February 25-26, Fire Safety International Workshop, Belfast
The event aims to inform on the latest developments, strategies and solutions for key fire safety issues, enabling construction professionals to learn more about how to create the safest possible buildings.
The conference is designed for architects, designers, structural engineers, fire service personnel, building control officers, facilities managers, as well as building contractors, developers, manufacturers and public sector representatives who need to be up-to-date on the latest thinking on systems, products and design.
www.firesert.ulster.ac.uk
March 1-5, European E-Skills Week, Brussels
This campaign aims to raise awareness of the growing demand for highly skilled ICT practitioners and users within the industry.
It will strive to promote e-skills while building bridges among the different stakeholders.
Public authorities, ICT companies as well as schools and students are working together to organise a range of exciting events, training sessions, school visits, competitions and more, to underline the importance of ICT skills in today's society, and to demonstrate the wide range of job opportunities in the field.
The campaign ultimately aims to increase ICT skills among professionals and to encourage more young people to take up ICT studies and careers.
Contact: entr-ict-for-comp-and-innovation@ec.europa.eu
http://eskills-week.ec.europa.eu
March 2-6, Future Match 2010, Hannover
The event will provide a platform for exhibitors and visitors of the annual CeBIT information and communication technology trade fair to find partners in Europe for commercial and/or technology-oriented partnerships as well as research cooperation in the field of information and communication technologies.
Contact: Annelies Bruhne, abru@tt.uni-hannover.de
March 4, Successful Research and Development in Europe, Düsseldorf
This conference will be inviting researchers and entrepreneurs from North Rhine-Westphalia and all other regions in Europe to find new European research and development partners for Seventh Framework Programme (FP7) projects.
The networking event will be structured in parallel brokerage sessions focussing on three topics: information and communication technology, energy, and nano- and production technologies.
The event is specially intended for small and medium-sized enterprises and universities. Participants are invited to become involved in established and new technology networks among researchers, entrepreneurs and multipliers related to FP7.
www.frp.nrw.de/frp2/en/fpa/evt/aga/?v=408&lce=EN
March 4, European CeBIT Forum for Competitiveness and Growth in SMEs, Brussels
This event is a European Forum for competitiveness and growth in SMEs, notably through the integration of ICT technologies. Its main objective is to launch a debate on SMEs as global business players, and examine which policy measures and activities lead to success, as well as which are the best real eBusiness practices among European SMEs. It will host SME federations, organisations, policy makers, chambers of trade and commerce, clusters, interested executive directors from SMEs, scientific institutions and media.
Contact: entr-ict-for-comp-and-innovation@ec.europa.eu
March 8-9, Protection of Knowledge in the Shipbuilding Industry, Hamburg
The European Commission Directorate General Enterprise is organising a conference on the Protection of Knowledge in the Shipbuilding Industry. The main aim of this conference is to provide a platform for the dissemination of best practices on safeguarding intellectual property rights in the shipbuilding industry in Europe.
http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/newsroom/cf/itemlongdetail.cfm?item_id=3959&lang=en
March 11-12, Redesigning Business Summit, London
The Redesigning Business Summit is organised by Economist Conferences in association with the Design Council, and will discuss how design-led innovation can change the way businesses operate today and in the future.
The summit will bring together 250 business leaders and design practitioners and will deal with business model innovations and how they are essential for survival and for connecting new ideas to markets.
www.redesigningbusinesssummit.com
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