CONCORD 2010: European Conference on Corporate R&D - An engine for growth, a challenge for European policy
03 - 04 March 2010 - Seville, Spain
The European Commission and the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation are pleased to announce the European Conference on Corporate Research and Development [R&D] (CONCORD-2010), focussing on Corporate R&D – An engine for growth, a challenge for European policy, which will be one of the highlights of the Spanish EU Presidency Programme in the fields of research and innovation.
Concord 2010, unique in its approach, will bring together researchers, policy analysts, policy makers and industrialists to share specific knowledge on corporate R&D and to discuss ways to stimulate investment in R&D as an engine for economic growth and employment. The outcomes of the event will be translated into support to European research and innovation policy making.
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Hybrid materials, Setting the future materials research agenda for Sustainable Chemistry
03 - 04 March 2010 - Luxembourg
Join a 2-day workshop with scientists, material manufacturers and end users and discuss the enabling role and contribution of hybrid, novel materials based on polymers.
Scientific research and innovations by chemical manufacturers have revolutionized the process ability and functionality of materials and often involved hybrid materials based on polymers. However, parties at the end of the value chain –the users of the material– also often have clear expectations towards the material properties that enable step changes in their specific segment of industry and society.
Gaining a good understanding of end users’ wishes for material properties is a crucial step for manufacturers and designers. Such input might pertain to the quality of materials, special properties of the materials or even combinations of materials that have not yet been produced.
The goal of the workshop is to define future research needs: a full value chain approach is needed to achieve a faster and more effective link between enabling industries and end-user requirements.
The format:
Plenary sessions and interactive workshops focusing on five areas:
For more information, contact Elisabeth Kervyn at suschem@suschem.org
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SEMI Brussels Forum
05.03.2010 - Brussels
The 4th SEMI Brussels Forum will gather 200
political influencers, leaders and decision makers representing the various
stakeholders from the semiconductor and related industries. Registrants include
representatives from 19 countries. This year’s event will focus on “Challenges
and Opportunities for the European Semiconductor Industry as a Key Enabling
Technology”.
The SEMI Brussels Forum is the annual EU public event
to discuss about the competitiveness of the European semiconductor industry
value-chain. The event is composed of several meetings of the industry with the
European Commission on the first day and a plenary session on the second day.
Various panelists are invited to discuss on critical issues.
This year’s event will build upon the recent EC
Communication "Preparing for our future: Developing a common strategy for key
enabling technologies in the EU“ {SEC(2009) 1257}
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SPIE Smart Structures/NDE
07 - 11 March 2010 - San Diego, California
SPIE 17th Annual International Symposium on Smart Structures and Materials + Nondestructive Evaluation and Health Monitoring is a unique symposium to network with colleagues from a variety of disciplines in academia, industry, and government from all over the world. in the field of smart systems
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OIDA : Fabrication challenges in Photonics
10 - 11 March 2010 - Santa Clara, California
This forum will expand on the topics discussed at OIDA's 2005 forum:
Challenge of InP Photonic Development and the Optical Foundry. We will
review what has changed from that workshop and shift the focus of the discussion
from one of the "supplier" to examining, in more detail, the challenges and
needs from the perspective of the user community; small, cash-poor, innovative
start-ups, custom design houses and IDMs (integrated device manufacturers) who
may want to take advantage of access to external resources and capabilities.
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CIE Lighting Quality & Energy Efficiency
14 - 17 March 2010 - Vienna, Austria
Good lighting brings safety, security and a better quality of life to all but
needs to be related to the supply of the correct amount of light and with good
colour rendering, with the minimal use of resources.
CIE 2010 will therefore highlight
- Surveys of experimental projects
- Lighting techniques & scenarios
- Integrated approaches in Lighting Design
- Lighting quality criteria
- Future possible lighting schemes
- Methods to compare lighting installations
- Case studies of energy-efficient lighting
- Review of energy-efficient lighting control systems
- Energy efficiency and environmental compatibility
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SID Mid Europe Chapter Spring Meeting
18 - 19 March 2010 - Dresden, Germany
The SID Mid Europe Chapter organizes yearly sppring and fall meetings with technical and scientific presentations, attracting many European display professionals. The 2010 spring meeting will focus on different aspects of Personal Projection Displays based on OLED and MEMS devices, and their applications in Head-mounted Displays (HMD), Head-up Displays (HUD) and pico-projectors. Basic OLED and MEMS technology will be covered as well as electronic and optic components and systems or applications in consumer multimedia, automotive, industrial and security markets.
The 2010 SID-ME Spring Meeting will be organised by Fraunhofer IPMS in Dresden on March 18-19,2010.
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Invest in Photonics 2010
18 - 19 March 2010 - Bordeaux, France
INVEST in PHOTONICS is the only event to:
- Facilitate the meeting between: Entrepreneurs and Executives of emerging companies in the field of Photonics and Investors and Analysts working in the entire photonics applications sector (energy, environment, telecoms, health, industry, consumer technology…)
- Address the current business issues facing the industry with opinion leaders
- Increase the visibility of the Photonics Industry
Please note that the deadline for registration is the
1st March 2010.
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OFC-NFOEC 2010
21 - 25 March 2010 - San Diego, California
OFC/NFOEC is indisputably the world’s leading global conference for optical communications and networking professionals. Attend OFC/NFOEC and be part of the event that brings together the people, products, and information that drive optical communications and networking.
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Beyond the Doorstep: Can Fiber also Invade the Home?
22.03.2010 - San Diego, California
Fiber has become the predominant transmission medium in nearly all parts of
telecommunication networks, starting in long-haul international and national
trunk lines, next in metropolitan networks, and now penetrating the access
networks all the way towards our homes. But the battle for getting fiber into
the home, beyond the doorstep, is still ahead. There are many established
competitors, such as cat-5/7 cable, power line communication, wireless LAN and
others. What can fiber offer more than they can? Capacity? Flexibility? Ease of
installation? Upgradeability? Lower cost? How can fiber efficiently team up with
other well-accepted technologies, such as wireless?
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