Upcoming ICA Board Events:
The ICA Events to be held at the Faculty of Agriculture, University of Zagreb, Croatia in October 2024.
- ICA-CoP Bio-Edu Workshop on 23 and 24 October 2024: Engaging with the corporate world to enhance the provision by life science universities of lifelong learning for professionals in the Bioeconomy.
- ICA-Edu Workshop on 23 and 24 October 2024: Developing best teaching and learning practices for the professional use of AI in Life Science Higher Education. (Hybrid event)
- 14th ICA Rectors and Deans Forum on 24 and 25 October 2024: The Future of Agriculture and Forestry in Europe: implications for Life Science Universities which will build from the 2024 EU Strategic Dialogue on the Future of Agriculture. (Hybrid event)
- Faculty of Agriculture, University of Zagreb: Local programme Friday 25 October @ 14.00 after the Forum: The future for sustainable wine production: from vineyard to bottle
Register for each event here
The ICA General Assembly 2024 was held online on Thursday 6 June at 15.00. See the reports presented at the General Assembly here
ICA Board Committees Events held in 2024
ICA Network for Innovation in Life Sciences Higher Education (ICA-Edu) 2024 Webinars
Artificial Intelligence in Education: Enhancing Teaching and Learning Capabilities was presented by Joanna Paliszkiewicz, Director of Management Institute, Warsaw University of Life Sciences (SGGW) on Wednesday 25 September. You can view her powerpoint and a recording of the Webinar here
Preparing students for the AI era: integrating fundamental AI tools and skills into academic education curricula was held on Tuesday 25 June 2024. The webinar was presented by:
- Marko Ključarić - providing a former student's perspective
- Sergej Lugović - providing a employer's perspective on using AI in his business
View the the poweproints and a recording of the Webinr here
ICA-Edu Special Interest Group (SIG) for Sustainable Entrepreneurship Education in the Life Sciences held a Workshop - Webinar on 9 September focusing on AI and entrepreneurship education, with a focus on social entrepreneurship. This Workshop - Webinar aimed to provide valuable insights into the integration of AI in sustainable entrepreneurship education, and its role in fostering an entrepreneurial mindset, particularly within the realm of social entrepreneurship. See the pogramme here and links to presentations.
ICA Standing Committees face to face Events held in 2024:
SILVA Network Annual Conference: Changing expectations of society and policy for higher forestry education was be held on 16 – 18 April 2024 at the Faculty of Forest Science and Ecology of the Vytautas Magnus University, Kaunas, Lithuania.
Agrinatura General Assembly will be held on 14 May 2024 and the 3rd Agrinatura Conference was held on 15 May in collaboration with their hosting partners the Natural Resources Institute Finland (LUKE) and The University of Helsinki.
AgriMBA Bi-annual Conference was held on 6 June 2024 at the Warsaw University of Life Sciences (SGGW), Warsaw, Poland
27th Annual IROICA Conference Navigating challenges and opportunities in the era of global polycrisis was held 12-14 June 2024 at the Estonian University of Life Sciences, Tartu, Estonia with the pre-training session from 10 -11 June at the University of Tallinn, Estonia
14th CASEE Conference The Role of the Life Sciences Universities in the Green Transition of Central and Eastern Europe, organized by the University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine of Cluj-Napoca, Romania, was held 19th - 21st of June 2024, to share the scientific novelties within Green Transition of Central and Eastern Europe.
ICA Standing Committees face to face Events 2025:
8th International ISEKI-Food Conference will be held at University of Life Sciences "King Mihai I, Timisoara from 2 - 4 July 2025
new events will be added as dates become available