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Smart City Expo World Congress 2016

November, 2016

Smart City Expo World Congress (SCEWC) is the international summit of discussion about the link between urban reality and technological revolution. Since its first edition in 2011, it has succeeded to become a referential global event to support the development of our cities. This professional, institutional and social meeting point is a leading platform of ideas, networking, experiences and international business deals that gathers together the highest level of stakeholders, in the context of urban development.

Innovation Roundtable Summit 2016

November, 2016

The Innovation Roundtable® Summit 2016 will be attended by 600 innovation executives from 250 multinational firms – the world’s largest gathering exclusively for corporate innovators.

The Summit has a highly interactive format, combining insightful presentations with a variety of discussion sessions, enabling you to exchange experiences with your peers about topics of special interest, and with ample time dedicated to informal networking.

2nd S2S workshop

November, 2016

The second Science2Society meeting will take place from 7th to 8th of November 2016 at the premises of Fraunhofer LBF in Darmstadt, Germany. We will keep you informed about our achievements!

2nd General Assembly and S2S Workshop

November, 2016

The 2nd S2S General Assembly took place on 7th and 8th of November in Darmstard (Germany) hosted by Fraunhofer LBF. During the meeting the Science2Society workshop was also held. Representatives of the Consortium members discussed the progress made in the last five months. Additionally, paralell sessions were organized to work on the pilots.

European Open Science Cloud

October, 2016

On 11 October 2016 the European Commission published the first report of the Commission High Level Expert Group on the European Open Science Cloud (HLEG EOSC).

The Recommendations provide a solid starting point for further reflection and engagement of scientific user communities, research funders and Member States in the making of this global initiative.

Open Innovation – how to outrun other countries

August, 2016

This year the European Forum Alpbach held its Technology Symposium (25-27/08/2016) on the subject of “New Enlightenment”. Today, we live in a multipolar world that has become highly complex. Products, goods and services compete on a global scale and virtual networks and digitisation are tearing down boundaries in many fields. At the same time we see the limits of growth and of an unlimited use of resources. Science offers radically new insights while new questions are raised (see also).

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