Novità+Eventi

On October 12th -13th, 2016, just a few days before the World Food Day, the European Commission’s DG for Research and Innovation and the DG for Agriculture and Rural Development will host the “FOOD 2030: Research & Innovation for Tomorrow's Nutrition & Food Systems” conference in Brussels. This high level event seeks to support the creation of a coherent research and innovation policy...

University Polytechnic of Valencia Campus, 20-22 July 2016 from 09:00 to 13:30

The 11th National Conference on Biological Diversity was held from June 9-10th in the Southern Italian city Matera. The aim of the conference is to keep up a continuous debate and interaction between researchers, public organisations and private institutions on the topics management, monitoring and conservation of biodiversity. It particularly highlights the diverse factors that link the local...

What are the challenges that require urgent action under the next Work Programme in the areas covered by the Societal Challenge „Food Security, sustainable agriculture and forestry, marine and maritime and inland water research and the bioeconomy“ (SC2)? Can you pin down any gaps that need to be taken into account? If you would like to help setting up a more targeted and optimized work...

The Competitiveness Council of the European Union - a configuration of ministers of science, innovation, trade, and industry - has set out an ambitious new target following their 2-days meeting in Brussels on 27 May: All publicly funded scientific papers published in Europe should be freely accessible as of 2020. New open access terms have long been debated in theory. Now, under the presidency...