EARMA annual conference, Copenhagen, Denmark

The 15th annual conference of the European Association of Research Managers and Administrators (EARMA) will take place in Copenhagen, Denmark, from 24 to 27 June.

The programme consists of plenary and keynote lectures, as well as a wide variety of parallel workshops dealing with many practical aspects of research management and administration. The main theme of the conference is 'Supporting and sustaining competitive research in Europe'.

Five subject tracks are on the agenda:
- contracts and legal issues - subcontracts, consortium agreements, and post-award IPR (intellectual property rights) management;
- finance - financial rules of the Seventh Framework Programme (FP7), full costing, certification, timesheets, and audits;
- research office services - models of research office support structures, project management, and adding value to proposals;
- research strategy and policy - funding strategies, collaboration between industry and university, and building research capacity;
- governance, ethics and compliance - research misconduct, ethics, and clinical/medical research issues.For further information, please visit:
http://www.earma.org/conference2009/general-information(opens in new window)