Organisation of Professional Congresses, Conferences
and SeminarsMihai JIG ĂU
Institute of Educational Sciences, BucharestThe professional life of specialists in any field is not longer conceivable outside a direct
and continual communication process, targeting topics of interest at the time or relating to
the future. The direct exchange of ideas, the debates, presentations of personal or
collective achievements are an integral part of the current landscape of professional life
oriented to providing quality services and lifelong learning. This by no means implies that
books, journals, scientific work in documentary or electronic format will not remain
highly valuable intellectual instruments of individual professional development, still for a
long time to come.
In the same context, it is estimated that over the following years non-mediated meetings
between professionals will grow increasingly frequent.
International, European, national, regional, local congresses, conferences, seminars,
workshops, etc., organized by institutions or individuals will be more and more part of the
daily occurrences of any profession.
We address here researchers in education, school counsellors, psychologists, pedagogues,
social workers, sociologists, speech therapists, teachers or other specialists involved in
broader social and cultural life, anticipating that the information offered will prove useful
when they are in a position to organize congresses, conferences and seminars, with
international or national attendance.