http://www.principiae.be/X0200.php Upcoming sessions by Principiae en-us Mon 24 + Tue 25 Jan 2011, 14:00–16:00 — MIT 32–123 (Boston, MA) — The last week of January is the period for Jean-luc's traditional visit to MIT for lectures on scientific communication, this year in the Kirsch Auditorium in the Stata Center. Everyone is welcome, so tell all your friends in Boston (and tell them to bring their friends, too). http://www.principiae.be/X0200.php#E20110124 http://www.principiae.be/X0200.php#E20110124 Sat, 15 Jan 2011 20:00:00 UT Fri 18 + 25 Feb 2011, 14:00–16:00 — UCL BARB 94 (Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium) — As a preparation for our traditional hands-on workshops for master students at the Ecole polytechnique de Louvain, Jean-luc will give them a crash course on presenting their master's thesis effectively. Guests are welcome to attend. http://www.principiae.be/X0200.php#E20110218 http://www.principiae.be/X0200.php#E20110218 Sat, 15 Jan 2011 20:00:00 UT Sat 9 Apr 2011 — (Point Reyes, CA) — Getting back in touch with the community that hosted his PhD research, Jean-luc will deliver a session at the Stanford University Photonics Retreat at the historic Marconi Conference Center. For retreat participants only. http://www.principiae.be/X0200.php#E20110409 http://www.principiae.be/X0200.php#E20110409 Sat, 15 Jan 2011 20:00:00 UT Thu 26 May 2011 — UCL Auditorium F (Brussels, Belgium) — As a first initiative for the school of medicine of the Université catholique de Louvain, Jean-luc will deliver his classic lecture on oral presentations to a room of doctoral students and other researchers. Everyone is welcome. http://www.principiae.be/X0200.php#E20110526 http://www.principiae.be/X0200.php#E20110526 Sat, 15 Jan 2011 20:00:00 UT Wed 6 Jul 2011, all day — (Luxembourg) — We have been invited to run a full-day workshop for a group of researchers at the 2011 meeting of the Regroupement Francophone pour la Recherche et la Formation sur le Béton, organized this year by the Université de Liège. For registered participants only. http://www.principiae.be/X0200.php#E20110706 http://www.principiae.be/X0200.php#E20110706 Sat, 15 Jan 2011 20:00:00 UT Mon 22 Aug 2011, 8:30–12:30 + 13:30–17:30 — SPIE Optics + Photonics (San Diego, CA) — Jean-luc has been invited to SPIE Optics + Photonics again in 2011, to run his two popular workshops on oral presentations and on scientific papers. Conference registration required, but free access to workshops for students. http://www.principiae.be/X0200.php#E20110822 http://www.principiae.be/X0200.php#E20110822 Sat, 15 Jan 2011 20:00:00 UT Thu 17 Nov 2011, 19:45–21:45 — AILouvain (Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium) — After the success of the last two editions (with 500 attendees each time), we are now planning our third major event with Alumni Ingénieurs Louvain. Mark your calendar and tell your friends, colleagues, and students about it. http://www.principiae.be/X0200.php#E20111117 http://www.principiae.be/X0200.php#E20111117 Sat, 15 Jan 2011 20:00:00 UT Tue 1 to Fri 4 Mar 2011 — Jean-luc will be in Chicago to run two sessions at Northwestern University (Tue 1 and Wed 2 Mar) and another two at the University of Chicago (Thu 3 and Fri 4 Mar). Everyone is welcome to attend, so tell all your friends in the Chicago area (and tell them to bring their friends, too). http://www.principiae.be/X0200.php#E20110301 http://www.principiae.be/X0200.php#E20110301 Wed, 23 Feb 2011 5:00:00 UT Thu 3 Mar 2011 — Jean-luc has been asked to run an additional session at Northwestern University on Thu 3 Mar, on how to persuade other people. If you have attended his classic lectures on presentations, papers, and graphs already, grab this opportunity to hear him on a leadership topic for a change. As usual, tell all your friends in the Chicago area, too. http://www.principiae.be/X0200.php#E20110303b http://www.principiae.be/X0200.php#E20110303b Sun, 27 Feb 2011 14:00:00 UT Sat 9 to Wed 20 Apr 2011 — Jean-luc's traditional spring tour of California is taking shape, with nine sessions covering oral presentations, written documents, graphs, and teaching. He has been invited at Stanford U, UC Berkeley, UC Santa Cruz, UC Santa Barbara, UC Los Angeles, UC Irvine, U of Southern California, and the Scripps Research Institute. Everyone is welcome to attend, so tell all your friends in California (and tell them to bring their friends, too). And if we somehow overlooked your campus and you wish to arrange a session, contact us without delay. http://www.principiae.be/X0200.php#E20110316 http://www.principiae.be/X0200.php#E20110316 Wed, 16 Mar 2011 10:00:00 UT Mon 9 May 2011 — Jean-luc has been invited for two sessions at the Laser Zentrum Hannover: a workshop on scientific writing in the morning (registration is required) and a lecture on oral presentations in the afternoon (everyone is welcome). http://www.principiae.be/X0200.php#E20110509 http://www.principiae.be/X0200.php#E20110509 Sat, 30 Apr 2011 9:00:00 UT Fri 13 May 2011, 10:30–12:30 — ULg A304 (Liège, Belgium) — Building on the success of last year's lecture on effective oral presentations, the Université de Liège invited Jean-luc to come and speak again, this time on how to structure documents effectively. Everyone is welcome to attend. http://www.principiae.be/X0200.php#E20110513 http://www.principiae.be/X0200.php#E20110513 Sat, 30 Apr 2011 10:00:00 UT 3 and 7 Jun 2011 — In early June, Jean-luc will be speaking in Bran, Romania (Fri 3 Jun) and in Kharkov, Ukraine (Tue 7 Jun), each time as a Visiting Lecturer for SPIE. http://www.principiae.be/X0200.php#E20110603 http://www.principiae.be/X0200.php#E20110603 Sat, 30 Apr 2011 11:00:00 UT Tue 23 Aug 2011, 13:30–15:00 — Scripps Research Institute (San Diego, CA) — Following his two workshops at SPIE Optics + Photonics in San Diego, Jean-luc will pay another visit to the Scripps Research Institute—this time to lecture on scientific writing. As usual, everyone is welcome. http://www.principiae.be/X0200.php#E20110823 http://www.principiae.be/X0200.php#E20110823 Tue, 17 May 2011 9:00:00 UT Thu 24 Nov 2011, 19:45–21:45 — AILouvain (Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium) — Our major yearly event with Alumni Ingénieurs Louvain has been pushed back one week: Transmettre un message avec un graphique is now scheduled on Thu 24 Nov 2011 (instead of Thu 17 Nov). Mark your calendar and tell your friends, colleagues, and students about it. http://www.principiae.be/X0200.php#E20111124 http://www.principiae.be/X0200.php#E20111124 Tue, 31 May 2011 4:00:00 UT Wed 20 Jul 2011, 16:00–18:00 — U de Talca (Curicó, Chile) — While in Santago de Chile to run his traditional program on scientific writing at the Universidad Católica, Jean-luc will also give a talk at the Universidad de Talca on its Engineering campus in Curicó. Everyone is welcome to attend. http://www.principiae.be/X0200.php#E20110720 http://www.principiae.be/X0200.php#E20110720 Sat, 11 Jun 2011 16:00:00 UT Mon 18 + Tue 19 Jul 2011 — PU Católica de Chile (Santiago, Chile) — Besides his now traditional writing course, Jean-luc will deliver two lectures at the Universidad Católica: on Monday on Campus San Joaquín (Room A7) and on Tuesday at Casa Central (Room B202). Everyone is welcome to attend. http://www.principiae.be/X0200.php#E20110718 http://www.principiae.be/X0200.php#E20110718 Fri, 15 Jul 2011 8:00:00 UT Mon 8 Aug 2011, 15:00–17:00 — University of Arizona (Tucson, AZ), Room OPTI 410 — In early August, Jean-luc will have a chance to “feel the heat” in Tucson at the occasion of a talk on effective graphs at the University of Arizona. Everyone is welcome: come with your friends, colleagues, and students! http://www.principiae.be/X0200.php#E20110808 http://www.principiae.be/X0200.php#E20110808 Sat, 30 Jul 2011 8:00:00 UT Wed 24 Aug 2011, 13:00–15:00 — City of Hope (Duarte, CA) — After his brief stay in San Diego, Jean-luc will repeat his session on writing at City of Hope, a cancer center in the Los Angeles area. The talk will take place in the Argyros Auditorium (Beckman Center). Everyone is welcome. http://www.principiae.be/X0200.php#E20110824 http://www.principiae.be/X0200.php#E20110824 Sat, 30 Jul 2011 8:00:00 UT Mon 19 Sep 2011, 16:30–18:00 — Princeton University (NJ) — On his way to Chicago for his usual September sessions, Jean-luc will stop in New Jersey to talk to grad students and postdocs at Princeton University. Everyone is welcome to attend. http://www.principiae.be/X0200.php#E20110919 http://www.principiae.be/X0200.php#E20110919 Fri, 9 Sep 2011 10:00:00 UT Wed 21 to Fri 23 Sep 2011 — In addition to his now traditional September lecture on teaching at the University of Chicago, Jean-luc will run an afternoon workshop there on scientific writing. The next day, he will give a lecture and a dinner talk at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, both of them for faculty audiences. Finally, he will stop at the University of Dayton for his classic lecture on effective oral presentations. Tell all your friends in the Midwest. http://www.principiae.be/X0200.php#E20110921 http://www.principiae.be/X0200.php#E20110921 Fri, 9 Sep 2011 11:00:00 UT Mon 17 and Tue 18 Oct 2011 — Trichy, India — Jean-luc is delighted to have been invited to run a lecture and a workshop at National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli (Trichy) for researchers in optics. For practical details, please contact NITT's OSA Student Chapter. http://www.principiae.be/X0200.php#E20111017 http://www.principiae.be/X0200.php#E20111017 Wed, 12 Oct 2011 11:00:00 UT Wed 21 Oct 2011, 10:10–10:45 — Trivandrum, India — Keen to make himself useful beyond the confines of Europe and the Americas, Jean-luc has accepted to speak at the 2011 meeting of the TeX Users Group in India, where he endeavors to secure additional speaking engagements, too. http://www.principiae.be/X0200.php#E20111021 http://www.principiae.be/X0200.php#E20111021 Wed, 12 Oct 2011 11:05:00 UT Fri 11 Nov 2011, 8:30–13:00 — Erice, Sicily (Italy) — Always delighted to address the optics and photonics community, Jean-luc will run a session at a winter school of the European network of excellence on Nanophotonics for Energy Efficiency. For the winter school's attendees. http://www.principiae.be/X0200.php#E20111111 http://www.principiae.be/X0200.php#E20111111 Wed, 12 Oct 2011 11:10:00 UT Tue 13 to Mon 19 Dec 2011 — Beijing, China — As a further step East, Jean-luc has accepted to run a series of seven sessions (lectures and workshops) in five universities in Beijing and in nearby Tianjin. Everyone is welcome to attend the lectures; contact us for more information. http://www.principiae.be/X0200.php#E20111213 http://www.principiae.be/X0200.php#E20111213 Wed, 12 Oct 2011 11:15:00 UT Sun 8 and Mon 9 Jan 2012 — Austin, TX— At the 219th Meeting of the American Astronomical Society in Austin, Texas, Jean-luc will run a half-day workshop on scientific writing and deliver a talk on effective oral presentations. Workshop/conference registration required. http://www.principiae.be/X0200.php#E20120108 http://www.principiae.be/X0200.php#E20120108 Wed, 12 Oct 2011 11:20:00 UT Mon 23 to Fri 27 Jan 2012 — Boston, MA — In 2012, Jean-luc's traditional two lectures on Making the most of your presentation and Structuring your scientific paper at MIT will be repeated at Harvard. Jean-luc's week in Boston will conclude on a bonus talk about Road signs: finding your way in the visual world (probably Jean-luc's most entertaining talk ever). Mark your calendars and tell everyone in Boston! http://www.principiae.be/X0200.php#E20120123 http://www.principiae.be/X0200.php#E20120123 Wed, 12 Oct 2011 11:25:00 UT Tue 8 Nov 2011, 20:00–21:30 — Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium — As part of a long-established tradition, Jean-luc will, this year again, deliver his talk on résumés for master students of the Louvain School of Engineering (session in French, in auditorium MONT 02). Everyone is welcome to attend. http://www.principiae.be/X0200.php#E20111108 http://www.principiae.be/X0200.php#E20111108 Tue, 25 Oct 2011 16:00:00 UT Mon 5 Dec 2011, 19:45–22:00 — Leuven, Belgium — Given the success of our large-scale events in French in Louvain-la-Neuve, we are delighted to have been invited for a similar talk in Leuven (in English, as we anticipate many international students). Everyone is welcome to attend. http://www.principiae.be/X0200.php#E20111205 http://www.principiae.be/X0200.php#E20111205 Tue, 25 Oct 2011 16:05:00 UT Tue 6 Dec 2011, 19:30–21:45 — Brussels, Belgium — The day after giving it in English at KULeuven, we will repeat our classic talk on effective oral presentations in Dutch at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel. We are delighted at this opportunity to welcome more of our friends and contacts to an open session in Belgium. http://www.principiae.be/X0200.php#E20111206 http://www.principiae.be/X0200.php#E20111206 Mon, 31 Oct 2011 18:00:00 UT We have just updated our “sessions” page with upcoming talks or workshops in Lithuania, across California (11 campuses), at SPIE Photonics Europe, across Belgium, in Singapore, and later this year in the Midwest and in Texas. Unless otherwise posted, everyone is welcome to attend: tell your friends, colleagues, students, etc. We hope to see you there! http://www.principiae.be/X0200.php#E20120328 http://www.principiae.be/X0200.php#E20120328 Tue, 13 Mar 2012 16:00:00 UT