Scientific conferences in the framework of the French Presidency of the European Union

The conference on "Knowledge-based intensive growth: strategy in a global economy", that will take place on 7 - 9 July 2008 in Toulouse, France, in the framework of the French Presidency of the European Union, aims at hosting fruitful exchanges between researchers in knowledge and innovation economy, deciders in public policies, heads of businesses or academic institutions.

It will gather participants from the Union and other active countries in the field of R&D and innovation. Plenary and invited sessions will give the floor to international high level experts on these topics. Other parallel sessions are aimed at giving to the participants a better knowledge on what is going in research and on assessment of public policies on innovation.

To learn more about the conference, please have a look at the site of the conference.

The conference on "Research on climate change, how can space science help" is foreseen on 7-9 July 2008 in Paris and will be organised by the Centre National d’Eudes Spatiales (CNES). More information will be available soon on the site of the French Presidency of the European Union.

The conference “Is Knowledge a Flat World?” is scheduled from 24 to 25 November in Paris at the Conseil Economique et Social.

Our scientific world may be considered as flat, in the sense that the production of knowledge is no longer informed by local geography, culture or tradition, and that it may consequently appear uniform and monotonous. It would seem that the Internet and information and communication technologies are progressively turning our planet into a flat world, where behaviour, activities and production tend to resemble each other. This would also seem to be true in scientific research. Is it the case? Does it occur in scientific research, culture and creation? This is what we need to look at.

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THE FIFTH EUROPEAN CONFERENCE ON RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURES WILL HOSTED BY THE CITY OF VERSAILLES ON DECEMBER 9TH AND 10TH, 2008.

In the framework of the French Presidency of the European Council, the conference is jointly organised by the French Ministry of Higher Education and Research and the European Commission, in cooperation with ESFRI.

World-class Research Infrastructures are one of the pillars of an ambitious European Research Area. Access to leading research infrastructures plays a key part in maintaining Europe’s competitiveness in both basic and applied research. Research infrastructures play an increasingly important role in the advancement of knowledge and technology, offering a unique research service to users from different countries and attracting young talents to science.

In this context, the Versailles Conference will focus: - on the impact of Research Infrastructures; - on economical challenges in conjunction with the Lisbon objectives; - on problems of society, such as environmental concerns or expertise; - on training in human resources and attracting high level scientists. For more information, look at the website of the conference