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CREATED:20100105T125516
DESCRIPTION:Meeting of the Scientific Forum for International Cooperation (
 SFIC).
DTEND:20100212
DTSTART:20100212
LOCATION:Madrid
SUMMARY:Scientific Forum for International Cooperation
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URL:era.gv.at/events/16661.html
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CREATED:20091105T100557
DESCRIPTION:
DTEND:20100302
DTSTART:20100301
LOCATION:Brussels
SUMMARY:Competitiveness Council
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URL:era.gv.at/events/14868.html
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CATEGORIES:Conference
CREATED:20090603T101502
DESCRIPTION:CONCORD 2010\, Second European ConferenceThe European Commissio
 n and the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation invite submissions of
  abstracts to be presented at the 2nd European Conference on Corporate R&D
  (CONCORD-2010)\, focusing on Corporate R&D: An engine for growth\, a chal
 lenge for European policy.The event will be organised by the JRC's Institu
 te for Prospective Technological Studies (IPTS) and the Spanish Centre for
  Development of Industrial Technology (CDTI) under the auspices of the Spa
 nish Presidency of the EU Council. It also forms part of the Industrial Re
 search Monitoring Analysis (IRMA) activities of the European Commission's 
 Directorates Joint Research Centre (JRC) and Research (RTD). The Conferenc
 e aims to link science\, business\, and policy making by being structured 
 around a series of policy relevant questions and thereby seeks to understa
 nd the policy implications of scientific findings. In particular\, it will
  address the dynamics of corporate R&D\, innovation\, competitiveness and 
 economic growth.Thus\, the main objectives are:To provide a platform for d
 iscussing corporate R&D (from analytical / research perspectives) and the 
 way to stimulate spending on R&D via policy initiatives To bring the commu
 nity of researchers\, policy analysts and policy makers as well as industr
 y representatives together\, share their specific knowledge on the subject
  and translate the individual insights into sound support to policy making
 To provide relevant input and sound support to the European policy making 
 and to outline blank spots for further investigationThe first day of the c
 onference will be a forum for academics and practitioners and the second d
 evoted to the policy dimension of corporate R&D\, based on the most releva
 nt outcomes of the first day.The three thematic strands of the first day o
 f the Conference (Academic Forum) will be:Impact of R&D on firm productivi
 ty and market performanceGlobalising economies & internationalisation of c
 orporate R&DThe link between corporate R&D\, innovation\, and employmentAc
 ross all strands\, the impact of the current economic and financial crisis
  on R&D and innovation\, sectoral specifics or particularities e.g. in ter
 ms of SME's and NTBF's are seen as cross-cutting issues. Please see the Ca
 ll for Abstracts for further information.All submitted abstracts will be s
 ubject to a peer review. The selection process will be carried out by the 
 academic representatives of the Conference's Programme Committee.The main 
 strands of the second day of the Conference (Policy Makers' Forum) will be
 :Relation between employment\, business performance\, and R&D Public servi
 ces to support R&D and innovation in SMEStrategies and policies to attract
 \, stimulate\, and leverage spending on R&D in the light of a globalizing 
 world. Organisator: European Commission and the Spanish Ministry of Scienc
 e and Innovation 
DTEND:20100304
DTSTART:20100303
LOCATION:Seville (Spain)
SUMMARY:Corporate R&D: An engine for growth\, a challenge for European poli
 cy
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URL:http://iri.jrc.ec.europa.eu/concord-2010
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CATEGORIES:Conference
CREATED:20091028T140314
DESCRIPTION:Stocktaking and prospects: Doctoral Training and Research – The
  Link between EHEA and ERAThe international Annual Conference of Eurodoc\,
  the European Council of doctoral candidates and young researchers is orga
 nised by doktorat.at – Österreichs junge WissenschafterInnen and Students 
 Union of Vienna University of Technology". It is open for everybody. We es
 pecially invite young researchers and policy makers.Please find on this si
 te informations concerning the background of Eurodoc and the conference ve
 nue\, further information on the conference programme\, social activities 
 and registration will be provided shortly.For any questions\, please write
  to: eurodoc2010@doktorat.at
DTEND:20100315
DTSTART:20100311
LOCATION:Vienna\, Austria
SUMMARY:Eurodoc Annual Conference 2010
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URL:http://eurodoc2010.doktorat.at/
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CREATED:20100105T125932
DESCRIPTION:The sixth European Conference on Research Infrastructures.
DTEND:20100325
DTSTART:20100322
LOCATION:Barcelona
SUMMARY:European Infrastructures - ECRI 2010 
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URL:http://www.ecri2010.es/en/content/programme
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BEGIN:VEVENT
CREATED:20091105T100647
DESCRIPTION:
DTEND:20100326
DTSTART:20100325
LOCATION:Brussels
SUMMARY:European Council 
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URL:era.gv.at/events/14869.html
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CREATED:20100105T130649
DESCRIPTION:This Conference will be the key public event in launching a ser
 ies of new Public Private Partnerships (PPPs) as cornerstone of the smart 
 investments of the European Economic Recovery Plan.
DTEND:20100414
DTSTART:20100413
LOCATION:Valencia
SUMMARY:The European Framework Programmes: From Economic Recovery to Sustai
 nability
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URL:http://www.r2sconference.eu/
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CREATED:20100105T130847
DESCRIPTION:
DTEND:20100430
DTSTART:20100429
LOCATION:San Sebastian\, Spain
SUMMARY:Launch of the first EIT-KICs
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URL:era.gv.at/events/16664.html
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