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 iotechnology R&D in Europe
EUR 17459 EN; ISBN 92-827-9491-1
With the aim of avoiding unnecessary duplication of work and facilities, this report gives a brief summary of the key areas of academic and industrial research in 16 European countries. It provides a basis for the planning of future activities, identifying areas of research where the co-ordination of national efforts would be most useful. The principal national research institutions are listed, and there is an overview of industrial biotechnology research and development activities - major companies, spending figures, numbers of researchers, and representative associations. The report also lists the key publications on each country's biotechnology strategies and activities.
Contact:
Life Helpdesk
Fx. +32 2 299 1860
E-m. life@ec.europa.eu
 dvancing the Information Society: 101 Telematics Applications Success Stories
ISBN 92-828-5193-1; CXD-13-98-734-EN-C
This guide presents an overview of the 1997-1998 projects of the Telematics Applications Programme on research topics which include language engineering, healthcare, education, and training and transport.
Contact:
TAP Infodesk
Tl. +32 2 299 9399
Fx. +32 2 299 9499
E-m. info-13@ec.europa.eu
http://www2.echo.lu/telematics
 owards a sustainable information society
This 1998 status report, the first of its kind, focuses on opportunities and challenges presented by research activities, their political impact and economic and social implications. Europe's industrial competitiveness, employment, quality of life and sustainable growth depend on the EU being at the leading edge of the development and take up of the information society. But the new information society must be sustainable in ways that our industrial society is not, the report says. New status reports will be issued annually.
A digital version of the report can be downloaded from:
http://www.uk.infowin.org/ACTS/ANALYSYS/GENERAL/ACTS98
echnology Stimulation Measures for SMEs 1994-96 - Project synopses
EUR 17481; ISBN 92-828-2116-1;  53
FP4's Technology Stimulation Measures for SMEs (TSME) have supported projects on topics ranging from intelligent tools for micro-drilling to leather ash reuse. This report includes synopses of projects which received exploratory awards or funding under the co-operative research (CRAFT) scheme, where groups of low- or medium-tech SMEs outsource research work. TSME projects from the Esprit and Transport programmes are not included.
echnoeconomic Analysis Report: A baseline report on selected policy-relevant technoeconomic developments
The report assesses the economic impact of new technologies in the EU, and highlights three key developments as being of particular importance for policy-makers - the Kyoto Protocol, which signals a qualitative shift in approaches to climate change; cloning, which signals a new era for life sciences and health; and the global scale of policy intervention in the market place. The report aims to establish a baseline against which future technoeconomic developments can be measured.
Contact:
IPTS
Tl. +34 95 448 8318
Fx. +34 95 448 8300
E-m. ipts_secr@jrc.es
 ob Creation and Competitiveness through Innovation
This report from the European Round Table of Industrialists (ERT) includes the recommendation for a 'Single Market' in research. It analyses the interaction between innovation, competitiveness and employment, and outlines the obstacles to be overcome by governments, industry, administrations and academia. Six priorities are identified:
- to promote a more entrepreneurial attitude, with greater openness to innovation
- to create new businesses by rewarding risk-taking and removing obstacles to initiative
- to apply the Single Market concept to our research and academic communities
- to improve Europe's knowledge and skills by rekindling enthusiasm for innovation and entrepreneurship in the educational world
- to free up finance and risk capital to fund businesses
- to modernise government and legislation, introducing a lighter approach to business legislation.
Contact:
ERT
Tl. +32 2 534 3100
Fx. +32 2 534 7348
E-m. contact@ert.be
http://www.ert.be/
he European Guide to Science, Technology, and Innovation Studies
Science, technology, and innovation (STI) studies examine the development of scientific knowledge, the process of technology creation, and the way these interact to effect change in the economy and society as a whole. This is the first European guide to the subject, linking three intellectual traditions - the sociology of science, the history of technology, and evolutionary economics. It is designed to facilitate public access to these relatively young specialities of academic and strategic research.
Contact:
European Commission, DG XII-G/4
Fx. +32 2 296 2137
E-m. tser.secr@ec.europa.eu
http://www.chem.uva.nl/sts/guide/
 ndustrial Technologies: Impact Predicted, Impact Delivered
ISBN 92-828-4859-0
The brochure synthesises the findings of three studies of Brite-Euram projects, and addresses the questions:
Do the projects generate economic activity and return on investments?
What effects do the projects have on SMEs?
Is the Standards, Measurements and Testing programme a scientific and technological success?
How are projects used in practice?
Contact:
RTD Helpdesk
Tl. +352 4301 32084
E-m. rtd-helpdesk@ec.europa.eu
C O N F E R E N C E S
uilding national and large-scale Internet information gateways
14-15 September, The Hague (Netherlands)
This workshop will consider the implications of building gateways using web and library standards. Subjects to be addressed will include Internet cataloguing, metadata and web standards, Internet resource and discovery, and tools and methods for building large-scale Internet information gateways.
Contact:
http://www.desire.org/html/subjectgateways/workshops/workshop1.html
 xchange of Technology and Know-how conference (ETK'99)
13-15 October, Prague (Czech Republic)
Organised by Eurostat and the JRC's Institute for Systems, Informatics and Safety, this seminar is for those who produce statistics or use them as input to their production process. It addresses transfer of know-how and best practice, and will be organised as a series of demonstrations of new tools and methods for the production and processing of statistics.
Contact:
C. Wilkinson, Eurogramme
Tl. +352 7108 30304
Fx. +352 7108 38
E-m. etk-99@eurogramme.lu
http://europa.eu.int/en/comm/eurostat/research/conferences/etk-99/
 atinnova/Epidos
18-22 October, Halkidiki (Greece)
Patinnova '99 will focus on developments in patent information, awareness-raising, and European patent litigation(1). The Epidos Annual Conference will focus on the retrieval of patent information, the Internet and other tools available on the market.
The joint conference will be of interest to decision-makers in industry and government, patent professionals, innovators, consultants, universities, chambers of commerce and all those involved in the innovation process.
Contact:
T. Jones, European Commission, DG XIII
Tl. +352 4301 33461
E-m. trevor.jones@ec.europa.eu
/patinnova99/home.html
(1) See also this edition: "IPR - We're Getting There".
uropean software process improvement conference
25-27 October, Pori (Finland)
The second EuroSPI conference, entitled 'Learn from the Past - Experience the Future', will present practical results from improvement projects in industry, focusing on benefits gained and criteria for success. It will be of interest to those concerned with the management and improvement of organisational processes, innovation and effective use of information systems and software processes, or interested in developing efficient and profitable work processes to increase the competitiveness of their organisation in the market.
Contact:
Conference Secretariat EuroSPI 1999
Tl. +353 1 286 1583
Fx. +353 1 286 5078
E-m. eurospi@bigfoot.com
http://www.bigfoot.com/~EuroSPI
ST 99 - Information Society Technologies conference and exhibition
22-24 November, Helsinki (Finland)
The theme of this year's annual EU conference and exhibition on Information Society Technologies is 'Exploring the Information Society', and will give special attention to Central and Eastern European Countries (CEECs). It will cover the themes of the Information Society Technologies programme of FP5, and will include presentation of the results of earlier programmes. Participants from CEECs will have the opportunity to present their IT expertise to potential EU partners. The event will also include the presentation of the European IT Prize, and the Investment Forum will again provide the opportunity for Europe's leading companies to present themselves to financial and industrial investors and intermediaries.
Contact:
IST 99 Conference Secretariat
Fx. +32 2 296 8388
E-m. ist99@ec.europa.eu
http://www.ist99.fi/
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May 1999
