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The African Virtual University (AVU) www.avu.org will be attending the 6SCWC (6th Science Centre World Congress) http://www.6scwc.org/ in Cape Town, South Africa from 4th – 8th September 2011.
The AVU will be represented by its Rector, Dr. Bakary Diallo, who will be a Speaker at the Conference. The Rector will make a Plenary Address on Thursday 8th September in the morning titled "Developing collaboratively math and science open educational resources: the experience of the African Virtual University".
The Rector will also make another presentation on Thursday 8th September in the afternoon in a session titled "Social Media in Science Centers". The session will be discussing how social media (Facebook, Twitter, e-Newsletters, blogging, Flickr, YouTube, LinkedIn) are currently being used by science centers and how they could be used in the future.
About the Conference
The Science Centre World Congress (SCWC) is a gathering that directs strategic planning for the worldwide Science Centre movement. The first SCWC was held in 1996 in Vantaa, Finland, hosted by Heureka, an initiative of the Association of Science-Technology Centers (ASTC) and the European Collaborative for Science, Industry and Technology Exhibitions (ECSITE). It was the first effort to bring together science centre leaders from all over the world to a meeting to discuss collaboration and to provide an opportunity for professional interchange and international networking.
The theme for this year's Congress is: Science Across Cultures
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