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The EOSC-hub project is a key project in the implementation of the European Open Science Cloud (EOSC). It launches the first EOSC-hub week gathering service providers, research communities and policy representatives

The IHE Connectathon is a five-day 'connectivity marathon' for testing the interoperability of health information systems. It is a unique opportunity for vendors to test the interoperability of their products against IHE Profiles in a structured and rigorous environment with peer vendors.The 2018 Connectathon also includes the 3rd mHealth Plugathon (17-18 April).

TRA is the largest Transport Research and Innovation Conference in Europe.This biennial event brings together all the stakeholders of the transport system. It brings researchers, industries and public bodies together and provides a forum to discuss with policy makers about the challenges and opportunities the industry faces.

The first meeting of the new Digital Single Market cloud stakeholder working groups will take place in Brussels on 17 April. The creation of the working groups was spurred by the Commission's legislative proposals of 13 September 2017 on the free flow of non-personal data and cyber security. These working groups will conduct self-regulatory work in the areas of cloud security and porting data/switching cloud service providers.

Today the Digital Skills and Jobs Coalition celebrates its 100th pledge aimed at bringing digital skills to Europeans. Since the launch in December 2016, organisations, government bodies and businesses who are members of the Coalition provided more than 3.7 million online or face-to-face trainings, one million certificates and 9,000 job placements and internships. Over a million citizens became more aware of the importance of digital skills for employability, competitiveness and participation in society through various organised activities.

The EU-funded project eInfraCentral has recently launched the first version of a web platform dedicated to science and research. The purpose is to provide a single entry point through which Research communities can search, access and compare a multitude of services provided by e-Infrastructures. This portal has been designed to make life easier for researchers, encourage partnerships across disciplines and countries and encourage European excellence.

The workshop aims at bringing together industry and academia representatives interested in the forthcoming Horizon 2020 calls for platforms and pilots under the focus area 'Digitising and Transforming European Industry'.

Are you doing business and/or research on the application areas for smart home and healthy living or on smart home and interoperable grids? Are you interested in discussing IoT-based future smart services for smart homes and buildings? During this event you will have a unique opportunity to find out more about the relevant Horizon 2020 open calls and to network with representatives from the industry and the academia in these areas. The morning sessions will be web-streamed and recorded.

We all long to live in places where our local or reginal authority works for its citizens; where we have hassle-free interactions with the administration, can deal with them electronically from our home if we want to, where we know our data is handled appropriately, but where we can also engage and make our voices heard about decisions that will impact our lives. The European Commission organises this co-creation workshop to develop a quality label for user-centric cities and regions.

The European Commission is organising an information session in Brussels for H2020 participants, so they can learn legal aspects, business processes and IT tools used to prepare grant amendments and reports, with particular attention to the financial aspects and eligibility of costs.