JIBS International Office at the EAIE Conference in Madrid
23 Sep 2009 | Posted By: Maria Markenroth
By: Peter Warda
On Wednesday September 16, 2009 I landed together with my colleague Eric Freid in Madrid, Spain. A week before our arrival, Madrid had experienced lots of sun and warm weather. With this good news, I packed my sunglasses and Eric left his jacket back in Jönköping. As we landed the sky turned grey and started sending raindrops down on our heads. I wonder how this could be.
The purpose of our trip was to attend the 21st annual EAIE Conference. The European Association for International Education (EAIE) is a network that strives to link international education professionals together in order to help create a global environment where there is mobility and education for all. The conference was situated outside the core areas of the Madrid, in the Congress Hall located at Campo de las Naciones. This year a new record of participants was set as 3900 persons joined the conference.
Our stay in Madrid was quite hectic, with a tight schedule planned for the week containing lots of meetings and networking activities with staff from our partner universities and new potential partners. We learnt a lot from our stay in Madrid and it definitively helped us both to improve our competencies within internationalisation!
The cultural spirit of Madrid, as a city, belongs among the best in the world. The city’s beautiful architecture, colourful activities and lively streets were some of its many factors contributing to this. And of course, the food was great!
We had a wonderful time in Madrid and are proud to have had the opportunity to represent JIBS at this year’s EAIE Conference.
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