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&#160;    National School of Political Studies and Public Administration    Faculty of Communication and Public Relations, Romania in cooperation with Fulbright Commission Romania&#160;International Conference on R&#38;D Perspectives. Promoting Innovation through Education, Culture and CommunicationNovember 6-7, 2009, Bucharest, Romania Call for Papers Faculty of Communication and Public Relations (FCRP), Bucharest, Romania in cooperation with Fulbright Commission Romania invites you to attend the International Conference on R&#38;D Perspectives. Promoting Innovation through Education, Culture and Communication, November 6-7, 2009, Bucharest. Goal Research and development are critical topics in the context of the current economic crisis. From this perspective, one of the challenging purposes is to raise awareness of the importance of R&#38;D as key factors for growth, social and economic stability in the contemporary world. During the European Year of Creativity and Innovation, the major goal in all fields is to underline the strong links between science and society in order to make development, research and innovation indispensable for sustainability and competitiveness. In this context, the International Conference on R&#38;D Perspectives. Promoting Innovation through Education, Culture and Communication seeks to provide an international forum for the presentation of new research results and problems related to these topics. All scholars, researchers, policy makers and advisers with an interest in these explosive fields are invited to exchange ideas and approaches. Their contributions can be in the form of:     theoretical presentation adding new insights to the debate in the literature; &#8211; original empirical research;     case studies. Topics Potential paper topics might include, but are not limited to, subjects such as:     Policies and Strategies for Managing Creativity and Innovation     European Union Policy for Innovation and Creativity Promotion     Innovation Management in Universities     Innovation Management     Innovation Marketing     Promoting Creativity and Innovation through Communication and Public Relations Strategies     Cross-cultural Management     Management for Sustainability     Research and Technological Development Policies     Knowledge and Innovation &#8211; the contemporary Drivers of Competitiveness     Patterns of Economic Development and R&#38;D erformance     R&#38;D Policies in the European Union. EU Financial Support for Research and &#8211; Development     &#160;Economic and Social Crisis in Contemporary World     Entrepreneurship and Innovation     Innovation in the Business Sector. The Role of Small and Medium Enterprises     Innovation, Research and Education: the Magic Triangle of Contemporary Development     University &#8211; Government &#8211; Industry Collaborations. Best practice examples     Education and the Emergence of the Knowledge Society     Education and the New Media     Learning and Knowledge Management     Culture, Social Interaction and Diversity Management in Innovation     Projects and Innovation management     Project management as a macroeconomic approach&#160;     Management of R&#38;D projects     Globalization and Communication; Mass Media as the dDrivers of Globalization     Globalization and Innovation, Globalization of Innovation Important Deadlines     April 19, 2009: abstract submission;     April 30, 2009: abstract acceptance (notification of authors);     July 1, 2009: full paper submission;     July 30, 2009: full paper acceptance (notification of authors). Abstracts The abstracts (max. 200 words followed by 3-5 keywords) will be submitted for review in electronic MS Word format. Please provide the full names, affiliations, mailing addresses, telephone and fax numbers, and e-mail addresses of all authors, indicating the contact author. There will be accepted only one paper for each participant as a first author. Abstracts will be submitted online to the following e-mail address: conference@comunicare.ro. Th official languages of the conference are English and French. The accepted papers will be published in the conference volume (a special issue of a CNCSIS B+ Journal indexed in International Scientific Data Bases). The authors will receive confirmation via email. Guidelines Guidelines for paper submission will be available on the conference website. Conference fee Conference fee is 100 euro/ participant and it includes: conference papers volume, conference program and conference banquet. For PhD and MA candidates the conference fee is 50 euro/ participant. Information and contacts Further information and updates regarding conference venue, registration, conference program and accommodation details, will be posted on the conference website: www.conference.comunicare.ro Contact persons     Paul Dobrescu, PhD, Rector of the National School for Political Sciences and Public Administration e-mail: paul.dobrescu@comunicare.ro     Remus Pricopie, PhD, Dean of the Faculty of Communication and Public Relations e-mail: remus.pricopie@comunicare.ro     Alina Bargaoanu, PhD, President of the Commission for Assurance and Evaluation Quality, National School for Political Sciences and Public Administration, Faculty of Communication and Public Relations e-mail: alina.bargaoanu@comunicare.ro     Dorina Gutu, PhD, Executive Director of Fulbright Commission Romania e-mail: dorina.gutu@comunicare.ro     Mihaela Alexandra Ionescu, PhD, Scientific Secretary of the Faculty of Communication and Public Relations e-mail: mihaela.ionescu@comunicare.ro 