The event will focus on the following issues : promoting a new European Strategy for Research Infrastructures (RIs) in the framework of the future Strategy for the EU2020 ; prioritising the RoadMap outlined by the European Strategy Forum on Research Infrastructures (ESFRI), which identifies new RIs of pan-European interest corresponding to long term needs of the European research communities ; the e-infrastructure for Science ; the Management and funding of the RIs within context of the European Research Area (ERA) ; the Governance and future of RIs within the ERA

This event includes a high level conference on the theme of cooperative mobility, live on-road demonstrations and an exhibition. The showcase will feature the final results of the three major European integrated projects COOPERS, CVIS and SAFESPOT, co-financed by the European Union’s Sixth Framework Programme for Research.

The European Commission has launched today the Europe 2020 Strategy to go out of the crisis and prepare EU economy for the next decade. The Commission identifies three key drivers for growth, to be implemented through concrete actions at EU and national levels: smart growth (fostering knowledge, innovation, education and digital society), sustainable growth (making our production more resource efficient while boosting our competitiveness) and inclusive growth (raising participation in the labour market, the acquisition of skills and the fight against poverty). This battle for growth and jobs requires ownership at top political level and mobilisation from all actors across Europe. Five targets are set which define where the EU should be by 2020 and against which progress can be tracked.

The event will bring together 800 projects from 27 countries of the European Union related to astronomy, robotics, modding and development of software, information technology security, blogs or digital creativity in any of its facets. The projects will be chosen from all those presented for evaluation through the event’s web page. The deadline for submission of applications is 15 March 2010. The creators of the selected projects will be invited to participate in Campus Party Europe in Madrid. In parrallel to the innovation awards, the MICINN Challenge invites European internet users to share their projects on how to contribute to the fight against poverty and exclusion through new technologies.

Enterprise Interoperability (EI) is the ability of an enterprise or more generally an organisation to work with other enterprises or organisations without special effort. Nowadays enterprises’ competitiveness is largely determined by the ability to interoperate seamlessly. Industry’s need for EI has been one of the significant drivers for research into the Future of the Internet. EI research will embrace and extend contributions from the Internet of Things and the Internet of Services, and will go on to drive the future needs for the Internets of People, Processes, and Knowledge. The event aims to bring together the world’s leading researchers and practitioners in the area of EI.

Enterprise Interoperability (EI) is the ability of an enterprise or more generally an organisation to work with other enterprises or organisations without special effort. Nowadays enterprises’ competitiveness is largely determined by the ability to interoperate seamlessly. Industry’s need for EI has been one of the significant drivers for research into the Future of the Internet. EI research will embrace and extend contributions from the Internet of Things and the Internet of Services, and will go on to drive the future needs for the Internets of People, Processes, and Knowledge. The event aims to bring together the world’s leading researchers and practitioners in the area of EI.

This symposium aims to give an answer to the question of how ICT can contribute to smarter mobility. New challenges are imposed by the ever-growing traffic density, as well as the need for more flexible and economic traffic solutions. Intelligent Transport Systems should result into safer, more efficient and more environmentally friendly mobility. Telematics offer an opportunity for new promising information services. After introducing the European state of the art, the symposium will present the view of different stakeholders: the car industry, telecom network operators, service providers, the traffic management organizations and the technology enabling industry.

This symposium aims to give an answer to the question of how ICT can contribute to smarter mobility. New challenges are imposed by the ever-growing traffic density, as well as the need for more flexible and economic traffic solutions. Intelligent Transport Systems should result into safer, more efficient and more environmentally friendly mobility. Telematics offer an opportunity for new promising information services. After introducing the European state of the art, the symposium will present the view of different stakeholders: the car industry, telecom network operators, service providers, the traffic management organizations and the technology enabling industry.

This is the twentieth in a series of Annual Conferences supported by the European Commission, which regularly attracts over 650 delegates from commercial, government and research organisations around the world to share knowledge, experience and good practice. eChallenges e-2010 will focus on applied ICT research topics addressing major societal and economic challenges. A call for extended abstracts has been launched for technical and visionary papers, business and government case studies. Proposals to arrange 90 minute workshop sessions are also welcome. The deadline for submission has been extended to 08 March.

This is the twentieth in a series of Annual Conferences supported by the European Commission, which regularly attracts over 650 delegates from leading commercial, government and research organisations around the world to share knowledge and experience, lessons learnt and good practice. eChallenges e-2010 will focus on Applied ICT research topics addressing major societal and economic challenges. The programme will combine strategic keynote presentations, technical and policy papers, case studies, workshops, an exhibition and social activities. The programme will showcase results from projects funded at national and regional level as well as those funded by European Commission Research Programmes.

eChallenges e-2010 Conference & Exhibition will take place in Warsaw, Poland, 27 - 29 October, 2010. This year it will focus on applied ICT research topics addressing major societal and economic challenges. The Call for Papers for eChallenges e-2010 is opened. All extended abstracts and workshops should be submitted online by 26 February.

The European Commission today published the Call for Proposals for exhibits at ICT2010 on 27-29 September 2010. The Commission is looking for ideas in the area of upstream ICT innovation as well as close-to-market projects. We invite any organisation involved in European research and development as well as deployment projects and associated support activities to submit an idea for an exhibit. The call is open to all sorts of actors in ICT research: universities, research institutes, non-profit organisations, public authorities and commercial companies including small and medium sized enterprises. Closing date: 30 March 2010.

Mobile World Congress 2010 Barcelona, 15th February 2010

Business leaders, public officials and opinion leaders will share and build a vision of a connected planet with access for all. ICT as an enabler for economic growth will be the main topic on the agenda for WCIT 2010. The conference is structured aroung 9 main tracks, including themes such as eGovernment, eHealth and eInclusion.

The event intends to provide an international forum for discussing the latest results in the field of medical and biological engineering and computing. The scientific program will consist of invited keynote talks given by leading scientists in the field, and special track sessions and workshops that cover a broad array of issues which relate technology and computing to (bio)medicine. A call for papers is open until 14 February.

The Commission launched a public consultation on the EU 2020 strategy in November 2009, which closed on 15th January 2010. Around 1500 contributions have been received from a wide range of interested parties. A more detailed analysis of the contributions is due to be issued around mid-February. All contributions will be available soon on the consultation website.

Edge 2010 is a conference devoted to 21st Century public service delivery : how to innovate for digital inclusion, learning and e-government. New approaches to the regeneration of cities will be presented and exploration of how virtual libraries, along with information services, are revolutionising local authorities. The event will provide opportunities to learn about innovative practice in libraries, buildings and community information. Edge 2010 will demonstrate the latest thinking, tools and technologies available to the public sector. Participants will include elected members, Chief Executives, Directors, Heads of Service, trustees, E-government and community professionals, library vendors, and others with an interest in libraries and information.

The Europe 2020 strategy will build on the successes and results obtained by the Lisbon strategy since its 2005 relaunch, which focused on growth and jobs, but also address some of its shortcomings. In this context, the Commission prepared an evaluation of the Lisbon strategy.

The "Future Internet" promises an exciting new world of services and capabilities: devices that will automatically exchange information to facilitate users, services that transparently and seamlessly combine information from different and multiple sources, protocols and systems that are able to handle complex interactions. At the same time, however, concerns about privacy and security increase for individuals, organizations, and the society in general. This gives rise to a number of question such as where should responsibility be placed and how should solutions be enforced and verified in a world of complex infrastructures and services? This third edition of the Summer School, organised by the European Network and Information Security Agency (ENISA) and the Foundation for Research and Technology Hellas (FORTH), will cover topics that address legal, technical, and policy issues in this emerging world.

The European Digital Agenda will be a major contributor to the European Commission's overall strategy for developing a low-carbon, high value European economy over the coming five years.