Calls for proposals – Scientific Session Proposals
Deadline for session proposals is May 9, 2013, at 12.00 hours GMT+1.

ESOF 2014 will take place in Denmark. It is a biennial, interdisciplinary, pan-European general science meeting, which tries to showcase the latest advances in science and technology, encourage public debate and interest on the topic, and promote discussion on the role of science and technology in public policy. Read more ...

Experts for Horizon 2020 Advisory Groups: Call for expressions of interest open until 6 March 2013

The European Commission is calling for expressions of interest with the aim of creating lists of high level experts that will participate in Advisory Groups covering the Societal Challenges and other specific objectives of Horizon 2020. Read more ...

21 May 2013 – Success Stories - Banishing the "black cloud": How rice research could clear Egypt's skies

It's a phenomenon known locally as the "black cloud", and it plagues Egypt every autumn after the rice harvest: an estimated 4 million tonnes of rice straw is burnt every season, spewing some 80,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide into the skies. It leaves a choking, toxic layer of thick smog hanging just 25 meters above over the entire Nile valley for weeks, and adds to the already polluted air over the Cairo megalopolis.

17 May 2013 – Events - 1st OpenChina-ICT Thematic Workshop on Smart and Sustainable Cities - 31 May 2013, Guangzhou, P.R. China

The 1st OpenChina-ICT Thematic 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. This event (free of charge) will be held in Guangzhou, P.R. China on May 31, 2013 and 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 agenda, featuring high-level speakers from Europe and China, including representatives from the European Commission DG CONNECT, government officials, key research experts, researchers and many other speakers is available on the project website: www.