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The draft Horizon 2020 Work Programme for 2018-2020 with new calls for project proposals in the field of Health, Wellbeing & Demographic Change has just been published. To explain these new funding opportunities, two info days will be held, a general one and one focusing specifically on innovation procurement. They will also be live web-streamed.

Mariya Gabriel, European Commissioner for the Digital Economy and Society, will outline her vision for future digital skills policy in Europe at the Digital Skills and Jobs Coalition Conference. The conference will also be the opportunity to celebrate the joint achievements of the Coalition in its first year and to highlight European Best Practices in the development of digital skills.

The main objective of this event is to showcase concrete examples of how the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) building blocks successfully contribute to creating a Digital Single Market.

This event, organised by the European Coordination Committee of Radiological, Electronical and Healthcare IT Industry (COCIR), aims to support developing measures in the digital health and care domains that will advance the Digital Single Market. The outcomes of the panel discussions may define some measures that could be included in a multi-stakeholder Digital Health Roadmap.

The European Forum for Electronic Components and Systems 2017 (EFECS) is a brand new event and a successor to the European Nanoelectronics Forum & the ARTEMIS technology Conference. It is jointly organised by the European Commission (DG CONNECT), the industry associations AENEAS, ARTEMIS-IA and EPoSS and the ECSEL Joint Undertaking.

Europe's leading e-infrastructures, EGI, EUDAT, GÉANT, OpenAIRE, PRACE and RDA Europe, invite all researchers, developers and service providers for two days of brainstorming and discussions at the Digital Infrastructures for Research 2017 event.

The Business Forum will look at the challenges and opportunities for investment in Africa along four strategic priorities of the EU-Africa cooperation, such as renewable energy, agribusiness, infrastructure and the digital economy. Up to 100 representatives of EU and African digital startups will be selected to participate in the event. Interested to scale your business internationally? Apply right now. Submission deadline has been extended until 25 October 2017,12:00 CET, due to an increased number of applications.

The European Data Forum (EDF) is a key European event for industry professionals, business developers, researchers, and policy makers to discuss the challenges and opportunities of the European data economy and data-driven innovation in Europe. Likewise, the Big Data Value Association Summit (BDVA) has quickly grown into a renowned event for all stakeholders in the European data economy.

Commissioner Gabriel will chair a high-level meeting with representatives of Member States, national initiatives for digitising industry, European Public Private Partnerships and relevant European Associations in order to discuss the next steps on the digitisation of European industry.