Estonia’s largest-ever scientific congress opens in Tallinn

With 2,000 delegates attending the opening on 5 July, the 34th European Group for Organisational Studies Colloquium is the largest international scientific gathering Estonia has hosted to date. The three-day event, organised locally by the Estonian Business School (EBS), is being attended by academics from leading global universities and research institutions as well as by representatives of major scientific journals. With workshops beginning 2 July, meetings take place at EBS as well as at Tallinn University, with the Tallinn Creative Hub serving as the site of the EGOS dinner and party on the evening of 6 July. Kadri Karu, MD of the Estonian Convention Bureau, said: “[The congress is] another sign that Estonia’s expanding capacity – and growing reputation – have made the country a budding hotspot for large association meetings.” The programme is full of surprises – quite literally. The theme of the gathering is the role that surprises play in the functioning of organisations. “Surprises form an important part of the organisation’s development,” commented Kätlin Pulk, head of the Department of Management at EBS and academic director of the conference. The event’s keynote speaker is Tor Hernes, professor of organisation theory and director of the Copenhagen-based Centre for Organizational Time. For more information, click here