Chairperson: Prof Ponnadurai Ramasami (vccamru@uom.ac.mu)
Theme: Computational Chemistry Methods in Basic and Applied Sciences
Computational chemistry uses computers to solve chemical problems. It applies theoretical methods implemented in software for computations. At the outset of the 21st century, computational chemistry is leading to a wide range of possibilities usually interdisciplinary. This symposium aims to gather researchers applying computational methods in chemistry and allied subjects. The topics may be related but not limited to structural, spectroscopic, kinetic and thermodynamic aspects. This symposium will highlight research using computational chemistry methods.
The proceedings of this symposium will be the Journal of Molecular Modeling published by Springer.
Chairperson: Prof Ponnadurai Ramasami, UNESCO Chair in Computational Chemistry (unescochair-ccuom@uom.ac.mu)
Theme: Seminars from UNITWIN/UNESCO Chairs
The UNITWIN/UNESCO Chairs Programme, which involves over 850 institutions in 117 countries, promotes international inter-university cooperation and networking to enhance institutional capacities through knowledge sharing and collaborative work. The programme supports the establishment of UNESCO Chairs and UNITWIN Networks in key priority areas related to UNESCO’s fields of competence – i.e. in education, the natural and social sciences, culture and communication (https://www.unesco.org/en/unitwin).
This virtual symposium aims to provide an online platform for the gathering of UNITWIN/UNESCO Chairs to present their activities.
Chairperson: Prof Hyleen Mariaye, UNESCO Chair in Higher Education (higherstudies@mie.ac.mu)
Theme: The Intelligence Revolution and the Ethical PolyCrisis in Higher Education( HE)
This symposium brings together scholars in philosophy of education, ethics, higher education studies, digital pedagogy, and critical AI studies, to reframe the current debate around the kind of educational futures AI is helping to produce in HE. Whilst the focus appears to be on innovation, efficiency, and competitiveness, there is a growing recognition that AI intensifies a polycrisis of ethical, pedagogical, epistemic, and democratic nature. In HE, these entanglements are occasioned by a crisis of attention, a crisis of subjectivity, a crisis of academic judgement and a crisis of educational purpose. The symposium seeks to create a space for engaging with how higher education could become a site of attention, care, and ethical intelligence in the face of the Intelligence Revolution.