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Topic: Raoul Weiler


  
  Centre for Science, Technology and Ethics
From 1966 till 1968 Raoul Weiler was a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Department Chemistry) and the Catholic University of America in Washington DC (Department Physics).
From 1968 till 1969 he was a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Centre National de Recherche Scientifique of the Université de Paris V. From 1970 till 1972 he lived in Germany where he worked for the group Bayer AG (Leverkusen) in the department of Applied Physics as a researcher R&D and process-engineer.
Raoul Weiler is also a member of various associations and committees in the field of Sciences, Engineering and Sustainable Development.
www.kuleuven.ac.be /cwte/page.php?ID=40&FILE=persfiche&LAN=E   (419 words)

  
 digitalcommons: Panel Two
Raoul Weiler, an engineer from Belgium, teaches at a Catholic university and is a member of the board of the Club of Rome.
Weiler would like to see framworks that are more open and where less power resides with one sector (like corporate publishers).
Weiler: the disappearance of cultures and languages means we need to brake the slide into fewer languages and cultures.
place.typepad.com /digitalcommons/2005/04/panel_two.html   (1019 words)

  
 Leading Scholars Brief Biographies, Esalen Center for Theory & Research   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-08)
Raoul Weiler teaches at the Université Catholique de Louvain-la-Neuve (UCL), University of Antwerp (UIA), and Catholic University of Leuven (KUL), Belgium.
Weiler is the Vice-President of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts, Vienna (A), President of the Brussels-EU Chapter of the Club of Rome, (B), and an Associated Member of The Club of Rome, (D).
Weiler has several scientific publications, patents, proceedings of symposia and congresses as editor, among them on Water Filtration and the 4th World Congress on Filtration and papers on societal aspects and ethics of technology.
www.esalenctr.org /display/bio.cfm?ID=134   (446 words)

  
 Bay Area Club of Rome Chapter Exploratory Meeting   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-08)
Guest Presenter: Dr. Raoul Weiler, president and co-founder, of the Club of Rome Brussels-EU Chapter.
Raoul Weiler is Professor Emeritus at the University of Leuven, Belgium.
He will discuss some of his experiences as a member of the Club of Rome and in particular his experiences in the formation of the Club of Rome Brussels Chapter.
www.onevillagefoundation.org /ovf/upcoming_events/BACoR.html   (661 words)

  
 [GKD] Club of Rome Events at WSIS
It will be great pleasure to meet you at one of our events, and to talk at that occasion about the future.
Raoul Weiler The Club of Rome President Brussels-EU Chapter ********************************************* EVENTS @ WSIS 2005 The Club of Rome and UNESCO in Partnership with WorldSpace have the honor to announce their joint activity program at WSIS in Tunis.
Chairs: Thomas Schauer, Raoul Weiler * Introduction: ICT and Resource Consumption Thomas Schauer, European Support Centre of the Club of Rome, Austria * Electronic versus Print Media: Who is the Ecological Winner?
www.mail-archive.com /gkd@milhouse.edc.org/msg00072.html   (672 words)

  
 Institute of Advanced Studies on Sustainability - summary
The symposium was opened by an address of HRH Prince El Hassan bin Talal, president of the Club of Rome, read by Prof.
Raoul Weiler, head of the Brussels EU-chapter of the Club of Rome and member of the Senate of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts.- Prof.
Peter A. Wilderer, chairman of the symposium, described the objectives of the symposium, introduced the organizers, and explained the format and responsibilities of the participants.
www.advances.de /pageID_558227.html   (354 words)

  
 The IPTS Report 68
Peter A. Wilderer, Raoul Weiler, Josef Bugl and Jean-Pierre Massué, European Academy of Sciences and Arts
Raoul IR Weiler is professor of the Catholic University of Leuven (KUL), Belgium, Faculty of Agriculture and Applied Biological Sciences within the Center for Ethics on Agriculture, Life Sciences and Environment (CABME).
He serves as Vice-President of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts, and as President of the Brussels-EU Chapter of the Club of Rome.
www.jrc.es /home/report/english/articles/vol68/ENV1E686.html   (2772 words)

  
 Untitled Document   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-08)
Her research areas are concentrated on methods and strategies to operationalise the concept of sustainable development and on modelling dynamic systems.
Raoul Weiler is engineer in Chemistry and Agro-industries and doctor in Applied Biological Sciences (1966) of the Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium.
He joined a German multinational chemical company in 1970 in the division Applied Physics doing applied research on catalytic reaction systems, worked as a process engineer in Germany and Belgium and later as IT-manager of a Belgian subsidiary.
www.terra-2000.org /Terra-2002/Pages/participants.htm   (3775 words)

  
 Santa Clara University - Center for Science, Technology & Society -STS Conference Speakers
Raoul Weiler, Club of Rome and UNESCO – the globalization of information
Since 1995, Raoul Weiler has held teaching and research positions about the relationship between Technology and Society, especially on the problem of sustainability.
Weiler has served as editor and writer on of philosophy of technology, sustainability and global change.
www.scu.edu /sts/conference/speakers.cfm   (2241 words)

  
 News -- Laptop for each Nigerian kid
Burger accompanied by executive committee member of the Club, Prof.
Raoul Weiler, said due to the interest shown by the President and his minister in Tunisia, at the second phase of World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS-05), a meeting has been scheduled between them and the Nigerian top government officials.
This team, he said, would comprise the Minister of Science and Technology, Prof.
odili.net /news/source/2005/nov/18/509.html   (464 words)

  
 [WSIS CS-Plenary] suggestion for WSIS opening speakers   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-08)
Dear all, I think the time is passing and we should reach to a decision.
I support Raoul's suggestion and still I think that Amir has had the right to suggest that (Mrs Ebadi as speaker).
Best Saeid N. Neshat - Iran --- Raoul Weiler wrote: > Dear All, > > I strongly support the idea that the name of Mrs.
lists.apc.org /public/plenary/2003-October/000855.html   (714 words)

  
 Club of Rome - the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-08)
Jordanian PrinceEl Hassan bin Talal is the currentPresident of The Club of Rome.
Some other active members are: Benjamin Bassin, Queen Beatrix of theNetherlands, Juan Luis Cebrian, Orio Giarini, Talal Halman,Fernando Henrique Cardoso, José Sarney, Javier Solana,ManmohanSingh, Kamal Hossain, Esko Kalimo, Ashok Khosla, Martin Lees, Roberto Peccei, Maria Ramirez Ribes,Victor A. Sadovnichy, Keith Suter, Majid Tehranian, Raoul Weiler,Anders Wijkman, and Mikhail Gorbachev.
Critics have charged the Club of Rome with "Neo-Malthusianism"and strong elitism in its membership which interlocks with Europeanpower elite groups such as Bilderberg and to a lesser degreeAnglo-American elite members.
www.aaez.biz /?t=Club_of_Rome   (321 words)

  
 <incom> Fullsack, Compte-rendu du PrepCom-2 de la 2ème phase du SMSI
Lors de la discussion ouverte, Raoul Weiler (Club de Rome) a signalé que le microcrédit a été utilisé avec succès et que la suggestion du « PC à 100 $ » émise au WEF, combinée avec des communications satellitaires très bon marché, constituent une possibilité supplémentaire.
Raoul Weiler évoque la pollution des agences des NU par le commerce selon une véritable relation triangulaire et pense qu’il faut dégager les grandes lignes d’actions pouvant avoir un impact politique.
Je partage en partie l’analyse, les préoccupations et le scepticisme de Raoul.
mail.kein.org /pipermail/incom-l/2005-April/000409.html   (18464 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-08)
Subject: Announcement Club of Rome at WSIS From: "Raoul Weiler"
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Political pressure has already started, in an attempt to block the holding of the Citizens' Summit.
www.comunica.org /pipermail/crisusa_comunica.org/2005-November.txt   (2799 words)

  
 The Emergence of a Sustainable Future: Brainstorming Better Ways to Globalize (from Integral Capitalism and Governance ...
Jeremy Sherman, who is President of Adaptive Strategies, a consulting company based in Berkeley.
Raoul Weiler, who teaches at the University of Antwerp.
And lastly, Gordon Wheeler, who is an Esalen board member and a prominent Gestalt psychologist.
www.esalenctr.org /display/confpage.cfm?confid=14&pageid=116&pgtype=1   (4675 words)

  
 Deutsche Version   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-08)
The event took place upon the invitation of the Bavarian appointee for European Affairs at the EU.
Raoul Weiler, representative of the Club of Rome at the EU, presented the present stage of the Global Marshall Plan Initiative.
Klaus Töpfer gave his commitment to the core demands of the Global Marshall Plan Initiative.
www.clubofbudapest.org /Global%20Marshall%20Plan/n-0404-toepfer.htm   (265 words)

  
 oneVillage Foundation: Mobilizing OVF Smart Mob at Virtual Conference in Preparation for Eradicating Poverty Conference ...
We plan to use the virtual part of the conference--which will take place in a series of pre-conference events (see the chart below)--to communicate and promote the oneVillage “Village Economy” concept to conference participants.
We feel this dovetails very nicely with the work that Dr Raoul Weiler is doing with the Digital World Conference.
The Conference focus is on developing ICT to bridge the digital divide.
blog.onevillage.tv /archives/2004/11/mobilizing_ovf.html   (679 words)

  
 [WSIS CS-Plenary] CS slot on prepcom3b   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-08)
--0-9270610-1069980625=:49929 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Hi everybody: I will be in geneva on the 9 until 12 regards lady Raoul Weiler wrote: Hi, I will be in Geneva from Monday 8 on.
Raoul Weiler ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tracey Naughton" To: Sent: Thursday, November 27, 2003 12:30 PM Subject: Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] CS slot on prepcom3b > Hello > > I will be in Geneva from December 3rd.
Can make myself available to read a > statement.
mailman.greennet.org.uk /public/plenary/2003-November/001411.html   (159 words)

  
 digitalcommons: Conference on capacity building, May 11-13.
The program is a mix of experts, intermediaries, and grass-roots workers who will undoubtedliy highlight their success stories as well as some of the problems faced.
Raoul Weiler, one of the lead speakers at the April 21 conference, is co-president planning this conference.
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place.typepad.com /digitalcommons/2005/04/conference_on_c.html   (177 words)

  
 oneVillage Foundation Newsletter   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-08)
This includes consideration of the fact that we also are served and learn from other villages including those in non-affluent regions as part of the realization of the "global village" concept and process of dynamic knowledge exchange between cultures.
CoR Preparing for WSIS Event - Dr. Raoul Weiler of the Club of Rome Brussels Chapter informs us that he is making progress in compiling the proceedings of the May World Conference in Paris.
The proceedings will be in PDF format which will be downloadable and also distributed as CDs at the upcoming WSIS conference.
www.onevillagefoundation.org /ovf/newsletter.html   (3548 words)

  
 Vijest
Input for your discussions will be given by speakers such as Dr. James J. Foster (Deputy Chief of the US Mission to the EU), Lazar Comanescu (Ambassador, Head of the Romanian Mission to the EU), Prof.
Raoul Weiler (Member of the International Executive Committee, Club of Rome) et alii.
To offer you a more balanced view, you will have the opportunity to exchange your ideas with representatives of various national delegations in Brussels.
www.hrstud.hr /~anomija/stare_vijest.htm   (3087 words)

  
 World Affairs Council of Northern California   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-08)
Joining in the discussions from leading universities will be Calestous Juma, Harvard Universtiy, Paul David, Stanford University, Saskia Sassen, University of Chicago, and John King from the University of Michigan.
The international perspective will be provided by Karen Delgadillo from Ecuador, Raoul Weiler from UNESCO in Paris and the Club of Rome, Pedro Hepp from Chile, and Roberto Verzola, from the Philippines.
Santa Clara University President Paul Locatelli, S.J. will open the conference, Center Executive Director Geoffrey Bowker will set the context and moderate the panesl, and John Seely Brown will offer closing remarks.
www.itsyourworld.org /program.php?page=1231   (313 words)

  
 Digital Earth 2003 - Program
Hana AYALA: The Art and Power of Welding Science and Heritage in a Knowledge Economy for the 21st Century
Raoul WEILER: The COSMOPAD modelling framework: Conceptual System Dynamics Model of Planetary Agricultural and Biomass Development
Franz Josef RADERMACHER: The Global Society Dialogue: Thinking about a Sustainable global future
digitalearth03.geogr.muni.cz /program.html   (305 words)

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