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- EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT
- Infoday on Challenge 5 (Call 7)
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26 October 2010 Madrid, Spain
The info day is organised by the Centre for the Development of Industrial Technology (CDTI).
- EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT
- Euro Asia-Pacific Cooperation Forum on ICT research
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26 October 2010 Brussels, Belgium
This event is organised by the EURASIAPAC project, aiming to facilitate ICT related research cooperation between Europe and countries of the Asia-Pacific region (Australia, Japan, New Zealand and the Republic of Korea). It is being held just after the launch of an important call for proposals for ICT research proposals under the EU's research framework programme. The workshop will be a key occasion to discuss opportunities for cooperation. The event outputs will also contribute to the development of a European-Asian-Pacific roadmap with concrete recommendations to the European Commission for actions on ICT research cooperation. This event is free of charge but prior registration is compulsory.
- NEWS ARTICLE
- Digital Agenda to unlock the full value of scientific data: High-Level Group presents report
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(6 October 2010) The High-Level Group on Scientific Data presented today their final report to Neelie Kroes, European Commission Vice-President for the Digital Agenda. The report "Riding the Wave: How Europe can gain from the rising tide of scientific data" is the result of six months of intense brainstorming and consultations with experts around the world to prepare a "vision 2030" for Scientific Data e-Infrastructures.
- NEWS ARTICLE
- Innovation Union: A pilot partnership on active and healthy ageing to be launched by early 2011
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(6 October 2010) A pilot partnership on active and healthy ageing is one of the key elements of the "Innovation Union" adopted by the European Commission's on 6 October 2010. The aims of the partnership should be, by 2020, to enable citizens to live longer independently in good health by increasing the average number of healthy life years by two. Achieving this target will improve the sustainability and efficiency of our social and healthcare systems and create an EU and global market for innovative products and services, with new opportunities for EU business.
- PRESS RELEASE
- The "Innovation Union" – turning ideas into jobs, green growth and social progress
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(6 October 2010) The European Commission's "Innovation Union", tabled today, sets out a strategic approach to innovation, driven by the highest political level. The Innovation Union will focus Europe's efforts – and co-operation with third countries - on challenges like climate change, energy and food security, health and an ageing population. It will use public sector intervention to stimulate the private sector and to remove bottlenecks which stop ideas reaching the market. These include lack of finance, fragmented research systems and markets, under-use of public procurement for innovation and slow standard setting. The Innovation Union is a "flagship" in the Europe 2020 Strategy.
- NEWS ARTICLE
- Commission calls on industry and European standardisation organisations to speed up the development of a common European sign for RFID
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(5 October 2010) The European Commission obtained a positive response from the main stakeholders in the Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) sector to finalize and standardize the design of the common European RFID sign according to RFID Recommendation. On the 30 September in Brussels, 12 experts in RFID have agreed to consider the ISO/IEC 29160 RFID Emblem together with the minimum mandatory text information mentioned in the RFID Recommendation as a common European RFID sign. They also have developed a roadmap towards a European standard and sketched out conformance requirements with respect to how and where the sign is intended to be used, demarcating mandatory and optional elements, depending on the different applications and/or sectors.
- CALL FOR PROPOSALS
- ICT Call 7
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(Deadline: 18/01/2011) This is one of the biggest calls ever launched for information and communications technology (ICT) research proposals under the EU's research framework programmes. It will result in project funding of € 780 million in 2011. This funding will advance research on the future internet, robotics, smart and embedded systems, photonics, ICT for energy efficiency, health and well-being in an ageing society, and more.
See also: European Commission announces €780 million boost for strategic ICT research
New in the Library
- FICHE
- International
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20 October 2010
The European Digital Agenda aims to make Europe a powerhouse of smart, sustainable and inclusive growth on the global stage. The seven pillars in the Digital Agenda all have international dimensions.
- FACTSHEET
- Monthly focus on DebugIT: Detecting and Eliminating Bacteria Using Information Technology
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20 October 2010
After half a century of antibiotic use, re-emerging and new infectious diseases, partially caused by the rise of antimicrobial resistance, have become a major public health concern. Antibiotic resistances lead to escalating healthcare costs, increased morbidity and mortality and the emergence of potentially untreatable conditions. The DebugIT project, a consortium of leading European clinical, academic and industrial partners, aims at developing an IT-framework to allow healthcare systems to better address these emergent problems and improve their management.
Contact: jose.verguts@agfa.com
See also: Previous eHealth monthly focus issues - FICHE
- Pillar II: Interoperability and Standards
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20 October 2010
The internet is a great example of interoperability – numerous devices and applications working together anywhere in the world. Europe must ensure that new IT devices, applications, data repositories and services interact seamlessly anywhere – just like the internet. The Digital Agenda identifies improved standard-setting procedures and increased interoperability as the keys to success.
- FICHE
- Pillar VII: ICT for Social Challenges
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20 October 2010
Digital technologies have enormous potential to benefit our everyday lives and tackle social challenges. The Digital Agenda focuses on ICTs capability to reduce energy consumption, support ageing citizens' lives, revolutionises health services and deliver better public services. ICTs can also drive forward the digitisation of Europe's cultural heritage providing online access for all.
- AUDIOVISUAL
- NeoMark implements innovative technologies for the early diagnosis and prediction of cancer reoccurrence
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5 October 2010
NeoMark implements innovative technologies for the early diagnosis and prediction of cancer reoccurrence in patients successfully treated. The idea is to search for a "bio-profile" of cancer among the thousands of clinical, genomic and body anatomy data collected from patients through physical visits, diagnostic imaging, blood and tissue RNA, whose correlation identifies the disease. Watch the video to get an overview of the project objectives and results.
Contact: martinel.ele@virgilio.it
See also: ICT for Health funded project: NeoMark - REPORTS AND STUDIES
- UbiHealth 2010 'International Workshop on Ubiquitous Health and Wellness'
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1 October 2010
Ubihealth is a premier venue for presenting research in the design, development, deployment, evaluation and understanding of ubiquitous and pervasive computing systems for health care. Co-organized by the European projects MONARCA and INTERSTRESS, given its multi-disciplinary nature, Ubihealth has developed a broad base of audience over the past 5 years. During the event researchers and practitioners from a variety of backgrounds such as electrical engineering, computer science, pervasive computing, human computer interface design, psychology, psychiatry and other medical sciences gave 11 presentations and 3 invited speeches that addressed the potential of ubiquitous computing for mental disorders and maintenance of mental health. The proceedings of the event are freely downloadable from the conference website.
See also: Projects in PHS domain
- SPEECH
- Neelie Kroes, Vice-President of the European Commission responsible for the Digital Agenda, Unlocking the full value of scientific data
Formal presentation of the report "Riding the Wave: How Europe can gain from the raising tide of scientific data", Brussels, 6th October 2010
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