Archive

Interview with the new Director-General at DG Research

8 Oct 2010

The European Commission has appointed Robert-Jan Smits as new Director General for Research on 2 June 2010. He has a lot of experience in many areas, especially in coordination research programmes and moves to get small and medium-sized enterprises into the Framework Programmes. Previous assignment of Robert-Jan Smits was in JRC as a Deputy Director General. He was also responsible for developing the European Research Council (ERC), the European Technology Platforms (ETPs) as well as for the shaping of the Joint Technology Initiatives (JTI). His interview with CZELO office is focused mainly on the 7. Framework Programme and its results and future perspectives.

The world’s biggest technology prize is awarded by Finnish

10 Sep 2010

The Millennium Technology Prizes are awarded by Technology Academy Finland every second year as a tribute to life-enhancing technological innovations. The Winner of this prize receive 800.000 € and a prestigious trophy named Peak that is designed by Finnish sculptor Helena Hietanen. This year laureates were awarded within the Millennium Technology Weeks in the Finnish Opera in Helsinki on June 9, 2010. This was the fourth time that the award has been handed out.

The Czech science at the exhibition Expo 2010

8 Sep 2010

A report about the successful presentation of the Czech Republic at the world exhibition EXPO 2010 in Shanghai caught the attention of all the media immediately over the opening weekend. The Czech exhibit includes also science and remembers the scientific success of prof. Antonín Holý team from the Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry ASCR, v. v. i., which helps to save millions of people in the world.

«Estudi General» European Scientific Divulgation Award

13 Jul 2010

The University of Valencia and the Town Council of Alzira announce the sixteenth “Estudi General” European Scientific Divulgation Award in collaboration with Edicions Bromera and the sponsorship of Bancaixa, with the purpose of stimulating the creation and divulgation of works in simple, straightforward language to provide the public in general and university students in particular with information on scientific and technological advances and the divulgation of useful aspects of any variety of realms of knowledge.

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Conference and International Summer School on Nanosciences & Nanotechnologies

15 Jun 2010

7th International Conference on Nanosciences & Nanotechnologies (NN10) 11-14 July 2010 and the 4th International Summer School on Nanosciences and Nanotechnologies (ISSON-10) 10-17 July 2010.

Prague Will Become a World Centre of Speech Processing in 2011

4 Jun 2010

Signal Processing Society is one of professional societies within the IEEE. It is the world’s premier professional society for signal processing scientists and professionals since 1948. The International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing (ICASSP) is the main annual meeting of the IEEE SP Society. The 36th ICASSPwill take place at the Prague Congress Centre, May 22-27, 2011.

A national tragedy for Poland

4 May 2010

Who could have conceived of a more tragic event: in one moment the Polish President Lech Kaczynski and his wife, Poland’s army chief, the central bank governor, the highest police officers, generals, important people in public life – including the president of the Institute of National Remembrance – high-ranking bishops and representatives of the Antitotalists’ revolt with their families and more all died in this terrible plane crash.

INTERVIEW WITH PAUL KONRAD LIESSMANN

16 Apr 2010

The Council for the popularization of science of ASCR in cooperation the Philosophical institute of ASCR, organized a press conference and a lecture with Prof. Paul Konrad Liessmann, a well-known Austrian philosopher, awarded by the Austrian State Prize for Cultural Journalism in 1996 and Scientist Prize 2006 (2007).

The International Year of Biodiversity

8 Apr 2010

The United Nations declared 2010 to be the International Year of Biodiversity. It is a celebration of life on earth and of the value of biodiversity for our lives. The world is invited to take action in 2010 to safeguard the variety of life on earth: biodiversity

EUREKA balances and looks to intensify international networking beyond Europe's borders

11 Feb 2010

The EUREKA programme celebrates 25 years as a pan-European network for market-oriented research and technological development. Since 1985 this intergovernmental programme supports businesses, research centres and universities who carry out projects to develop innovative products, processes and services. In EUREKA there are no pre-set technological lines. All technologies are suitable, as long as they are innovative. The EUREKA network includes broader European research and development cooperation than the European Union programmes. Practically all European countries plus the European Commission are EUREKA members.