The 2006 edition of the now traditional summer academy Atlantykron took place on the Capidava island on the Danube, between 4 and 13 August. The academy featured a Complexity Science workshop, hosted by CCS.

For more detail on the Atlantykron project, please refer to the website of the World Genesis Foundation.

Renowned author and complexity specialist dr. John L. Casti, Ph.D., visited Bucharest in November 2005. John gave a workshop on Complexity and computer modeling in Economics, targeting top managers of Romanian firms. More details here.

The activity marked the International Year of Physics 2005, and was organized by
The Romanian Parliament,
The Horia Hulubei National Institute for Nuclear Physics and Technology,
The Romanian Space Agency ROSA,
The National Branch of UNESCO,
and the Center for Complexity Studies,

and initiated by private media companies Alpha TV, Radio Bucuresti, and Radio 3Net.

The discussions outlined the importance of government support for fundamental research, and the need for specific legislation facilitating private investment in science and technology.

In the context of the UN decade on Education for Sustainable Development, the second event within the framework of the UNESCO Cross cutting project ”The Great Volga River Route – Uniting the Seas (Black, Baltic and Caspian Seas) in favour of World Heritage Education for Sustainable Development with support of ICTs” was held in Bucharest, from 28 to 31 July 2005.

You can access the event’s weblog here.

The first International Summer School
“Econophysics and Complexity 2005”, Navodari, Romania, concluded successfully.

Graced by the attendance of a select group of international tutors and organized by the Academy of Economic Studies in Bucharest and the Center for Complexity Studies, the course promises to become a yearly event.

Here you can find a slide show from the event.