, Catholic Institute of Vendée (ICES – Institut Catholique de Vendée)\, Exis Center for Romane Studies – University of Aix-Marseille (CAER – Aix-Marseille University). \nThe working languages for the conference are French and English. \nTime: April 19\, 10:00 \nLocation: T102\, Ilia State University\, 3/5 Cholokashvili Ave. \nThe full program of all three days of the conference can be found at the following link  https://bit.ly/3zRrvTP \n2023 \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n[wpai_display_imported_files_here] URL:https://events.iliauni.edu.ge/event/international-conference-center-and-peripheries-political-economic-cultural-and-linguistic-space-adaptation-in-contemporary-era/ CATEGORIES:Conferences ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://events.iliauni.edu.ge/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/75565.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20230420T100000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20230420T100000 DTSTAMP:20260425T075130 CREATED:20230316T105155Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240202T103123Z UID:10000100-1681984800-1681984800@events.iliauni.edu.ge SUMMARY:15TH EUROPEAN DIGESTIVE SURGERY CONFERENCE DESCRIPTION:The 15th European Digestive Surgery International Conference (European Digestive Surgery 2023)\, organized by Ilia State University (ISU)\, will be held on April 20-22. \nThe conference program includes traditional challenges and modern achievements in digestive medicine\, which will be presented by more than 30 high-profile speakers from Europe and other parts of the world. \nProminent representatives of the Georgian medical community\, including ISU professors\, will be among the speakers. \nTo offer delegates an extensive interdisciplinary program\, the conference also covers the fields related to digestive medicine\, such as oncology\, gastroenterology\, radiology\, transplantology\, etc. The world-class medical experts will deliver lectures in a special honorary session. \nThe scientific and social program of the conference was developed by the ISU School of Medicine\, the leading research and educational institution in Georgia. \nWorking language: English \nFor further information and registration\, please refer to the conference website at: eds2023.org \nEDS Tbilisi 2023 organizing team: \n\nIvane Abiatari\, President of EDS 2023\nThierry Berney\, Chairman Scientific Programme Committee\nKoba Shanava\, Chairman Organizing Committee\n\n\nAcademic partners of the conference: \n\n“Petre Shotadze Tbilisi Medical Academy”;\nGeorgian American University (GAU);\nBAU International University\, Batumi.\n\n\nThe conference has been accredited by the European Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (EACCME) with up to 13 European CME credits. \n2023 \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n[wpai_display_imported_files_here] URL:https://events.iliauni.edu.ge/event/15th-european-digestive-surgery-conference/ CATEGORIES:Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://events.iliauni.edu.ge/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/75175.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20230422T200000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20230422T200000 DTSTAMP:20260425T075130 CREATED:20230404T103200Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240202T090854Z UID:10000098-1682193600-1682193600@events.iliauni.edu.ge SUMMARY:PERFORMANCE "The Human Rites" DESCRIPTION:Drama in 2 Acts \nWhen it is winter and war is raging\, human beings look for warmth and food for survival. Yet what will happen when everything around has already been burnt and only books remain? What is more important – books or survival?! \nTranslator: Tamar Khosruashvili\nDirector: Luka Intskirveli\nDesigner: Teo Kukhianidze\nMusic: Erecle Getsadze\nTechnical Director: Natia Samadashvili \nThe Cast \nProfessor – Giorgi Jikia\nMarina – Aniko Surgaia\nDaniel – Giorgi Tabidze \nDuration of the performance 100 minutes with 1 intermission \nFirst performance: 24 march 2023 \nTime: April 22\,  20:00 \nLocation: Ilia State University Theater\, Ilia Chavchavadze Avenue N32 (back yard) \n2023 \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n[wpai_display_imported_files_here] URL:https://events.iliauni.edu.ge/event/performance-the-human-rites/ CATEGORIES:Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://events.iliauni.edu.ge/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/75172.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20230423T200000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20230423T200000 DTSTAMP:20260425T075130 CREATED:20230404T113700Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240202T090851Z UID:10000096-1682280000-1682280000@events.iliauni.edu.ge SUMMARY:PERFORMANCE "SPINELESS" DESCRIPTION:Drama in 1 Act \nWhat does it feel like to live in Georgia\, when you are different? How can you oppose to the idifference of friends\, family\, society and country?  How can you survive and does the survival matter  at all\, when no one needs you\, no one understands you? One tragic story\, that Alex Chighvinadze wrote is based on true events\, unites the problems of the entire society and  invites us to think about how to change the country in which parents are forced to bury their transgender child quietly hiding from neighbors\, village\, country. \n\nDirector – Gela Guliashvili (Senior work)\nSet and Costume Designer – Teo Kukhianidze\nTechnical Assistant – Maka Metreveli\nSupervisor – Vano Khutsishvili\, Associate Professor\, Ilia State Unievrsity\n\nThe Cast: \n\nMartha – Maia Khornauli\nMamia – Giorgi Tsertsvadze\nNino – Aniko Shurgaia\nDaniel – Giorgi Makadze\n\nDuration of the Performance – 90 minutes \nFirst Performance – 2 July 2022 \n\nPhoto Gallery\n\n\nTime: April 23\, 20:00 \nDuration: 90 minutes \nLocation: Ilia State University Theater\, Ilia Chavchavadze Avenue N32 (back yard) \n2023 \n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n[wpai_display_imported_files_here] URL:https://events.iliauni.edu.ge/event/performance-spineless-4/ CATEGORIES:Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://events.iliauni.edu.ge/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/74815.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20230425T200000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20230425T200000 DTSTAMP:20260425T075130 CREATED:20230406T073447Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240202T090849Z UID:10000094-1682452800-1682452800@events.iliauni.edu.ge SUMMARY:PERFORMANCE "God of Carnage" DESCRIPTION:Black Comedy in 1 Act \nWhat can happen when parents of two teenage boys meet to discuss the misbehavior of their children? Nothing special\, you would say\, they will meet\, take coffee\, or tea\, or alcohol and have a civilized\, soothing conversation about how new generation develops\, about how times change and about how they were different from their children\, right? Right\, this is how Yasmina Reza’s play “God of Carnage” starts off\, however… Well\, honestly\, boys will be boys always and everywhere\, leaving it practically impossible to predict the whole spectrum of their parents’ demeanor. \n\nTranslation: Kethy Kvantaliani\nDirector: David Chabashvili\nDesigner: Gocha Agashenashvili\nTechnical Director: Maka Metreveli\n\n The cast: \n\nGiorgi Bakhutashvili\nNata Berezhiani\nGaga Shishinashvili\nMaya Khornauli\n\nFirst Performance – 7 February 2014 \nAll rights reserved \nThe performance was staged with the financial assistance of Tbilisi Centre of Cultural Events \n\nRELATED PHOTO\nRELATED VIDEO\n\n\nTime: April 25\,26\,30\,  20:00 \nLocation: Ilia State University Theater\, Ilia Chavchavadze Avenue N32 (back yard) \n2023 \n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n[wpai_display_imported_files_here] URL:https://events.iliauni.edu.ge/event/performance-god-of-carnage/ CATEGORIES:Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://events.iliauni.edu.ge/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/75494.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20230428T200000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20230428T200000 DTSTAMP:20260425T075130 CREATED:20230404T111100Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240202T090845Z UID:10000092-1682712000-1682712000@events.iliauni.edu.ge SUMMARY:PERFORMANCE "THE DOCTOR IN SPITE OF HIMSELF" DESCRIPTION:Comedy in 1 Act \nThe comedy is centered around the drunkard good-for-nothing Sganarelle who the entire world mistakenly believes to be a miraculous doctor able to treat any disease. “The patients” propose him vast sums of money in exchange for a phenomenal medicine\, which\, of course\, does not exist. Sganarelle quickly grows very rich and yet remembers to do a kind deed and cure the most important of all illnesses – love. \n\nTranslation: Kethy Kvantaliani\nDirector: Koko Roinishvili\nSet and Costume Design: Barbara Aslamazi\nMusic: Zurab Gagloshvili\nChoreography: Tinatin tsuladze\nTechnical Director: Tamuna Kamladze\n\nThe Cast: \n\nSganarelle – Irakli Chkhikvadze\nMartine – Annie Imnadze\nLucas – Nodar Dzotsenidze\nGeronte – Andrea Vachridze\nJacqueline –Aniko Shurgaia\nLucinde – Anka Vasadze\nLéandre – Giorgi Kiknadze\n\nMusic used in the performance: \n\nRaphael – Balada De La Trompeta\nRaphael Beau – Ca Deroule\nRoque Banos – Circus Freaks\, Love at Park\,  Hidding In The Forest\, Titles\nll piccolo circo\nStephen Trask – The Show\nCirque Du Soleil – Wedding\nA. Zanzotto & Nin0 Rotta – Canto della Buranella\n\nFirst Performance – 3 November 2022 \nDuration of the Performance: 1 hour and 30 minutes without intermission \nPerformance was staged through financial support of Tbilisi Municipality. \n\nRELATED PHOTO\nRELATED VIDEO\n\n\nTime: April 28\, 20:00 \nDuration: 1 hour and 30 minutes without intermission \nLocation: Ilia State University Theater\, Ilia Chavchavadze Avenue N32 (back yard) \n2023 \n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n[wpai_display_imported_files_here] URL:https://events.iliauni.edu.ge/event/performance-the-doctor-in-spite-of-himself-4/ CATEGORIES:Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://events.iliauni.edu.ge/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/74811.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20230429T200000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20230429T200000 DTSTAMP:20260425T075130 CREATED:20230404T115100Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240202T090843Z UID:10000089-1682798400-1682798400@events.iliauni.edu.ge SUMMARY:PERFORMANCE "Charley’s Aunt" DESCRIPTION:Comedy in 1 Act \nComedy full of absurdity and intricate storyline\, where young men knit a web of thousand lies for their loved ones\, where a young man can suddenly turn into Donna Rosa\, where the young man dressed as Donna Rosa can charm a colonel\, who\, in turn\, can receive a visit from his first love\, Donna Rosa\, who is an aunt to the friend of the Colonel’s son\, the aunt\, whose dress is on the friend of his son who\, in turn\, is helping his friends to reunite with their loved ones \n\nDirector: Kakha Gogidze\nDirector of the Renewal: Andrea Vachridze\nSet Design: Anuka Murvanidze\nCostumes Design: Tsitsi Tsitskhvaia\nMusical Arrangement: Arsen Migriauli\nChoreographer: Sophie Gvritishvili\nTechnical Director: Natia Samadashvili\n\nThe cast: \n\nColonel Francis Chesney – Zuka Gabunia\, Luka Akhaladze\nJackie Chesney\, his son – George Shavgulidze\nCharley Wykehem – David Davituliani\nBabbs Babberley – Andrea Vachridze\nCriggs\, Judge – David Velijanashvili\nAnnie\, his niece –  Natia Kvashali\, Mariam Nadiradze\, Nuka Kevkhishvili\nBetty\, his ward – Marita Janashia\nDonna Rosa d’Alvadorez\, Charley’s Aunt – Maka Shalikashvili\nEla Delahey\, her ward –  Annie Talakvadze\, Mariam Khukhunashvili\nBrassett\, valet – Nikusha Gogidze\, Gaga Arabuli\n\nPerformance was staged through financial support of Tbilisi Centre of Cultural Events \nDuration: 90 minutes without intermission \nFirst Performance: 27 May 2016 \n\nRELATED PHOTO\nRELATED VIDEO\n\n\nTime:  April 29\,  20:00 \nDuration: 1 hour and 30 minutes without intermission \nLocation: Ilia State University Theater\, Ilia Chavchavadze Avenue N32 (back yard) \n2023 \n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n[wpai_display_imported_files_here] URL:https://events.iliauni.edu.ge/event/performance-charley-s-aunt/ CATEGORIES:Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://events.iliauni.edu.ge/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/74816.png END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR