Traditional school co-organized by UCT Prague will take place in Izrael this year in December.

Following four successful years of the Prague Summer School on Advances in Drug Discovery, this year the school will be held Jointly with the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot, Israel (www.weizmann.ac.il). The school is co-organized by the University of Chemistry and Technology Prague and Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of the CAS.

Winter school 2018 website

• Deadline for abstract submission: October 1^st, 2018
• Notification of acceptance: November 1^st 2018
• Winter school: December 3^rd - 7^th

ICETI 2018 - International Conference on Environmental Technology and Innovations will take place on 21^st - 23^rd of November 2018.

The conference will provide a forum for presentation and discussion of scientific papers, covering a number of topics within environmental science and engineering.

ICETI is organized in cooperation between the Faculty of Environmental Technologies, University of Chemistry and Technology, Prague, cluster WASTen, z.s.,  Faculty of Environment and Labour Safety, Ton Duc Thang University, Université de Strasbourg - Icube and University od Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna.

This conference brings together engineers, scientists, researchers, students, managers and other professionals in order to address and discuss emerging environmental issues dealing with interactions of industrial development and environment. The success of this conference reflects the critical environmental topics that are discussed as well as the quality of the presented papers. All the papers which are selected for either oral or poster presentations undergo a review process.

The registration is open until end of August 2018.

ICETI conference website

UCT Prague, Department of Food Analysis and Nutrition, in cooperation with the EU-funded project FoodIntegrity, organizes a Training week in Prague from the 3rd to 7th September 2018.

The event consists of TRAINING SCHOOL on assuring the integrity in the food chain (3-5 September 2018), and SYMPOSIUM for Post-Graduate Students on Food Fraud (6-7 September 2018).

Website of the FoodIntegrity Training week

A Conferral Ceremony of Doctor Honoris Causa upon Prof. Jiří Drahoš, former President of the Czech Academy of Sciences and UCT Prague alumnus, took place on Friday, 24 November, at the Dancing House (Tančící dum) in Prague.

Kobe University is pursuing further academic collaboration between Japan and Europe through its Brussels European Centre and Kobe University Liaison Office in Kraków. As a member of the Kobe University Advisory Board, Prof. Drahoš has shared his vast experience as President of the Czech Academy of Sciences to strengthen the international activities of Kobe University in Europe.

Recognizing his significant role and contribution to Europe, the Czech Republic, and Kobe University, Kobe University has conferred a Kobe University Doctor Honoris Causa upon Prof. Drahoš.