This event is being held in the Ground Floor Conference and Training Centre of the Faculty of Adult Education and HRD of the University of Pécs and its new Auditorium which is located on the western campus of the University of Pécs (Point 1. on the University Map). Delegates will be taken by buses to the site from Hotel Palatinus at 7.45 am and Hotel Pátria at 8 am (on each conference working days)

Hotel Laterum is within walking distance of the conference venue!

The Faculty of Adult Education and Human Resources Development, a part of the University of Pécs, is a European campus which nurtures foreign relations, follows the scientific, research, educational and training requirements of the Bologna Process. The Faculty shapes its knowledge-focused processes by research and development activities, by employing and executing new forms of training and education, distance learning and e-learning, while keeping close ties with the economy and having an innovative attitude. The Regional Lifelong Learning Research Center of the Faculty is responsible for co-ordinateing lifelong learning related research, EU-funded projects in the Lifelong Learning Integrated Programme through Erasmus, Grundtvig and Leonardo da Vinci programmes and Tempus.

Find out more about our projects at: http://www.feek.pte.hu/english/pages/index.php?ulink=1476

The location for the conference is Pécs in Southern Hungary. The City has a two thousand-year-old history as evidenced by its Roman archeological heritage, has been the Catholic Episcopal seat from the early 11^th century, and is the site of the earliest Hungarian university. It was founded in 1367 by the Anjou king, Louis I (for more on the city of Pécs, go to  http://www.pecs.hu/varosnezes). Today, the University of Pécs is one of the largest in the country with 10 faculties, with Adult Education and Human Resources Development amongst them (see http://www.pte.hu). Together with the University, the City of Pécs is preparing itself for a series of events and development projects as the European City of Culture 2010. At the same time, preparations are also well advanced for the city’s Year of Teaching and Learning, also in 2010. This conference is an important element in the preparations for that thematic year on behalf of the University of Pécs.

September 1st every year is the official commemoration day of the University’s foundation.