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Education
Doctor of Philosophy, State University of New York at Stony-Brook, New York, USA, 1980-1982, Comparative Studies (European and Anglo-American), Semiotics, Translation Theory. Diss. "Reading and Writing in the Act of Translation."
Graduate Studies, University of California-Irvine, California, USA. Critical Theory, Philosophy. Awarded prize: Distinguished Student Scholar for Outstanding Research and Creative Achievement 1979-1980
Master of Arts, Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA 1975-1976. Thesis: "The Blissful Liaison: A Study of Wallace Stevens."
Licenciado en Letras, Universidad de Concepción, Concepción, Chile. English & American Culture & Literature.1974-1975.
Profesor de Inglés, Universidad de Concepción, Concepción, Chile. Education (methodologies, sociology), English Linguistics (semantics, sociolinguistics) & Literature. 1969-1973.
Other: Telecommunications certificates (WorldCom, Amsterdam 2000):
Global Training: Global Telecomm Services
Introduction to Telecommunications and its Application within the MCIWorldCom Network
Foundations to Datacomms & MCIWorldCom Advanced Services
PC training certificate:
PC Networking Course on Computer Networking
Career
Bijzonder Hoogleraar, Socrates Leerstoel 'Humanistische Visies op de electronische samenleving' Special Chair in Humanism and Digital Society. 0.2 fte since October 2007-December 2008. Universiteit Maastricht, MICC. Since January 2009, at Tilburg University.
Secretary-General, since 2006, The European Writers' Council / la Fédération des associations européennes d'écrivains AISBL, Brussels, the federation of 60 national and trans-national authors' associations in 32 countries of Europe. Responsible for the implementation of the core objectives concerning Authors' Rights, EU Cultural Policy and Cultural Exchange & Cooperation through participation in pre-and post-legislation processes related to copyright, Public lending Right, and copyright in the digital age, at the European Union level in direct interaction with the EU institutions such as the European Commission, the Council of Ministers, the Council of Europe, the European Parliament, The European Social and Economic Committee; internationally, working closely with the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO), on copyright and related EU cultural policy. http://www.europeanwriters.euSenior Researcher, January 2001- until 31 March 2006. Head of eCulture Unit., European Centre for Digital Communication/ ECDC, HSZuyd/Heerlen NL. Management, coordination, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of international, multidisciplinary projects with a focus on communication strategies, technology-enhanced learning, e-publishing & the cultural industries. Coordination of national and international rich-media publishing, authoring models research, and eLearning and digitisation projects. Research on digital issues in society.
Universiteit Maastricht M.A. theses supervision/Research guidance: Co-supervisor of M.A. theses, Technology Science & Society Programme (TSS), 2003-04. External expert on European Union Development Policy, European Studies, University of Maastricht, 2004.
-Infonomics Senior Researcher, eContent Unit, Maastricht Economic Research Institute for Innovation and Technology - MERIT, Universiteit Maastricht (2001-2002). After Infonomics was dissolved, the ECDC was founded.
-Worldwide Training Manager at MCIWorldCom (2000), Worldwide CS & Service Operations, Washington D.C. USA and WorldCentre Amsterdam (WCA). NL. Business: Telecomm provider of complete array of voice, Internet, data telecommunications network services, Managed Services for global customers. Main functions; To manage all Training, Education & Development activities in Europe; training for Global product migration, integration, & implementation in Europe; to organise, coordinate, supervise trainings for technical support engineers and coordinators for new global data and voice products.
-Training and Educational Co-ordinator, 1997-1999, Stream International, Amsterdam, NL.
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Conferences
List of lectures, papers, from 1976 to 2009
Reports and Official Statements at Public Hearings on Orphan Works, access to culture for the citizens, and Copyright in the Digital Age in 2009. ?Position Paper ?The European Writers? Council on Orphan Works?, Public Hearing on Orphan Works, European Commission, Internal Market and Services DG, Knowledge-based Economy Copyright Unit, Brussels, 26 October 2009.?Position paper with Dr. Pirjo Hiidenmaa, On the USA Google Book Settlement Agreement, Information Hearing, European Commission, DG Internal Market D1, Copyright and Knowledge based Economy Unit, Brussels, 7 September 2009.?Contributing author of the Policy document ?Recommendations on the Cultural and Creative Industries? as participant of Working Group 1 on the Regulatory Environment.Submitted to the European Commission and the Member States, June 2009. The recommendations of the Platform on the Potential of Cultural and Creative Industries: This document presents the work of the Cultural Industries Stakeholders? platform aiming to unlock the potential of the European cultural and creative industries in particular SMEs. These recommendations are designed to be implemented by decision makers at EU, national and local level. This will create the optimum conditions in Europe and ensure cultural and creative industries can deliver their full potential in cultural, economic and social terms. ?Contributing author of Recommendations Policy document of Working Group 5 on the interface between artists and the cultural industries. Submitted to the European Commission and the Member States, June 2009.?Contributing author of the Policy Guideline Document of the Access to Culture Platform, 18 pp. Access to culture as a fundamental right for all citizens.?Position Paper on authors? freedom of expression, The Ovidius International Festival and Colloquium, "Days and Nights of Literature", 8th edition, 11 ? 16 June 2009, Neptune (the Black Sea Coast), Romania, organised and sponsored by The Writers' Union of Romania. ??Enabling access to content for the visually impaired?, guest speaker, IFRRO European Group, European Group. Casa de América, Madrid, 5 June 2009.??Authors and the enabling of access to and use of copyright works in education?, guest speaker, IFFRO Digital Issues Forum, Madrid, Casa de América, 4 June 2009.?Guest speaker, panel ?The book sector and digital libraries: How can digital libraries reconcile the aim of the widest possible dissemination of knowledge with the protection of authors? rights?, Conference ©The future of intellectual property ? Creativity and innovation in the digital era©, European Conference, April 23rd ? 24th, 2009, Committee of the Regions, Brussels.?Invited participant, special invitation from Commissioner L. Orban, Conference on the role of literary translation, European Commission, DG Multilingualism, Brussels 20 April 2009.
Teaching
M. Diocaretz teaches the following subjects:
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Culture and Technology (HAIT) (822166)
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Other activities
Main function: Secretary-General, European Writers' Council / la Fédération des associations européennes d'écrivains AISBL, Brussels (0.8 FTE since April 2006). European Commission: Owner and Chief Executive of MDD-Consultancy/Information Society Services, KvK Maastricht.
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