EU-India Grid Workshop on Applications in Computational Biology - Bhopal, 5-9 May 2008
This four-day event will be held at the Department of Mathematics & Department of Bioinformatics Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology, Bhopal, India from the 5th to the 9th May 2008.It aims to offer an outstanding opportunity to give exposure on Indian and European Grid computing initiatives and their potential impact on computational biology and training the participants in the use and in the exploitation of the EU-India Grid infrastructure. In the light of previous successful workshops, this event will bring together students, Research Scholars, IT key players from Industries and Government organisations with specialization in Mathematics / Biology / Pharmacy / Chemical Sciences /Computer Science/ Applications/ Engineering to discuss and exchange experience in the field of computational biology. It will also be a networking and training opportunity. The number of participants is limited to 50. Preference will be given on first come, first served basis.
Convergence India 2008 - Pragati Maidan, New Delhi 19- 21 March 2008
16th Convergence India international exhibition and conference to be held during 19-21 March 2008 at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi, is the largest and longest running communications event in South Asia. Convergence India is the only forum in India to showcase the convergence of telecommunications, voice and data networks, fixed and mobile networks, internet, computing, delivery of content, satellite communications, television and entertainment applications, etc.
IT INDIA FAIR - Pragati Maidan, New Delhi 26 – 29 March 2008
IT INDIA FAIR will provide an opportunity for marketing of products, import, export, trade, investment and joint ventures in the IT field. Software development and IT Enabled Services (ITES)/BPO are areas where India with a large pool of English speaking population has substantial advantages.
IPTV India - Le Meridien, New Delhi 04 April 2008
Dwindling wireline revenues, Increased competition, bundling opportunities, consumer demand for greater control over viewing preferences, falling voice revenues, increasing penetration of broadband - Telcos in India have finally realised the importance of shifting from a voice - centric model to an IP centric model in which video and other content rich interactive services play a key role.
Workshop on "Modern computer tools for the biosciences - A grid perspective” - Lyon, France 19-22 May 2008
The Workshop “Modern computer tools for the biosciences - a grid perspective” will be held in conjunction with the 8th IEEE International Symposium on Cluster Computing and the Grid (CCGrid 2008), Lyon, France, on 19-22 May 2008.
The Workshop on “ Modern computer tools for the biosciences ” is a one-day event focussing on topics including the added-value of the Grid for Bioinformaticians, Biologists and Medical scientists, and the readiness of the Grid for these end-users The grid concept has already produced a variety of middlewares, components and platforms that are available around the World. But are facilites ready to be exploited by the true end-user? There are several challenging points that are still under development in the biosciences domain. The workshop will focus on some of these critical areas, notably, sharing biological data within distributed filesystems and database management systems, providing developers with programmatic usage of independant remote components such as web services or standard grid APIs, providing end-users with uniform grid access including ergonomic and efficient portals and creating workflow on distributed resources.
The ERINA study - developing recommendations to exploit e-Infrastructure Potential in e-Government, e-Health and e-Learning is ready to share its results - Brussels, 17 April 2008
The ERINA study is funded by the European Commission. It investigated the potential of exploiting Research Infrastructure in key Information Society Areas like e-Government, e-Health and e-Learning. It analysed the mechanisms to bridge leading edge ICT infrastructures and innovation and is providing recommendations on how to exploit e-Infrastructure in the above mentioned domains. The workshop will take place on 17th April 2008 in the European Commission premises at avenue de Beaulieau, 29 in Brussels and it is focused on presenting main findings and recommendations in an open debate. The participants will receive the executive summary of the final report a few days before the workshop date. Due to limited number of places the event participants should register.
24th NORDUnet Conference - Helsinki, Finland 9-11 April 2008
The conference slogan “The Biosphere of Grids and Networks” mirrors the fact that grids and research and education networking are interconnected, that the two develop together in many ways, and that the networking and grid technologies are more and more essential for science and education. It also reflects the constant development of new technologies and services, with roots in past progress, approved standards, and proven design principles. The conference aims to serve as an open environment where users, developers, researchers and decision makers can have fruitful discussions about new results and common challenges, and also share experiences. With a history dating back to 1980, the NORDUnet conference is among the oldest contiguous series of conferences on research and education networking. Previous conference information is available online.
NORDUnet is the Nordic Internet highway to research and education networks in Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden, and provides the Nordic backbone to the Global Information Society.
eVITA 2008 conference and exhibition - Hungary, 3-5 April, 2008
A conference and exhibition on 'infocommunication in the service of everyday life' called eVITA 2008 will be held in Budapest, Hungary on 3 to 5 April. The aim of the event is to draw the attention of economic players, society, entrepreneurs, families and the public sector to the opportunities offered by ambient assisted living applications (medical instrumentation, portable medical monitoring devices, telecare, homecare and telemedicine services, prevention and management of chronic conditions, ICT-enabled wellness, etc). These applications, which are made possible by recent advances in information and communication technologies, may provide a solution to the problems associated with an ageing population.
The NEM (Networked & Electronic Media) community is organizing the 6th NEM Assembly - Luxemberg, 4-5 March 2008
This event will provide a significant opportunity to become actively involved in NEM activities both in terms of the ongoing NEM work and preparation for FP7 Call 3 and next ICT work programme.
The NEM is an industry-led Initiative to promote and direct the large-scale initiative needed to accelerate the pace of innovation and rate of technology evolution to the level that will place European Industry at the forefront of the technology and give users an incredible choice of services. All these efforts will bear in mind the evolutionary framework from home and office environments towards broadband extended home and office environments. Members of the NEM Initiative come from various industry sectors as well as research and regulatory institutions.
Building on the success of previous conferences on the theme of Crime Prevention and Detection, this one day event will provide an update on new scientific developments in the fight against crime, based on nanotechnologies.Presentations will include the latest advances in nanotechnology as applied to analytical techniques, anti counterfeiting, biometrics, personal safety, financial and computer-based security. Other nanotechnology-based techniques in crimeprevention and detection will be presented.
The participants for the past conference included : The Home Office, Netherlands Forensic Institute, QinetiQ, NPL, Queen Mary University of London, Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Cardiff School of Engineering, Eric Potter Clarkson, De La Rue, Fraunhofer INT, PoliceI.T. Organisation, G4S Security Services, SmartWater Technology Limited, Institute of Electrical Engineers, Orchid Cellmark Ltd, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, European Commission, Forensic Telecommunications Service, Thales Research and Technology (UK) Ltd, Forensic Science Service, BASF.
Cognitive Systems, Interaction, Robotics- Luxembourg , 10 January 2008
This event addresses researchers interested in submitting project proposals to the third ICT call under FP7, Challenge ICT - 2007.2.2: Cognitive Systems, Interaction, Robotics.
The information day aims at helping participants, to better understand the work programme and criteria for the evaluation of proposals, to facilitate sharing of ideas and experiences, and to find partners for project consortia.
Programme
The information day will offer half-day plenary session aiming at providing participants with information relevant for preparing proposals to the third ICT call, Challenge 2: Cognitive systems, Interaction, Robotics. Main issues are the research challenges in the work programme and criteria for the evaluation of proposals.
During the breakout parallel sessions interested delegates will be given a 5-minute slot to present their organization's main areas of work. This is intended to be a partner-finding opportunity where delegates can state what skills they can offer, or what they are looking for. The session is open to any interested party; in particular we welcome organizations with little or no previous experience in EU funded programmes.
The remaining time will allow for participants to present posters in order to advertise their skills and find project partners, or to discuss their proposal ideas in meetings with other potential proposers or Commission staff.
- Agenda (PDF, 73KB)
Where and when?
Thursday, 10 January 2008
Luxembourg (Kirchberg)
European Commission, Jean Monnet building, M1- M6
Conference centre, M1- M6
Terms of participation
Participation to the event is free of charge, but travel and accommodation costs are to be borne by delegates. Since the number of participants is dependent on space available, places will be allocated on a case-by-case basis. With this in mind, and to help us ensure that the widest possible range of participants is represented, organizations should send only one delegate whenever possible.
Since the space available in the conference centre is limited, we would advise not to book your travel before your registration is confirmed.
Registration
Please note that, in line with the security rules, only registered participants can access the conference centre.
You can register using the electronic registration form. Registration will close on 14 December 2007.
Contact
Please use the following mailbox to contact 'Cognitive Systems and Robotics', the European Commission unit organizing the event:
EICC - ASSOCHAM - EIAS - GOPIO Trade and Business Summit EU-India Trade Relations and Beyond:
Dynamics of Mergers and Acquisitions and the role of Corporate Governance- Brussels , December 3rd- 4th 2007
India is increasingly looked on the forefront of the global business and political landscape and the rise of India is one of the defining stories of this century. So what is it that drives India? Is it the prowess in information technology? Is it the foreign investments and favourable economic policies? Or is it its billion people who help create and consume global products? It is perhaps all of these, and a bit more - it is the Indian Dream.
The Summit seeks to
- Address the issues connected with the political economy of the EU-India relations and look at how EU economic and political interests work in the EU countries
- Analyze the dynamics of merger and acquisition in the wake of landmark deals by the corporate India
- Evaluate the EU competition policies and development strategy in a theoretical context, with particular emphasis on trade and economic relations
- Examine the EU ability to portray its identity as an international actor to address the political and economic dimensions of the EU-India strategic partnership
- Discuss the institutional, legal and policy framework of the EU-India co-operation.
This Summit is oriented to serve the interest of:
- the corporate world
- business leaders and young entrepreneurs
- policy makers, social actors and those who are interested to present their views in a professional business environment.
The Summit, first of its kind being held in Europe will bring together more than 200 business leaders, representative of multinational corporations, European Parliamentarians, officials of the European Commission, representatives of various diplomatic Missions and also representatives of various Chambers of Commerce.
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eurobioform 2007- Lisbon, Portugal – December 5th-7th 2007
The EuroBioForum 2007 is an event held under the auspices of the Portuguese presidency of the EU. EuroBioForum is an annual forum where researchers, funding organisations and other stakeholders across Europe meet to discuss future life sciences priorities.
- Research topics to be addressed at the event include:
- A future with reduced animal testing;
- The European Vascular Biology Institute;
- Combating bacterial pathogenesis and antibiotic resistance;
- Tracing the pathways of mental illness;
- Systems biology to combat metabolic syndrome
- Preparing Europe for the next viral outbreak.
Luxemborg - December 17th-18th 2007
A two-day information event on the third Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) call under the Seventh Framework Programme (FP7) will be held at Luxembourg.
The event, which is organised by the European Commission, will address the objective ICT-2007.4.3, which refers to digital libraries and technology-enhanced learning. The aim of the event is to help participants better understand the work programme and criteria for the evaluation of proposals, to facilitate sharing of ideas and experiences, and to find partners for project consortia.
INFOCOM 2007 - Hyderabad - November 28- December 1st 2007 and Kolkata - February 21st-24th 2008
INFOCOM reflects and embodies the dynamic ICT community – connecting leaders and technologists to discuss and debate the most important issues and strategies driving the ICT economy and brainstorm on what is expected in the coming years.
The conference brings together speakers from amongst well-known industry leaders, top corporate, think tanks, entrepreneurs, government officials and academia from across the world. The focus areas are Emerging and Future Technologies, Telecom and the ITES-BPO segments .
FICCI - INDIA R&D 2007 - New Delhi - December 5-6, 2007
FICCI in partnership with the Department of Science and Technology (DST) and Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) is organizing its Third Global Conference on "India R&D 2007- Innovation, Advantage India" on December 5-6, 2007 at FICCI, Auditorium, New Delhi.
The objective of the conference is to espouse the diverse Indian approach to innovation, invention and creativity, as they tend to opt for cost effective innovation and also to convince the world on the benefits that would be generated by collaborating and investing in R&D. India in the last few decades has added a number of 'most preferred' tags to itself- from being a favored IT hub, to becoming the back office of the world and now, the knowledge center of the world. India is quickly moving up the value chain by becoming a global R&D hub providing cutting-edge research and development. India is also moving ahead in the R&D value chain, with the country increasingly attracting investments in high-end R&D.
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Bangalore Nano 2007 - Heralding the Nano Revolution in India- Bangalore -6th-7th December 2007
The Nanotechnology industry is heralding a new world order. It has been estimated that the market will grow to over USD 1 Trillion by 2015.
The Government of India perceiving the huge impact and business potential of Nanotechnology has made high investments through the Department of Science and Technology (DST) and Nano Science and Technology Initiative (NSTI) to provide rich infrastructure to academic institutions.
Bangalore is recognized as the Knowledge capital of India and has emerged as the most preferred destination for frontier technologies like Information Technology and Biotechnology. Bangalore IT and Bangalore Bio are now recognized as India 's leading events in their fields. environment for the development of Nanoscience and the Nanotech industry.
Bangalore Nano 2007 is the first major event of its kind in India , in "Bridging the Research-Industry Gap in Nanotechnology”. It seeks to attract leading Investors, Scientists, Heads of Research and Development Organisations, Multinational Companies and offers an unparalleled networking opportunity with an avenue to 'Talk Nano' on a one on one basis and develop Business Relationships
eScience 2007 - 3rd IEEE International Conference on e-Science and Grid Computing -
Bangalore - December 10th-13th 2007.
The e-Science 2007 conference, sponsored by the IEEE Computer Society aims to bring together developers and users of e-Science applications and enabling IT technologies, from leading international and interdisciplinary research communities. The conference serves as a forum to present the results of the latest research and product/tool developments, and highlight related activities from around the world.
EU-India Grid Conference
The EU-IndiaGrid Conference highlights the benefits of Grid Infrastructure for scientific researchers across Europe and India, facilitating Grid adoption, knowledge-sharing and co-operation across frontiers. The aim is to foster the development of a sustainable basis for current and future users and act as a catalyst for the deployment of existing and new applications
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International Conference on Information and Communication Technology in Electrical Sciences (ICTES-2007)
Chennai - December 20th-22nd 2007.
The recent advances in Electrical, Electronics and Instrumentation industry through rapid changes have enormous impact on the Power and Communication sector. The worldwide Power Sector is in the process of reforms through regulation, deregulation and restructuring. The Electronics and Communication sector is undergoing transformation through VLSI and Embedded Technology.
Information and Communication Technology (ICT) has also provided a new technological framework in the Power and Communication sector to accelerate the growth and to enable basic changes in the delivery mechanism of services. Today, ICT has tools to facilitate addressing various issues being faced by the energy sector.
To focus on the above and other emerging issues in Power and Communication Sector and convergence into ICT, the IET-UK, Chennai Branch and Dr.M.G.R.University jointly organize a Three-day International Conference on “ICT in Electrical Sciences” during 20-22 December, 2007 at Dr.M.G.R.University, Chennai, India.
The major areas for the conference will cover from among the following with a thrust on Power and Communication Sector, Wireless Communication and Networking, VLSI and Signal Processing, Large Scale Distributed System and their Processing, Nano Electronics, Electronics, Information & Control Systems, Communication Systems.
Universities and the market – (November 1st - -3rd 2007), Stockholm, Sweden.
An international symposium entitled 'The University in the Market' will take place from 1 to 3 November in Stockholm, Sweden.
The symposium will address the challenges and opportunities arising from the increased pressures on universities to develop open interfaces with the business world, and increased competition between the universities themselves as a market for students.
The participants will debate such questions as: Are the old values now outdated? If not, how can they be reconciled with these new 'values'? How can university 'business' reconcile a real need for income with concepts of academic freedom, productivity, and the pressure for the institution to contribute to economic growth of society?
The eChallenges e-2007 Conference & Exhibition takes place in the beautiful city of The Hague (Den Haag). This is the seventeenth in a series of annual technology research conferences supported by the European Commission, which regularly attracts over 600 delegates from leading commercial, government and research organisations around the world to share knowledge and experience, lessons learnt and good practice in areas of applied Information Communication Technologies (ICT).
Core thematic areas include ICT for Networked Enterprise, eGovernment and eDemocracy, Collaborative Working Environments, eHealth, Knowledge and Content Technologies, Security and Identity Management and Technology Enhanced Learning and ICT Skills.
The goals of e-2007 are to stimulate take-up of applied ICT research results by industry and government, to promote knowledge sharing between industry, government and the global research community, to exchange experiences about the current state of eAdoption at a sectoral, national or regional level and open up the European Research Area (ERA) to the rest of the world.
Unleashing India’s Potential for Collaborative Research with Europe at the Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) Workshops in India.
Building on the success of previous workshops, the Euro-India ICT Cooperation Initiative is organising two further workshops dedicated to research collaboration opportunities.
A) Euro-India ICT Co-operation Workshop (17 September 2007) New Delhi
The Euro-India ICT Co-operation Initiative is organizing a Workshop in New Delhi in September 2007. This workshop is dedicated to research collaboration and offer Indian institutions an outstanding opportunity to understand how they can work with European organisations on competitive Information & Communication Technologies (ICT) projects funded by the European Commission.
Recognized as an ICT powerhouse in the global marketplace with top-level researchers and professionals, India has an ever-important opportunity to open its doors to the international arena and make its own contribution to research and development in key areas.
The workshop provides participants with a comprehensive understanding of Europe’s Framework Programme 7 (2007 – 2013), with particular focus on ICT programme and open calls covering a wide range of ICT domains, and international cooperation objectives to engage in research projects alongside European partners.
Participation is free
B) Euro-India ICT Co-operation Workshop (21 September 2007) Mumbai
The Euro-India ICT Co-operation Initiative is organizing a Workshop in Mumbai in September 2007. This workshop is dedicated to research collaboration and offer Indian institutions an outstanding opportunity to understand how they can work with European organisations on competitive Information & Communication Technologies (ICT) projects funded by the European Commission.
Recognized as an ICT powerhouse in the global marketplace with top-level researchers and professionals, India has an ever-important opportunity to open its doors to the international arena and make its own contribution to research and development in key areas.
The workshop provides participants with a comprehensive understanding of Europe’s Framework Programme 7 (2007 – 2013), with particular focus on ICT programme and open calls covering a wide range of ICT domains, and international cooperation objectives to engage in research projects alongside European partners.
Experts from both India and Europe will share their know-how and explain the ins-and-outs of EU-funded research projects with practical information on how to get involved in international research projects. ICT players from European & Indian academic and enterprise sectors are encouraged to attend.
Participation is free
A workshop and brokerage event on 'nanomaterials and nanotechnologies for construction applications' will be held in Valencia, Spain, on 5 and 6 November.
The event will facilitate the establishment of consortia for competitive projects in the EUREKA programme, and especially within the EurekaBuild umbrella. This initiative addresses the development of pre-competitive materials for the construction sector based on the application of nanotechnologies.
Topics which will be covered at the event include:
- applications of nanotechnology in cement based materials;
- multifunctional coatings based on nanomaterials for construction products:
- intrinsic sensor and actuator materials for new 'smart' concepts in security and comfort applications;
- applications of nanocomposites in polymer based materials for construction;
- integration of nanotechnology based solutions for energy efficient buildings.
This event is supported by the European Construction Technology Platform (ECTP), as well as its Spanish homologue (PTEC).
A conference on digital ecosystems will be held in Brussels, Belgium, on 7 November.
The event is organised by the European Commission to celebrate the achievements of the first three years of collaborative EU research and development in digital business ecosystems, and to provide a forum for discussing the future perspectives of the European Digital Ecosystems.
EU Commissioner for the Information Society and Media, Viviane Reding, will open the conference. Each session will be opened by a high-level keynote speaker, providing a vision of the future and addressing the challenges ahead for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in a network-based economy. Three round tables with Members of the European Parliament, regional policy makers and academic researchers will complete the agenda.
The event will be webcast.
A workshop on the use of ozone in the food industry will take place in, on 7 November. The event is organised within the framework of the OZONECIP project, funded under the EU's Life programme.
The programme includes presentations on: the development of an ozone-based Cleaning In Place (CIP) technology; a cost analysis of replacing ozone as a disinfectant in CIP processes; EU regulations on the replacement of ozone in the food industry; and the use of ozone in different sectors of the food and drinks industry.
The SmartGrids European Technology Platform will hold its second General Assembly in Bad Staffelstein, Germany, on 8 and 9 November.
The event will address the challenges and opportunities facing Europe's electricity networks of the future, including those related to the market, technology, customers and society.
The event will also seek to validate and finalise the Strategic Deployment Document (SDD) that intends to make SmartGrids a reality.
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AXMEDIS is a large conference and community with strong innovation and research programme. AXMEDIS 2007 is a significant and exciting event on cross-media, content production GRID, content protection, interoperable DRM (digital rights management), multimedia terminals, multiple-play, multichannel, multi devices, MPEG-21 terminal and tools, authoring tools, digital media, P2P, OMA, multi-channel delivery, content modeling, business models, security and distribution, digital signature, legal aspects, accessibility, transaction models, social network, semantic modeling, multimedia music, workflow, and much more.
The AXMEDIS2007 International Conference is a perfect occasion to get the state of the art and beyond, on the above mentioned technologies and developments and to meet the most relevant industrial leaders, leading researchers, experts and practitioners from both industrial and research institutes, including European digital content providers, integrators, distributors, technology providers, market leaders and prestigious research institutions, social networks.
- call for Industrial Applications and/or Demonstrations
- Call for participation at the AXMEDIS 2007 conference
- meet AXMEDIS people and experts at IBC 2007
ENIAC, the European Technology Platform for Nanoelectronics, will hold its second annual forum on 28 November in Budapest, Hungary.
The event will focus on the first integral revision of the ENIAC Strategic Research Agenda, the ENIAC JTI, the role of Small and Medium Enterprises in the European industrial scenario and the future of R&D in Europe.
An information day and brokerage event on transnational cooperation in food, agriculture and fisheries and biotechnology aims to bring together research stakeholders, industry representatives and Commission officials, and to provide ground for discussion and networking within the scope of the 'Food, agriculture and fisheries, biotechnology' theme of the Seventh Framework Programme (FP7). The event will include a presentation of the areas addressed by the 2008 call, presentations of proposal ideas and a session of pre-arranged bilateral meetings to discuss potential partnerships in FP7 proposals.
The event is organised by TrainNet Future, a European project on international cooperation in the Sixth Framework Programme (FP6) with the new members of the EU, in collaboration with the European Commission.
The Computer Society of India is the oldest and largest body of IT professionals and users with over 32,000 members with 63 chapters across the country. CSI conducts national convention, every year in various parts of the country. The 42nd convention is being hosted by CSI, Bangalore Chapter.
Computer Society of India is organizing a four day mega Annual convention on the theme “ GenNext India – Harnessing the Power of IT ” at Bangalore, the IT Capital of India.
The convention will have a three day technology driven event on the following three parallel tracks.
IT Now – IT in various fields including Media, Sports, Healthcare, Education, Retail, Social Development and Open Source
GenNext Technologies – Next Generation Hardware, Software Architecture, Web, Serach Engines, Virtualization, Convergence and Gaming
Voice of GenNext – This track would demonstrate Youth Innovations, Creative Ideas, and Student papers