University Futsal Tournament
2019-03-12 16:49 (Asia/Dubai)
From April through 17 May 2019, The ISU Department of Student Affairs organizes a university futsal tournament for male teams. The matches will be held on ISU E premises. Only ISU student teams can participate. Playing for more than one team is not allowed. Each team shall consist from 6 to 8 students.
The matches will have two 12-minute halves with a halftime break of 5 minutes.
The winning team will be awareded ISU Perpetual Cup Trophy. Teams winning the first, second and third places will be presented with respective medals and certificates.
For more details, see Futsal Cup Regulations.
Those interested should fill in the following application at https://goo.gl/kSi618
Registration deadline: 29 March 2019.

Enterprise and Entrepreneurship Skills Training
2019-03-07 13:00
Enterprise and Entrepreneurship Skills Training

Outline:
The programme will focus on developing students’ enterprise skills and supporting them to create their own ventures in the creative industries. The programme will be delivered as an intensive ‘business bootcamp’ over two half-days at Ilia State University. The programme will guide students through the business start-up journey and equip them with skills in business planning, ideation and pitching.
Dates and Times:

1:00pm to 8:00pm on March 7th and 9:00am to 12:00pm on March 8th.
Audience:
University students with an idea for a business or an interest in pursuing an entrepreneurial career path within the creative industries.
Objectives:
Developing students’ knowledge of business start-up in a creative industry context
Providing students with the skills to launch a business in the creative industries
Raising awareness of Creative Spark and of the value of enterprising skills more broadly
Session 1. Developing the Idea – March 7th 2019

1:00pm to 1:45pm – Innovation Based Entrepreneurship – introductory session by David Chechelashvili on innovation-based on entrepreneurship – getting the basic right and the road ahead.

Apart from the introductory session, Professor Gurpreet Jagpal will be the main facilitator.

1:45pm to 3:15pm – Ideation – a range of creative thinking and idea generation tools will be introduced to the students and they will be invited to think about problems or challenges that they encounter in their everyday life that could be solved with a business/social enterprise solution.
4:15pm to 5:15pm – Idea development – students will learn how to evaluate ideas effectively and to develop their business models using the Business Model Canvas.
5:15pm to 5:30pm – Break
5:30pm to 6:45pm – Understanding the market – students will be provided with practical tools to help them determine whether there is a market for their idea. This will include competitor analysis techniques and customer profiling tools based on the Lean Start Up methodology.
6:45pm to 8:00pm – Marketing the idea – building on the previous session, this session will focus on practical marketing tools and techniques that can be used to attract new customers and raise the profile of the business.

Session 2. Building the Business – March 8th 2019

9:00am to 10:30am – Financial and Funding – the students will work through practical activities to determine whether their idea is financially viable and will explore potential sources of funding to start or develop their idea.
10:30am to 11:00am – Intellectual Property – the students will be introduced to some of the key concepts in intellectual property and referred to appropriate resources for further support at a local level. (This particular session will be run by Teona Bebia– Patent and Licensing Associate at Technology Commercialization Office (TCO), ISU)
11:00am to 12:00pm – Pitching the idea – students will construct a one-minute ‘elevator’ pitch that clearly articulates their business idea. Students will practice their pitch in small groups and provide feedback to each other.

In order to attend the training, please register beforehand (follow the link –https://bit.ly/2TpVSxf )

Facilitator Profile
Professor Gurpreet Jagpal

Professor and Director of the Aldridge Institute for Enterprise and Entrepreneurship
DBA: Higher Education Management, MBA: Master of Business Administration, MSc: Real Estate Management, BA (Hons), MBTI Certified Practitioner, ILM Certificate
Gurpreet is the Professor and Director of the Aldridge Institute for Enterprise and Entrepreneurship, which is a pioneer in enterprise education, established to transform the futures of young people and support the next generation of entrepreneurs thereby creating a more successful economy.
Prior to this, Gups was Director of Research, Enterprise and Innovation at London South Bank University (LSBU, and CEO of South Bank University Enterprises Ltd (SBUEL) where his main responsibilities include the strategic and day-to-day operations for London South Bank University’s (LSBU) research and enterprise activities.
An inspirational, transformational and visionary Director, with over a decade of experience, spanning a number of higher education institutions, Gurpreet has successfully established, executed and fostered the growth of a number of enterprise and business outreach centres strengthening their links with local industry.
His expertise span the areas of: research support; knowledge transfer; enterprise skills; entrepreneurship; innovation; life coaching; management consulting; mentoring; project management; commercial property and business development. Gurpreet also runs his own residential property business specialising in buy-to-lets and project-managing renovations.
Davit Chechelashvili

David has been an entrepreneur and held numerous strategy and business development positions in hi-tech startups since 1999. His fields of experience span from hard core technology disciplines like immersive visualization solutions, VR/AR, Stereo 3D to sophisticated consumer marketing industries including retail and education.
As an entrepreneur, David was one of the founders of Neurok Optics and iZ3D.
As a strategy executive, David determined strategic direction at X6D Ltd (known under DBA XPAND) in addition to Neurok Optics and iZ3D. He has a proven track record in building retail presence, distribution channels (including OEM) and strategic partnerships for both, small private companies (X6D, Neurok, iZ3D) and divisions of larger companies (MicroAge, Deloitte & Touche, Renaissance Capital).
From 2014 David has been a visiting lecturer at Ilia State University and a Marketing and Business Development specialist of Technology Commercialization Office (TCO) at the same university.
David is a mentor for Startup Braga (Portugal) and the Innovation and Technology Agency. He also heads the local chapter of StartUp Grind, a global startup community designed to educate, inspire and connect entrepreneurs.

Public Lecture by leading transplantologist, Professor Kwang-Woong Lee of Seoul National University Hospital (SNUH)
2019-03-01 17:00
On 1 March, at 16:00, Ilia State University (ISU, B 201) will host a public lecture on Prospects of Liver Transplantation in Georgia through Living and Deceased Organ Donation by a leading transplantologist, Professor Kwang-Woong Lee of Seoul National University Hospital (SNUH). Professor Lee will present his views and recommendations based on the international experience in this field.
In recognition of his support to Georgian doctors and for his contribution Professor Kwang-Woong Lee will be conferred with honorary doctorate from Ilia State University.
About the Speaker
Professor Kwang-Woong Lee graduated from Seoul National University. He has been with Samsung Medical Center and National Cancer Center, Korea as a hepatic and transplant surgeon. He has also been in Johns Hopkins University Hospital as a consultant. He is now the professor of the Department of Surgery, Seoul National University, Korea. Professor Lee is also a chief of the division of Hepato-Pancreatico-Biliary surgery, SNUH and an executive director of International Health Care of Seoul National University and Vice-president of SNUH for Global planning and development. He is an internationally acclaimed liver transplant surgeon. He has performed over 1000 hepatocyte transplantations, including 150 outside South Korea. In Georgia, together with his Georgian colleagues, he has performed 14 liver transplant surgeries, all of which ended successfully.
Professor Lee’s research topics include hepatocyte transplantation, gene delivery, cancer stem cell, best immunosuppressant for HCC, bile duct ischemia induced by warm ischemia, and polymorphism. He developed several innovative techniques to reduce biliary complications after liver transplantation.
Professor Lee is Honorary President of Hepatolo-Transplant Association of Kazakhstan, as well as a visiting professor at University of Medicine of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar, and a member of editorial boards of several high-profile medical journals with a focus on surgery.
A memorandum of cooperation will be signed between ISU, Seoul National University, Seoul National University Hospital (SNUH) and Innova Medical Center with a view to promoting collaboration in the fields of medical education, research, training, and joint clinical and academic activities.

Language: English
Time: 1 March 2019, 16:00
Venue: Room B201, Ilia State University (32 Ilia Chavchavadze Ave.)
Attendance is free.

Liver Transplant Surgery Livestreaming and Lecture
2019-02-28 09:00
On the initiatve of Ilia State University (ISU) and in collaboration with the Georgian Association of Transplantologists (GAT), leading transplantologists of Seoul National University Hospital (SNUH) and medical professors and adjunct lecturers from ISU will conduct a liver transplant surgery in the Innova clinic affiliated with ISU.
ISU professors Koba Shanava and Ivane Abiatari, as well as invited lecturers Nikoloz Rtveliashvili and Levan Koiava will perform the living donor liver transplant surgery together with a delegation of SNUH led by a leading transplantologist, Professor Kwang-Woong Lee.
Those interested can watch the surgery livestream from the operating theatre in ISU, Room G106, from 09:00, 28 February. At 9:30, Professor Lee will join the audience to speak about the progress of the operation.
Time: 28 February 2019, 10:00
Venue: Room G106, Ilia State University (1 G. Tsereteli Str.)

International Scientific Student Conference
2019-02-27 19:01
Students Facing the Challenges of the Twenty- First Century

Ilia State University, Georgia
18-20 July, 2019
Proposal submission deadline: 10 April, 2019

The twenty-first century has brought new challenges to the university education. In the last few years, most universities have witnessed the significant inner transformations in their education system. However, there still remains a serious challenge to the universities to meet the demands of the social community the product of which they represent.
At the turn of the 21st century, the major challenges face the university education system: economic globalization, knowledge-based economic growth, the information and communications revolution, global migration process, the national and transnational policy, – all these significant trends require a sufficient acquisition of competences and skills to ensure career success that students aim to achieve in 21st century.
The challenges of the twenty-first century lead to a wide range of competences of various fields, namely, specialized capabilities, social and intercultural competences, language competences- English languish acquisition along with other languages, and finally, the immediate knowledge of economic and political forces that affect the modern societies.
Accordingly, in the last two decades, the modern societies have witnessed the necessity of adopting a new teaching / learning model. There are a lot of relevant texts available that focus on the three leading issues- certain motivations for adopting a new learning and teaching model, the acquisition of specific competences and skills required to answer the challenges of the twenty- first century and the pedagogy of stimulation of these skills (Cynthia Luna Scott, 2015).
The special document approved by the UNESCO in 2015 introduces a list of competences and skills, intended to be developed in the educational process and thus adopting the appropriate pedagogy, that will promote students’ postgraduate advancement that come as a relevant response to the recent challenges of social and labor market.
The recent challenges include introducing new digital technologies in the learning process and setting a relevant academic condition for students and professors so that they can reach the target of applying new technologies together with the traditional models of teaching / learning. In addition, today, when there is a large access to any kind of unverified or verified information for students available in the shortest period of time, it still remains within the university commitments to promote critical thinking in students, to teach them how to use new technologies, how to evaluate and choose the relevant information for their professional advancement and then, how to use the knowledge in practice.
Correspondingly, the aim of the conference is identifying and discussing the recent reforms in the university education system in Central and Eastern Europe including the specific questions: how the students engage in reform initiatives and its implementation; how they evaluate the corresponding relationship between the universities and employment market; how the professional skills can be adopted within the learning process; how the students engage in starting and developing scientific and research projects; how they are equipped with the opportunities to participate in research projects with their professors that finally achieves the goal of acquiring a wide range of skills and competences, such as metacognitive and intercultural competences, team work, team partnership and leadership, initiatives and enterprise management knowledge, organization, curiosity and imagination, efficient oral and writing communication skills, information acquisition , critical thinking and decision-making skill, flexibility and adaptability, risk-taking and creativity (Wagner 2010).
Based on the above, the participant students can submit their proposal on the following colloquium topics:

Teaching/Learning and digital technologies
Research component in the learning process
University and employment market: student-university-enterprise
The Relationship between school and university
Education reform- achievements and shortcomings
Examination system: national entrance exams or school-leaving exams?
Accredited programs for student mastering and student expectations
Material and academic resources required to master the chosen specialty
University library and the conditions for applying its online resources
Student’s professional engagement: internship as a necessary term in MA studies
Advantages and disadvantages of traditional and online teaching
Teaching /Research internationalization and student mobility programs- efficient way of acquiring intercultural knowledge
Lingual uniformity or multilingualism?

In addition, the conference participants can offer other colloquium topic on the university education.
Communication languages: Georgian, French, English
Articles will be evaluated by the Scientific Committee (double anonymous evaluation). They will be published in the 7th edition of the CODFREURCOR journal Etudes interdisciplinaires en Sciences humaines (Tbilissi, Georgia)
Conditions of participation:
Proposal should be prepared and submitted as a word format. The font should be Times New Roman, size 12. It should include the following information:
Civil Status: (Mr/Mrs/Ms)
Student status: Bachelor, Master’s, PhD student
First Name:
Last Name:
University:
Postal Address:
Phone number:
E-mail address:
The title of the paper (max. 20 words)
Abstracts should be written in the language of communication and in English with keywords (max. 250 words)
All proposals should be submitted at colloqueetudiant@iliauni.edu.ge
Dates:

Deadline for the submission of proposals is 10 April, 2019
Deadline for the notification on the acceptance of the proposals is 30 May, 2019
The Conference program will be published on 15 June, 2019

The Organisation Committee:
Megi Gaprindashvili- megi.gaprindashvili.1@iliauni.edu.ge
Elza Imnadze – elza.imnadze@iliauni.edu.ge
Salome Pantsulaia – salome.pantsulaia.1@iliauni.edu.ge
Nino Kharazishvili – ninakharaz@yahoo.fr
Mariam Kharebava – mariami.kharebava.1@iliauni.edu.ge
Salome Lapachishvili – salome.lapachishvili@iliauni.edu.ge
The Scientific Committee:

Blbulian Taguhi, Yerevan State University
Doborjginidze Nino, Ilia State University, Vice-Rector
Dokhturishvili Mzago, Ilia State University
Eiben Ileana, South Timisoara University
Frumuşani Daniela, University of Bucharest
Garnier Eleonore, IFG, Attaché of university and scientific cooperation
Grigoryan Karine, Yerevan Brusov State University of Languages and Social Sciences
Ghutidze Inga, Ilia State University; Samtskhe-Javakheti State University
Gvalia Giorgi, Ilia State University, Dean of School of Arts and Sciences
Gvantseladze Teimuraz, Sukhumi State University
Kavtaradze Nino, Tbilisi State University
Kharebava Makvala, Ege University
Khositashvili Giga, Ilia State University
Lomidze Miranda, Akaki Tsereteli State University of Kutaisi, Director of CODFREURCOR
Mamatsashvili Atinati, Ilia State University
Nozadze Liana, Akaki Tsereteli State University of Kutaisi
Pataraia Nino, Ilia State University
Patras Roxana, “Alexandru Ioan Cuza” University of Iassy
Shaverdashvili Ekaterine, Ilia State University
Surguladze Natalia, Shota Rustaveli State University of Batumi
Vrabie Diana, “Alecu Russo” State University of Balţi
Zbant Ludmila, Moldova State University

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Public Lecture: Digital Humanities Communities: Research background and new activities in EpiDoc and Pelagios
2019-02-11 16:30
On 11 February 2019, Dr Gabriel Bodard and Dr Valeria Vitale of the University of London will deliver a public lecture within the frames of the project The Epigraphic Corpus of Georgia funded by the Shota Rustaveli National Science Foundation (FiR17– 62).
Topic: Digital Humanities Communities: Research background and new activities in EpiDoc and Pelagios.
Language: English
Time: 11 February, 16:30
Venue: Ligamus Book House, Ilia State University (32 Chavchavadze ave.)
Attendance is free.

Seminars by Professor Paolo Cecchini
2019-01-23 18:00
Paula B. Cachim has been working as a professor in Civil Engineering Department of University of Aveiro, Portugal for 22 years. He is author of 5 books, 2 book chapters, 35 articles in international scientific journals, 5 articles in Portuguese journals, 46 articles in international conferences and 24 articles in Portuguese conferences. He is an editor of 2 books/conference proceedings. He has supervised 3 concluded PhD theses, 42 concluded master dissertations and 5 PhD theses running and master dissertations running. He participated in 2 European projects and 8 Portuguese competitive funding projects. He is a member of organizing commission of 8 national and international conferences; member of scientific commission of 9 national and international conferences scientific reviewer for more than 80 articles for 27 international scientific journals. His research areas are optimization for structural solutions, developing software for structural analysis including nonlinear finite element analysis of structures, precast prestressed slabs, concrete sections, columns, punching, breakwater preliminary design, calculating and analyzing structures for seismic actions, analysis of bridges, viaducts, bridge-dam, wind tower foundations, prestressed structures, slabs, concrete, steel, timber and glass structures.
He will present two seminars as below:

Title: Fire resistance of timber structures (fire behavior of timber and timber connections, numerical modeling of timber and timber connections in fire)

Wednesday from 18:00 to 20:00 at G 106 auditorium

Title: Exercise solving for a small structure under fire loading. Learning and teaching methods in structural courses.

Friday from 18:00 to 20:00 at G 106 auditorium

International Association for Group Psychotherapy and Group Processes (IAGP) Student Conference
2019-01-22 19:00
On 22-24 January, 2019, Ilia State University (ISU), together with the Georgian Group Psychotherapy Association (GGPA) and the International Association for Group Psychotherapy and Group Processes (IAGP) will hold a conference on group psychotherapy at ISU A101.
Conference speakers and topics:
22 January

History and Future Perspectives of International Association of Group Psychotherapy and Group Processes:

Speaker: Richard Beck (USA) – IAGP President;

Challenge for IAGP Future Contribution to the Migration Psychological Trauma and Crisis

Speaker: Catherine Mela – MD (Greece), IAGP Vice-President, IAGP Chair of Research Committee;

Centenary of the Journal “DER NEUE DAIMON” (The New Daimon) in an Austrian Perspective

Speaker: Michael Wisier – PhD, IAGP Treasure (Austria).
23 January

More Spontaneity Less Anxiety. Can We Measure Spontaneity?

Speaker: Galabina Tarashoeva – MD; Petra Marinova-Djambazova – MD, PhD, Psychodrama Center & Psychiatric Practice Orpheus (Sofia, Bulgaria);

Complementary/Integration of Psychotherapeutic Practices: An Insightful Understanding

Speaker: Mona Rackawy (Egypt);

Exploration of Multi-Sensory Rituals and Their Significance in Healing and Therapy. An Experience from India

Speaker: Magdalene Jeyarathnam (India);
24 January

Psychodrama and Research of Social Role

Speaker: Marcia Almeida Batista (Brazil);

The Social Dreaming Matrix as a Research Method: from the ‘Foundation Myth’ to Dreams as Semiophores

Speaker: Domenico Agresta (Italy).
Language: English
Time: 22 January, 19:00-21:00
23 January, 19:00-21:00
24 January, 19:00-20:30
Venue: Room A101, Ilia State University (32 Ilia Chavchavadze ave.)
Attendance is free.

PUBLIC LECTURE: THE RECEPTION OF ARISTOTLE IN GEORGIAN LANGUAGE
2018-12-19 18:00
On December 19, professor of Ilia state university, Tamar Tsopurashvili and assistant-researcher Ana Lomadze delivered a public lecture on the topic “The Georgian Language Reception of Aristotle”.
They talked about Georgian translations of Aristotle’s “Peri Hermeneias” and its commentaries. These texts were translated in XVIII century and now belong to Georgian National center of manuscripts. Savle Tsereteli Institute of Philosophy works on publishing critical edition of these works.
Aristotle’s “Peri Hermeneias” played a great role in developing philosophy of language and theory of language. There are many commentaries about this work. One of the prominent commentaries belongs to Boethius. The research process also involves comparing “Peri hermeneias” commentaries’ Georgian translations to its Latin commentaries.

Student Life Forum
2018-12-15 12:00
On 15 December 2018, from 12:00 to 15:00, a Student Life Forum will be held at ISU B201 as part of the Student Life Week, in which all active student clubs and university offices will participate.
At the Forum, students will receive updates from the clubs’ representatives regarding their activities and membership.
Those interested will be able to have individual consultations with the representatives of ISU offices/centres.
The event will be interesting for all ISU students, regardless of the academic year and faculty.
Attendance is free!
The following ISU clubs and offices/centres will participate in the Forum:
ISU offices andcentres:

Office of Foreign Relations – scholarships and mobility programmes in different European countries.
Office of Development – research grants and funding
Library – library services, preparation of readers, online service and co-working spaces
Zoomout – a pre-accelerator programme supporting startups and novice entrepreneurs
Fablab – Laboratory of technological innovations
Ligamus – Book house, café, reading hall and co-working space
Music Centre – major and minor programmes in different music genres and areas
Center for Academic Writing – consultations and workshops in academic writing and presentation techniques
Iliauni Theatre – theatre space, student discounts
Debate Club – public debates, tournaments, discussions and debate techniques
Department of Student Affairs – student projects and events, sports and physical activities, student employment, winter and summer schools, consultations, registration of students’ concerns and recommendations related to the academic process

ISU student clubs:

Eco Hikers Club
Federalist Club
E Pluribus Unum
FESC – Future Economists Club
ISU History Students Club
Managers Club
ISU Finance Students Club
Folk Dance Club
Student Self-Governance
Environmental Protection Club
Young Sociologists Club
Culture Club
What? Where? When? Club
International Relations Club
Folk Choir

Each club has its own profile and is open to any ISU student.
At the Forum, students will be able to fill in a registration form to joint the club of their choice.
Time: 15 December 2018, 12:00-15:00
Venue: B 201, Ilia State University, 32 Ilia Chavchavadze Avenue

SAVLE TSERETELI INSTITUTE OF PHILOSOPHY CONFERENCE
2018-12-12 11:00
On December 12, Savle Tsereteli Institute of Philosophy organized conference, committed to 100 years anniversary of Petritsi Philosophical Society. The conference was also dedicated to the memory of Guram Tevzadze.
Themes of the presentations included:
“Developing Petritsi philosophical society (1918, 26 May)”
Prof. Dr. Malkhaz Matsaberidze, Tbilisi State University

“Providence, destiny, us: Neoplatonic paradigms in Petritsi’s and Pletho’s works”
Prof. Dr. Lela Aleqsidze, Tbilisi State University

“Divine light in us according to Proclus’ “The theology of Plato”
Tamar Khubulava, Doctoral student of Freiburg (Germany) and Friborg (Switzerland) universities

„The causa-essentiails theory and it’s consequent ontological models: the theories of analogy and univocity.”
Prof. Dr. Tamar Tsopurashvili, Ilia State University

“Voice as chora”
Lasha Matiashvili, PhD student of Tbilisi State University

Proclus’ conception of “One”
Ana Kiria, PhD student on Tbilisi State University

Explaining Petritsi’s term of “trfialeba”
Assoc. prof. Dr. Maka Lashkhia, Ilia State University

Guram Tevzadze as enlightener
Prof. Doc. Giorgi Baramidze

Human Rights: Equality Matters
2018-12-10 16:00
On 10 December 2018, at 16:00, ISU (Room B201) will host a public meeting Human Rights: Equality Matters. Organized by the Council of Europe Office in Georgia and the Public Defender’s Office, the event will mark the Human Rights Day.
Equality, diversity and discrimination will be addressed from different perspectives, namely in the contexts of literature, psychology, cinema and youth activism.
The meeting will be opened by Cristian Urse, Head of the Council of Europe Office in Georgia. The event will be moderated by Nino Lomjaria, Public Defender of Georgia.
Priest Giorgi Tserodze will speak about equality in the context of Christianity; literary critic Davit Gorgiladze will explain how equality and diversity are reflected in Georgian literature; film critic Teo Khatiashvili will address hate speech and stereotypes in Georgian and international cinema art and the ways of overcoming them; psychologist Maia Tsiramua will provide a detailed overview of the psychological aspects of discrimination, its causes and instruments available against it; Principal of Public School No.5 Nargiz Jincharadze will tell the audience about her efforts to integrate Roma children in the Georgian context; activist of the No Hate Speech campaign Maria Andreeva will speak about her own experience and the role of the youth in the fight against hate speech.
Journalists, students, and representatives of civil society and diplomatic corps will participate in the event. They will be given an opportunity to share their opinions about human rights, equality and diversity, as well as leave messages on a specially designed human rights wall.
Contact person: Natia Kantaria, Council of Europe office in Georgia
Email: natia.kantaria@coe.int; Tel.: +995 555 633543
Human Rights Talks: Equality Matters is organized within the framework of the Co-operation Project “Fight against Discrimination, Hate Crimes and Hate Speech in Georgia” implemented under the Council of Europe Action Plan for Georgia 2016-2019.
Languages: Georgian and English (simultaneous interpretation will be provided)
Time: 10 December 2018, 16:00
Venue: Room B201, Ilia State University (32 Ilia Chavchavadze Ave.)
Attendance is free.

Research Presentation by Andreas Weiss
2018-12-07 19:00
On 7 December 2018, anthropologist Andrea Weiss will give a research presentation on Political Space and Borderland Practices in Abkhazia and Adjara with respect to the Role of Turkey: transboundary processes and (re)-configurations of political space in the Caucasus. The presentation will be held within the framework of Anthropological Research Seminars at Ilia State University, C318, at 19:00.
Language: English
Time: 7 December 2018, 19.00
Venue: Room C318 (32 Ilia State University)
Attendance is free.

Presentation of Research Reports
2018-11-27 13:00
On 27 November 2018, at 13:00, the ISU Business Research Centre, the PMC Research Centre and Kutaisi University will organize a joint event at ISU Ligamus Book House to present the following research projects:

Competitive Analysis of the Tbilisi Hospital Sector and its Value Chain Using Components of the Methodology of Smart Specializations – to be presented by Giorgi Khishtovani, Associate Professor at ISU Business School, PMC RC Director;
Assessing Competitive of Kutaisi and its Surrounding Areas – to be presented by Paata Kldiashvili, Associate Professor at Kutaisi University;

Research projects have been implemented within the frames of the EU-supported project Advancing Regions for Sustainable Development (ARSD).
Along with the results of the research, recommendations produced for central and local authorities will be discussed.
Please confirm your participation no later than 24 November 2018 by addressing your e-mail to: nino.pataraia@iliauni.edu.ge
Language: Georgian
Time: 27 November 2018, 13:00
Venue: Ligamus Book House, Ilia State University (32 Ilia Chavchavadze Ave.)

"Omics Data Integration – Tbilisi 2018"
2018-11-26 09:00
Omics Data Integration – Tbilisi 2018 is a two-day intensive course on the analysis of multi-omics data. An international panel of instructors will provide practical examples about how to analyze, visualize and integrate high-throughput biological data using the
R Statistical Software. Transcriptomics (RNA-seq), methylation (Methy-seq) and chromatin accessibility (ATAC-seq) data will be the focus of the course.
The course offers several hands-on sessions, where attendees will be guided in solving real data-analysis challenges. At the end of the program the participants will be able to perform basic analyses on single omics data, and will know the main strategies for performing integrative analyses on the considered omics types.
Omics technologies allow us to investigate cellular mechanisms that are at the basis of all biological processes. Omics data have profoundly changed biology and biomedicine, fostering novel areas of research such as precision medicine.
Instructors
• David Gómez Cabrero, Head of the Translation Bioinformatics Unit, Navarrabiomed, Pamplona, Spain.
• Núria Planell Picola, Bioinformatician, Translation Bioinformatics Unit, Navarrabiomed, Pamplona, Spain.
• Vincenzo Lagani, Associate Professor in Bioinformatics, Ilia State University, Tbilisi, Georgia.
Requirements
The following prerequisites are recommended.
• Knowledge of basic cellular processes: RNA transcription and epigenetics mechanisms. Preliminary material will be made available before the course for attendees without background in biology.
• Basic experience in programming, preferably in the R language. Participants without programming skills will be able to understand the concepts and ideas presented in the course. To benefit from the hands-on sessions, participants without experience in programming should consider learning the basics of the R language: a four-hour course about R is offered for free in DataCamp.
• Participants should bring their own laptops.
Omics Data Integration – Tbilisi 2018 as a Mirror Event
The Omics Data Integration – Tbilisi 2018 course is a mirror event of the STATegra Summer School on NGS and Data Integration held in Navarrabiomed between 24 and 28 September, 2018.
The idea behind Espurna2K mirror events is to replicate high-level educational initiatives in locations that are outside the circuits where such initiatives are usually held. The scope of mirror events is to maximize the dissemination of knowledge, sparkling virtuous processes that should produce self-sustainable communities of interest on highly specialized topics.
Venue: Ilia State University, Room E207, 3/5 Kakutsa Cholokashvili Ave., Tbilisi, Georgia
Dates: 26 and 27 November, 2018
Fee: the course is free of charge.
Registration: candidates shall apply online through this form not later than the 18th of November, 2018. Participants will be selected based on eligibility: priority will be given to the candidates whose profile better matches the course requirements.
Contact: contact@espurna2k.org

Public Lecture by Dr. Lars Vigerland
2018-11-13 16:00
On 13 November 2018, at 16:00, within the frames of the Global Entrepreneurship Week 2018 (GEW 2018), Dr. Lars Vigerland of Södertörn University, Sweden, will deliver a public lecture at ISU IPO: How and Why Change an Enterprise from Private to Public.
About the Speaker:
Dr. Lars Vigerland is a senior lecturer and a researcher at Södertörn University in Stockholm, Sweden, as well as a businessman, investor, consultant and a member of boards of several trusts of charitable and scientific organizations.
Dr. Vigerland teaches marketing, finance, research method and philosophy of science. His research interests are in the areas of real estate, banking and IPO (initial public offerings). He has recently been engaged in a new project on wine industry of Georgia. In the 1990s, Dr. Vigerland ran his own real estate development business with more than 100 residential and commercial tenants in Stockholm. Having successfully sold his real estate business to one of Sweden’s largest insurance companies in 2000, Dr. Vigerland has since then focused on investing in startups and small businesses.
Dr. Vigerland’s knowledge of and skills in both the academic field and entrepreneurship is somewhat unique within academia as well as in the business environment.
Language: English
Time: 13 November 2018, 16:00
Venue: Room E207, Ilia State University (3/5 Cholokashvili Ave.)
Attendance is free.

Commemorating 100 Years from the End of World War I
2018-11-12 18:00
On 12 November 2018, ISU will host a symposium dedicated to 100 years from the end of WWI, jointly organized by the Embassy of the Republic of Austria in Tbilisi and Ilia State University.
The symposium will be attended by the Ambassadors of the countries that participated in WWI:

The Ambassador of the Republic of Bulgaria to Georgia H.E. Mrs. Dessislava Ivanova-Kozleva
The Deputy Head of Mission of the Embassy of Germany to Georgia Mr. Michael Fabri
The Ambassador of the French Republic to Georgia H.E. Pascal Meunier
The Ambassador of the Hellenic Republic to Georgia H.E. Dimitrios Karabalis
The Ambassador of the Italian Republic to Georgia H.E. Antonio Enrico Bartoli
The Ambassador of Japan to Georgia H.E. Tadaharu Uehara
The Ambassador of the Republic of Austria to Georgia, H.E. Arad Benkö
The Ambassador of Romania to Georgia H.E. Radu Liviu Horumba
The Ambassador of the Turkish Republic to Georgia H.E. Fatma Ceren Yazgan
The Ambassador of the United Kingdom to Georgia H.E. Justin McKenzie Smith
Chargé d’affaires a.i. at US Embassy to Georgia Ms. Elizabeth Rood

Opening remarks by Professor Giga Zedania, Rector of Ilia State University.
The event will be moderated by Mr. Oliver Reisner, historian and professor at Ilia State University.
Piano: Ms. Angeles Iglesias
Time: 12th of November, 18:00 p.m.
Venue: Ilia State University, Chavchavadze Ave. 32, Room B201
Working language: English with Georgian translation
Admission free

Public Lecture Wine in Sweden–From a Consumed Luxury to an Upcoming Industry with an International Context
2018-11-12 17:00
On 12 November 2018, at 17:00, within the frames of Global Entrepreneurship Week 2018 (GEW 2018), Dr. Paulina Rytkönen, Associate Professor of Södertörn University, Sweden, will deliver a public lecture at ISU Wine in Sweden – from a Consumed Luxury to an Upcoming Industry with an International Context.
About the Speaker:
Dr. Paulina Rytkönen is an Associate Professor of Economics at Södertörn University in Sweden. She specializes in entrepreneurship, industry transformation studies and business development in agri-food sector. She is an expert on geographical indications and on growth issues in rural businesses. She is also Sweden’s leading wine market and history researcher.
Language: English
Time: 12 November 2018, 17:00
Venue: Room G106, Ilia State University (1 G. Tsereteli Str.)
Attendance is free.

Global Entrepreneurship Week 2018
2018-11-12 10:00
From 12 to 18 November ISU will celebrate the Global Entrepreneurship Week 2018 (GEW 2018), an initiative of the Global Entrepreneurship Network (GEN).
Held in over 160 countries and having more than 20 000 partner organizations, GEW brings together millions of people taking part in more than 35 000 events and activities.
ISU has been the partner of GEW since 2016.
Within the frames GEW 2018, ISU will organize a series of activities, seminars, public lectures and competitions. The activities will be focused on building the capacity of women and youth to engage in entrepreneurship.
Schedule of Events:
➤ Public Lecture: Wine in Sweden – From a Consumed Luxury to an Upcoming Industry with an International Context
Within the frames of GEW 2018, Dr. Paulina Rytkönen, Associate Professor of Södertörn University, Sweden, will deliver a public lecture Wine in Sweden – from a Consumed Luxury to an Upcoming Industry with an International Context.
Language: English
Time: 12 November 2018, 17:00
Venue: Room G106, Ilia State University (1 G. Tsereteli Str.)
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➤ Public Lecture by Dr. Lars Vigerland
Within the frames of GEW 2018, Dr. Lars Vigerland of Södertörn University, Sweden, will deliver a public lecture IPO: How and Why Change an Enterprise from Private to Public.
Language: English
Time: 13 November 2018, 16:00
Venue: Room E207, Ilia State University (3/5 Cholokashvili Ave.)
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Discussion Fighting Disinformation–from StopFake to Baltic Elves
2018-11-09 16:00
On 9 November 2018, at 16:00, Media Development Foundation (MDF) and Ilia State University (ISU) are holding a discussion Fighting Disinformation–from StopFake to Baltic Elves. The event will take place in Ligamus Book House at ISU.
Students will have an opportunity to learn about the Ukrainian and Lithuanian experience of confronting hybrid warfare and disinformation. The Ukrainian experience will be presented by Artem Babek, an investigative journalist, Transparency International Ukraine, while the Lithuanian experience in countering trolls will be introduced by Giedrius Sakalauskas, representative of the online resistance movement Baltic Elves and an internet activist.
The presentations will be followed by a discussion.
Organized within the frames of the Project Media Literacy Youth Lab for Responsible Media Consumption, the event is supported by the US Embassy in Georgia.
About the Speakers:
Giedrius Sakalauskas, Lithuanian expert in countering disinformation and a leader of the online resistance movement Baltic Elves aiming at confronting the pro-Kremlin trolls and Russian propaganda
Artem Babek, Ukrainian investigative journalist, an expert in media literacy and fact checking, now represents Transparency International Ukraine. In the past, he acted as an expert and coach of StopFake.org, a web portal designed to confront disinformation.
Languages: Georgian and English (interpretation into Georgian will be provided)
Time: 9 November 2018, 16:00
Venue: Ligamus Book House, Ilia State University (32 Ilia Chavchavadze Ave.)
Attendance is free.

Presentation "Food Safety and Essentials of Risk Assessment"
2018-11-08 11:00
On November 8 2018, at 11:00, Stylianos Koulouris, Scientific Cooperation Officer at European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), will deliver a presentation on Introduction to Food Safety and Risk Assessment at ISU G 106.
Stylianos Koulouris supervises European Food Risk Assessment Fellowship Programme (EU-FORA) and is responsible for cooperation with EU neighborhood countries.
EFSA is a European agency funded by the European Union that operates independently of the European legislative and executive institutions (Commission, Council, Parliament) and EU Member States. EFSA was set up in 2002 following a series of food crises in the late 1990s to be a source of scientific advice and communication on risks associated with the food chain. The agency was legally established by the EU under the General Food Law – Regulation 178/2002.
The General Food Law created a European food safety system where responsibilities for risk assessment (science) and for risk management (policy) are kept separate. EFSA is responsible for the former area, and also has a duty to communicate its scientific findings to the public. Thanks to this system, European consumers are among the best protected and best informed in the world as regards risks in the food chain.
Language: English
Time: 8 November 2018, 11:00
Venue: Room G106, Ilia State University (1 G. Tsereteli Str.)
Attendance is free.

Public lecture by Dr. Rebekah Kim: Probing the Mysterious Relationship Between Chinese Characters and the Hebrew Bible
2018-11-07 17:00
On 7 November 2018, Dr. Rebekah Kim of Harvard University will deliver a public lecture called Probing the Mysterious Relationship Between Chinese Characters and the Hebrew Bible at ISU B 201, at 17:00.
The exact origin of Chinese characters has long been a mystery and subject of much academic conjecture. However, it is commonly understood that these characters have a meaning and story which have survived the rigors of etymological developments through the ages.
Is there a common thread that ties together the Book of Genesis from the Hebrew Bible and Chinese characters? Did the obscure religion of a seemingly insignificant nation which lay between the great Egyptian and Mesopotamian civilizations have any impact on the language and culture of another ancient civilization in the East, separated by a distance of four thousand miles?
Dr. Rebekah will discuss the meaning behind different Chinese characters and explore the potential influence of the Hebraic religion and beliefs on these characters as adopted by the Chinese, Korean, and Japanese languages.
Lecture Purpose:
The purpose of this lecture is for students who are interested in linguistics and cross-cultural studies, as well as anyone interested in East Asian cultures and languages, to discover the potential linguistic link between the most influential literature of the Ancient Near East and the Far East Asian language with over 50,000 characters.
Time: 7 November 2018, 17:00
Venue: B 201 Ilia State University (32 Ilia Chavchavadze Ave.)
Working language: English
Scope of Audience: Open to all ISU students, as well as students from surrounding universities in Tbilisi. We will also have visitors from America and Korea.

Public Lecture by Paul Manning: "The City of Gardens: Three Garden Heterotopias of Old Tbilisi"
2018-10-26 18:00
On 26 October 2018, at 18:00, ISU (Room A101) Professor Paul Manning, of the Trent University, will be speaking about The City of Gardens: Three Garden Heterotopias of Old Tbilisi
Long ago, Tbilisi, the old walled city that is also known as K’ala, was ringed with suburbs, Garetubani, which were filled with gardens. The famed description of Tbilisi by Vakhushti in the 18th century does not describe any of these suburban gardens specifically, only drawing attention to the extraordinary number of them. Tbilisi was in this sense a typical Persian city, defined by a central opposition between city and suburban gardens, contrasting models of spatial order that exist side by side.
What kinds of gardens were there in and around Tbilisi? What kinds of heterotopias, “other spaces” –spaces that announce themselves as mythic or real worlds apart from the ordinary– did they represent? What kinds of everyday practices, of drinking and walking, what urban genres of writing and song, were associated with these different gardens? And how did they differ not only from the ordinary spaces – the streets and houses– of the city, as well as from each other? Tbilisi is haunted by the after-images of these gardens. Today I want to talk about three such urban garden heterotopias: suburban walled royal gardens from the Safavid period of Sololaki, which all were destroyed in 1795, new Russian colonial gardens typified by Alexandrovski Garden, and lastly, Ortachala’s gardens, the gardens of the poetry of Old Tbilisi.
Language: English
Time: 26 October, 18:00
Venue: Room A101, Ilia State University (32 Ilia Chavchavadze Ave.)
Attendance is free.

"Right to Privacy in the Era of Transparency and Mass Surveillance"
2018-10-26 15:00
Public lecture on “Right to Privacy in the Era of Transparency and Mass Surveillance” will be held on October 26 at 15:00
Judge of the European Court of Human Rights, Ganna Yudkivska will speak about a development of the notion of privacy and its reasonable expectations, growing requirements to informational space, right to be forgotten, mass surveillance and omnipotent state.
Doctor of Philosophy in law, Ganna Yudkivska has been elected to European Court of Human Rights in 2010. She is the President of the Fourth Section of the Court. She is also an Associate Professor of the Academy of Advocacy of Ukraine and Member of the Board of the European Society of International Law.
After lecture food will be served
Language: English
Time: 26 October 2018, 15:00
Venue: Ligamus Book House, Ilia State University (32 Ilia Chavchavadze Ave.)
Attendance is free.

International Conference The Black Sea as a Literary and Cultural Space
2018-10-25 09:30
From 25 to 27 October 2018, ISU will host an international conference The Black Sea as a Literary and Cultural Space.
The event was initiated by Professor Alexis Nuselovici of the University of Aix-Marseille (France).
Organizers: Professor Mzagho Dokhturishvili, Director of the Research Centre Romance Intercompherension. Intertextual Dialogue; Professor Bela Tsipuria, Director of Comparative Literature; Professor Zaal Andronikashvili, a research fellow at the ISU Institute of Social and Cultural Studies and the Center for Literary and Cultural Research in Berlin and Professor Alexis Nuselovici, leader of the ‘Transpositions’ group based at the Interdisciplinary Centre for Literature Study of the University of Aix-Marseille (France) (Laboratoire EA4235) and head of the ‘Exile and Migration’ Chair at the College of World Studies (Fondation Maison des Sciences de l’Homme, Paris).
Fifty-nine scholars will participate in the conference, including 22 foreign researchers from France, Germany, Italy, Switzerland, Denmark, the Hellenic Republic, Turkey, Burgaria, Rumania and Russia.
The Conference will run 7 plenary sessions and 18 sessions in three parallel tracks.
Conference languages: Georgia, French and English
The Conference will be opened on 25 October 2018, at 09.30, ISU E 207.
An official reception and the presentation of the 5th volume of a quadrilingual journal EISH (Interdisciplinary Studies in the Humanities, ed. Mzagho Dokhturishvili) will be held on 25 October, 2018, 19:00, in the Exhibition Hall of the National Parliamentary Library of Georgia.
A roundtable session will be held on 26 October, 2018 from 17.45 to 18.45 to discuss the prospects for a long-term proposal for Horizon 2020 on The Black Sea as a Literary and Cultural Space.
From October 24 to 28, ISU will host a marine photography and painting exhibition at Room E 207.
Attendance is free.

INVITATION TO PANEL DISCUSSION “GEORGIA IN EUROPE, EUROPE IN GEORGIA”
2018-10-24 15:00
On October 24, 2018 the Ilia State University and the University of Tartu convene a discussion session “Georgia in Europe, Europe in Georgia” in the framework of the Jean Monnet Network “Developing European Studies in the Caucasus”.
The event is based on two recent publication projects – a special issue of the journal “Region: Regional Studies of Russia, Eastern Europe and Central Asia” (Slavica Publishers, Indiana University, US) and the forthcoming Yearbook of Association of European Studies in the Caucasus (ibidem Verlag, Germany). The discussion will be focused on the various dimensions of Georgia’s communication and interaction with the EU and its member states in a situation of the ongoing conflict with Russia, and different ways of using European experiences for the sake of domestic reforms.
Moderator and chair: Olga Bogdanova (University of Tartu)
Panelists and authors: Mikheil Shavtvaladze (Javakhishvili State University), Olga Dorokhina (Caucasus International University), Givi Gigitashvili (International Development Division, Warsaw), Andrey Makarychev (University of Tartu)
Discussant: Oliver Reisner (Ilia State University)
Location: Ligamus Book store, Ilia State University, Chavchavadze av. 32
Time: 24 October at 15:00

Public Lectures Minimally Invasive Surgery
2018-10-23 18:00
On 23 October 2018, at 18:00, Dr. William V. Braun and Dr. Konrad Karcz will deliver public lectures at ISU G106.
William V. Braun, Fellow of the Royal Australian College of Surgeons, will speak about Complications of Bariatric Procedures.
Each method used in bariatric surgery has pros and cons. Dr. Braun will discuss bariatric surgery procedures and postoperative complications, as well as improvements in psychological and nutritional status following the procedures. The speaker will review the Australian healthcare system and surgical training opportunities.
W. Konrad Karcz, Professor, Dr. med. PHM, Head of Minimally Invasive Surgery at Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich will deliver a lecture on Boundaries of Laparoscopic Oncosurgery.
The main objective of minimally invasive surgery is to reduce surgical traumas. Performed in 1987, the first laparoscopic cholecistechtomy was a breakthrough in abdominal surgery. Reduction of surgical traumas improves the outcomes of surgical treatment. Advancements in imaging and robotic technologies have contributed to the development of laparoscopic and minimally invasive surgery, significantly expanding the boundaries of endoscopic and laparoscopic treatment of benevolent diseases. Moreover, minimally invasive surgery has become crucial in diagnosing and treating malignant diseases. Nevertheless, many questions related to the scope, potential and limitations of laparoscopic oncosurgery still remain to be addressed. Professor Karcz will try to answer some of such questions in connection with two vital organs, pancreas and liver.

Language: English
Time: 23 October, 18:00, Ilia State University (1 G. Tsereteli Str.)
Attendance is free.

Conference Democratic Republic of Georgia (1918-1921): In Search of Form and Content
2018-10-23 14:00
On 23 and 24 October ISU will host a conference Democratic Republic of Georgia (1918-1921): In Search of Form and Content organized by the ISU Institute of Social and Cultural Studies. The conference aims to highlight the hitherto understudied themes and revisit the methodology and perspectives through which the Social-Democratic Movement and the First Republic have been studied so far. It seeks to identify the challenges and prospects of future research both in terms of empirical evidence and theoretical considerations.
The conference is planned within the frames of the annual project dedicated to the interdisciplinary study of fundamental political, cultural, economic and theoretical aspects related to the First Republic of Georgia beyond the previously dominant perspectives of historiography and politology.
Date: 23-24 October
Venue: Ilia State University (3/5 Kakutsa Cholokashvili Ave., Room E207)
Attendance is free.

Public Lecture from Professor Hans Ulrich "Sepp" Gumbrecht
2018-10-22 18:00
On 22 October 2018, at 18:00, ISU Ligamus Book House will host Professor Hans Ulrich “Sepp” Gumbrecht’s public lecture called “Does Silicon Valley Have and Need An Epistemology? ”
If Hegel was to re-appear in the 21st century to ask his obsessive question where does spirit dwell?, his attention would be captured by avant-garde engineers developing artificial intelligence in Silicon Valley. Being unable to fit within the established frames of thought, which most of us associate with philosophy, Silicon Valley inhabitants are obviously disregardful of traditionally-minded intellectuals.
However, do they need epistemological frames? What stands beyond their amazing and frightful fecundity?
About the speaker:
Hans Ulrich “Sepp” Gumbrecht , Honorary Doctor of the Ilia State University, is among the most influential literary and cultural theorists. Professor at Stanford University, he specializes in literature and philosophical traditions of France, Spain, Germany and Portugal. Gumbrecht is the author of The Powers of Philology (2003), In 1926: Living on the Edge of Time (1998), In Praise of Athletic Beauty (2006), Vom Leben Und Sterben Der Grossen Romanisten: Karl Vossler, Ernst Robert Curtius, Leo Spitzer, Erich Auerbach, Werner Krauss, Hanser (2002), Production of Presence: What Meaning Cannot Convey (2004) and many others that have been translated into different languages of the world.

Language: English
Time: 22 October 2018, 18:00
Venue: Ligamus Book House, Ilia State University (32 Ilia Chavchavadze Ave.)
Attendance is free.

Public Lecture "Sustainable Forest Management: Growth Models"
2018-10-22 11:00
A public lecture on Sustainable Forest Management: Growth Models will be held on 16 October 2018, at 11:00, at ISU G 106.
Speakers:
Gigia Aleksidze – Ministry of Environmental Protection and Agriculture of Georgia
Criteria and Indicators of Sustainable Forest Management in Georgia.
Lars Drössler – Ilia State University
Available Data on Forest Growth Assessment in Georgia
Martin Gudde – Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
New generation of forest growth models.
Brief description:
After presenting sustainable forest management criteria and indicators, as well as forest and the land-use atlas of Georgia (https://atlas.mepa.gov.ge/), the speakers will discuss the possibilities of applying the indicators to the forest and land-use atlas. The second part of the event will be devoted to available and necessary data for forest growth modelling, such as data extraction tables, remotely sensed data, national forest inventory, dendrochronic data, etc. Finally, state of the art approaches to forest growth modelling will be presented, to facilitate decision-making in the process of sustainable forest management.
Language: English
Time: 22 October, 11:00
Venue: Room G106, Ilia State University (1 G. Tsereteli Str.)
Attendance is free.
