Other events

Scientific conferences in the framework of the French Presidency of the (...)

Several scientific conferences will take place in France in the framework of the French Presidency of the European Union .

DigiWorld Summit 2008

The convergence of all IP streams and the host of current uses of the web give way to a number of questions over how the principles on which the network of networks was based will evolve. The scale of the internet is changing to an unprecedented degree, with major consequences on the technologies being employed The internet is also the source of deep-seated changes in behaviour, involving a multitude of services well beyond classic uses on the computer. If these various prospects are creating new opportunities, they are also forcing all the market players to alter their business models now come under pressure (financing, regulation, privacy) . Le Corum, Montpellier (France), 19-20 November 2008

"Plant Genomics and Beyond" Conference 2009

"Plant Genomics and beyond" intends to bring together world leaders, scientists and students interested in plant genomics. The conference will bridge basic scientific issues such as evolution, cell signaling, transcription, proteomics and post-translational controls, to very applied topics that form the basis of modern agriculture, including domestication, polyploidization and heterosis. An outlook into future concepts of plant genomics will be given by discussing advanced concepts of systems biology, comparative genomics and bioinformatics.

11th Pacific Science Inter-Congress

PSI 11 2009 is a unique opportunity to share the latest findings on local and global changes for the Pacific region, to discuss the implications for Pacific countries and their ocean, and to develop strategies to deal with these challenges for the region future. France, French Polynesia, and the Pacific Science Association are pleased to organize the 11th Pacific Science Intercongress on the theme : “Pacific countries and their ocean facing local and global changes”. The event will take place from Monday 2nd through Friday 6th March 2009.

World Materials Perspectives Summit

A "World Materials Perspectives Summit", organised by the French Materalia cluster, will be held in Nancy (France), 30-31 March 2011.

[CANCELLED] HIV-AIDS, more than 25 years later: which challenges (...)

On 15th September 2010 at 6pm, the 2010 Claude Bernard International Lecture hosted by the Royal Society welcomes Prof Françoise Barré-Sinoussi, winner of the Nobel Prize for Medicine in 2008, which she shared with Luc Montagnier and Harald zur Hausen.

London to host major scientific conference on sustainable development

A major new conference will take place in London, 26-29 March 2012 to review the pressure planet Earth is now under and discuss solutions at all scales to move societies on to a sustainable pathway. Planet under Pressure 2012 will attract 2500 participants representing global-change science, policy, business and development communities and provide scientific leadership towards the 2012 UN Rio +20 conference. It will aim to provide a new vision for international research, build trans-disciplinary research communities and identify opportunities for enhanced partnerships between global change science and policy, industry and the public.

Marie Curie: a pioneering woman in science and much more

Optical Complex Systems 2011 in Marseille - September 5-8th

Optical Complex Systems 2011 will be an extraordinary conference to take stock of research and industrial applications in various fields such as Biophotonics & Biomedical optics, Optical Systems for sciences of the Universe or Photonics for safety, security & environment.

Robots Festival at the London Science Museum 1st - 4th Dec

Science Museum’s RobotvilleEU will play host to over 20 unique robots, many of which have just come out of European research labs and will be on show to the British public for the first time. The exhibition is divided into six zones; with a range of domestic robots, swarming robots, swimming robots, exploring robots, and humanoid robots on show. Roboticists, from the UK and Europe, will also be on hand to demonstrate their work and talk to visitors.