Seminars

European University Association - Research and Innovation

The last Seminar of this year focused on the European University Association (EUA). John Smith, EUA Deputy Secretary General, gave an overview of the Association’s current project activities and revealed how they contribute to the policy debate on building the European Research Area.

Registration closed

COST-ESF events

Cultural Literacy in Contemporary Europe - 1st Workshop: Remembering and Forgetting

Cultures remember both through oral communication and through other artefacts which often cross the division between the public and the private domain.

Individuals, Societies, Cultures and Health (ISCH)

Upon invitation only

Exploratory workshops

Low Input/Organic Agriculture: The Farm of Tomorrow?

Today’s agricultural systems have to conform to increasing environmental constraints. They have to respond to concerns about the safety of their products for human health, demands for better quality and environmental safety, while producing enough and bringing profit to farmers.

Food and Agriculture (FA)

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Exploratory workshops

The Future Needs of the Paper Industry

This exploratory workshop - organised as a part of European Paper Week - provided a two way forum to ‘kick start’ the research process whilst engaging industrial partners from the outset and introducing early stage researchers to the Pulp, Paper & Board Industry.

Forests, their Products and Services (FPS)

Registration open

COST-ESF events

Law and Neuroscience: Our Growing Understanding of the Human Brain and its Impact on our Legal System

In the past two decades, the field of Cognitive Science has made significant progress in understanding the human brain. Many expect that this research will make further strides over the next decade. And many suggest that this knowledge could have a profound impact on the future of our legal system and legal practice.

Individuals, Societies, Cultures and Health (ISCH)

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External events

Swiss COST Day

The Swiss State Secretariat for Education and Research SER held a Swiss COST Day 2009.

Access to the event is free and open to the public

External events

ECASIA'09 - 13th European Conference on Applications of Surface and Interface Analysis

ECASIA conferences have covered all relevant developments in the field of surface analysis in the past 25 years. This year, the scientific programme included presentations on state-of-the-art equipment for surface analysis as well as corresponding accessories.

Materials, Physics and Nanosciences (MPNS)

Open to public

COST-ESF events

Systems Chemistry II: Evolution and Systems

The conference focused on the unifying organisational and dynamic principles that link systems chemistry with other fields of science. Presentations went beyond chemistry, but also allowed participants to learn new ways of thinking about chemistry.

Chemistry and Molecular Sciences and Technologies (CMST)

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Seminars

The Activities of the Research Executive Agency

The activities of the Research Executive Agency were put under the spotlight in October’s edition of the COST Seminar.

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