January 25, Conference on the future of the Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Programme.

This conference will discuss issues on how to boost growth of European businesses and which key issues should the EU focus on. The aim of the conference is to discuss a possible successor to the CIP programme given that the CIP will come to an end in 2013. Therefore, there is a clear need for elaborate actions and priorities to support the competitiveness of European businesses after 2013. All interested stakeholders, including representatives of business and innovation agencies, are called to express their views. About 450 participants are expected to participate in the event.

http://ec.europa.eu/cip/cip_conference/index_en.htm

February 1, Workshop on policies in support of high-growth innovative small and medium-sized enterprises, Brussels.

The workshop will address the specific questions of effective policies for high-growth SMEs, particularly with regard to fostering start-ups, access to finance and internationalisation. It will also look into how policies for innovative high-growth SMEs are different to general SME policy, and whether there is a trade-off between both types of polices. Finally, a discussion will take place on the role the EU can play in fostering high-growth innovative SMEs.

Contact: stefan.lilischkis@empirica.com

February 1 – 3, LEARNTEC 2011, Karlsruhe, Germany.

LEARNTEC is the leading international trade fair and convention for vocational education, learning and IT. Each year, the future of learning as well as the latest e-learning solutions for use in companies or educational institutions will be presented. More than 200 organisations showcase their solutions for professional training, e-learning and knowledge management. The Meetingpoint at LEARNTEC 2011 provides the opportunity to meet potential cooperation partners from all over Europe. It also enables participants to choose conversation partners in advance to the fair via the Meetingpoint website.

http://www.learntec.meetingpoint-europa.eu

February 4, Information Retrieval Workshop.

The primary aim of the event is to provide an international meeting place where researchers from the domain of information retrieval and related disciplines can exchange information and present innovative research developments. This edition of the annual workshop will put special focus on interaction through on poster presentations and designated time and areas to meet and discuss new ideas.

http://ilps.science.uva.nl/dir2011/

info@impetuseurope.com
www.impetuseurope.com

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