Forthcoming EU-related events

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, United Kingdom.

www.digibiz.org/

June 18-20, Innovation Days 2009

Innovation Days is an event 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 and numerous others. The event will take place in Vienna, Austria.

http://conference.ispim.org/

June 22-24, European Social Services Conference

This workshop will aim to investigate the reasons for the increase in the number of young people receiving incapacity/disability benefits in EU countries. Delegates shall also seek to identify what are the most effective measures for activation to employment, including the role of social, health and employment services, as well as educational systems and employers.

The discussion shall in turn consider how local social services can contribute to prevention as well as management of long-term illness or disability among young people, and their role in motivating people to take up and retain employment. The event will be held in Prague, Czech Republic.

www.esn-eu.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 (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 databases for transport and near-field and plume processes, effective emissions. The event will be held in Aachen, Germany.

http://www.pa.op.dlr.de/tac/

June 25, Conference on science and technology in times of crisis

The conference will be dedicated to know how the science and technology 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

July 7-10, Conference on Energy for a Clean Environment

The conference is intended to promote integrated energy solutions for a better environment and contribute to a sustainable energy economy. At the same time, it offers a platform to discuss all matters related to energy technologies for a clean environment, involving industrialists from end-users to equipment manufacturers, developers of control equipment, sensor developers and vendors, software houses, research institutes, universities, policy makers, public administration and environmentalists. It also promotes the interchange of ideas between the European energy sector and other countries. The event will be held in Lisbon, Portugal.

http://carnot.ist.utl.pt/~cleanair/

July 9-10, EU Emissions Trading 2009: Carbon Opportunities in a Challenging Economy

The conference will enable specialists and stakeholders to share their knowledge of the EU's pioneering Emissions Trading Scheme, in order to maximise opportunities available in the current Phase II while adequately preparing for Phase III, which shall commence beyond 2012. The event shall also delve into the future prospects of carbon prices, particularly in light of the recent economic crisis, as well as the EU's 2020 targets as part of the Energy and Climate policy package. The event will take place in Brussels, Belgium.

http://www.environmental-finance.com/conferences/

July 13-14, International Conference on Technology Policy and Innovation

The conference aims to bring together leading representatives of academic, business, government and other relevant sectors to present, discuss and assess current and future issues of critical importance for the use of science and technology to foster socio-economic and shared prosperity at home and abroad.

In particular, the conference will focus on the role of science, technology and knowledge networks in the formulation of long-term growth strategies to face the challenges posed by the economic crisis. The event will be held at Porto, Portugal.

www.ictpi09.org.pt/

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