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- PRESS RELEASE
- EU Researchers' Night: Discover how scientists solve a murder mystery - and climb like Spiderman
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(22 September 2011) As every fan of Sherlock Holmes, Hercule Poirot and Lisbeth Salander knows, it takes painstaking detective work to solve a murder mystery. During this year's sixth EU Researchers' Night, which takes place in more than 320 European cities on 23 September, would-be sleuths will have the chance to team up with forensic scientists in Krakow (Poland) to crack a murder 'whodunit' puzzle with the aid of DNA testing and psychological profiling. Other highlights this year include a presentation by scientists in Nicosia (Cyprus) who will show how Spiderman's ability to scale vertical walls can be achieved in real life by using 'nanomaterial' particle technology. In Rome, meanwhile, visitors to the Planetarium will have the chance to whip up small tornadoes to understand how such natural phenomena occur. Hundreds of researchers from different scientific disciplines will showcase their work to the public and illustrate the importance of research and innovation in our daily lives. Researchers' Night is funded through the EU Marie Curie Actions, which promote the mobility, training and career development of researchers. The initiative attracted 600 000 visitors to events held last year.
- PRESS RELEASE
- Copyright: Commission brokers agreement to increase the number of out-of-commerce books being made available again
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(20 September 2011) Every year, hundreds of thousands of new titles enter the European book market - but only a few turn into real bestsellers. A good number of them eventually go out of commerce as publishers cannot maintain the costs of marketing and storing books in print if they do not continue to sell well. While publishers are bringing more books back into commerce through e-books and print on demand, many titles still remain in the collections and archives of Europe's libraries.
- PRESS RELEASE
- Research & innovation: Commission calls for partnerships to tackle societal challenges
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(21 September 2011) An invitation to public and private actors to join forces at European level to apply research and innovation solutions to major challenges facing society has been issued by the European Commission today. The Commission Communication draws on first experience from pilot projects and outlines steps that will lead to more, and more effective, public-private and public-public partnerships.
See also: Commission calls for partnerships - frequently asked questions
- EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT
- Cloud Computing, Internet of Services and Advanced Software Engineering - Information Day on Call 8
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27 September 2011 Brussels, Belgium
The aim of this meeting is to inform the audience about the scope of this call, the procedure for preparing a proposal and to allow networking among the participants. The following areas are covered by this call : Cloud Computing, Internet of Services and Advanced Software Engineering (Objective ICT-2011.1.2). This objective focuses on technologies specific to the networked, distributed dimension of software and access to services and data. It will support long-term research on new principles, methods, tools and techniques enabling software developers in the EU to easily create interoperable services based on open standards, with sufficient flexibility and at a reasonable cost.Registration for the information day is free but mandatory.
- EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT
- Future Internet Week
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24 October 2011 - 28 October 2011 Poznan, Poland
The "Future Internet Week" will consist of a series of events, such as conferences, meetings and workshops, covering different aspects of the Future Internet. The event is organised in connection with the Polish Presidency of the EU.
Reminders
- EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT
- Future and Emerging Technologies Information Day on Call 8 of ICT-FP7
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11 October 2011 Madrid, Spain
This information day will cover the following strategic objectives of Call 8 + FET Open: Unconventional Computation ; Dynamics of Multi-Scale Complex Systems ; Minimising Energy Consumption of Computing to the Limit ; Coordinating Communities, Identifying new research topics for FET Proactive initiatives and Fostering Networking of National and Regional Research Programmes. A FET project officer will present the content of each one of them, and give special guidance to the goals and type of projects expected. In parallel, the other Scientific Officers will hold bilateral meetings with potential participants (10-15 minutes each), to discuss specific proposal ideas.
See also: Future & Emerging Technologies home page - including links to Call 8 information
New in the Library
- SPEECH
- Neelie Kroes, Vice President European Commission responsible for the Digital Agenda
- Opening up Europe: from Common Standards to Open Data
OpenForum Europe Summit 2011, Brussels 22nd September 2011
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