News
Signing
of a partnership agreement between
Sophia Antipolis Foundation and
Suzhou National New & Hi-Tech
Development Zone - China.
Sophia Antipolis Foundation signed
on 21st April 2008 at Sophia Antipolis
a partnership agreement with Chinese
Technology Park of Suzhou with
the goal of promoting and developing
their activities in order to favour
internationalisation of businesses,
take part in common events, and
put in place training programmes.
In 1992 SND became a state-level
development area as approved by
the State Council of China. SND
sits to the west of the city’s
old downtown area, with a current
population of 258,000.
http://www.snd.gov.cn/EN/index.jsp
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ASTP
The Association of European Science
& Technology Transfer Professionals
(ASTP) is pleased to invite you
to its ninth Annual Conference
to be held in Bergen, the Hanseatic
city and former capital of Norway,
situated in the south-western
coast of the country. The initiative
of a multinational group of professionals
to meet and share experiences
on a regular basis resulted in
the establishment of the non-profit
Association of European Science
& Technology Transfer Professionals
(ASTP). The ASTP is made of practitioners
and members, growing in number.
It has already proudly welcomed
more than 500 members, covering
35 countries.
For further information please
visit
http://www.astp.net/archief/index.html
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Security
and the environment: new satellites
to spur earth observation
New satellites will soon reinforce
the performance of the GMES earth
observation system (Global Monitoring
for Environment and Security),
further to an agreement signed
in Brussels today by the European
Space Agency (ESA) Director General,
Jean-Jacques Dordain and Heinz
Zourek, Director-General of the
European Commission's Directorate
General for Enterprise and Industry
Policy.
GMES
is a European Union-led initiative
organised in partnership with
ESA to combine ground and space-based
observations to develop an integrated
environmental and security monitoring
capability. The data produced
through this infrastructure will
give a better understanding of
the earth's land surface, its
atmosphere and its oceans, and
support emergency and security
services. In particular, these
data allow for a better management
of environmental and security
crises.
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INDIASOFT
2008: Hyderabad, India
20th & 21st March
The IndiaSoft 2008, will takes
place in Hyderabad on the 20th
and 21st March 2008. The event
will allow French businesses to
network with more than 100 secondary
and tertiary ICT sector businesses.
Furthermore, IndiaSoft 2008 will
be welcoming delegates from more
than 50 countries.
Hyderabad,
India’s 5th city is one
of the rare cities where tradition
and modernity coexist in harmony,
a revolution which has already
attracted Microsoft and many other
MNCs (Multi National Corporations)
to set up here. With its dynamic
leadership, the state continues
to drive the nation towards new
dimensions in the fields of IT,
Biotechnology, Pharmaceuticals,
Business Management, and Construction
– making it a land of increasing
opportunities.
Information: www.indiasoft2008.com
/ Reservations
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VINTIUM
International established at Sophia-Antipolis
(Nice)
VINTIUM
International provides consultancy
services in international development
to industries in the Aerospace
, Defence and High-Tech sector.
In its areas of expertise, VINTIUM
International is also a direct
early-stage investor (Business
Angel) in innovative start-ups
positioned to develop unique know-how
or leap-frog technologies.
With its headquarters established
at the Sophia-Antipolis Technopole
in the south of France, VINTIUM
International is poised to develop
its activity on an European basis.
A network of consultants and correspondents
in North America, Asia and Australia
extend the perspective in areas
of strong economical growth.
VINTIUM International has established
a set of relations with a network
of Capital Risk and Equity investment
funds operating in the corresponding
business and technological areas.
Contact : jose.massol@vintium.fr
/ 04 92 28 89 83
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The
first days back for the students
of the IUT
The IUT Nice Côte d’Azur,
located on four sites, Nice, Sophia
Antipolis, Cannes and Menton has
had its first day back. More than
2500 students enrolled at the
IUT Nice Côte d’Azur.
Sophia Antipolis is composed of
three departments of the IUT:
Quality, Industrial Logistics
and Organisation – Networks
and Telecommunications and Information
– Communication. These subsidiaries
offer the possibility of obtaining
a DUT (Technological University
Diploma) in two years after the
baccalaureate or else the possibility
to obtain a “Licence Professionnelle”
(Bac + 3 years). Robert Chignoli,
Director of the IUT Nice –
Côte d’Azur explains
in a few words one of the objectives
of the IUT: “Quickly aiming
at jobs by providing the students
with heavy training.”
A programme which is both theoretical
and practical, composed of tutored
projects and internships in companies,
facilitates student’s entry
into the working life. The IUT
offers them the possibility of
continuing after their DUT in
a school (business, engineering…),
a university or starting their
professional life. Good work for
this University year!!!
Contact: Audrey Barthe, Responsible
for the communication of the IUT
Nice Côte d’Azur
Tel: 04 97 25 83 35
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Audiovisual
and multimedia call for tender
The National Centre of cinematography
(CNC) and Oséo Innovation
launched a common call for tender
placed under the aegis of the
RIAM network (Research and innovation
in audiovisual and multimedia).
This call is based on research
projects that involve the new
methods of audiovisual production
and distribution and digital cinema,
post production, special effects,
video games, virtual reality and
its interfaces, as well as the
filing and compression tools.
These projects can be presented
at anytime during the year. The
call for tender is funded with
4 M euros (800 000 euros in the
form of grants and at least 3,2
M euros in the form of refundable
advances). Information: baptiste.heynemann@cnc.fr
/ anne.darnige@oseo.fr
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The
CERAM, centre of Economic Intelligence
The CERAM is welcoming, on Friday,
the 5th edition of the Meeting
of Economic Intelligence. It must
be said that the business school
of Sophia Antipolis is a high
place of IE with a well known
Expertise Centre, directed by
Alice Guilhon, Director of the
CERAM group, which is part of
the largest specialists in this
domain. (Source: Sophianet)
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Christian
Poujardieu, President of the “Institut
Mediterranéen des Cindyniques”
Now located in Marseille, the
former director of the IBM La
Gaude site and former president
of the UIMM06 has been named president
of the IMC. He explains why he
is interested in the domain of
industrial risk management and
presents the new ambitions of
the Institute. (Source: Sophianet)
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The
one way ticket for 1 euro from
the 1st of January 2008!
Emmanuel Maumon, the 5th of September
2007
A one way transport ticket at
1 euro, valid for any journey
in the department starting from
the 1st of January 2008: (Source:
Sophianet)
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Innovative enterprises: four projects
by the award winner PACA-Est incubator
The ProActive project from Denis
Caromel, the Bouée Léo
project from Henri Licata, the
RFID-Développement project
from Yannick Grasset and the Thesee
project from Didier Rossi have
been given awards in Paris during
the National aid to the creation
of innovative technology enterprises
competition.
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Nice:
RyanAir presented on Wednesday
it future daily flight from Nice
to Dublin
RyanAir starting from Nice for
a daily Nice to Dublin flight:
it’s from the 7th of November.
Sales and Marketing Manager –
France, of the low cost airline,
Mathieu Glasson, will be at the
business centre of terminal 1,
on Wednesday the 5th of September
at 10h00, to present, in form
if a press conference, the arrival
of the company in Nice. He will
be welcomed by Hervé de
la Place, Director or airports
and Filip Soete, marketing Director
of the Nice Cote d’Azur
airport. The company Ryanair was
missing from the list of low cost
airlines that were present on
the tarmac in Nice. From the beginning
of November, it will be the 19th
low cost airline to join Nice
Cote d’Azur. To launch its
flight to Nice, Ryanair has, since
the middle of august, put on its
website the sale of tickets from
10 euro tax included for a single
ticket. We can also note that
until present Ryanair has been
present in the south of France
with a strong presence in Marseille
at the heart of terminal MP2 that
was built especially for this
type of company. (Source: Sophianet)
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Nice:
the UPE 06 is launching “Fiscal
Mornings”
The resumption of the UPE 06.
The Cote d’Azur workers
Association, in partnership with
the Association of tax specialist
lawyers and the Bulletin Cote
d’Azur Tribune, is launching
“Fiscal Mornings”
a new cycle of breakfast debates
based on subjects relevant to
the fiscal concerns of society.
The first of these meetings has
been scheduled for the Wednesday
the 26th of September from 8h30
to 10h30 at the Nice Cote d’Azur
airport in the business centre
of terminal 1 – level 2.
Masters Yves Bensaude and Christelle
Braillon will intervene on the
theme of “taxes on revenue/taxes
on societies: what fiscal strategies?”.
The second of these meetings is
scheduled for the 14th of November
at 8h30, on the theme of “Fiscal
control, can we avoid the tribunes?”
Contact and subscription through
Nadine Kanyanga UPE 06: n.kanyanga@upe06.com
; Tel: 04 92 27 27 60
(Source: Sophianet)
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Sophia:
SSII Coframi is passing under
the control of Akka Technologies.
With the purchase of the SSII
( Company of services and information
technology Coframi) ( around 300
people in the technological park)
Akka Technologies already present
of the Cote d’Azur following
the acquisition of BE System (2003)
and Silogic (2006) has become
a heavy weight in the sector.
(Source: Sophianet)
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Call for
tender Safer internet plus
The European Commission had just
launched a call for proposal 2007,
Safer internet plus programme,
aiming to promote the safer use
of the internet and the online
technologies.
This call for proposal is based
on the actions taken against illicit
content and the promotion of a
safer environment, notably for
the protection of children on
the internet. The available budget
is estimated to be 11,5 M euros.
The deadline for the reception
of the proposals by the European
Commission is the 22nd of October.
The call for proposals and the
application forms are available
on http://ec.europa.eu/saferinternet
http://www.telecom.gouv.fr
Patrick.schouller@industrie.gouv.fr
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Enterprise
strategy Prize
Give you strategic choices the
recognition that they deserve!
Entrepreneurs, apply to the 2nd
Edition supported by AFORGE FINANCE
and KPMG, under the high patronage
of the Ministry of economy, of
finance and of employment. Download
the application file by clicking
here (final subscriptions, the
5th of October 2007 – Information:
01 41 31 62 62)
This prize aims to reward several
entrepreneurs, for their strategic
choices, that have enabled their
companies, to attain high-performance.
Make your strategy known: specialisation,
diversification, internal/external
growth, horizontal/vertical…
All
companies that think they may
be distinguished thanks to the
relevance of their strategy can
compete for the prize in one of
the following three categories:
-
Company quoted on the stock exchange
- Developing or family run SME
- Start-up
A
national prize list (announcement
of the three award winners) will
be determined for each of these
categories and a prize will be
awarded to the first prize winner
of each of these.
Information: http://www.prix-strategie.com
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Brazil
revisits the concept of technological
parks (20/09/07)
The
Sapiens Parque, in the process
of being built in the south of
the country, associates technological
innovation, sustainable development
and protection of the natural
environment.
Launched
a good three years ago by the
Senator Pierre Laffitte at Sophia
Antipolis, the concept of a technological
park could well experience a second
youth…..in Brazil….
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Competitiveness
clusters: the government is looking
for new R&D projects.
The
government is launching a 5th
call for candidatures for the
allocation of aids in the financing
of research and development projects
within the framework of competitiveness
clusters. The State agrees to
dedicate 500 million euros a year
to competitiveness clusters from
2006 to 2008.
On
Wednesday the 19^th of September
the government announced the launch
of a 5th call for candidatures
for the allocation of aids in
the financing of research and
development projects within the
framework of competitiveness clusters.
“The projects must be presented
by the 30th of November
at the latest” and the choice
will be made at the “end
of
February 2008”, indicated
in a common news release several
ministries.The four first calls
for tender launched in December
2005, in March and in December
2006 as well as in March 2007
lead to the deposit of 734 research
and development projects by 65
clusters. 313 projects were detained
to benefit from a financing of
429 million euros from the
State, and an additional 233 million
euros from territorial communities.
71 competitiveness clusters were
labelled, in July 2005 and in
July 2007. Amongst them are 17
“worldwide” or “worldwide
scope” clusters.
The
State counts on dedicating an
average of 500 million euros a
year from 2006 to 2008, being
a total of 1.5 million euros.
The clusters, that have the ambition
of reinforcing France’s
position in terms of innovation,
aim to network companies, training
centres and public and private
research units.
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A
BUSINESS DAY CARE CENTRE IS OPENING
AT SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS
With a capacity of 60 places,
the day care centre “People
and Baby” will open its
doors on Monday 10th of December
2007 at Sophia Antipolis.
The
60 places at the day care centre
are spread out into three sections:
• 20 babies: aged from 2
and a half months up to when they
start to walk (around 15 months)
• 20 middles: aged from
around 15 months to 2 years
• 20 big: aged from 2 years
to the age that they go to infant
school (between 3 and 4 years
old)
The day care centre inter-business:
what are the advantages?
For the
child: in the environment
of a day care centre, the child
opens up in an affectionate, secure,
stimulating and aesthetic environment
that allows it to:
- Open itself to difference, exchange,
communication, spontaneity, fantasy,
humour and conviviality.
- Evolving itself to a safe place
of living, responding to standards
that are put in place, learning
to be independent.
- To establish a psychological,
emotional and healthy security
- To spend time with its parents
on the morning and evening journeys
For the
parent: helping with their
personal life, they become more
affective at work
- After maternity leave, the mum
can start work again more easily
and in better conditions.
- Their professional and personal
life can balance thanks to an
adapted, secure and financial
advantageous form of care.
- Their daily travelling times
are reduced and facilitated.
All the collaborators are proud
to be part of a “socially
responsible” business.
For the
company: the
company investing in a multi-business
day care centre can lean on available
collaborators:
- The employees performance improves
- The man-woman parity is encouraged
- Absenteeism and the turnover
delays reduces: 38% of the French
stated that they would work for
longer if they were offered more
accessible day care options, of
which 54% were women (Survey Kelly
Services 2007)
- The recruitment is made easier;
the company improves its performances
and its social image.
People and Baby has a very humane
approach to problems, favourable
to intellectual development, emotional
and sensorial of the child.
The
collective day care centre is
a structure of reception and vigil,
lead by qualified personnel, promoting
the development and fulfilment
of the child until it goes to
nursery school.
Contact : France Selvides 06 76
47 33 24 / france.selvides@people-and-baby.com
http://www.people-and-baby.com
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LAUNCH
OF CERAMEXPERT.NET: THE COLLABORATIVE
SPACE OF EXPERTISE CENTRES OF
CERAM
From the 1st of July 2007, the
CERAM Business School will put
its research work of the expert
teachers on a dedicated website:
ceramexpert.net. On ceramexpert.net,
companies, professionals, institutions
and students will have access
to all the activities and all
the scientific communications
of CERAM expert, that groups together
5 expertise centres of the schools:
- Economic Intelligence
- High Tech Entrepreneur
- Tourism Management
- Sustainable Development
- Global Finance
The
approach to CERAM Expert is very
pragmatic: applied research, production
expertise and exchanges of good
practices;
An offer of innovative services
that are business orientated.
The vocation of ceramexpert.net
is to share knowledge and to create
more, thanks to the exchanges
between teacher-researchers, students,
companies and professionals.
The technologies Web 2.0, blogs
and forums allow the internet
user to react in real time to
the dealt with themes.
Access to most of the ceramexpert.net
information is free. However,
the access to certain confidential
spaces on the site needs a specific
subscription.
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EDEN
ENERGY, THE BIG TRANSFORMATION
Eden Energy becomes Agora Energy,
change of logo, of corporate headquarters,
strengthen its presence in Paris
and launches the blog of energetic
awareness and innovation at the
time of its general assembly on
the 12th of June 2007 at Sophia
Antipolis.
Eden Energy, the innovation entrepreneurial
platform in energy, did the statement
of accounts of its 3 years in
existence as an association at
the time of its general assembly
on the 12th of June 2007 at Sophia
Antipolis and announced significant
changes for 2007 and beyond. Information:
www.agora-energy.com
/ www.consciencenergetique.com
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THE
FIRST MP3 TEDDY IN THE WORLD!
Its here!! Baby Bidou, Sophipolitan,
Start up, finally releases its
MP3 player for children: the children
of less than 5 years old will
be able to take their favourite
songs with them! Simple usage,
small, practical, it contains
the music that your children like
and won’t leave them. Information:
http://www.babybidou.com
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ALICE
GUILHON, DIRECTOR OF CERAM, IS
APPOINTED TO THE EFMD BOARD
Alice GUILHON, director of CERAM
business school, has just been
appointed to the European Foundation
for Management Development (EFMD)
Board.
Based in Brussels, the EFMD has
been awarded the EQUIS accreditation
since 1997. The organisation consists
of 400 members (companies, universities,
big schools, public services)
originating from 40 countries.
The EFMD is also a forum for exchanges
on the topics of innovation and
management practices.
Information: http://www.ceram.edu
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INAUGURATION
OF THE W3C OFFICE FOR SOUTHERN
AFRICA
The Meraka Institute will from
now on host, at Pretoria, the
Southern African office of the
W3C (World Wide Web Consortium)
inaugurated on the 14th of May.
The W3C consortium is a entity
of standardisation of internet
technologies managed by three
organisms: the Massachusetts Institute
of Technology in the United States,
the European Research Consortium
in information technology and
mathematics of Sophia Antipolis
and the University of Keio in
Japan. The consortium emits recommendations
and develops technologies that
facilitate the intercommunication
between different equipment, operating
systems and software tools. It
is also a forum where equipment
producers, developers and users
debate.
The
W3C disposes of 17 offices around
the world of which, now, there
are two in Africa (Morocco and
South Africa). Each office has
a mission of promoting the recommendations
of the W3C to the developers,
the man behind the applications
and the standardisation companies
as well as encouraging the participation
of different role players in the
development of the recommendations
of the W3C.
The
W3C office for South Africa will
certainly assure the promotion
of the norms intended for the
technologies for the posting of
the sites in local languages or
to those that will open the internet
to the unstudied. It will also
benefit from wireless internet
from a mobile phone.
Information : http://www.bulletins-electroniques.com
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LAUNCH
OF THE 14TH APPEAL FOR FRENCH6SPEAKING
FUNDING PROJECTS ON INFORMATION
HIGHWAYS.
The submittals of projects for
the French-speaking information
highways, of whose mission is
to support the appropriation and
use of technology of the countries
in the South and in Central and
Oriental Europe, can be presented
until the 30 of July 2007. With
the aim of the multilateral production
of contents and French-speaking
numerical applications, the submitted
projects to the information highway
funds must imperatively register
in one of the following areas:
- Promote the French language
and the cultural and linguistic
diversity.
- Promote peace, democracy and
human rights.
- Endorse education, training,
higher education and research.
- Develop the cooperation to the
sustainable development and solidarity
services.
In
accordance with the Declaration
of the Summit of Bucharest, the
information highway funds will
grant an important place to the
projects linked to the introduction
of information and communication
technology in the area of education.
The
projects conducted or to the advantage
of women or/and young people will
be encouraged and will receive
special attention.
The
choice of projects that will receive
a grant as a result of this 14th
appeal will intervene at the end
of November 2007.
To
improve the presence of French
in the numerical universe and
to answer to the needs of developing
countries, the International Organisation
of French-speaking Communities
supports the production of contents
and numerical applications by
the means of the French-speaking
information highway funds. This
fund has an aim of promoting the
TICs in countries in the South
and Central and Oriental Europe
by financing, following a call
to tender for projects, multilateral
initiatives of the production
of French-speaking contents registering
in the big trends of the French-speaking
communities.
The
French-speaking funds of information
highways have financed 168 projects
from the 1354 preojects that they
have received since 1998 with
a project grant average of around
80 000 euros. For any extra information:
www.inforoutes.francophonie.org
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CREATIVE
CONTEST: CREATE A POSTER ON “HEALTHY
EATING” more than 16 500€
of prizes to win by participating
before the 31st July 2007!
Pixelcreatio.fr
and its partners are happy to
present the 6th edition of the
creative graphic contest. This
event allows you, creative and
passionate about pictures, to
show your talents by “focusing”
on a current theme to make a visual
poster. Discover the facts about
this contest and how to participate
in the pages of this rubric, and
your graphic mouse tablet!Informations
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CERAM
– ESC PROGRAMME: SEVERAL
INNOVATIONS IN SEPTEMBER 2007
The students that will join the
programme ESC of the CERAM in
September 2007 will benefit from
innovations that will strengthen
their international profile and
their possibilities to individualise
their curriculum. (English and
experience abroad, Global Master
3 years-3 countries, Ethics and
Leadership, Demonstration of the
LINK method: personal development
support) throughout their schooling,
the student will choose between
168 possible paths and 23 specialisations
in the third year, being a total
of around 4000 combinations.
Contact CERAM: Christine RUSSO
Tel: 04 93 95 45 96 – fax
04 93 95 44 37
christine.russo@cote-azur.cci.fr
www.ceram.fr
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MEET
INNOV 2007 – CALL FOR APPLICATION
The development agency of Val
de Marne, in partnership with
the CCIP- Val de Marne, is launching
the third edition of the International
Affairs Convention: Meet InnoV
2007. An opportunity to increase
your visibility: Present your
company or your project! Meet
InnoV 2007 offers several presentation
sessions:
- innovative companies
- collaborative public/private
projects
This year the guest of honour
of Meet InnoV 2007 is the Italian
science park Bic Lafucina. Italian
innovative companies will be presented
at Meet InnoV 2007. Come and meet
them!
To submit your application Press
here
http://meetinnov.celeonet.fr/
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ISTOK-ru
LAUNCHES ITS WEBSITE
The ISTOK-ru project, coordinated
by the INNO Company, has just
put its web site online: www.istok-ru.eu.
The objectives of the ISTOK project
is to establish a cartography
of specialists in TIC in Russia
and in Europe, to develop collaborations
between Europe and Russia in the
area of TICs, notably in the framework
of the 7th framework-programme
and to recommend around ten EU-Russia
collaboration strategies in the
areas of TIC, in anticipation
of the future FP7. The Foundation
Sophia Antipolis, as well as partner
to this project, is putting at
disposition its international
network and is in charge of the
organisation of the meetings between
the experts. Information: www.istok-ru.eu
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ECONTENT
PLUS / INVITATION 2007
The General Director of INFSO
and MEDIA, responsible for the
ECONTENTPLUS programme on the
promotion of using numerical content,
is announcing the launch of an
invitation for June 2007. The
invitation to tender should this
year be conducted on the following
three types of projects:
- Targeted projects aiming to
solve specific problems in the
area of digital libraries and
in educational content.
- A themed network to construct
a consensus and to sensitise in
terms of linguistic resources.
- A network of better practices,
following more strategic aims
in the domains of geographical
information, education and digital
libraries.
The
date for the deposit of files
is the 4th of October 2007.
The
document of the commission is
at the following address:
http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/.../index_en.htm
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VIRTUAL
PHYSIOLOGY OF THE HUMAN BODY
In the framework of the second
invitation of the FP7 on the theme
of TIC that will be launched very
soon, a Slovenian university is
looking for a partner for a STREP
project in the framework on the
theme 5.3: virtual physiology
of the human body.
Project:
STERP
In the challenge: 5.3 Virtual
Physiological Human
Name of the project: Holistic
data and knowledge mining for
health domains
Date of closure: 09/10/2007
Expertness needed:
Experts in biomedicine
Experts in micro array experiments
Experts in standardisation of
experimental protocols
Access to databases from health
domains and healthcare experts
for evaluation of extracted knowledge
Partners
that are being looked for:
Hospitals
Industrialists
Research
To
find out more, come and look at
the partner research directly
on the following site:
http://www.ideal-ist.net/Countries/SI/PS-SI-1492
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