From CORDIS:

A conference entitled ‘Berlin 5 Open Access: From Practice to Impact: Consequences on Knowledge Dissemination’ will be held in Padova, Italy, from 19 to 21 September.

The aim of the conference is to bring together the various initiatives and key players within the Open Access movement in order to:

- maintain the enthusiasm of all people involved in the Open Access field;
- provide an overview of the developing tools that sustain Open Access in scientific data and cultural heritage dissemination;
- develop effective strategies that can contribute to the construction and implementation of this new paradigm of the scholarly communication world.

More information here.

From CORDIS Events:

A conference entitled “Communities building knowledge: innovation through citizens’ science and university engagement” will take place from 30 August to 1 September in Paris, France.

The conference will provide a forum to discuss and share information on community-based research, carried out in both community and academic settings.

The conference will address the following themes:
- university engagement with communities;
- citizens’ science and social movements;
- research policy – from local to global;
- innovation and citizens – added value for communities;
- participatory processes in science and technology;

More information at the Living knowledge and the conference websites.

From CORDIS Events:

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The participants will debate such questions as: Are the old values now outdated?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 symposium is organised by the Academia Europaea.

From CORDIS Events:

Kaleidoscope, a European research network in the field of technology-enhanced learning (TEL), will hold its 2007 symposium in Berlin, Germany on 26 and 27 November.

The event will bring together Europe’s leading scientists in the field of technology-enhanced learning with a diverse set of stakeholders including policy makers, industry representatives, and end-users. At the two-day event participants will discuss the latest developments and future research priorities relating to the use of technology in learning. The symposium serves to demonstrate the impact, excellence, key synergies, and value of research in the field.

The ScanBalt Forum 2007 will be held in Gothenburg, Sweden on 4 and 5 October. The focus of this year’s event will be science innovation and bio-entrepreneurship.

The aim of the event is to provide participants with an exciting and stimulating conference, exposing them to opinion leaders and renowned speakers in a friendly and creative environment in order to promote networking for the benefit of all involved.

Trans-national collaboration to bridge academic research and industry is a key parameter to enhance the competitiveness of the ScanBalt BioRegion, strengthen regional cohesion and promote cluster development. There will be an extensive range of sessions and talks, presented by some of the BioRegion’s leading scientific and industrial leaders.

Fore more information, you can visit the ScanBalt Forum 2007 website.

A partnering event entitled ‘FP7-ICT cooperation market for successful international networking with focus on broadband communications’ will take place on 5 July in Budapest, Hungary, as part of the 16th Mobile and Wireless Communication Summit.

The networking event, co-organised by five EU-funded projects (EPISTEP, HAGRID, Hungary for FP6, Ideal-ist, Star-Net), will have the twin aims of increasing awareness of Strategic Research Agendas (SRA) of European Technology Platforms (ETPs) and their status in the forthcoming calls, and secondly helping researchers find partners for future proposals in Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) and Applications.

The morning of the event will feature plenary sessions on the SRAs of the ETPs, while the afternoon will be devoted to bilateral meetings.

Further information here.

ONLINE EDUCA MOSCOW 2007 will be a notable event in the framework of the ONLINE EDUCA conference series, attracting strategists and practitioners from all over the world. Since 1994, ONLINE EDUCA has been the key networking venue for leading experts from the business sector and the academic community, as well as for education decision makers and innovation advocates.

With more than 500 delegates expected from the CIS countries, the EU, the USA, China, and other countries, ONLINE EDUCA MOSCOW is set to establish itself as the major international event in ICT-supported learning and training in the Russian Federation.

ONLINE EDUCA MOSCOW 2007 will give you an unparalleled opportunity to make business contacts, share your experience and attend enriching plenary sessions, presentation sessions, pre-conference workshop, round table discussions, special focus sessions, practical demonstrations, best practice showcases and vendor presentation sessions. The accompanying exhibition and networking events are a perfect complement to what is certain to be a dynamic and worthwhile conference.

ONLINE EDUCA MOSCOW 2007 is expected to be the largest gathering of experts in e-learning and related fields ever held in Russia and will be a convenient and stimulating way for participants to keep up with the latest achievements in the industry.

More information here.

Nanotechnology in Industrial Applications
June 19 – 21, 2007, CCD Düsseldorf, Germany

The EuroNanoForum 2007 will be the most important European congress for the transfer of nanotechnology from research into industrial production processes, products and applications. It brings together excellent scientists with leading researchers and managers from industry.

The EuroNanoForum 2007 will be held at the Congress Center Düsseldorf from June 19 to 21, 2007 and will be organised on behalf of the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research and promoted by the European Commission. The excellent conference programme with international top speakers will present the state-of-the-art nanotechnology for industrial applications and open up new perspectives in Europe for the coming years. The conference will be accompanied by a special industrial exhibition presenting European key players in nanotechnology.

More information at: EuroNanoForum 2007