Forthcoming EU-related events

October 29, Conference: ICT and e-Business for an Innovative and Sustainable Economy
The 2009 Conference of the Sectoral e-Business Watch, a programme of DG Enterprise and Industry, will take place on October 29, 2009, in Brussels, Hotel Bloom.

This conference focuses on the economic impact of ICT on innovation and environmental sustainability as well as on resulting implications for competitiveness and policy.

The main theme of the morning sessions is "ICT and sustainability", the main theme of the afternoon "ICT and industrial policy".

The conference brings together professionals who face these issues in their work.

www.ebusiness-watch.org/conference2009/

November 2-3, Eco-Efficient Economy - Towards innovative and sustainable competitiveness
The aim of the conference is to encourage mobilisation across Europe for the development of a sustainable industrial policy and to show, using good examples, how European industry can strengthen its competitiveness while meeting the climate challenge.

The conference also aims to create a dialogue between the business sector and political decision-makers. The conference will be held in Linköping, Sweden.

Contact: entr-competitiveness-sustainable-dev@ec.europa.eu

November 18, European Food Science Day
This event is a collective effort of 10 research networks, together representing more than 2,000 European researchers.

Leading scientists will present their latest results in the fields of food quality, food safety and nutrition. The goal is to further spread this scientific knowledge to a wider audience and to reach out to European policymakers, consumers and the food industry. European Food Science Day will take place in Brussels, Belgium.

www.commnet.eu/, Contact: spichtinger@rtd-services.com

November 18, Conference: Educating a New Generation of ICT Standards Professionals
Standards play an increasingly important role for information and communication technologies (ICT).

For this reason, the European Commission will be holding a public event to discuss the development of training programmes to support the involvement of different interest groups in ICT European standardisation.

The event will be held in Brussels.

The topics to be discussed will range from EU law to the functioning of technical committees.

http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/newsroom/cf/itemlongdetail.cfm?item_id=3555

November 20, European e-Skills Conference
The European e-Skills Conference will bring together experts from governments, academia, ICT industry, ICT professional bodies and other stakeholders.

The conference will address the crucial importance of ICT Professionalism for the EU economy and society; as well as the progress of the implementation of e-skills strategy and projects. It will also look at the road ahead for a coordinated strategy to foster ICT professionalism, e-skills and innovation for economic recovery.

This year the European e-Skills Conference will take place in Brussels.

www.eskills-pro.eu/index.jsp, contact: entr-ict-for-comp-and-innovation@ec.europa.eu

November 25-28, The tenth annual Management International Conference (MIC) 2009

The aim of the conference is to present and discuss research that contributes to the sharing of new theoretical, methodological and empirical knowledge, and to a better understanding of management practices, particularly in the fields of creativity, innovation and management.

The tenth annual Management International Conference (MIC) 2009 will take place in Sousse, Tunisia.

www.mic.fm-kp.si/2009/

December 9, Conference on the European Machinery Industry
The conference "Machinery in Europe: Perspectives and challenges for the European machinery industry" will bring together decision-makers, stakeholders and directives practitioners.

From their different perspectives - political, regulatory and industrial - they will analyse the situation of the sector after the downturn and devise forward-looking initiatives for the future.

In addition the conference will welcome the new Machinery Directive 2006/42/EC.

The event will take place in the Charlemagne building, Room Gasperi S3, Rue de la Loi 170 in Brussels.

Contact: entr-machinery-confer ence@ec.europa.eu

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