This event will look into the present and future of intellectual property boundaries in chemistry research and will debate questions such as: Which model for peer-review publishing? Who owns research data and how to share it? Which approach is better for creating innovative products and services?

Together with researchers, publishers, EU and government officials EuCheMS intends to build bridges between all concerned and to provide answers to questions.

The Czech Liaison Office for Research, Development and Innovation and the Czech Business Representation to the EU in Brussels are holding a debate on the Seal of Excellence. The debate will take place at the Permanent Representation of the Czech Republic to the EU on 4 April 2016.

The aim of this debate is to discuss national and regional schemes for the Seal of Excellence and share experiences on creating synergies between Horizon 2020 and the European structural and investment funds.

Innovative Enterprise is an initiative by the European Commission to raise awareness of the European Union’s investment programme, such as InnovFin and the European Fund for Strategic Investments, instruments at national and local level as well as alternative sources of finance, such as crowd funding.

You will learn which finance options are available and get connected with the right people, learn more about InnovFin, the European Union investment programme for innovation.

The Human Brain Project (HBP) is planning an online release event (30 March) to present the first components, services and tools of its six ICT Platforms to the scientific community (platforms on Neuroinformatics, Brain Simulation, High Performance Analytics and Computing, Medical Informatics, Neuromorphic Computing and Neurorobotics.) There will be a live stream via AdobeConnect Webcast. More info will be made available on the HBP website in due course.

INTEROP-VLab, the International Virtual European Laboratory for Enterprise Interoperability, and the University of Minho (PT) jointly organize the 8th International Conference on Interoperability for Enterprise Systems and Applications (I-ESA’16), in Guimarães (PT).

I-ESA is the official conference of INTEROP-VLab, supported by the International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP).

AD/PD 2017, the 13th International Conference on Alzheimer's and Parkinson's Diseases and related neurological disorders, will build on the well-earned reputation of previous AD/PD Conferences for unraveling the mechanisms and improving the treatment of Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and other related neurodegenerative diseases.

Policy and business leaders are urgently trying to understand how digital technologies are changing Europe’s economy. How can digitalisation be turned into an opportunity for businesses and entrepreneurs? What cutting-edge research currently exists? And critically, how can researchers, businesses and policy-makers collaborate to set Europe’s Digital Economy on the right course?

Join us to hear from some of the most influential experts on the subject

Brazil and the European Union (EU) have a long and successful track record of bilateral cooperation, particularly in the field of Science and Technology.

It is time to take a step ahead in this process and strengthen the cooperation in innovation. Identifying the opportunities and challenges for investing and funding innovation in EU and Brazil is the starting point of that step.

The Converging Media and Content Unit is organising an Info Day on 16/03/2016 for potential applicants to the call for proposals ICT19-2017. We will give information on the call and the criteria for the evaluation of proposals.

Nine outstanding women entrepreneurs who have brought their breakthrough ideas to the market have reached the final stage of the EU Prize for Women Innovators 2016.

The three winners will be announced and receive their awards during a Citizen's Dialogue with Commissioner Moedas on 10 March.

Pollination by bees and bee health are important components of sustainable agriculture and food security. The European Commission and EFSA are working together to run a workshop to take stock of past and on-going EU research, and define further needs for possible financing under Horizon 2020.

The European Commission (EC), The Brazilian Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (MCTI), the São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP), the Brazilian National Council of State Funding Agencies (CONFAP) are organising the EU-Brazil Workshop: Coordinated Call on Advanced Biofuels.

The conference sessions will explore issues and cutting-edge technologies that affect many adult and pediatric conditions.

The following topics are to be discussed:

• Drug repositioning and personalized medicine
• NGS and undiagnosed rare diseases
• Pathophysiology
• Bringing treatments to the clinic
• Neurological diseases
• Patients and research

The AAL Association will hold an Information Day on the next call topic of the AAL Programme: “Living well with dementia. The contribution of ICT to integrated solutions for enabling the wellbeing of people living with dementia and their communities.”

Listen to state-of-the-art research, industry representatives giving their view on graphene in biosensor and implant applications. Building on these presentations, there will be moderated group discussions with the possibility of representatives across industry sectors to interact with each other as well as with researchers. The aim of the workshop is to strengthen collaboration throughout the value chain from researchers, to component, system producers and end-users.

The Canadian partners of ERA-Can+ invite European researchers and research managers to learn about our project and Horizon 2020-Europe's current Framework Programme for Research and Innovation.

The webinar will also feature the opportunities for Europeans to participate in research activities within Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada's research centres as Foreign Research Participants (FRP).

The Graphene Flagship will introduce a Graphene Zone at the 2016 Mobile World Congress. Alongside co-exhibitors from industry and academia, the Flagship will highlight graphene in mobile applications, from bendable batteries to new wearables sensors.

The Graphene Flagship introduces a Graphene Zone at the 2016 Mobile World Congress - #MWC16 - #GrapheneMWC. Alongside co-exhibitors from industry and academia, the Flagship will highlight graphene in mobile applications, stretching from bendable batteries to new wearables sensors.

The FOCUS project consortium has invited ten industrial experts from outside Europe to speak about the current and future research priorities of the European manufacturing sector.

The programme includes sessions on:

• 4ZDM-Zero Defect Manufacturing;
• Clean Factory;
• High Precision Manufacturing;
• Robotics;
• Maintenance & Support

In its 2016 edition, the School on Neurotechniques, organised by the CSNII (Convergent Science Network for Biomimetics and Neurotechnology) FET project, will offer an overview on advanced electrical- and light-based recording methods of neuronal excitability, focusing on those that are most relevant for the investigation of neural networks ‘in vitro’ and ‘in vivo’ and for application in neuroprosthetics.