HAPPY HOLIDAYS!

We would like to wish you a joyous Christmas!

As the lyrics in one of the Christmas carols-- "A Grown-up Christmas List" say,

No more lives torn apart, that wars will never start...

Yes indeed we will always hope for a peaceful life.

We also would like to wish you a happy holiday season! Enjoy your holidays and don't forget we will have another "holiday" here in Bandung, Indonesia. ;)

Ready to host you!

Lately our local participants have been conducting sort of "coaching" in order to prepare themselves in attending the conference, both substantially and technically.

We will make the best out of this conference to welcome you!

We will post the pictures on how enthusiastic we are here very soon.

See you!

Congratulations!

We have selected the chosen participants to attend this conference!

Yes, after a long tiring yet exciting process of selection (believe me, it takes much effort to pick some of the best applicants) we finally made our choice.

Congratulations for you who got selected!

Please check your e-mail for your what-to-do next, including the pre-arrival guide attached.

If you find any troubles regarding the pre-arrival guide we sent, please download the file here.

For those who are not selected, it's just a matter of luck. Try again next year!

Looking forward to meeting you all!

Submission Deadline has Passed!

Yes, we have received many application forms from all over the world!

Thailand, Philippines, Singapore, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Cambodia, Vietnam, Australia, India, Japan, China, Mongolia, USA, Sweden, France, Poland, Turkey, Uzbekistan, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Liberia, Ghana, Uganda, Nigeria, and many more!

We really appreciate your willingness to participate in this conference. We will prepare the best to give you such a priceless experience ever.

Now we want you to sit back and wait for the selection announcement. We will pick some of the best applicants.

If you are selected, we will directly e-mail you on December 5th as scheduled before (see our Project Description).

Again, thank you for submitting your applications!

ARE YOU A TRUE GLOBAL CITIZEN?

Dear international participants,

You still have approximately a week to register yourself in this conference.

Get yourself the application form, fulfill it, and prepare the documents! It's that easy!

So what are you waiting for?

Giddy up and be a true global citizen!

Interview for UNPAR Students

We already received your application forms. Thank you for participating in this conference.

Now, get ready for the big day!

We will have the interview tomorrow at 2PM-3.30PM in 2nd floor of Rectorat Building (0219).

Kindly check your e-mail for the schedule.

See you!

ISC UNPAR 2013: The Teaser!

Join us! 

Tell us what you think. Speak out and express your ideas in this conference. We will facilitate you with workshops and lectures on each program. Just pick your interest and sign yourself up right-away. You will also enjoy cultural activities here in Bandung, and also Jakarta. 

Achtung! Achtung!

Dear Unpar students,

We are extending the submission deadline to November 19th!

Giddy up and fulfill your form right away!

FAQs

We know that you have these questions lingering your brain, so just let's just straighten things up!

Q: What is ISC Unpar 2013?

A: It is the first International Student Conference held by Parahyangan Catholic University, (or Universitas Katolik Parahyangan, Unpar in short) partnering with Unpar Student Presidential Body and Unpar Civil Engineering Students Association. The big theme is Global Citizenship. The sub-themes are: Global Terrorism and Water and Environmental Sustainability. 

Q: So there are two programs?

A: Yes, the lectures and workshops will be conducted separately, but all participants from both programs will do the cultural activities together.

Q: Can I get more details?

A: Sure, you can download the Project Description right away. There will be information about the background, rundown, applications, and also the organizing committee.

Q: Is this free?

A: Yes! However we do not cover applicants’ transportation expenses to and from Indonesia. 

Q: Who are the participants?

A: The conference will involve more than 100 participants, including 40 Unpar students. 

Q: How can I apply?

A: Hover your mouse to applications bar on this website.

Q: Who are the international participants?

A: Students coming from outside Indonesia. 

Q: Who are local participants?

A: Unpar students.

Q: So this conference is not open for other university students in Indonesia?

A: Unfortunately, this year we will only involve Unpar students. But we can actually scale up and invite other university students in Indonesia later on. 

Q: I am a master student, am I eligible?

A: As long as you are enrolling in an university, you are still able to join this conference.

Q: What are the cultural events?

A: Hover your mouse to the Activities bar on this website. 

Q: Where is the social night/party? I didn't see it on the rundown.

A: Every night, all participants will have free time. Therefore we allow participants to actually have a social night/party on their own. However, our local participants will always assist the international participants to have the night trip around Bandung and conduct the social party.

Q: What will I get from this conference?

A: Priceless experience. And an exotic trip in Indonesia as well. 

Project Description

Wondering what are going to do in this conference? You may download our project description here:
http://tinyurl.com/b7ytjax

What are you waiting for??

It's time to show the world that we are indeed a true global citizen!

Sign Yourself Up!

The International Student Conference 2013 is  the first international conference held by UNPAR International Office and Cooperation, partnering with UNPAR Student Presidential Body and UNPAR Civil Engineering Student Association. UNPAR will work on this conference in order to be held annualy, in accordance with its importance within international society.  

In this conference, more than 100 participants (40 UNPAR students and 70 international delegates) from all over the world’s leading universities in South East Asia and the rest of the countries are invited to meet and discuss their roles as global citizens.

Not only workshops and lectures, participants will also enjoy the experience of cultural tour and activities in Bandung and Jakarta, encouraging them to also explore more and share their own cultures to the others.

This conference will be divided into two programs, i.e. Global Terrorism and Water and Environmental Sustainability.

International students will be provided with an accommodation (hotel) throughout the duration of the program. Most meals and transportation from and to the airport as well as between the hotel and the campus will be provided. International students would need to find their own funding for airfare and other living costs (some universities may be willing to sponsor your trip – get in touch with your international office)

Sign yourself up right-away and click the "applications" bar to see how to get involved in this conference.

Topic Area 2: Water and Environmental Sustainability

Water and Environmental Sustainability: Think Outside The Sink


Provision of an adequate quantity of clean water has been a matter of concern since the beginning of civilisation. Besides drought, as stream has always been the recipient of wastes discharge from human activities, be it domestic sources, industrial or agricultural effluents or mining process water, the massive increase of industrial productions accompanied by high growth of large urban populations has led to severe water pollution problems for over the last two centuries. Such situation was found to be even worse in many of the lesser developed countries and some of the megalopolises with unbridled population growth and uncontrolled industrial development. Indonesia, no exception, has been suffering and hardly struggling to face those related problems for over the last two centuries.

Severe conditions occurred even worse since there were some failures identified occurred at the wastewater treatment plants in resulting standard effluent due to various reasons. Based on the investigations of some rivers in Indonesia by Research Center for Water Resources (Pusat Penelitian dan Pengembangan Sumber Daya Air) as the authorized institution under Ministry of Public Works, in 2004, most rivers in Java Island were identified over reaching the water quality standard. Moreover, about 70% of the streams/rivers in Indonesia were recently reported on the national daily to be highly polluted due to either industrial or domestic wastewater. While during rainy season, due to significant land use change, inappropriate drainage system, and weak solid waste management, flooding is still a crucial issue at all cities in Indonesia including Bandung City.

A proactive action is therefore needed to communicate the above water problems to stakeholders; in this case students and locals are preferred. Hence a workshop entitled “Think outside the sink” is designed to discuss, evaluate, and criticize the water and environmental issues occurred in Bandung City and learn from the practise in coal mining of PT. Pamapersada Nusantara as example.

Topic Area 1: Global Terrorism

Global Terrorism: Altering Insecurity, Preventing Terror

International terrorist activities have been growing concern within international societies after a significant number of attacks and bombings in the beginning of 21st century. Despite its various backgrounds, ideologies, and motives, terrorism has grown into a scale society and nations cannot imagine. States and nations are working together to tackle this escalating phenomenon. And in this respect, societies take a prominent part since they are the ones who directly involved and become victims of the terror.

As a part of the society, students are the ones that have great interests in domestic and international affairs and so does its implications to the society which they live and grow up in. With such complexities as transnational affairs, the phenomenon of growing terror has been a great concern for students. Students are the ones who are educated and expected to take a great part in preventing a new terror to rise. With different cultural background, different disciplines, different experiences, and different perspectives to see terrorism, students from various part of the world can share their experiences, feelings, and ideas on how they see terrorism and how they perceive the greater idea to combat terrorism and prevent the new one to rise up above.

Realizing that students are the one that expected to take a significant part in preventing and combatting terrorism in the grass-root level, Parahyangan Catholic University is being urged to facilitate and accommodate students from all over the world to engage a fruitful discussion and share their ideas and feelings on this issue. In this globalized world, it is not enough to only see an issue domestically or only see it through one perspective. In line with our agenda to promote the concept of global citizenship and peace, Parahyangan Catholic University wants to raise the awareness of students especially our students to be more aware of the phenomena and issues happen around them and happen all around the world. Moreover, by sharing and discussing, students can enhance their insights and can enrich their experience.