The Conference on the Application of Esperanto in Science and Technology (, KAEST) is a biennial conference on the application of the constructed international auxiliary language

Esperanto Esperanto (, ) is the world's most widely spoken Constructed language, constructed international auxiliary language. Created by L. L. Zamenhof in 1887 to be 'the International Language' (), it is intended to be a universal second language for ...

in the science and technology community. The conference first took place in 1978 in

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. Following the

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, it remained in the Czech Republic until it was transferred in 2010 to

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, where it is currently being organized by the nonprofit organization E@I. The 2012 KAEST in

Modra Modra (, , Latin: ''Modur'') is a city and municipality in the Bratislava Region in Slovakia. It has a population of 9,201 as of 2013. It nestles in the foothills of the Malé Karpaty (Little Carpathian mountains) and is an excellent centre for ...

, Slovakia included a Wikipedia workshop aimed at both beginners and advanced users, organized in cooperation with

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Past and scheduled conferences

# AEST 1978,

Žilina Žilina (; ; ; ; Names of European cities in different languages: U-Z#Z, names in other languages) is a city in north-western Slovakia, around from the capital Bratislava, close to both the Czech and Polish borders. It is the List of cities ...

: (no specific topic) # SAEST 1980,

Ústí nad Labem Ústí nad Labem (; ) is a city in the Czech Republic. It has about 91,000 inhabitants and is the capital of the Ústí nad Labem Region. It is a major industrial centre and, besides being an active river port, is an important railway junction. ...

: ''The environment today and tomorrow. Problems of specialist language and translation'' # AEST 1981, Žilina: ''Application of computers'' # SAEST 1982,

České Budějovice České Budějovice (; ) is a city in the South Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 97,000 inhabitants. The city is located in the valley of the Vltava River, at its confluence with the Malše. České Budějovice is the largest ...

: ''Energy – the global problem. Problems of specialist language and translation'' # SAEST 1984,

Brno Brno ( , ; ) is a Statutory city (Czech Republic), city in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. Located at the confluence of the Svitava (river), Svitava and Svratka (river), Svratka rivers, Brno has about 403,000 inhabitants, making ...

: ''Perspectives of global food production. Problems of specialist language and translation'' # AEST 1988,

Poprad Poprad (; ; ) is a city in northern Slovakia at the foot of the High Tatras, High Tatra Mountains, famous for its picturesque historic centre and as a holiday resort. The largest town of the Spiš region and the largest of all towns in the vic ...

: ''Rationalization in science and technology'' # SAEST 1989,

Strážnice Strážnice () is a town in Hodonín District in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 5,300 inhabitants. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected as an Cultural monument (Czech Republic)#Monument zones, u ...

: ''Rail transportation'' # KAEST 1998,

Prague Prague ( ; ) is the capital and List of cities and towns in the Czech Republic, largest city of the Czech Republic and the historical capital of Bohemia. Prague, located on the Vltava River, has a population of about 1.4 million, while its P ...

: ''Modern means of communication. Terminological problems'' # KAEST 2000, Prague: ''Specialist applications of Esperanto. Economy on the threshold of the third millennium'' # KAEST 2002 (8–10 November),

Dobřichovice Dobřichovice is a town in Prague-West District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 3,800 inhabitants. Etymology The initial name of the settlement was Dobrchovice. The name was derived from the personal name Dobrch, ...

: ''Specialist studies in Esperanto. Electronic resources.'' # KAEST 2004, Dobřichovice: ''Talking Esperanto in science and talking sciences in Esperanto'' # KAEST 2006, Dobřichovice: ''The language and the Internet and other studies'' # KAEST 2008, Dobřichovice: (no specific topic) # KAEST 2010 (18–21 November),

: ''Modern technologies for Esperanto'' # KAEST 2012 (15–18 November), Modra: ''Modern educational methods and technologies'' # KAEST 2014 (13–16 November), Modra: ''Archives and libraries — how to protect and keep our heritage'' # KAEST 2016 (17-20 November), Modra: ''Advantages and challenges of modern communication'' # KAEST 2018 (18-21 October), Modra: ''Evolution of paradigms in science and technology'' # KAEST 2020 (17-20 November), online: ''Science and technology as means to implement sustainable development'' # KAEST 2024 (7-10 November),

: ''Esperanto and language learning in the era of artificial intelligence and virtual reality''

Literature

* Nosková, Katarína; Baláž, Peter (ed.). ''Modernaj teknologioj por Esperanto''. Proceedings of KAEST 2010.

Partizánske Partizánske (, meaning "partisan town", formerly: ''Šimonovany'', from 1948: ''Baťovany'', ) is a town in Trenčín Region, Slovakia. Geography Partizánske is located in the northern part of the Danubian Hills around from Nitra and from t ...

: Espero for E@I, 2011. 323 pp. Text in

, abstracts in

, English and Slovak. Circulation 300 copies. . * Nosková, Katarína; Baláž, Peter (ed.). ''Modernaj edukaj metodoj kaj teknologioj''. Proceedings of KAEST 2012.

: Espero for E@I, 2013. 239 pages. Text in

, abstracts in

, English and Slovak.

References

External links

* {{Official website, http://kaest.ikso.net/
History of KAEST with details on the years 1998–2008
(in Czech) Esperanto in Slovakia Esperanto in the Czech Republic Esperanto meetings Technology conferences Science events in the Czech Republic Science events in Slovakia Organized events in Czechoslovakia