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ICT 2018 will take place in Vienna on 4-6 December 2018. This research and innovation event will focus on the European Union’s priorities in the digital transformation of society and industry. It will present an opportunity for the people involved in this transformation to share their experience and vision of Europe in the digital age.

ICT 2018, the key European ICT research and innovation event organised by the European Commission, will be back next year and hosted in Vienna on 4-6 December 2018.

The 2018 B-Day event will take place on 19 and 20 November in Brussels. The event will present the winners of the Broadband Awards for 2018 and will provide an opportunity to discuss progress made in terms of regulation, financing and deployment of broadband networks.

This training session will look at how to ensure user connectivity to subsidised backhaul, and various investment models. The agenda and registration will be made available to all members of the European Broadband Competence Offices (BCOs) Network later in 2018.

This training session will address broadband technologies, technological neutrality and State aid implications. Industry leaders will present the latest advances in broadband technology, and good practices from different parts of Europe will be shared. The agenda will be made available in the coming months. Registration for this training session will open later in 2018 to all members of the European Broadband Competence Offices (BCOs) Network.

How to coordinate and integrate our care provision in Europe better? During its final conference, the EU-funded Scirocco project will present an online tool to assess care provision, as well as methodologies, application modes and experiences of regions in scaling up integrated care.

This workshop will describe possible ways in which broadband projects can be implemented in rural and remote areas. In particular, the participants will learn about the Rural Broadband Project Network, a hands-on guide for local actors on good practices regarding rural broadband projects supported by ESI Funds. The agenda and registration for this workshop will be available later in 2018.

The 6th edition of the EU Code Week will take place from 6 to 21 October 2018. Save this date and start planning your events now!

This annual health policy event, organised in collaboration with the European Commission, will highlight the benefits that innovation brings to our health systems. But are the innovations really reaching the people for whom they were designed? And are our systems ready to handle the strides in medical innovation as well as make ethical use of the growing potential of data?

Come find out more about the upcoming 2019-2020 Horizon 2020 calls in support of innovation procurement. Network with other procurers interested in those calls at ECOPROCURA 2018 (3-5 October 2018, Nijmegem (NL)) and ECOVATION 2018 (26-27 November 2018, Vienna (AT)).