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News 27 October 2011
The 12th International Public Communication of Science and Technology (PCST 2012) conference heads to Florence, Italy, 18-20 April, 2012. Ecsite’s Annual Conference (Ecsite 2012) takes place May 31 to June 2, 2012, in Toulouse, France. This offers an unprecedented opportunity for exchange between the academic and practical science communication communities of Europe.
News 14 October 2011
By choosing to receive the Ecsite e-newsletter, you will remain informed about events and activities in Europe’s science communication field as well as get important notices about the Ecsite Annual Conference and what’s going on inside Ecsite’s European projects. What’s not to like about this rich resource?
Local/national conference
7 November 2011 - 8 November 2011
Knowledge and innovation are key drivers for sustainable growth and prosperity in Europe. Extensive research has demonstrated that the quality of research and development benefits significantly from adding gender as a critical success factor. The first European Gender Summit will network key players from all sectors to initiate the much-needed changes in the culture of research and innovation.
News 6 October 2011
For those of you who are interested to attend the Pre Conference training ‘Equipping the explainer’ and the main annual conference or the pre conference workshop ‘Researching and Evaluating your institution’ and the main annual conference, the European Commission (EC) offers a grant opportunity in order to cover your fees.
Through Grundtvig, the EC provides funding to promote exchanges of experiences and the development of a European dimension in all sectors of adult education.
News 3 October 2011
Androulla Vassiliou, European Commissioner for Education, Culture, Multilingualism and Youth and Jan Truszczyński, Director General for Education, Training, Culture and Youth met with Ecsite President Robert Firmhofer at the Copernicus Science Centre on 26 and 27 September 2011.
News 11 August 2011
The second edition of the Time for Nano video contest recently ended with the jury awarding the European prize to a German video.
News 10 August 2011
The European Commission has announced a new prize to give public recognition to the very best women innovators who have brought their outstanding achievements to market.
News 22 July 2011
Representatives from the OSR project traveled to Athens, Georgia, USA, to present the project at the 11th IEEE International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies, 6-8 July 2011. The project picked up the award for Best Paper in the Poster category: www.ask4research.info/icalt/2011/.
OSR also won a Silver Award at the Learning Impact Awards in Long Beach, California, USA, in May 2011.
News 21 July 2011
Research is set to remain high on the EU’s political agenda as Research, Innovation and Science Commissioner Máire Geoghegan-Quinn announced the release of nearly EUR 7 billion for stimulating European innovation through research funding on 20 July 2011.
Local/national conference
3 September 2011 - 7 September 2011
More than 280 delegates have already registered for the congress – have you? Don’t miss out on the standard registration rate which expires on 19 August.
You can register online with a credit card, or you can request an invoice, and you can even register “the old fashioned way” with a fax-back form! The 6SCWC is a must-attend event for all science centre professionals, but if you are still wondering what the congress has to offer you, click here to see the programme:
www.6scwc.org/newsletter/6SCWC%20Newsflash%20July%2011_WEB.html
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