2007

Report of the JURE conference in Budapest, Hungary.

The 10th pre-conference of the Junior Researchers of EARLI took place on the 27-28th of August 2007, in Budapest, Hungary. The conference theme was: "Learning as a focus, process and outcome". JURE 2007 gathered 218 registered participants from all over the world. The participants enjoyed 43 paper presentations, 46 poster presentations, 7 roundtable presentations, 5 workshops and 218 lunch boxes. The topics of the workshops were writing scientific articles, phenomenography, video-observation in research, the use of technology in research, and analysing computer supported collaborative learning.
The JURE conference enjoyed the Hungarian hospitality in many ways. Csíkos Csaba ( conference manager) provided full support as well as an unforgettable private performance of “Restless feet” (Finnish punk song!). It is a known fact that the Hungarians and the Finnish have a close linguistic connection - they just do not understand each other. Nevertheless, the JURE conference dinner took place in a cozy terrace of the Fresco Restaurant with more than 100 people. We were also glad to see so many seniors joining the dinner.