EUREKA ISRAELI CHAIRMANSHIP: PROMOTING A CULTURE OF INNOVATION

A half-day conference at the European Parliament in Brussels

Tuesday 13 July 2010 - Room ‘Altiero Spinelli’ A5G-3

Registration starts at 08:30 at the entrance of the Spinelli building on Rue Wiertz

The Israeli EUREKA Chairmanship, which begins its 12-month tenure in July, is pleased to announce the conference:

EUREKA ISRAELI CHAIRMANSHIP: PROMOTING A CULTURE OF INNOVATION

The conference is organised in association with European Parliamentarians Silvia-Adriana ŢICĂU (S&D) and Bastiaan BELDER (EFD), the Office of the Chief Scientist at the Israeli Ministry of Industry, Trade and Labour and MATIMOP - the Israeli Industry Centre for R&D.

The conference will comprise two parts, concluding with a Q&A session and a networking lunch. Please find a more detailed programme of the conference on the EUREKA Website.

This event promises to be a significant one in the Chairmanship calendar and worth marking in your diary.

If you are interested in attending the conference, please download the event programme and registration form from the EUREKA website.

Registration deadline: 5 July 2010

Please contact for further information:

Bianca Bazant

Tel: +32 2 777 0956

Fax: +32 2 770 7495

Email: communications@eurekanetwork.org

GERG ACADEMIC NETWORK EVENT

June 3 - 4, 2010, Brussels

http://www.gerg.info/about.htm

GERG, the European Gas Research Group, has established an academic network to promote interaction specifically on R&D topics and to enlarge and strengthen links between selected universities and the European gas industry’s research centres.

The objectives are many, but key amongst them are to ensure that the academic community is aware of gas industry issues and to encourage a dialogue between R&D practitioners in industry and academia.

Following the success of the GERG Academic Network Event in 2009, the GERG ACADEMIC NETWORK EVENT - 2010 will be held on 3^rd & 4^th June in the:

Radisson Blu Royal Hotel

Rue du Fossé-aux-Loups 47

B-1000 Brussels

Registration deadline: 14 May 2010

For registration please contact Dave Pinchbeck: davepinchbeck@gerg.eu

An informal ‘Belgian’ dinner will be offered to all participants at a restaurant in the city centre in the evening of 3^rd June.

Contact:

Dave Pinchbeck

+32 2 230 8017

davepinchbeck@gerg.eu

The 1st EU-Russia Innovation Forum

May 25 - 27, 2010 Lappeenranta, FINLAND

http://www.eurussiainnoforum.com/page/eu-russia-innovation-corridor-erico

The 1^st EU–Russia Innovation Forum will be held on the 25^th – 27^th of May 2010 in the City of Lappeenranta, Finland.

With the strong support of the Prime Minister of Finland and key innovation policy makers and stakeholders, the Forum will be the first high level innovation event between the EU and Russia.