May 2013 will be the European Month of the Brain. The European Commission has organised a full programme of activities and conferences to raise awareness on the importance to keep supporting brain research. On 14/5 there will be a free conference in Brussels with four speakers on eHealth.

FP7 projects Aniketos and NESSOS, together with CHOReOS and IFIP TM present their Spring PhD School on Trustworthy & Secure Service Composition.

This event will bring together policy and main research stakeholders from Europe and China specialized on the ICT aspects of Smart and Sustainable Cities to create feasible research collaboration with the emergence of concrete projects. The workshop on Smart and Sustainable Cities is organised by the OpenChina-ICT project under the aegis of the European Commission through its FP7 research-funding programme, aiming at facilitating ICT related research cooperation between Europe and China.

Interested parties, such as representatives of network operators, service providers, users, consumers, manufacturers, trade unions, third countries and international organisations, are invited to a short debriefing session following the Communications Committee (COCOM) meeting on Monday 3 June 2013. The session is estimated to start at 18:00 in the Charlemagne building. The debriefing is intended to give a general overview of the discussions in the Committee. In order to attend the debriefing, the interested parties are requested to register with the secretariat of the Committee at the latest by Monday 27 May 2013, using the enclosed registration form.

This conference will bring together Chief Information Officers and ICT managers from local government as well as business leaders. The goal of the event is to find answers to today’s challenges regarding ICT in cities. Participants will showcase key implementations and ideas, share experiences, facilitate debate and exchange views through presentations, roundtables, one-to-one discussions and workshops.

Going local Italia 2013 - Roma, 3 giugno e Milano, 4 giugno

Participate in this Intelligent Transport System key event and learn about the latest development in terms of innovation, solutions and deployment. 'All regions face similar challenges in delivering sustainable transport solutions to meet their current and future mobility requirements. Transport authorities are aware of the real needs specific to their region but often find it difficult to identify detailed information on targeted ITS solutions that would deliver direct and tangible positive outcomes. The primary focus of Dublin 2013 Congress will be on proven deployed solutions and innovative R&D that solve real problems and deliver value for money in today’s challenging economic environment.'

The Annual Conference of the Smart Cities Stakeholder Platform will bring together technology developers, city representatives, high-level financial managers and EU-level policy makers from across the European Union. While reviewing achievements since the creation of Platform two years ago, conference delegates will look at the next steps for mass application of promising ICT innovations in sectors such as urban mobility, housing and power distribution. The event will run two days. The first day, June 5, will follow a workshop format and allow participants to get acquainted with and vote for the best technological innovations identified by platform members. This informal half-day session lays the groundwork for the next day’s plenary session, which will include the participation of high-level conference delegates. For the first time, the conference presents results of the Smart Cities and Communities European Innovation Partnership. It gathers top experts and representatives of the most innovative Smart City solutions in Europe. REGISTRATION AND ATTENDANCE ARE FREE OF CHARGE.

This annual healthcare social media conference is devoted to the understanding of how physicians use New Technologies, Web 2.0 tools and Social Media to communicate with other health care professionals, patients, payers, pharmaceutical companies, public agencies. Innovators and practitioners from all walks of healthcare (patients, professionals, hospitals, industry, government, payers) are expected to participate from Europe, North America, Middle East and Asia to share best practices in Healthcare Social Media, Online communities, eReputation, Mobile Health and Gamification.

The workshop will focus on reference architectures and AAL middleware. Many projects have in the last few years developed AAL runtime environments and middleware solutions that aim at being reusable “AAL operating systems”. This workshop will try to summarize the state of the art in AAL middleware and discuss whether a standardization of an AAL “reference architecture” is needed, and on which levels (e. g. reference model, system architecture, APIs, terminology/ontology). Representatives of the most important middleware projects and products, including universAAL, URC, OpenHAB, IP-Symcon, OpenRemote, MundoCore and others are invited.

<p> Interested in EU-US Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) negotiations?</p> <p> Join DG CONNECT's stakeholder meeting and share your views on the transatlantic relations in the ICT  on 12 June 2013.</p>

This event is organised as a cross-dissemination event of ongoing projects. It foremost addresses European companies interested in research in the domain of ICT for manufacturing under the aegis of the FP7 Public Private Partnership "Factories of the Future". One of the main objectives is to discuss emerging and novel “out-of-the-box” concepts and ideas for research, development and innovation. Innovation outcomes will be reviewed and future research agendas will be discussed.

This conference will explore the emerging technologies and trends that are changing the way policy is made. Policy-making 2.0 refers to a blend of emerging and fast developing technologies that enable better, more timely and more participated decision-making in government. The aim of the conference is to cross-fertilize projects to support community building and to learn from each other. Over these two days many topics will be discussed including: open and big data, visual analytics, modelling and simulation, collaborative governance and crowdsourcing, serious gaming, and opinion mining. There will also be a chance to submit an application for the Policy 2.0 prize. It’s goal is to raise awareness and consolidate the community about a new set of tools to support policy making, such as open and big data, visualization, opinion mining, collaborative governance, modeling and simulation, serious gaming. The event is free and open to anyone with an interest in 21st century policy making.

We have set up a large scale gathering exercise of inspiring high-impact initiatives that help achieving the goals of the DAE.

This year, once again, the Digital Agenda Assembly (DAA13) is not only a chance for bringing together all the key stakeholders to discuss the progress so far and the challenges ahead.

ICOST is considered as a premier venue for the presentation and discussion of research in the design, development, deployment and evaluation of Smart Environments, Assistive Technologies and Health Telematics systems. ICOST brings together stakeholders from clinical, academic and industrial perspectives and along with end users and their family carers explore how Smart Homes and Health Telematics can foster independent living and offer an enhanced quality of life. ICOST 2013 invites participants to present and discuss their experiences in the design, development, deployment and evaluation that demonstrate significant contributions in the areas of smart homes, health telematics and assistive technologies. ICOST 2013 will provide a dynamic program which will incorporate a range of technical, clinical and industrial related keynote speakers, oral and poster presentations along with demonstrations and technical exhibits.

This event offers an opportunity to explore and discuss how Public Administrations can use semantic technologies to make information exchange more efficient and effective, allowing them to operate at lower costs and provide better services. The conference programme addresses topics such as: Basic data for public services; Open Standards for eGovernment; Data interoperability in the Cloud and on the World-Wide Web; Open Government Data and interoperability; Putting interoperability solutions in a regional or local context. It is organised by the ISA Programme of the European Commission. Attendance is free of charge but registration is required and places are limited.

The workshop will be conducted by Valdani Vivari & Associati (VVA) Consulting, which is carrying out the study "Assessment of socio-economic aspects of spectrum harmonization regarding wireless microphones and cordless video-cameras (PMSE equipment)" on behalf of the European Commission. The study covers audio and video Programme Making and Special Event (PMSE) equipment and aims to provide an informed view on options for harmonization of spectrum available for the benefit of wireless microphones and cordless video-cameras.

The purpose of this School is to transfer and exchange knowledge on Micro and Nano Systems for RF applications, through a number of tutorials presented by experts from worldwide leading organizations.