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WACRA 2005

WACRA 2005. Brno, Czech Republic. July 3 - 6, 2005. Capital. Conference site. Where we are. Czech Republic - history. rich, complicated, and ancient 4 th century B.C. – Celts End of the 5 th and beginning of the 6 th century - arrival of Slavs

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WACRA 2005

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  1. WACRA 2005 Brno, Czech Republic July 3 - 6, 2005

  2. Capital Conference site

  3. Where we are

  4. Czech Republic - history • rich, complicated, and ancient • 4th century B.C. – Celts • End of the 5th and beginning of the 6th century - arrival of Slavs • First unified „state“ - 7th century – Frankish merchant Samo (Greater Moravian Empire) • 1346-1378 - the peak in the prestige and power of the kingdom of Bohemia during the reign of Charles IV

  5. Czech Republic - history • Beginning of the 15th century – crisisof state, Hussite movement • 1526 - the Habsburg dynasty – formation of a multi-national empire • 1620 – defeat of Bohemian Estates (Battle of White Mountain), continued centralization • 28th October, 1918 – foundationof an independent state of Czechs and Slovaks • March 1939 – May 1945 – Germanoccupation • February 1948 – Communisttakeover

  6. Czech Republic - history • August 1968 – Soviet-led invasion by Warsaw Pact countries brings an end to the "Prague Spring" and an attempt to build "Socialism with a human face"

  7. Czech Republic - history • November 1989 - fall of the Communist regime • 1.1. 1993 Czech Republic founded after the split of Czechoslovakia

  8. Czech Republic - geography • landlocked; strategically located astride some of oldest and most significant land routes in Europe; (traditional military corridor between the North European Plain and the Danube) • Area - 78,866 sq km (slightly smaller than South Carolina) • Elevation extremes: • lowest point: Elbe River 115 m highest point: Snezka 1,602 m (5 254 ft) • Land use: • arable land: 40% permanent crops: 3.04% other: 56.96% (1998 est.)

  9. Czech Republic - climate • Weather: continental influences marked by large fluctuations in both temperature and precipitation, • The mean annual temperature 45º F (7º C) to 48º F (9º C). • High temperatures (July) can reach 91º F (33ºC), • Low temperatures (February) may drop to 1º F (-17º C).

  10. Czech Republic - people • Population: 10,249,216 • Median age: 38.4 years • Life expectancy: 75.18 years • Population growth rate: -0.08 % • Ethnic groups: Czech (Bohemian) 81.2%, Moravian 13.2%

  11. Bohemians Moravians

  12. Czech Republic - government • Capital: Prague • Government type: parliamentary democracy • Suffrage: 18 years of age, universal • chief of state: President Vaclav KLAUS (since March 2003) note: the Czech Republic's first president Vaclav HAVEL stepped down from office in February 2003 having served 10 years;cabinet: coalition of Social democrats, Cristian democrats and Liberty union

  13. Czech Republic - economy • GDP per capita: $15,500 • agriculture: 3.8%industry: 41%services: 55.2% • Inflation rate: 0.6% • Unemployment: 10 % • Currency: CZK (Czech koruna) • Exchange rate: USD 1.00 = CZK 26.00

  14. Famous Czechs – sportsmen • Ice-hockey Jaromir Jagr Dominik Hasek

  15. Famous Czechs – sportsmen • Tennis Martina Navratilova Ivan Lendl

  16. Famous Czechs – sportsmen • Athletics Emil Zatopek

  17. Famous Czechs – sportsmen • Gymnastics Vera Caslavska

  18. Famous Czechs – Nobel Prize • Jaroslav Seifert – poet (literature) • Jaroslav Heyrovsky – polarography (chemistry)

  19. Famous Czechs – writers • Milan Kundera (Unbearable lightness of being, The joke) • Fanz Kafka (The Trial, The Castle)

  20. Famous Czechs – composers • Bedrich Smetana (My fatherland) • Antonin Dvorak (Slavonic dances, From the New World)

  21. Brno • 400,000 inhabitants • 6 universities, almost 40,000 students • Two dominants: • Gothic castle from the 13th century - Spilberk • St. Peter and Paul’s Cathedral built in the 14th century (Petrov Hill)

  22. Cathedral of St. Peter and St. Paul

  23. Spilberk Castle

  24. Mendel Universiy • founded in 1919 • Faculties: • Agriculture (*1950); • Forestry and Wood Technology (*1950); • Horticulture (*1985); • Business and Economics (*1959). • Faculty of Business and Economics: • Currently 88 teachers and 2150 students • Three-level education (Bc., MSc., PhD) • 3 study programmes: Management and Economics, Economic policy and public administration, System engineering and informatics.

  25. Conference places Lednice

  26. Conference places Olomouc Austerlitz

  27. Tour Moravian karst (caves)

  28. UNESCO heritage sites Namest nad Oslavou Telc

  29. Hluboka Karlstejn

  30. PRAGUE

  31. Brno – ideal site for WACRA

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