At the front of the assembly hall, you see flags of 11 of the 13 countries represented at this conference of the International Academy of Humanization of Education. On the far left is Liepaja University's honor book, which the Rector will invite the Rector/Chancellor from Hildesheim Univ. in Germany to sign. It seems that since 1999 Hildesheim adminstrators were deeply involved in assisting Liepaja University to assume university status. As each dignitary was introduced, s/he received a sunflower from a young couple wearing traditional Latvian dress. Beautiful!