Forthcoming EU-related events

June 2, The innovation economy - getting new ideas, new partners and new growth for the global economy
The conference will point out the right global climate to deliver innovation. Among various topics the European Commission's next agenda regarding innovation and the joint programming of research will be discussed. The meeting will be held in Brussels, Belgium.
www.sciencebusiness.net/events/sbevents.php

June 3-5, European Research and Innovation Exhibition
The exhibition will provide an opportunity to explore and analyse how the role of research and innovation functions in connection with current scientific topics. This year, the focus will be on nanosciences and nanotechnologies (scopes of application, benefits and potential risks), the International Year of Astronomy and its impact, as well as open innovation in France and in Europe. The event will be held in Paris, France.
http://seri.info/

June 5, Eurodigimeet 2009 Conference
The main aims of this event are to match the needs of European digital businesses and technology and encourage scientific, industrial and technical cooperation between European companies. Those expected to attend include small- and medium-sized enterprises, research and development organisations, industrial groups and others interested in specialised digital content (including such areas as knowledge engineering, digital heritage, online education, robotics, digital design, videogames and collaborative technologies). The event will be held in Paris, France.
www.eurodigimeet.com/

June 10-11, Tourism Industry: Employment and Labour Market Challenges
The aim of the conference is to discuss, at European level, new challenges and problems currently facing the tourism sector. As qualified labour is a vital link in the process of offering good quality services, all member states have to cope with a lack of qualified workforce and the fact that few young people want to work in the service sector. The conference will provide a forum for an exchange of views and experiences in the area of the labour market and employment in tourism in the EU. The event will be held in Prague, Czech Republic.
www.eu2009.cz/event/1/827/

June 10-12, ICT Mobile Summit 2009
The event will address all the challenges of building the future internet, which will be based on mobile, wireless and fixed broadband communications infrastructures. The impact of such future networks on the underlying internet infrastructure will continue to be emphasised in the 2009 Summit. Technology enabling services and applications for billions of users involving trillions of interconnected potentially mobile devices will be addressed at the event. The event will be held in Santander, Spain.
www.ict-mobilesummit.eu/2009/

June 17-19, DigiBiz 2009 conference
The event will cover areas such as new (digital) business models, new forms of business strategy evaluations and the internet and socio-economic impacts. The event intends to provide an international forum for industry and academic representatives involved with ICT, software technologies, organisational studies and socio-technological enablers for business. The event will take place in London, UK.
www.digibiz.org/

June 18-20, Innovation Days 2009
Innovation Days is organised by the Portuguese Innovation Agency, AdI (Agência de Inovacão). It aims to promote the results of successful market-oriented research and development projects such as solar energy technologies. Besides, it offers a wide range of international conferences related to the technology innovation. The event also includes a dedicated exhibition of successful project results from Eureka, the European support network for industrial innovation, and the Eureka Innovation Days Awards ceremony, attended by innovation ministers and other high-level guests from across Europe. The event will be held in Lisbon, Portugal.
http://innovationdays.eu/

June 21, ISPIM 2009 Conference: The Future of Innovation
The event will bring together academics, business leaders, consultants and other professionals involved in innovation management. The conference format will include facilitated theme sessions, interactive workshops and discussion panels. Additionally, the event will provide networking opportunities. The conference will include contributions from academics, consultants and managers on numerous topics including commercialising and financing innovation, methods and tools for innovation, entrepreneurship and intrapreneurship. The event will take place in Vienna, Austria.
http://conference.ispim.org/

June 22-25, Conference on transport, atmosphere and climate
The scope of the conference covers all aspects of the impact of different modes of transport (e.g. aviation, road transport, shipping) on atmospheric chemistry, micro-physics, radiation and climate. More specifically, talks will address some of the following topics: engine emissions (gaseous and particulate); emission scenarios and emission data bases for transport and near-field and plume processes, effective emissions. The event will be held in Aachen, Germany.
www.pa.op.dlr.de/tac/

June 25, Conference on science and technology in times of crises
The conference will be dedicated to how the science and technology (S&T) policy can help to recover from a recession and to address the global systemic crises of our time (energy, environment, water, food supply). In addition, it will also covers issues such as the transition towards the knowledge-based economy, the role of innovation diffusion and smart specialisation and the governance and reforms in research and development funding in the context of a larger and more heterogeneous EU. The conference will be held in Brussels, Belgium.
http://ec.europa.eu/invest-in-research/monitoring/knowledge_en.htm

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