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News 20 November 2014
EU Commissioner Carlos Moedas gave a speech at the Sis-RRI conference in Rome yesterday evening, in which he mentioned at length the Ecsite-led VOICES citizen consultation. He tweeted a picture with Ecsite Executive Director Catherine Franche and Pr. Jacqueline Broerse from the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, stating: "glad to have met representatives from the VOICES project tonight".
Calls 18 November 2014
We are pleased to invite Ecsite members to join in a new Horizon2020 project that we are applying for as partners. You are invited to apply to be a Third Party on a new call under the topic: ‘Call for proposals to identify and implement novel ways to highlight the work funded by the ERC and reach out a wider public’
The ERC (European Research Council) is an EU agency dedicated to support frontier research.
News 12 November 2014
48 hours of keynotes, strategic discussions and networking events open to senior managers of Ecsite Full members, hosted by the AHHAA science centre in Tartu, Estonia.
News 29 October 2014
Last summer the European Commission launched a consultation to inform the 2016-2017 “Science with and for Society” Programme (part of the Horizon 2020 funding framework). You will remember that Ecsite called for contributions from science engagement organizations – the resulting statements were submitted about two weeks ago. We are now waiting to hear from the Commission when results will be made public.
News 27 October 2014
'The Future of Europe is Science' video was recently released by the European Commission. Aimed at the general public, it outlines a vision for science and society in 2030. Ecsite-led citizen consultation VOICES is given as an example of Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI). Public engagement is also mentioned as an important building block for the future.
News 23 October 2014
You could be setting up your booth at the Trento Fiere conference centre in 8 months… It will be buzzing with participants during the Ecsite Annual Conference (11-13 June). See you in Italy! All you need to know here.
News 22 October 2014
Do you want to know what thousands of Europeans think about nanotechnologies? Do they support it? Do they want more information on labelling? Would they buy more nano-products? All of this and much more can be found in the new section of NanOpinion’s website all devoted to results. Check it out now and browse information by question, by topic or demographic. Even detailed country reports are available for download.
News 21 October 2014
In this interview shot at the ASTC conference, Antonia states how excited MUSE are to be hosting the Ecsite Annual Conference in Trento next June.
News 20 October 2014
Mikko Myllykoski collected the visitor experience award for the thought-provoking “Heureka Goes Crazy” mental health exhibition conceived by Heureka (Vantaa, Finland) in cooperation with Universcience (Paris, France) and Ciência Viva (Lisbon, Portugal). Erik Jacquemyn from Technopolis (Mechelen, Belgium) received the leadership award for his role as Chair of the Science Centre World Summit 2014.
Calls 9 October 2014
Things are picking up speed on the Forum for ideas and the online submission page! The call closes on Tuesday 14 October 2014 at midnight, GMT+2.
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