Academici – shortlisted for the Times Higher Education Awards 2005

The British Times Higher Education Supplement has presented the shortlist of candidates for the first Times Higher Education Awards which will be celebrated in November this year. Academici is honoured to be shortlisted as one of four nominees in the "Business Initiative of the Year" category by one of Europe’s leading Higher Education publications.

academici, the world’s first, interactive online network for research and higher education started in March 2005. It provides a world wide opportunity to find researchers, academics, investors and interested business parties out of over 9000 members higher education and R&D from over 140 countries. The network allows well classified searches for institutions, areas of research and interests. The network’s spam proof communication tools in combination with specialist forums provide a powerful networking and communications platform. Membership is free and members benefit from the community through knowledge sharing, research contacts, career opportunities, a conference preparation and publishing facility with high internet search engine ranking.

Leading academics have joined academici. Some examples: Dr Philip Graham, Executive Director of AURIL (Association of University Research and Industrial Links), Eberhard Alles (jur.), Principal of Chemnitz University of Technology,
Dr Aaron Avivi, Institute of Evolution, University of Haifa, Prof Dr Claus Dierksmeier, Stonehill College, Cambridge MA; Dr Peifan Ding, Chinese Mechanical Engineering Society, Beijing; Prof Dr Birgit Spanner-Ulmer, Chemnitz University of Technology; Prof Dr Amnon Marinov, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem; Dr Ines Mergel, Harvard University; Prof Eric Burger, CTO of Brooktrout Technology, Inc., Salem, USA; Prof. Dr. Juan Carlos Araya, Universidad Santo Tomás, Santiage, Chile;
Dr Andrew Spowage, Institute of Manufacturing Technology, Singapore; Dr Jamie Quinton, Lecturer in Nanotech/Phys/Chem Phys, Flinders University, Australia, just to mention a few of over 9000 more valuable contacts.


Examples of interactive online forums are Cytology, Autism, Online MBA Programs, find a phd, Genetics and Breeding, Ergonomics & Usability, e-learning, L’Oréal e-Strat Challenge, Chemnitz University of Technology, Advanced Business Models, "Niche construction and ecosystem engineering"



Note to editors about academici Ltd.

academici Ltd is a privately funded company registered in England & Wales. It operates an online interactive network for academics/business, improving communication across disciplines and across borders. The platform also offers links and forums with a number of free services useful to research and higher education at http://www.academici.ac.

Basic membership to academici is free. For you, as an opportunity to test the features of the first release of academici, please feel free to use academici with this invitation link: http://www.academici.com/go/invuid/ContactHub_Press.
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