«Brussels in Brief - Interface Europe’s Newsletter» - October 2011

General EU Information
- European Parliament
  
  2011-10-24 - 2011-10-27 - Plenary Session - Strasbourg
  
  Parliament added a debate on the euro crisis summits to the agenda for Tuesday afternoon. President Jerzy Buzek highlighted key economic decisions still to be taken by the Eurogroup and European Council and Wednesday's votes on the EU's 2012 budget. He welcomed Tunisia's first free election, the end of Colonel Gaddafi's rule in Libya, and ETA's renunciation of violence. Finally, he voiced Parliament's sympathy with those close to the 200 victims of Sunday's catastrophic earthquake in Turkey.
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EU policies and funding programmes for Research, Innovation, Training and Competitiveness
- Research Policy
  - General points
    
    2011-10-18 - New ERC grants taking projects from research table to market
    
    A series of European Research Council (ERC) 'top up' grants worth up to EUR 150,000 each have been awarded to 30 leading researchers across Europe. Part of the ERC's new 'Proof of Concept' funding initiative, these grants are being awarded to researchers who already hold ERC grants, in order to help them transform their ideas into marketable innovative solutions. Following a call for proposals in June that received a total of 78 applications, the best 30 were selected to receive the additional support that will help them tackle the often costly hurdles of intellectual property rights, technical validation, market research and investigating commercial and business opportunities.
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    2011-10-31 - Astrophysics: second phase of LAGUNA gets underway!
    
    The second phase of a major EU-funded project focused on the construction of a next-generation neutrino observatory has just begun. This part of the project aims to assess how feasible it is to create a pan-European research infrastructure able to host the very large volume, deep-underground neutrino observatory. Running until 2014 and involving scientists from all around the world, the project LAGUNA-LBNO ('Design of a pan-European Infrastructure for large apparatus studying grand unification, neutrino astrophysics and long baseline neutrino oscillations') is funded in part by EUR 4 900 000 under the 'Capacities' Theme of the EU's Seventh Framework Programme (FP7). It follows on from the first phase of the project, known as LAGUNA, that started in 2008 and was funded under the same FP7 theme.
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  - European Research & Innovation projects
    - ICT
      
      2011-10-04 - World's first tunable broadband RF device emerges
      A team of researchers from the Universitat Politècnica de València's iTEAM (El Instituto de Telecomunicaciones y Aplicaciones Multimedia) in Spain has created the first, tunable broadband radio frequency (RF) photonic phase shifter. Because it is based on a single semiconductor element, the device will be cheap to manufacture and help save up to 80% on energy consumption. The study was funded in part by the GOSPEL ('Governing the speed of light') project, which was backed under the 'Information and communication technologies' (ICT) Theme of the EU's Seventh Framework Programme (FP7) to the tune of EUR 2.19 million. The findings of the study are published in the journal Optics Express.
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      2011-10-24 - The exotic topological states of matter
      Researchers in Austria have come up with new ideas to engineer exotic, so-called 'topological states of matter' in quantum mechanical many-body systems. Presented in the journal Nature Physics, the study was funded in part by the NAME-QUAM ('Nanodesigning of atomic and molecular quantum matter') and AQUTE ('Atomic quantum technologies') projects of the EU. Both projects are supported under the 'Information and communication technologies' (ICT) Theme of the Seventh Framework Programme (FP7) to the tune of EUR 2.09 million and EUR 5.3 million, respectively.
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      2011-10-27 - Scientists develop magnetic nanoswitch that could end computer overheating
      Many of us have discovered to our detriment the regrettable effects of leaving a laptop on a bed or a couch for too long, with a worrying whirring sound being the first thing to raise the alarm that the tiny computer processors inside are overheating. But this heat could soon not be a problem thanks to new findings from a team of German researchers. Writing in the journal Physical Review Letters, the team explain how they discovered that it is possible to control an effect in nanojunctions, small components based on magnetic tunnel structures, that could lead to discovering how to switch these processors on and off more easily or to store data more efficiently. This research received a EUR 21 million boost from the IMERA-Plus ('Implementing metrology in the European research area -Plus') project, part of the 'People' Theme of the Seventh Framework Programme (FP7).
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      2011-10-28 - Smartphones find niche in human behaviour tests
      Researchers are using innovative tools to perform psychological experiments a lot faster than they used to. Experts believe the number of smartphone users worldwide will top the 1 billion mark by 2013. Now an international team of scientists has taken advantage of smartphone technology to examine the mental processes involved in how humans remember, think, speak and solve problems. Presented in the journal PLoS ONE, the findings demonstrate how these tiny tools can dramatically change cognitive science research. The study was funded in part by the O-CODE ('Cracking the orthographic code') project, which has clinched a European Research Council (ERC) grant worth EUR 2.2 million under the EU's Seventh Framework Programme (FP7).
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    - Health
      
      2011-10-03 - EUR 30 million in EU funding for new vaccines
      A new EU-funded project set to speed up the development of novel and powerful immunisation technologies for the next generation of human vaccines has just got under way. The ADITEC ('Advanced immunization technologies') project is funded in part by EUR 30 million as part of the 'Health' Theme of the Seventh Framework Programme (FP7); it will bring together scientists from 42 research and industry bodies across 12 different countries.
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      2011-10-03 - Study shows link between ancestor's brain and evolution
      Biologists recognised that the origin of a mouthful of jaws plays a critical role in our history of evolution but they were unable to use fossils to elucidate how. An international team of researchers suggests that the reorganisation of the brain and sense organs could shed light on the evolutionary success of vertebrates (animals with backbones). Presented in the journal Nature, the study takes a close look at the brain of a 400 million year old fossilised jawless fish, an evolutionary intermediate between the living jawless and jawed vertebrates. The research was partially funded under the EU's Seventh Framework Programme (FP7).
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      2011-10-05 - Novel treatments to fight yeast infections just round the corner
      Researchers led by Imperial College London in the United Kingdom have uncovered the mystery of how yeast cells identify and attach to human tissue, which eventually leads to infection. The findings of the study, published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), could lead to the development of a new class of medicines and vaccines to fight drug-resistant and deadly strains of fungal infections.
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      2011-10-06 - Small bypass vessels help cut mortality risk by 36%
      New international research shows that small bypass vessels are instrumental in cutting the mortality of patients diagnosed with coronary artery disease. Presented in the European Heart Journal, the results of the study provide insight into how these vessels, considered the 'back-up system' for the main arteries of the heart, are a key therapeutic target. Researchers from Germany, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States investigated how natural bypass vessels, known as coronary collaterals, impact the lives of patients with blocked arteries. In the study, the team recorded a 36% reduction in mortality risk.
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      2011-10-06 - Connection between healthy ageing and neurodegenerative disorders
      An international team of researchers partially funded by the EU has uncovered new information linking healthy ageing and neurodegenerative disorders including Alzheimer's disease. The research was supported in part by the CLIP project ('Mapping functional protein-RNA (ribonucleic acid) interactions to identify new targets for oligonucleotide-based therapy'), which is supported by a European Research Council (ERC) Starting Grant worth EUR 900 000 under the EU's Seventh Framework Programme (FP7). The grant runs for 5 years up to 2013. The study is presented in the journal Genome Research.
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      2011-10-07 - Depressed people less prone to hating others, new EU-funded study finds
      A new EU-funded study has shown that people prone to depression are less likely to show feelings of hate as the condition affects part of the brain that controls the emotion. Writing in the journal Molecular Psychiatry, the team of researchers from China and the United Kingdom explain how in depression sufferers the brain frequently de-connects its 'hate circuit', meaning that it simply doesn't join up the right dots for the hate response to occur.
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      2011-10-07 - Viruses make home in raw sewage
      Viruses lurk in the most mysterious spaces with our planet playing host to a copious lot; 3,000 viruses have been identified to date. But researchers have been unsuccessful in shedding light on size and characteristics of the viral universe and the diversity of the viral genome. With all eyes on determining the diversity and characteristics of viruses, a team of scientists in Spain and the United States has developed new techniques to identify new viruses in unique places across the globe. The results of the study are published in the journal mBio.
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      2011-10-07 - Researchers link mutation with inherited narcolepsy
      A European team of researchers has identified the mutation that triggers narcolepsy in a large family impacted by this rare disorder. Published in the American Journal of Human Genetics, the findings provide new insight on the genetics of inherited narcolepsy as well as other complex neuropsychiatric diseases.
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      2011-10-11 - New strategy: scientists accelerate blood vessel maturation
      A team of EU-funded scientists has described a new mechanism to enhance the restoration of the blood flow in ischaemic diseases, which constitute some of the leading causes of death worldwide. Writing in the journal Nature, the team, made up of scientists from Belgium, Finland, Italy, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States demonstrate that blocking the protein PhD2 in white blood cells accelerates the maturation of blood vessels. This in turn leads to a better blood perfusion to organs that had been deprived of blood, and by extension oxygen, due to an ischaemic disease.
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      2011-10-14 - How genome reconstruction pieces together Black Death puzzle
      Scientists in Canada, Germany and the United States have succeeded in reconstructing the ancient genome of Yersinia pestis, the bacterium responsible for the infamous Black Death, a devastating pandemic that peaked in Europe in the mid 14th century. Presented in the journal Nature, the result of this groundbreaking study could help shed light on the mechanisms of pathogen evolution and adaptation for emerging and re-emerging infections. Researchers could use this novel information to improve their knowledge of modern infectious diseases.
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      2011-10-14 - Epigenetic impact on neuropsychiatric disorders
      Neuropsychiatric diseases including schizophrenia and bipolar disorder are influenced by epigenetic processes, new research from the United Kingdom shows. Presented in the journal Human Molecular Genetics, this study probed genome-wide epigenetic differences in cases of twins with psychosis. The results could lead to novel treatment approaches. The research was funded in part by the EUTWINSS ('European twin study network on schizophrenia') study, which clinched a Marie Curie Research Training Networks grant worth EUR 2.4 million under the EU's Sixth Framework Programme (FP6).
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      2011-10-17 - Scientists say high blood pressure could raise cancer risk
      Researchers in Europe have discovered that high blood pressure potentially raises the risk of developing cancer or dying from the disease. The findings were presented at the recent 2011 European Multidisciplinary Cancer Congress in Stockholm, Sweden. It was the largest study of this kind to probe the link between these two conditions.
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      2011-10-19 - Study suggests chemotherapy during pregnancy won't affect baby
      Women who underwent chemotherapy while pregnant need not worry about whether the treatment affected their babies, new research from Europe suggests. Scientists in Belgium, the Czech Republic and the Netherlands have discovered that the development of the babies' mental processes as well as the normal functioning of their hearts remains intact. The results of the study were presented at the recent European Multidisciplinary Cancer Congress in Berlin, Germany.
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      2011-10-21 - Biological computing devices not far off
      Scientists have managed to construct some of the basic components for digital devices out of gut bacteria and deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA), a development that could lead to microscopic biological computers. Writing in the journal Nature Communications, the team from Imperial College London in the United Kingdom explain how they developed advanced biological 'logic gates', the information processor in computers and microprocessors, out of harmless bacteria from the human gut and DNA.
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      2011-10-25 - IQ rises and falls during teenage years
      Teenage years are all about changes in development, hormones and stress. But that is not all. New research from the United Kingdom shows how the intelligence quotient (IQ), a score generated from one of several different standardised tests designed to assess intelligence, can either significantly rise or fall during adolescence. These changes are linked with changes to the structure of the human brain. The findings, presented in the journal Nature, could impact the testing and streaming of children during their school years.
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      2011-10-26 - Scientists shed light on special hypnotic state
      Does a special hypnotic state exist? Scientists in Finland and Sweden suggest it does. In a new study, presented in the journal PLoS ONE, researchers from the University of Turku and University Aalto in Finland, and the University of Skövde in Sweden show how a strange stare could be the missing piece of a puzzle that has weighed on the minds of many for years.
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      2011-10-26 - Theoretical model spotlights noise impact on segmentation
      Contrary to popular belief, it is not genes that control the development of periodic structures in embryos, but rather simple physical and chemical phenomena. This is the observation of a new study from France and Poland published in the journal Europhysics Letters. Researchers present a theoretical model that provides insight into the process of how segmentation is impacted by the system's internal and thermodynamic noise. The finding, say the researchers, is counter-intuitive in the context of what was initially perceived.
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      2011-10-27 - New EU-funded project targeting specific forms of breast cancer well underway
      A pan-European project that aims to investigate two specific difficult-to-treat subtypes of breast cancer is now well under way. Breast cancer is the most common cancer in European women with an estimated incidence of 450,322 in 2008. Breast cancer claims the lives of more European women than any other cancer. Overall, 70.5% of women diagnosed with breast cancer between 1995 and 1999 survived for just a further 5 years. Recent work from scientists has shown that at least five subtypes exist, each of which requires different treatment.
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    - Environment
      
      2011-10-03 - Superfast bat muscles? You bet!
      Echolocation is a bat's greatest tool, helping it navigate and hunt for prey. Bouncing sound waves off objects allows bats to generate an accurate representation of their environment in total darkness. A Danish-US team of scientists sheds new light on why the bat has the ability to do what it does. Presented in the journal Science, they identified how 'superfast' muscles are the key to this ability. Researchers at the University of Southern Denmark and the University of Pennsylvania in the United States showed how superfast muscles can contract around 100 times faster than typical body muscles. These muscles are also 20 times faster than the fastest human muscles, the muscles that control eye movement.
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      2011-10-05 - Long cold period triggers greater ozone damage
      An international team of researchers has discovered that the Arctic's ozone layer lost even more ground earlier this year. Presented in the journal Nature, the NASA-led study shows how an unusually prolonged period of major low temperatures in the stratosphere during the winter and spring seasons triggered further depletion of the ozone layer. Extending some 15 to 35 kilometres above the surface, the stratosphere ozone layer is what protects Earth and its life forms from the Sun's harmful ultraviolet rays by absorbing more than 97% of these rays.
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      2011-10-11 - Modern ecosystems feel ancient climate change effect
      Earth's animals migrate to ensure their survival in suitable conditions. This is especially true when climate cycles switch between warm and cool periods. Now researchers in Denmark and the United Kingdom shed new light on how quickly species have had to migrate in the past in order to keep pace with the changing climate. Presented in the journal Science, the findings show how small-ranged species - which account for most of the planets biodiversity - have found a niche in areas where migration has not been intense. Researchers from Aarhus University in Denmark and the Universities of Cambridge, East Anglia and Exeter in the United Kingdom postulate that climate change triggered by human activities will significantly raise the required migration rates in many of these locations, threatening the planet's one-of-a-kind fauna.
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      2011-10-13 - Researchers improve long-term climate forecasts
      Researchers in France and the United States have found a way to make long-term climate forecasts that not only are valid for more than a year, but are probably better than ever. Presented in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), the study shows how climate can be predicted up to 12 months in advance, double the length of time it took previously.
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      2011-10-17 - Was the Earth ever covered in ice? Scientists re-open the debate!
      It has long been believed that some 635 million years ago the Earth was completely covered in ice, but now new research from an international team of scientists has thrown this long-held hypothesis into serious question. Their findings indicate that the atmospheric concentration of CO2 during that period was much lower than previously thought. Writing in the journal Nature, the team, from Brazil, France and the United States, challenge the 'Snowball Earth' hypothesis. They have re-opened the debate about the so-called 'deglaciation mechanism', the process by which glaciated land is uncovered due to the melting of the glacier.
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      2011-10-18 - Researchers discover sea turtles tolerant to heat
      Some scientists believe that dark clouds loom over the future of sea turtles as global warming continues to impact Earth. But new research from the Netherlands and the United Kingdom suggests that this may not be the case for some of these reptiles. The finding, presented in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B, shows that a number of sea turtles are naturally heat tolerant. The study was funded in part by the European Social Fund.
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      2011-10-19 - New model predicts rising sea level by 2500
      Global warming is playing havoc with the planet and some of the consequences we face because of this change are economic troubles, social disturbances and forced migrations. But another problem is the rising sea levels we and our future generations will encounter. Now scientists in China, Denmark, Finland, Sweden and the United Kingdom have developed a climate model to give us a long-term outlook for rising sea levels in relation to the emission of greenhouse gases and pollution. The model is presented in the journal Global and Planetary Change.
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      2011-10-20 - How smell and food odours influence fruit fly courtship
      The release of sex pheromones helps creatures attract mating partners, providing information on species and gender and on how receptive a potential mate is to the courtship. New European research shows how in Drosophila melanogaster, the common fruit fly, the males exhibit and control typical reproductive behaviours towards females thanks to a transcription factor called Fruitless (fruM). The findings demonstrate that an olfactory receptor for food-derived odours gives male courtship in Drosophila a boost. The results are presented in the journal Nature and are funded in part by the OLFPERCEPT ('Neural basis of olfactory perception in drosophila') project, which has received a European Research Council (ERC) Starting Grant of EUR 1.75 million under the EU's Seventh Framework Programme (FP7).
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      2011-10-31 - Urban light pollution and its impact on nocturnal activity
      Researchers in Germany have discovered that urban light pollution not only limits the visibility of stars, but also plays havoc with nocturnal animals that depend on a compass-like pattern of polarised light to function. Soon to be published in the Journal of Geophysical Research, their study warns that screening of the celestial compass could decrease the evolutionary fitness of a number of nocturnal creatures like spiders, moths, beetles and crickets. This has the potential to disturb food webs and impact whole ecosystems.
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      2011-10-31 - Trees and their role in filtering out pollution
      Trees in London can give air quality a boost by filtering out pollution particulates, new British research shows. Presented in the November issue of the journal Landscape and Urban Planning, the study is an outcome of the BRIDGE ('Sustainable urban planning decision support accounting for urban metabolism') project, which has clinched EUR 3.1 million under the Environment Theme of the EU's Seventh Framework Programme (FP7). The methodology developed in this study enables scientists to predict the amount of pollution that can be removed in the future, as we face changes in the climate and increased pollution emissions.
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    - Environment
      
      2011-10-03 - Superfast bat muscles? You bet!
      Echolocation is a bat's greatest tool, helping it navigate and hunt for prey. Bouncing sound waves off objects allows bats to generate an accurate representation of their environment in total darkness. A Danish-US team of scientists sheds new light on why the bat has the ability to do what it does. Presented in the journal Science, they identified how 'superfast' muscles are the key to this ability. Researchers at the University of Southern Denmark and the University of Pennsylvania in the United States showed how superfast muscles can contract around 100 times faster than typical body muscles. These muscles are also 20 times faster than the fastest human muscles, the muscles that control eye movement.
      Más información
      
      2011-10-05 - Long cold period triggers greater ozone damage
      An international team of researchers has discovered that the Arctic's ozone layer lost even more ground earlier this year. Presented in the journal Nature, the NASA-led study shows how an unusually prolonged period of major low temperatures in the stratosphere during the winter and spring seasons triggered further depletion of the ozone layer. Extending some 15 to 35 kilometres above the surface, the stratosphere ozone layer is what protects Earth and its life forms from the Sun's harmful ultraviolet rays by absorbing more than 97% of these rays.
      Más información
      
      2011-10-11 - Modern ecosystems feel ancient climate change effect
      Earth's animals migrate to ensure their survival in suitable conditions. This is especially true when climate cycles switch between warm and cool periods. Now researchers in Denmark and the United Kingdom shed new light on how quickly species have had to migrate in the past in order to keep pace with the changing climate. Presented in the journal Science, the findings show how small-ranged species - which account for most of the planets biodiversity - have found a niche in areas where migration has not been intense. Researchers from Aarhus University in Denmark and the Universities of Cambridge, East Anglia and Exeter in the United Kingdom postulate that climate change triggered by human activities will significantly raise the required migration rates in many of these locations, threatening the planet's one-of-a-kind fauna.
      Más información
      
      2011-10-13 - Researchers improve long-term climate forecasts
      Researchers in France and the United States have found a way to make long-term climate forecasts that not only are valid for more than a year, but are probably better than ever. Presented in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), the study shows how climate can be predicted up to 12 months in advance, double the length of time it took previously.
      Más información
      
      2011-10-17 - Was the Earth ever covered in ice? Scientists re-open the debate!
      It has long been believed that some 635 million years ago the Earth was completely covered in ice, but now new research from an international team of scientists has thrown this long-held hypothesis into serious question. Their findings indicate that the atmospheric concentration of CO2 during that period was much lower than previously thought. Writing in the journal Nature, the team, from Brazil, France and the United States, challenge the 'Snowball Earth' hypothesis. They have re-opened the debate about the so-called 'deglaciation mechanism', the process by which glaciated land is uncovered due to the melting of the glacier.
      Más información
      
      2011-10-18 - Researchers discover sea turtles tolerant to heat
      Some scientists believe that dark clouds loom over the future of sea turtles as global warming continues to impact Earth. But new research from the Netherlands and the United Kingdom suggests that this may not be the case for some of these reptiles. The finding, presented in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B, shows that a number of sea turtles are naturally heat tolerant. The study was funded in part by the European Social Fund.
      Más información
      
      2011-10-19 - New model predicts rising sea level by 2500
      Global warming is playing havoc with the planet and some of the consequences we face because of this change are economic troubles, social disturbances and forced migrations. But another problem is the rising sea levels we and our future generations will encounter. Now scientists in China, Denmark, Finland, Sweden and the United Kingdom have developed a climate model to give us a long-term outlook for rising sea levels in relation to the emission of greenhouse gases and pollution. The model is presented in the journal Global and Planetary Change.
      Más información
      
      2011-10-20 - How smell and food odours influence fruit fly courtship
      The release of sex pheromones helps creatures attract mating partners, providing information on species and gender and on how receptive a potential mate is to the courtship. New European research shows how in Drosophila melanogaster, the common fruit fly, the males exhibit and control typical reproductive behaviours towards females thanks to a transcription factor called Fruitless (fruM). The findings demonstrate that an olfactory receptor for food-derived odours gives male courtship in Drosophila a boost. The results are presented in the journal Nature and are funded in part by the OLFPERCEPT ('Neural basis of olfactory perception in drosophila') project, which has received a European Research Council (ERC) Starting Grant of EUR 1.75 million under the EU's Seventh Framework Programme (FP7).
      Más información
      
      2011-10-31 - Urban light pollution and its impact on nocturnal activity
      Researchers in Germany have discovered that urban light pollution not only limits the visibility of stars, but also plays havoc with nocturnal animals that depend on a compass-like pattern of polarised light to function. Soon to be published in the Journal of Geophysical Research, their study warns that screening of the celestial compass could decrease the evolutionary fitness of a number of nocturnal creatures like spiders, moths, beetles and crickets. This has the potential to disturb food webs and impact whole ecosystems.
      Más información
      
      2011-10-31 - Trees and their role in filtering out pollution
      Trees in London can give air quality a boost by filtering out pollution particulates, new British research shows. Presented in the November issue of the journal Landscape and Urban Planning, the study is an outcome of the BRIDGE ('Sustainable urban planning decision support accounting for urban metabolism') project, which has clinched EUR 3.1 million under the Environment Theme of the EU's Seventh Framework Programme (FP7). The methodology developed in this study enables scientists to predict the amount of pollution that can be removed in the future, as we face changes in the climate and increased pollution emissions.
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    - Agriculture
      
      2011-10-18 - Sweet innovation for citrus fruits
      Researchers in Spain have developed sophisticated machines to sort citrus fruit before they reach consumers. The prototypes can detect and separate rotten oranges, and can classify mandarin segments. Citrus fruit field pickers can also use these machines to make their jobs a lot easier. The prototypes are presented in the journal Food and Bioprocess Technology.
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      2011-10-26 - Strawberries good news for combating alcohol's effect on stomachs, scientists say
      A pan-European team of researchers has shown that eating strawberries can have a protecting effect on stomachs damaged by alcohol as they can help protect stomach mucous membranes. The team, made up of researchers from Italy, Serbia and Spain, set out in the journal PLoS One how the antioxidant properties found in strawberries could help improve treatments for stomach ulcers. With a EUR 2,999,999 boost of funding from the EUBerry ('The sustainable improvement of European berry production, quality and nutritional value in a changing environment: Strawberries, Currants, Blackberries, Blueberries and Raspberries') project, part of the 'Food, agriculture and fisheries, and biotechnology' Theme of the EU's Seventh Framework Programme (FP7), the team was able to prove that consumption of strawberry extract was directly linked with suffering less damage to the stomach mucous membrane.
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      2011-10-27 - EU project probes effectiveness of healthy eating campaigns
      European policymakers continue to promote and encourage healthy eating in EU Member States. But despite the hard effort, obesity continues to play havoc across the region, fuelling healthcare costs and triggering losses in productivity. So the question is, how effective are the national policy campaigns launched by the Member States? The EATWELL ('Interventions to promote healthy eating habits: evaluation and recommendations') project is investigating and identifying the successes, failures and uncertainties of these campaigns. Latest results - presented at the 11th Federation of European Nutrition Societies (FENS), European Nutrition Conference in Madrid, Spain on 27 October - are in and they have the potential to contribute to the decision-making process for developing winning eating policy intervention campaigns. EATWELL is backed with EUR 2.51 million under the 'Food, agriculture and fisheries, and biotechnology' (KBBE) Theme of the EU's Seventh Framework Programme (FP7).
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    - Transport
      
      2011-10-17 - Scientists develop wireless bicycle brake
      Europeans support and drive innovation; a recent addition to this trend is a wireless bicycle brake developed by computer scientists at Saarland University in Germany. Demonstrating the brake system's efficiency on a 'cruiser bike', the team validated the system's reliability using mathematical calculations that are also used for aircraft or chemical function control systems. According to the scientists, the safety rate reached for this system is just short of 100%.
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    - Nanosciences
      
      2011-10-12 - Looking inside the quantum world
      An international team of scientists may have found a way to study the elusive quantum behaviour of large 'macroscopic' objects. Presented in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), their sophisticated method will allow researchers to break new ground when performing quantum experiments. The study was funded in part by a European Research Council (ERC) grant, worth EUR 1.6 million, under the EU's Seventh Framework Programme (the lead researcher of this grant is Dr Markus Aspelmeyer from the University of Vienna in Austria (ERC Starting Grant 2009)).
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      2011-10-19 - Scientists fund new use for the trusty funnel - concentrating light!
      We all know how useful funnels can be for decanting some leftover soup into a container, but now a team of international scientists has shown that the funnel is also handy for efficiently concentrating light. However, you won't find the funnels used by the scientists in a kitchen, as to concentrate light they need to be around 10,000 times smaller than the funnels we are familiar with.
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      2011-10-25 - Cheaper alloy material in the pipeline
      An international team of scientists led by the University of Zagreb in Croatia have pushed the envelope by developing materials that remember their original shape and switch from one form to another at a much lower cost. Backed by EUREKA, a platform for research and development (R&D)-performing entrepreneurs in Europe that comprises 39 partners including the European Commission, Professor Mirko Gojic of the University of Zagreb and his team investigated how to drop the price of 'smart metals' and develop a product that could be brought to market by 2013.
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      2011-10-27 - How 'perfect plastic' is just round the corner
      Plastic is getting a huge boost thanks to a team of European researchers that has found a new way to develop this material. An innovative 'recipe book' will help experts create the 'perfect plastic' with specific uses and properties. Presented in the journal Science, this study was funded in part by the DYNACOP ('Dynamics of architecturally complex polymers') project, which has clinched a Marie Curie Action 'Networks for Initial Training' grant worth almost EUR 3.5 million under the EU's Seventh Framework Programme (FP7). Over the course of the last decade, academics and industry experts in Germany, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom have investigated how to polish the development of giant 'macromolecules' that form the basic components of plastics; these macromolecules also influence the properties of plastics during the melting, flowing and forming processes in their production.
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    - Space
      
      2011-10-04 - Skiing on one of Saturn's moons
      Biologists recognised that the origin of a mouthful of jaws plays a critical role in our history of evolution but they were unable to use fossils to elucidate how. An international team of researchers suggests that the reorganisation of the brain and sense organs could shed light on the evolutionary success of vertebrates (animals with backbones). Presented in the journal Nature, the study takes a close look at the brain of a 400 million year old fossilised jawless fish, an evolutionary intermediate between the living jawless and jawed vertebrates. The research was partially funded under the EU's Seventh Framework Programme (FP7).
      Más información
      
      2011-10-12 - Martian atmosphere holds supersaturated water vapour
      European space scientists led by the Laboratoire Atmosphères, Milieux, Observations Spatiales (LATMOS) in France have discovered that the Martian atmosphere contains water vapour in a supersaturated state. Presented in the journal Science, the result will help boost researchers' knowledge about the water cycle on the Red Planet and the changes in its atmosphere. Our planet's water vapour tends to condense, especially when the temperature drops below the dew point. Astronomers say a saturated atmosphere is triggered by failure of the atmosphere to hold moisture at that temperature and pressure. The excess water vapour then condenses around suspended particles and dust, and in turn creates precipitation.
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      2011-10-13 - Open access network for astronomical observations
      Europeans are supporting efforts to provide free access to scientific data as well as research opportunities via a virtual community. The latest venture to push this forward is the GLORIA ('Global robotic telescopes intelligent array for e-Science') project, which has clinched EUR 2.5 million under the 'Research infrastructures' Theme of the EU's Seventh Framework Programme (FP7). The plan? To offer access to a budding number of robotic telescopes via a Web 2.0 environment on four continents by 2014. GLORIA will become a network for citizen science, effectively fuelling research quality through open networks and e-Infrastructures.
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      2011-10-20 - The Milky Way - a not so friendly neighbour?
      French researchers have for the first time discovered how intense ultraviolet (UV) light from stars in the Milky Way during their formation dispersed gas in neighbouring galaxies and put an end to their ability to form stars too. As part of the 'Light in the Dark Ages of the Universe' (LIDAU) collaboration, a three-year project that aims to reveal more about the Universe's evolution, researchers Pierre Ocvirk and Dominique Aubert, from the Observatoire Astronomique de Strasbourg in France, explain in the journal Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society why some of these other galaxies were killed off, while stars continued to form in more distant objects.
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      2011-10-28 - Astronomers pinpoint Pluto's long lost twin
      For the first time, a team of astronomers has successfully taken accurate measurements of the diameter of the distant dwarf planet Eris by catching it as it passed in front of a faint star. The observations were made using telescopes located at the European Southern Observatory's (ESO) La Silla Observatory in Chile and they show that Eris is nearly exactly the same size as Pluto, putting to bed earlier claims by scientists that Eris was 25% larger than Pluto.
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    - Energy
      
      2011-10-20 - Industry by-products for cleaner transport fuels
      Europeans are environmentalists, developing and implementing cleaner solutions for our planet. For their part, researchers in Finland are using waste and other industrial products to give transport a boost with fresh and innovative fuels. In the spotlight is the processing of biobutanol and biogas for transport fuels. Experts say biobutanol can be generated from by-products of both the food and the pulp and paper industries. The results are in... and they are good.
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      2011-10-21 - Clean energy? Mother Nature still knows best
      As concerns about securing clean energy grow with the world at large, researchers continue their efforts to find the most abundant supply of energy available to us. Most experts have turned to sunlight to meet their objective. The challenge, however, is to determine how best to capture, transfer and store solar energy efficiently. Now an international team of researchers has discovered that the complex systems at work in nature could be the answer to this problem. Presented in the journal Nature Chemistry, their study puts the spotlight on natural antenna complexes. Their research was funded in part by the PHOTPROT ('The dynamic protein matrix in photosynthesis: from disorder to life') project, which has clinched a European Research Council (ERC) grant EUR 2.86 million under the EU's Seventh Framework Programme (FP7).
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    - Maritime Affairs
      
      2011-10-13 - Researchers assess world's water cycle
      A major four-year EU-funded project on the world's water resources has just come to an end, and a report on its final conclusions has been published. The Water and Global Change (WATCH) project, which ran from February 2007 to July 2011, received just under EUR 10 million of funding under the 'Sustainable development, global change and ecosystems' Thematic area of the EU's Sixth Framework Programme (FP6), and brought together a team of 100 climate scientists from 25 researcher institutes in 14 different European countries.
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      2011-10-14 - Pesticides threatening European rivers - time to update the risk list?
      In a new EU-funded study, a pan-European team of scientists has flagged up a number of nasty pesticides that pose a threat to river ecosystems and which they believe should be added to the list of chemicals classified as risky in the EU Water Framework Directive. Writing in the journal Science of the Total Environment, the team from Belgium, Germany, Spain, France and Slovakia present their findings based on an analysis of 500 organic substances in the basins of four major European rivers. They found that contamination by organic chemicals is a problem throughout Europe. They discovered that 38% of these chemicals are present in concentrations that could prove to be devastating for the organisms that call the river basins home.
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      2011-10-14 - European Framework for safe, efficient and environmentally-friendly ship operations
      FLAGSHIP is a 53 month, part EU-funded project, focusing on improvement of safety, environmental friendliness and competitiveness of European maritime transport. The project will contribute to a further increase in the capacity and reliability of freight and passenger services and to a reduction of negative impact from accidents and emissions.The emphasis of the project is on on-board systems and procedures, ship management systems on shore, impact of new technology on present ship-, owner- and operator organisations, effective and efficient communication interfaces and impact of standards and regulations.
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    - Socio-economic sciences and Humanities
      
      2011-10-04 - Protestant work ethic behind stronger northern Europe economy: study
      A European team of researchers led by the University of Warwick in the United Kingdom postulates that the 'Protestant work ethic' that emerged in the 19th century may have helped to propel the economies of northern Europe over their southern neighbours. The study is presented in two articles published in the Quarterly Journal of Economics and the Scandinavian Journal of Economics.
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      2011-10-11 - Scientists unwrap mystery of world's first explorers
      An international team of scientists has discovered that Aboriginal Australians descend directly from an early human expansion into Asia that materialised 70 000 years ago. This occurred at least 24 000 years before the population movements that led to today's Europeans and Asians. The results, published in the journal Science, shed new light on the prehistory of our species and offer a first-time look at the human genome from an Aboriginal Australian. Researchers from Australia, Canada, China, Denmark, Estonia, France, Germany, Japan, Mexico, the Netherlands, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States sequenced the genome to show that modern-day Aboriginal Australians are the direct descendents of the first people who arrived in the land down under as early as 50 000 years ago.
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      2011-10-12 - Alcohol and violence in the media - what does your child think?
      Researchers from the United Kingdom and Sweden are taking part in a unique EU-funded project analysing fictional media representations of alcohol and alcohol-related violence; the aim is to understand youth drinking culture. The project, titled 'Alcopop Tv Culture' is funded as part of the European Commission's Daphne III programme, whose main aim is to prevent and put an end to violence, especially of a physical, sexual or psychological nature, against children, young people and women.
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      2011-10-21 - Pigment production, the 100,000-year-old way
      How humans source, combine and store substances that help drive both social and technology practices is a testament to how the human cognition has evolved immensely over thousands of years. Now an international team of scientists reveals how an ancient pigment factory produced and stored a liquefied ochre-rich mixture in Haliotis midae (abalone) shells. While the mixture's applications remain a mystery, the discovery could prove advantageous for decoration and skin protection. Presented in the journal Science, the findings represent the oldest historical evidence of pigment manufacturing and preservation, providing key insight into the planning behaviours of our prehistoric peers.
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      2011-10-28 - Support youth now to secure better future: UNFPA report
      As October draws to a close, a new tally of the global population does as well. In its latest report, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) reveals how the planet is now home to 7 billion people. The 'State of World Population 2011' report puts the spotlight on how the actions we take now will influence the future of generations to come. The decisions we make today will impact whether the younger generations will have healthy, sustainable and prosperous lives or if they will be forced to fight inequalities, wrestle with economic setbacks or deal with environmental decline.
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  - Seventh Framework Programme for Research and Development 2007- 2013 (FP7)
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      Become an expert evaluator for FP7
      The website to register as an expert for research activities is available on CORDIS. The call for experts is open both for individuals and for organisations.
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      2011-10-05 - CEITEC - a new EU-funded research centre for Czech Republic
      A new EU-funded institute for life sciences and technical research has opened its doors in the Czech Republic, following an opening conference on 26 September. The CEITEC (Central European Institute of Technology) centre, the first of its kind in the Czech Republic, was given a boost of more than EUR 200 million as part of the Operational Programme 'Research and Development for Innovations'. The Operational Programme 'Research and Development for Innovations' is co-funded by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and one of its main aims is to create a number of Centres of Excellence; well equipped research and development (R&D) centres with modern research infrastructures that can help integrate leading Czech R&D teams with their European and international counterparts as well as existing European research infrastructures.
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      2011-10-18 - R&D Scoreboard: top EU firms increase investment in innovation, but lag behind global competitors
      The European Commission's 2011 "EU Industrial R&D Investment Scoreboard" shows that R&D investment by top EU companies recovered strongly in 2010, with a 6.1% rise following a 2.6% decrease in 2009. However, data for the world's top 1400 companies show EU companies as a whole lagging behind major competitors from the US and some Asian economies on R&D growth. There was a general positive trend in 2010, as global R&D investment increased by 4%, a robust up-turn after the 1.9% drop observed in 2009. The global top 50 in terms of total R&D investment includes 15 EU companies, 18 US firms and 13 from Japan. Two pharmaceutical companies occupied the top spots: Roche from Switzerland (€7.2bn) followed by Pfizer from the US (€7bn). Volkswagen (€6.3bn), in sixth place, is the biggest EU investor in R&D, followed by Nokia (11th with €4.9bn), Daimler (13th with €4.8bn) and Sanofi-Aventis (14th with €4.4bn).
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      2011-10-19 - Connecting Europe Facility: Commission adopts plan for €50 billion boost to European networks
      The European Commission has today tabled a plan which will fund €50 billion worth of investment to improve Europe's transport, energy and digital networks. Targeted investments in key infrastructures will help to create jobs and boost Europe's competitiveness at a time when Europe needs this most. The "Connecting Europe Facility" will finance projects which fill the missing links in Europe's energy, transport and digital backbone. It will also make Europe's economy greener by promoting cleaner transport modes, high speed broadband connections and facilitating the use of renewable energy in line with the Europe 2020 Strategy. In addition the funding for energy networks will further integrate the internal energy market, reduce the EU's energy dependency and bolster the security of supply. To assist with the financing of the Connecting Europe Facility, the Commission has also adopted the terms for the Europe 2020 Project Bond Initiative which will be one of a number of risk-sharing instruments upon which the facility may draw in order to attract private finance in projects. The pilot phase will start already next year.
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    - European Technology Plateformes
      
      Advanced Engineering Materials and Technologies (EuMaT)
      No events planned
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      Advisory Council for Aeronautics Research in Europe (ACARE)
      No events planned
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      European Technology Platform for Wind Energy (TPWind)
      No events planned
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      European Technology Platform on Smart Systems Integration (EPoSS)
      3-4 May 2012, Athens - NBS 2012: 6th Concertation and Consultation Workshop on Micro-Nano-Bio-Convergence Systems
      3-4 May 2012, Brussels - Smart Energy and Sustainable ICT
      7-11 May 2012, Aalborg - Future Internet Week 2012
      8-10 May 2012, Nuremberg - SMT Hybrid Packaging - System Integration in Micro Electronics
      9-12 May 2012, London - 9th International Conference on Wearable and Implantable Body Sensor Networks
      14 May 2012, Stuttgart - Microtec/Smart Systems Cluster Dialogue
      21-25 May 2012, Opatija/Abbazia - MIPRO 2012 - Jubilee 35th International Convention / MEET - Microelectronics, Electronics and Electronic Technology
      22-24 May 2012, Lausanne - Swiss NanoConvention 2012
      23-24 May 2012, Leuven - RFID in Europe 2012 Conference and Workshops
      27 May-1 June 2012, Stuttgart - SMART 2012
      28 May 2012, Prague - Bridging research in ageing and ICT development final conference
      30-31 May 2012, Berlin - AMAA 2012
      30 May-1 June 2012, Vienna - Green ICT for Growth and Sustainability? Linking Science and Policy
      30 May-1 June, Vienna - Multinational knowledge brokerage event on Sustainable Consumer Electronics
      31 May-1 June 2012, Espoo - 3rd European Summit on the Future Internet
      4-8 June 2012, Delft - Graphene Week 2012: Sixth International Conference on the Fundamental Science of Graphene and Applications of Graphene-Based Devices
      10-14 June 2012, Montecatini Terme - 4th International Conference "Smart Materials, Structures and Systems"
      13-15 June 2012, Graz - EURIPIDES Annual Forum 2012
      18-22 June 2012, Venice - IoT week 2012
      19-21 June 2012, Aarhus - Industrial Technologies 2012: Integrating nano, aterials, and production
      24-27 June 2012, Vestfold - COMS 2012 - 17th annual conference on commercializing micro- and nanotechnology
      25-26 June 2012, Copenhagen - EIT conference: Good practices and learnings
      26-28 June 2012, Porto - pHealth 2012
      27-29 June 2012, Hannover - 1st Joint Symposium on System-Integrated Intelligence: New Challenges for Product and Production Engineering
      3-6 September 2012, Manchester - SMART INTERNET OF THINGS 2012
      9-12 September 2012, Wroclaw - FedCSIS 2012 - Federated Conference on Computer Science and Information Systems
      9-12 September 2012, Ilmenau - MME 2012: 23rd Micromechanics and Microsystems Europe Workshop
      10-12 September 2012, Paris - Energy Efficient Transportataion Networks
      24-27 September 2012, Eindhoven - AAL Forum 2012 "Tomorrow in Sight: From Design to Delivery"
      26-28 September 2012, Paris - EPoSS General Assembly & Annual Forum 2012
      27-28 September 2012, Besançon - 8th micro & nanotechnologies brokerage event within Micronora 2012
      16-18 October 2012, Dresden - WORLD MANUFACTURING FORUM 2012 - Smart Policies for Global Manufacturing Innovation
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      European Technology Platform Food for Life (Food)
      No events planned
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      Forest Based Sector Technology Platform (Forestry)
      4 May 2012, Brussels - The European Technology Platforms (ETP-s) and Industrial change - Public hearing
      8-9 May 2012, Alcácer - CEPF General Assembly
      15 May 2012, place tbc - FTP joint Partnering Event together with COST
      21-24 May 2012, Tours - Tackling climate change: the contribution of forest scientific knowledge
      22-25 May 2012 - Green Week 2012
      25 May 2012, Istanbul - TurKey Enabling Technologies 2012
      4-6 June 2012, Toulouse - 8th International Conference on Renewable Resources & Biorefineries
      18 June 2012, Milan - 20th European Biomass Conference and Exhibition
      19-21 June 2012, Aarhus - EU Industrial Technologies 2012, Integrating nano, materials and productions
      25-27 June 2012, Brussels - AEBIOM European Bioenergy Conference
      8-13 July 2012, Lisbon - 2012 IUFRO Conference
      27-31 August 2012, Jyväskylä - BIOENERGY from FOREST
      16-18 September 2012, Ljubljana - The Sixth European Conference on Wood Modification ECWM6
      23 October 2012, Helsinki - 4th Nordic Wood Biorefinery Conference
      30 October-2 November 2012, Saint Petersburg - XII International Conference and Exhibition for Pulp & Paper, Forestry, Tissue, Converting & Packing Industries
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      Embedded Computing Systems (ARTEMIS)
      11 May 2012, Gdansk - ARTEMIS Informations & Networking Workshop
      22 May 2012, Brussels - 6th SEMI Brussels Forum
      5-6 June 2012, Copenhagen - ARTEMIS Summer Camp 2012
      2 July 2012, Lyngby - EIAC-RTESMA2012 Workshop
      26-27 September 2012, Warsaw - ITC Proposers Day 2012
      8-10 October 2012, Brussels - "Made in Europe - ICT building blocks tackling societal challenges"
      30-31 October 2012, Paris - ARTEMIS and ITEA Co-summit 2012
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      Nanoelectronics Technologies 2020 (ENIAC)
      21-22 May 2012, Brussels - 6th SEMI Brussels Forum
      21-22 June 2012, Brussels - 2nd Digital Agenda Assembly for Europe
      2-3 October 2012, Sophia Antipolis - SAME 15th edition
      9-11 October 2012, Dresden - SEMICON Europa
      20-21 November 2012, Munich - European Nanoelectronics Forum 2012
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      European Rail Research Advisory Council (ERRAC)
      10-13 July 2012, Philadelphia - UIC HIGHSPEED 2012, 8th World Congress on High-Speed Rail
      18-21 September 2012, Berlin - INNOTRANS
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      European Road Transport Research Advisory Council (ERTRAC)
      No events planned
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      European Space Technology Platform (ESTP)
      No events planned
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      European Steel Technology Platform (ESTEP)
      No events planned
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      European Technology Platform for the Electricity Networks of the Future (SmartGrids)
      No events planned
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      Future Manufacturing Technologies (MANUFUTURE)
      No events planned
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      European Technology Platform for the Future of Textiles and Clothing (Euratex)
      No events planned
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      Fuel Cells and Hydrogen (FCH)
      10-11 May 2012, Copenhagen - International Symposium on Water electrolysis and hydrogen as part of the future Renewable Energy System
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      Industrial Safety ETP (IndustrialSafety)
      No events planned
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      Innovative Medicines Initiative (IMI)
      30 May 2012, Brussels - Stakeholder Forum 2012
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      Integral Satcom Initiative (ISI)
      No events planned
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      Mobile and Wireless Communications (eMobility)
      3-4 May 2012, Stuttgart - SRA Workshop
      10-11 May 2012, Aalborg - Future Internet Assembly (FIA)
      10-15 June 2012, Ottawa - NovaEnEv 2012
      11-13 June 2012, Thessaloniki - TridentCom 2012
      13-15 June 2012, San Francisco - NGMN Industry Conference & Exhibition
      4-6 July 2012, Berlin - Future Network & Mobile Summit 2012
      12-14 September 2012, Paris - International Workshop on Technologies and Applications for Smart Cities (I-TASC)
      25-28 September 2012 - IEEE Online Conference on Green Communications
      15-18 October 2012, Rome - NETWORKS 2012
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      Nanotechnologies for Medical Applications (NanoMedicine)
      7 May 2012, Basel - European Summit for Clinical Nanomedicine 2012
      22-24 May 2012, Lausanne - Swiss NanoConvention 2012
      29 May 2012, Brussels - Open Information Day - FP7 health
      30 May 2012, Brussels - FP7 Health Partnering event
      17-22 June 2012, Larnaca - Personalised Medicine: Better Healthcare for the Future
      18 June 2012, Varese - Nanobio-Europe 2012
      19-21 June 2012, Aarhus - Industrial Technologies Conference 2012
      30 June 2012, Thessaloniki - ISSON12 Summer School on Nanosciences & Nanotechnologies:Organic Electronics & Nanomedicine
      3 July 2012, Thessaloniki - NN12 - 9th International Conference on Nanosciences & Nanotechnologies
      15 July 2012, Amsterdam - Colloids and Nanomedicine 2012
      26-31 August 2012, Rhodes Island - Symposium on Nanomedicine during NANO2012
      5-8 September 2012, Dublin - World Molecular Imaging Congress 2012
      26-29 September 2012, Berder Island - Workshop "Nanomedicine in Oncology"
      28-31 October 2012, Helsinki - International Congress on Safety of Engineered Nanoparticles and Nanotechnologies - SENN2012
      13-15 November 2012, Grenoble - Nanosafe 2012
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      Networked and Electronic Media (NEM)
      10-11 May 2012, Aalborg - Future Internet Assembly
      4-6 July 2012, Berlin - Future Network and MobileSummit 2012
      3-5 September 2012, Berlin - 2nd IEEE International Conference on Consumer Electronics
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      Networked European Software and Services Initiative (NESSI)
      2 May 2012, Brussels - Research in Future Cloud Computing
      3-4 May 2012, Brussels - Smart Energy and Sustainable ICT Conference
      9-10 May 2012, Frankfurt - SecureCloud Conference 2012
      15-17 May 2012, Cagliari - Computing Frontier 2012
      21-23 May 2012, London - Semantic Technology
      21-23 May 2012, Copenhagen - International Software Development Conference 2012
      31 May-1 June 2012, Espoo - 3rd Future Internet Summit
      6-7 June 2012, Amsterdam - ICCITEE
      12-13 June 2012, London - Cloud Computing World Forum 2012
      12-15 June 2012, Artimino - 10th International Conference on Smart Homes
      28 June-1 July 2012, Wroclaw - 7th International Conference on ENASE
      22-27 July 2012, Nice - Service Computation 2012
      20-24 August 2012, Prague - 7th ARES Conference
      1-4 September 2012, Nicosia - East-Meets-West on Innovation and Entrepreneurship
      5-8 November 20212, Amsterdam - EuroSTAR Software Testing Conference
      22 November 2012, Brussels - SciTech Europe: Broadening Horizons
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      Photonics21 (Photonics)
      6-10 May 2012, Castle Schkopau - Interdisciplinary Summerschool on Clinical Biophotonics
      14 May 2012, Florence - InnoPho21 Workshop
      15-17 May 2012, Florence - Fotonica 2012
      22-25 May 2012, Frankfurt - Optatec 2012
      23 May 2012, Paris - Workshop on Cloaking
      5-7 June 2012, Lyon - LumiBat - The international indoor lighting trade fair
      13-14 June 2012, Birmingham - euroLED 2012
      19-21 June 2012, Jena - ICOB 2012
      19-21 June 2012, Munich - LOPE-C
      30 June-7 July 2012, Thessaloniki - NANOTEXNOLOGY 2012
      2-4 July 2012, Amsterdam - SPIE Astronomical Telescopes and Instrumentation 2012
      2-6 July 2012, Thessaloniki - 2nd International Exhibition on Nanotechnologies & Organic Electronics
      4-6 July 2012, Berlin - Future Networks and Mobile Summit
      8-15, Venice - 3rd International School on Lasers in Materials Science – SLIMS
      22-26 July 2012, Porto - 8th Iberoamerican Optics Meeting / 11th Latinamerican Meeting on Optics, Lasers and Applications
      12-16 August 2012, San Diego - SPIE Optics + Photonics 2012
      20-22 August 2012, Dublin - 6th EOS Topical Meeting on Visual and Physiological Optics
      2-7 September 2012, Marseille - ETOPIM 9, 9th conference on Electrical, Transport and Optical Properties of Inhomogeneous Media
      6-9 September 2012, Shenzhen - 14th China International Optoelectronic EXPO
      17-22 September 2012, St Petersburg - Sixth International Congress on Advanced Electromagnetic Materials in Microwaves and Optics – Metamaterials 2012
      24-26 September 2012, Rhodes Island - APMS 2012 International Conference - Advances in Production Management Systems
      24-27 September 2012, Edinburgh - SPIE Security and Defence + Remote Sensing
      25-28 September 2012, Aberdeen - EOS Annual Meeting
      9-11 October 2012, Dresden - Plastic Electronics Conference & Exhibition
      21-22 November 2012, Paris - ForumLED Europe 2012
      28-29 November 2012, Mulhouse - Journées Nationales des Procédés Laser pour l'Industrie
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      Photovoltaics (PV Platform)
      No events planned
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      Plants for the Future (Plants)
      No events planned.
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      Robotics (EUROP)
      14-18 May 2012, St Paul - ICRA 2012
      22-25 May 2012, Munich - Automatica 2012 - International Trade Fair for Automation and Mechatronics
      4-8 June 2012, Valencia - AAMAS 2012
      18-24 June 2012, Mexico City - RoboCup 2012
      24-28 June 2012, Puerto Vallarta - International Symposium on Robotics and Applications (ISORA 2012)
      20-25 August 2012, Bristol - FIRA - TAROS 2012
      24-28 September 2012, Thun - ELROB 2012
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      European Technology Platform for Sustainable Chemistry (SusChem)
      18 September 2012, Brussels - 2012 Brokerage Event
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      Sustainable Nuclear Energy Technology Platform (SNE-TP)
      18-19 June 2012, Rome - Executive Committee n°14
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      Water Supply and Sanitation Platform (WSSTP)
      15-16 May 2012, Brussels - “Water Innovation Europe” event
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      Waterborne ETP (Waterborne)
      23 April 2012, Athens - TRA 2012
      19-21 June 2012, Santiago de Compostela - WATERBORNE DAYS
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      Zero Emission Fossil Fuel Power Plants Technology Platform (ETP ZEP)
      7-8 May 2012, Mongstad - TCM- Technology Centre Mongstad
      15 May 2012, Brussels - 3rd Annual Brussels Carbon Capture and Storage Summit
      15-17 May 2012, Bali - Clean Power Asia 2012
      22 May 2012, Maarssen - 6th National Dutch CCS symposium:From Roadmaps to Reality,CCS in practice
      4-5 June 2012, Malta - Eurelectric Annual Conference
      13-14 June 2012, Ankara - CGS Europe 2nd CCS awareness-raising workshop
      18-22 June 2012, Brussels - European Union Sustainable Energy Week
      19-21 June 2012, Aarhus - Industrial Technologies 2012
      12-18 August 2012, Beijing - 6th IEAGHG International CCS Summer School
      2 October 2012, Brussels - ZEP General Assembly
      9-10 October 2012, Copenhagen - Global Green Growth Forum
      18-22 October 2012, Pittsburgh - One Young World Summit 2012
      22-26 October 2012, Perth - CSLF Annual Meeting
      18-22 November 2012, Kyoto - GHGT-11
      26 November-7 December 2012, Doha - COP 18
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      European Technology Platform on Renewable Heating & Cooling (RHC)
      14-16 May 2012, Brussels - Renewable Heating and Cooling Week at the European Parliament
      30 May 2012, Brussels - Board Meeting of the RHC-Platform
      31 May 2012, Brussels - Steering Committee meeting of the Solar Thermal Technology Panel
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    - Joint Technology Initiatives
      
      Innovative Medicines Initiative (IMI)
      30 May 2012, Brussels - Stakeholder Forum 2012
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      Embedded Computing Systems (ARTEMISA)
      11 May 2012, Gdansk - ARTEMIS Informations & Networking Workshop
      22 May 2012, Brussels - 6th SEMI Brussels Forum
      5-6 June 2012, Copenhagen - ARTEMIS Summer Camp 2012
      2 July 2012, Lyngby - EIAC-RTESMA2012 Workshop
      26-27 September 2012, Warsaw - ITC Proposers Day 2012
      8-10 October 2012, Brussels - "Made in Europe - ICT building blocks tackling societal challenges"
      30-31 October 2012, Paris - ARTEMIS and ITEA Co-summit 2012
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      Nanoelectronics Technologies 2020 (ENIAC)
      21-22 May 2012, Brussels - 6th SEMI Brussels Forum
      21-22 June 2012, Brussels - 2nd Digital Agenda Assembly for Europe
      2-3 October 2012, Sophia Antipolis - SAME 15th edition
      9-11 October 2012, Dresden - SEMICON Europa
      20-21 November 2012, Munich - European Nanoelectronics Forum 2012
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      Aeronautics and Air Transport (Clean Sky)
      17 May 2012, Torino - Clean Sky Info day
      11-15 June 2012, Copenhagen - Turbo Expo
      9-15 July 2012, Farnborough - Farnborough International Airshow
      11-16 September 2012, Berlin - ILA Berlin
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      Fuel Cells and Hydrogen (FCH)
      24 April 2012, Paris - Workshop of the International Energy Agency on On-site H2 supply
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- Innovation policy
  
  2011-10-24 - Stronger innovation for a stronger Europe
  
  Innovation and research are high on the European agenda. But innovation needs more than just research to help Europe move forward. This was the main message of the third edition of the European Innovation Summit, held from 10 to 13 October. The event, whose motto was 'Towards a European Innovation Ecosystem', was split in two parts: in the European Parliament in Brussels, Belgium and as a ministerial conference and one of four flagship Polish Presidency events in Warsaw, Poland.
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- Regional policy
  
  2011-10-06 - Commission lays foundations to boost impact of cohesion investments after 2013
  
  EU cohesion policy has been a force for change over the last ten years, making a genuine contribution to convergence and growth in the EU and directly creating over one million jobs, investing in training to improve the employability of over ten million people, co‑financing the construction of over 2 000km of motorway and 4 000km of railway and setting up at least 800.000 Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs). To continue this work in the future and strengthen the focus on European economic priorities the European Commission has today adopted a legislative package for cohesion policy for the period from 2014 until 2020. It is designed to boost growth and jobs across Europe by targeting EU investment on Europe's Growth and Jobs Agenda ("Europe 2020").
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  2011-10-07 - OPEN DAYS 2011 – European Week of Regions and Cities (10-13 October): Discussing the future of EU cohesion policy
  
  The ninth edition of the European Week of Regions and Cities, OPEN DAYS 2011, will begin in Brussels on 10 October, in the presence of European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso, Committee of the Regions President Mercedes Bresso and European Commissioner for Regional Policy, Johannes Hahn. Co-organised by the Commission and the Committee of the Regions, the event brings together over 6000 regional and local partners from over 200 EU regions, and from eight non-EU countries. The event is the first chance to discuss the Commission's proposals on a new approach to EU cohesion policy.
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- Information society
  
  2011-10-03 - Digital Agenda: public consultations on access to telecoms networks
  
  The European Commission has launched two public consultations related to access for alternative operators to the fixed telephone and broadband networks of established operators. The consultations are part of Commission efforts to boost the Single Market for telecoms services by ensuring consistent and coherent approaches to regulating telephone and broadband networks in all Member States.
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  2011-10-10 - Digital Agenda: Commission pushes for effective deployment of pan-European mobile satellite services
  
  The European Commission today adopted a decision which would allow it to coordinate the efforts of EU Member States to accelerate the commercial deployment of pan-European Mobile Satellite Services (MSS) and, if need be, to adopt appropriate enforcement measures. Mobile satellite services use radio spectrum to provide access to communication services, such as Internet access, mobile multimedia/radio and emergency services for all Europeans, however remote the area in which they live. The Commission has taken this decision following the expiry of a two-year period which two operators, Inmarsat Ventures Limited and Solaris Mobile Limited, were given to deploy mobile satellite services systems across Europe.
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  2011-10-11 - Digital Agenda: high-level group to discuss freedom and pluralism of the media across the EU
  
  A high-level group to provide recommendations for the respect, protection, support and promotion of media freedom and pluralism in Europe has been convened by European Commission Vice-President Neelie Kroes. The group, which will be fully independent, will be chaired by the former President of Latvia, Professor Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga.
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  2011-10-19 - Digital Agenda: Commission proposes over €9 billion for broadband investment
  
  The European Commission has proposed to spend almost €9.2 billion from 2014 to 2020 on pan-European projects to give EU citizens and businesses access to high-speed broadband networks and the services that run on them. The funding, part of the proposed Connecting Europe Facility (CEF – see IP/11/1200), would take the form of both equity and debt instruments and grants. It would complement private investment and public money at local, regional and national level and EU structural or cohesion funds. At least €7 billion would be available for investment in high-speed broadband infrastructure. The Commission considers that this money could leverage a total of between €50 and 100 billion of public and private investment – i.e. a substantial proportion of the estimated €270 billion of broadband investment needed to meet Digital Agenda targets on broadband. The remaining CEF funding for digital infrastructure would support public interest digital service infrastructure such as electronic health records, electronic identification and electronic procurement. The proposed financial support is complemented by proposed new guidelines for trans-European telecommunications networks and services. These guidelines would establish new objectives, priorities, projects of common interest and criteria for identifying further projects of common interest.
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  2011-10-28 - Digital Agenda: award-winning EU-funded project could bring more powerful broadband connections
  
  An EU funded project which has developed a long-term solution to Internet traffic congestion has just received a prize at Future Internet Week in Poznan, Poland. The TRILOGY project received the Future Internet Award for its outstanding contribution to the Internet architecture and protocols, which could help provide Europeans with faster, more reliable Internet connections.The three year €9.2 million project, completed in March 2011, brought together researchers and companies from Belgium, Finland, Germany, Greece, Spain, UK and the US to find methods of managing traffic so that congestion at choke points of the network is minimised, thus resulting in better quality connections for Internet users. The EU contributed €5.9 million in ICT research funding.
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  2011-10-28 - Digital Agenda: encouraging digitisation of EU culture to help boost growth
  
  The European Commission has adopted a Recommendation asking EU Member States to step up their efforts, pool their resources and involve the private sector in digitising cultural material. This is essential to make European cultural heritage more widely available and to boost growth in Europe's creative industries. The digitised material should be made available through Europeana, Europe's digital library, archive and museum.
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- Enterprises
  
  2011-10-04 - SMEs: Commission report notes economic climate threatens performance; SME Week 3-9 October
  
  The European Commission presented today its 2010 small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) report "Are EU SMEs recovering from the crisis?" - including surveys on each EU Member State (the SBA Fact Sheets) - on the occasion of the SME Week taking place throughout Europe from 3–9 October.
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  2011-10-14 - Industrial competitiveness is the solution to ensure sustainable economic recovery
  
  The European Commission presented today its Communication on "Industrial policy: Reinforcing competitiveness", which looks specifically at the industrial competitiveness performance of the Member States.The EU economic recovery has been relatively slow and remains fragile. This is reflected in the worsening sentiment across the European economy. Moreover, there are clear downside risks stemming from financial markets, rising energy and raw materials prices, and the need for budgetary consolidation. However, EU industry is in good shape and has the potential to push the European economy back to growth.
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  2011-10-17 - Commission reforms antitrust procedures and expands role of Hearing Officer
  
  The European Commission has adopted a package of measures aimed at increasing interaction with parties in antitrust proceedings and strengthening the mechanisms for safeguarding parties' procedural rights. These measures will increase the transparency and fairness of competition proceedings. They give parties a clear picture of what to expect at different stages of an antitrust investigation and increase their ability to interact with the Commission services. If parties have a dispute about their procedural rights they can refer the matter to the competition hearing officer, who will have an enhanced role throughout the entirety of antitrust proceedings.
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Other EU Policies and funding programmes supporting the Lisbon Strategy
- Environment
  
  2011-10-07 - Climate change: Survey shows increased public concern, awareness of economic benefits of action
  
  More than two Europeans in three see climate change as a very serious problem and almost 80% consider that taking action to combat it can boost the economy and jobs, a special Eurobarometer survey published today shows. The poll, carried out in June 2011, found that the European public is more concerned about climate change than it was in 2009 – and that climate change remains a greater worry than the economic situation. The survey also shows a widespread expectation in the 27 member states that the European Union will become a climate-friendly, low-carbon society by the middle of this century.
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  2011-10-17 - Commission launches a campaign on resource efficiency
  
  oday saw the launch of "Generation Awake. Your choices make a world of difference!" an EU campaign designed to encourage consumers to make resource efficiency habit. The campaign was unveiled in Poland by European Environment Commissioner Janez Potočnik and Polish Environment Minister Andrzej Kraszewski. Its aim is to raise awareness about the need to use scarce natural resources wisely, and to encourage citizens to think about their impact on the planet when making purchasing decisions.
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  2011-10-18 - What is a "nanomaterial"? European Commission breaks new ground with a common definition
  
  "Nanomaterials" are materials whose main constituents have a dimension of between 1 and 100 billionth of a metre, according to a recommendation adopted by the European Commission today. The announcement marks an important step towards greater protection for citizens, clearly defining which materials need special treatment in specific legislation.
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  2011-10-27 - EU moves towards stronger protection for the Mediterranean from offshore activities
  
  The European Commission took an important step towards better protection for the Mediterranean Sea today, with a proposal for the EU to accede to a Protocol of the Barcelona Convention that protects the Mediterranean against pollution from offshore exploration and exploitation activities. Such activities are increasing in the Mediterranean, and the area is particularly vulnerable due to its semi-closed configuration and significant seismic activity.
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- Health
  
  2011-10-11 - Empowering the patient: European Commission wants clearer rules for information on prescription medicines
  
  Today, the European Commission adopted revised proposals clarifying the information that industry can supply to the public on prescription-only medicines.Patients are increasingly interested in learning more about the medicines they take and want more of a say in how they are treated. At the same time, patients are confronted with a growing volume of information from various sources and often find it difficult to identify reliable information about medicines. The increased use of the internet over recent years makes the need for clarity even more important. Online information on medicines must be accurate and reliable.
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- Transport
  
  2011-10-12 - EU–Russia aviation summit: a way forward for more business growth and stronger cooperation
  
  The EU–Russia aviation summit, taking place in St. Petersburg today and tomorrow, aims to enhance political, technical and industrial co-operation between Russia and the EU in the aviation sector. The two partners have a huge potential for strengthening cooperation in aviation which would generate substantial benefits for both sides.
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  2011-10-19 - Connecting Europe: The new EU core transport network
  
  The Commission has today adopted a proposal to transform the existing patchwork of European roads, railways, airports and canals into a unified transport network (TEN-T). The new core network will remove bottlenecks, upgrade infrastructure and streamline cross border transport operations for passengers and businesses throughout the EU. It will improve connections between different modes of transport and contribute to the EU's climate change objectives.
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  2011-10-25 - EU and Eastern Partnership region move forward with transport cooperation
  
  Following adoption of the Commission's communication on renewed approach to transport cooperation (see IP/11/844), Vice-President Siim Kallas met transport ministers of the EU Member States and of the six Eastern Partnership countries on 24 and 25 October 2011 in Krakow, to move forward with transport cooperation between the EU and those partner countries.
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- Space
  
  2011-10-21 - Galileo: Europe launches its first satellites for smart navigation system
  
  Today Europe takes a major step in its history by launching the first two operational Galileo satellites at 12h30 CET from Kourou, French Guiana with a Soyuz launcher to reach their orbit at 23.000 kilometres. Europe is now a step closer to having its own smart satellite navigation system, which will bring many benefits to our economies and our daily lives. European industry is in pole position to benefit from the Galileo programme, by providing businesses and citizens direct access to a satellite navigation signal powered in Europe.
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- Agriculture and fisheries
  
  2011-10-03 - European Commission puts new amendments on the table to overcome deadlock on Food for the Deprived scheme
  
  The EU Aid for the Needy scheme, which provides food for as many as 18 million of the EU's most deprived citizens, faces a drastic cut in spending next year following a Court ruling in April. In a further effort to overcome the deadlock in the Council of Ministers and maintain the food distribution programme at current levels, the European Commission has today put forward a second amended proposal to provide an impetus for a political agreement and to allow the successful food distribution scheme to continue in 2012 and 2013, as well as in the future. The amendments proposed today will add a second legal base, namely social cohesion, reflecting the scheme's important social dimension. A further change is to remove the proposed provision for co-financing the scheme in future. Earlier proposals to avoid this problem were tabled by the Commission in 2008 and 2010 have been backed by the European Parliament and a number of Member States, but the dossier remains blocked in the Council.
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  2011-10-12 - The European Commission proposes a new partnership between Europe and the farmers
  
  The European Commission has today published its plans to reform the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) after 2013. This blueprint aims to strengthen the competitiveness and the sustainability of agriculture and maintain its presence in all regions, in order to guarantee European citizens healthy and quality food production, to preserve the environment and to help develop rural areas.
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  2011-10-14 - Commission to recover € 214 million of CAP expenditure from the Member States
  
  A total of € 214 million of EU agricultural policy funds unduly spent by Member States is being claimed back by the European Commission today under the so-called clearance of accounts procedure. This money returns to the EU budget because of non-compliance with EU rules or inadequate control procedures on agricultural expenditure. Member States are responsible for paying out and checking expenditure under the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), and the Commission is required to ensure that Member States have made correct use of the funds.
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  2011-10-25 - Food Safety : Report documents growing importance of the EU's Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed
  
  The European Union's system for quick exchange of information on risks linked to food and feed - an invaluable tool especially at times of crisis - has further grown in importance during 2010, the system's annual report reveals.
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  2011-10-28 - GMOs: EU's legislation on the right track, evaluation reports conclude
  
  Two independent reports evaluating the European Union's legislation on Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) conclude that there is broad support for the legislation's objectives and show that recent legislative Commission initiatives are heading in the right direction. The documents, published today, also note that some adjustments are necessary if we are to meet the objectives of the legislation -the protection of health and the environment and the creation of an internal market- and to ensure that the legislation is properly implemented.
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- Energy
  
  2011-10-10 - Energy markets: Commission welcomes adoption of new rules on wholesale electricity and gas trading
  
  he EU has adopted today new stringent rules on wholesale energy trading. The main objective is to prevent use of insider information and other forms of market abuse which distort wholesale energy prices and normally mean that businesses and consumers pay more for their energy than they need. The new law will enter into force by the end of this year. For the first time energy trading will be screened at EU level to uncover abuses. National authorities in Member States will put in place penalties to help stop and prevent market manipulation.
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  2011-10-27 - Energy: Commission sets out new safety standards for offshore oil and gas operations
  
  The likelihood of a major offshore accident in European waters remains unacceptably high. With a stringent safety regime it is possible to bring the risk of such an accident down to the absolute minimum. Damage done to the environment and coastal economies can be significantly reduced if an effective emergency response plan is put in place beforehand. This is why the European Commission has proposed today a new law which will ensure that European offshore oil and gas production will respect the world's highest safety, health and environmental standards everywhere in the EU.
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Research, Innovation, Training and Competitiveness related EU events
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October 2011

2011-10-24 - 2011-10-27 - Plenary Session - Strasbourg

2011-10-18 - New ERC grants taking projects from research table to market

2011-10-31 - Astrophysics: second phase of LAGUNA gets underway!

2011-10-24 - Stronger innovation for a stronger Europe

2011-10-06 - Commission lays foundations to boost impact of cohesion investments after 2013

2011-10-07 - OPEN DAYS 2011 – European Week of Regions and Cities (10-13 October): Discussing the future of EU cohesion policy

2011-10-03 - Digital Agenda: public consultations on access to telecoms networks

2011-10-10 - Digital Agenda: Commission pushes for effective deployment of pan-European mobile satellite services

2011-10-11 - Digital Agenda: high-level group to discuss freedom and pluralism of the media across the EU

2011-10-19 - Digital Agenda: Commission proposes over €9 billion for broadband investment

2011-10-28 - Digital Agenda: award-winning EU-funded project could bring more powerful broadband connections

2011-10-28 - Digital Agenda: encouraging digitisation of EU culture to help boost growth

2011-10-04 - SMEs: Commission report notes economic climate threatens performance; SME Week 3-9 October

2011-10-14 - Industrial competitiveness is the solution to ensure sustainable economic recovery

2011-10-17 - Commission reforms antitrust procedures and expands role of Hearing Officer

2011-10-07 - Climate change: Survey shows increased public concern, awareness of economic benefits of action

2011-10-17 - Commission launches a campaign on resource efficiency

2011-10-18 - What is a "nanomaterial"? European Commission breaks new ground with a common definition

2011-10-27 - EU moves towards stronger protection for the Mediterranean from offshore activities

2011-10-11 - Empowering the patient: European Commission wants clearer rules for information on prescription medicines

2011-10-12 - EU–Russia aviation summit: a way forward for more business growth and stronger cooperation

2011-10-19 - Connecting Europe: The new EU core transport network

2011-10-25 - EU and Eastern Partnership region move forward with transport cooperation

2011-10-21 - Galileo: Europe launches its first satellites for smart navigation system

2011-10-03 - European Commission puts new amendments on the table to overcome deadlock on Food for the Deprived scheme

2011-10-12 - The European Commission proposes a new partnership between Europe and the farmers

2011-10-14 - Commission to recover € 214 million of CAP expenditure from the Member States

2011-10-25 - Food Safety : Report documents growing importance of the EU's Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed

2011-10-28 - GMOs: EU's legislation on the right track, evaluation reports conclude

2011-10-10 - Energy markets: Commission welcomes adoption of new rules on wholesale electricity and gas trading

2011-10-27 - Energy: Commission sets out new safety standards for offshore oil and gas operations

To consult our updated table of calls, click on our dedicated webpage below

Audits et contrôles de votre contrat européen de recherche - Formation en ligne