This one-day event will provide information on the various topics of the next call for proposals in the activity area of related to Environmental Technologies, within the Environment (including Climate Change) theme. Potential participants in consortia will have the opportunity to share project ideas or to propose their specific competence for the creation of project partnerships.

For Registration: http://circa.europa.eu/Public/irc/rtd/eesdwatkeact/library?l=/environmental_technologi_2&vm=detailed&sb=Title

A workshop entitled 'Linkages between the 7FP, CIP and structural funds' will be held on 18 September in Brussels, Belgium.

The one-day event will address issues of regional innovation based on information and communication technologies (ICT) through expert speeches and a roundtable discussion.

Increasingly, information society development in Europe and across European regions has been mainstreamed into ... read more

The European Commission will hold energy research information days in Brussels, Belgium, on 24 and 25 September on the four upcoming calls for proposals which will be published shortly under the Energy theme of the Seventh Framework Programme (FP7).

The event is intended to present the key features of these calls to information multipliers and people interested in submitting proposals. On the first day ... read more

in the occasion of the new calls for proposals for Energy under the 7th Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development, which are scheduled to be published on 3 September 2008, the European Commission's Directorates-General for Energy and Transport, and for Research are holding Information Days in order to support the preparation of proposals.

For more information: http://ec.europa.eu/research/conferences/2008/energy_infoday/infoday_energy_en.htm

For Registration:
https://webgate.ec.europa.eu/fmi/scic/INFODAYENERGY08/Start.php

 

INFO DAY on Biorefinery Joint Call
16 September 2008
Brussels, Belgium

The aim of this one-day event is to provide information on the Biorefinery Joint Call launched by the Research DG and the Energy & Transport DG. Underlining the relevance of the subject and the importance of the joint effort among different FP7 Themes, the European Commissioner for Science and Research Janez Potočnik will open the event. The morning session will continue with a general presentation of the rationale for this Biorefinery Joint Call, its modalities for implementation, the call text and the different aspects that will need to be considered by the potential applicants in order to fully address the integration and multidisciplinary features of the joint call. The afternoon programme is dedicated to a brokerage event.

Further information & registration form

 

On behalf of the Steering Committee of the EnVIE Coordination Action, we have the honour of inviting you to attend the

2nd EnVIE Conference
‘Policies for millions of indoor environments’
September, 16-17, Brussels, Crowne Plaza Hotel

Successful policies to ensure safe indoor environments for 400 million Europeans must involve not only building designers and regulators but also building construction and maintenance professionals, building managers, educators and professional associations. Following good practice is essential for success. Furthermore, in residential buildings the majority of indoor air problems can only be detected, assessed and remedies initiated by the occupants. Therefore, buildings should be 'fail-safe' in the sense that no failure in building systems or equipment should create a danger which is not obvious to a lay person.

http://www.envie-iaq.eu/index.html

The Joint AAL Association/AALIANCE Workshop on Ambient Assisted Living Policy in Europe will be held in Brussels, Belgium, on 25 and 26 September.

The goal of this workshop, which is co-organized with the European Commission, is to create a comprehensive vision of the research and development (R&D) and policy needs for ambient assisted living technologies and to suggest strategies that may serve as a roadmap ... read more

The next annual meeting of the European Technology Platform on Nanomedicine (ETPN) will be held in Madrid, Spain, on 25 and 26 September.

The meeting will cover the following topics:
- status of the research on nanomedicines;
- commercializing macromolecular drugs;
- neurodegenerative diseases: current situation, advancements and limitations;
- nanotechnology-based diagnosis;
- regeneration;
- nanomedicines: ... read more

The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK), the European Technology Platform for Sustainable Chemistry (SusChem) and Turkish research and business organizations will hold an 'Applied biotechnology info day and networking event' on 26 September in Istanbul, Turkey.

The aim of this event is to bring together key players in the biotechnology sector in Europe and introduce the research ... read more

The EU-funded ReproFish and AquaBreeding projects are organizing a workshop on 'The future prospects for aquaculture breeding in Europe' from 1 to 3 October in Paris, France.

The three days of the event, which also marks the completion of the two projects, will each be dedicated to a specific subject area, namely:
- results of the ReproFish project and open discussion with fish hatchery managers;
- results ... read more

The International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA), in association with the Egyptian Library Association (ELIA), the Arab Federation for Libraries and Information (AFLI) and IFLA’s Centre for Arabic Speaking Libraries and Information Institutions at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina, is pleased to announce its regional conference on ‘The Role of Libraries in Freedom of Expression, Tolerance, and Access to Information’ at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina in Alexandria, Egypt on October 7, 8 and 9, 2008.

• Conference Programme
• Announcement (Arabic)
• Registration (Arabic)

For more information: http://www.bibalex.org/IFLA-libraries-tolerance08/

Call for Abstracts

We are pleased to announce the Third International Seville Conference on Future-Oriented Technology Analysis (FTA) organised by the European Commission's Joint Research Centre - Institute for Prospective Technological Studies (JRC-IPTS).

The conference will be held on Thursday 16th and Friday 17th October 2008 at JRC-IPTS, Seville, Spain. The focus of the conference is on the “impacts and implications of FTA for policy and decision making”.

The 2008 FTA Conference will place emphasis on diversity of views by attracting academics, practitioners as well as public and private sector decision makers from Europe, North America, Asia, Latin America, Africa and Australasia.

The full call for abstracts can be consulted and downloaded at:
http://forera.jrc.ec.europa.eu/fta_2008/intro.html

Due to high demand and the limited number of places, we already had to close the registration for the conference. In order to respond to wider interest of the community to share FTA theory and practice, we have launched a pre-conference survey. Besides this survey we also inform you that all conference materials will be available to download from the website. The survey is designed mainly as an opportunity for experienced FTA professionals to explore and share their experiences. Please, note that your participation in this survey is anonymous for privacy reasons. A synthesis of the results of the survey will be presented at the conference. Please, follow this link to participate in the survey: http://forera.jrc.ec.europa.eu/fta_2008/survey.html

After the conference, the results of the survey as well as the conference papers, posters and video recorded interviews of experienced FTA professionals will be available online at http://forera.jrc.ec.europa.eu/fta_2008/intro.html.

Please use the following e-mail address for any inquiry you might have: jrc-ipts-forera@ec.europa.eu

 

The Research, Development and Innovation (RDI) Programme

in cooperation with

Egypt NCP for People (ENSTINET)   &    the Delegation of European Commission in Egypt

would like to invite you to participate in the Mobility Days on the following days: 

Cairo University on October 20, 2008 at 10:00, Conference Center

Alexandria University on October 21, 2008 at 10:00, Faculty of Medicine, Conference Hall  

Assiut University on October 22, 2008 at 10:00, Octagonal Hall  

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The Mobility Days will highlight available opportunities at the Marie Curie Actions under the EU Seventh Framework Programme (FP7) in regard to:

· Research Training

· Career Development

· Mobility Schemes  

 

Offered opportunities will enable Researchers to mobile internationally and between commercial and non-commercial sectors.

 

The events will focus on the following actions:

•  Marie Curie International Research Staff Exchange Scheme (IRSES)

•  Marie Curie International Incoming Fellowships (IIF)

•  Marie Curie Initial Training Networks (ITN)

•  Marie Curie Industry-Academia Partnerships and Pathways (IAAP)

•  Host driven fellowships

•  European Mobility Portal:
 
    1.  Study in Europe
    2.  Euraxess

 

Attached, please find the draft agenda of the event.

Please confirm your participation to one of the events by email to: fp7@sti.sci.eg

 

For further inquiries, please do not hesitate to contact us

Thank you in advance and looking forward to seeing you at the event

 

For more information on the European Mobility Portals:

- Study in Europe

- Euraxess

 

 

A workshop dedicated to the 'Evaluation and impact assessment of European framework programmes for research and development' will take place at the European Parliament in Brussels, Belgium, on 3 December.

The event will focus on presentations and discussions regarding the issue of methodology for evaluations and impact assessment studies, so that results are comparable and allow for an overall synthesis giving a global view of what has been achieved with the framework programmes.

The workshop will include a presentation by the Commission of its organisation and evaluation strategy, contributions from experts in public policy evaluation, presentation of existing studies and approaches at the levels of the EU institutions, member states and stakeholders.

Under the aegis of the French Presidency of the European Union, the organisation of the event is shared by CLORA (Club des organismes français de recherche associés) and CZELO (Czech Liaison Office for Research and Development, Technology Centre AS CR), in cooperation with STOA (Science and Technology Options Assessment, European Parliament).

For further information, please download the programme:
here

In order to register, please visit:
http://geform.tc.cz/eiaworkshop/

Remarks: Registration deadline: 28 November 2008