Other events
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Scientific conferences in the frame of the French Presidency of the (...)
Several scientific conferences will take place in France in the frame of the French Presidency of the European Union .
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International seminar on dismantling experience of nuclear facilities
The aim of the seminar is to give an overview of the French experience on dismantling of nuclear facilities. The information is based on appropriate presentation made by experts and illustrative visits of facilities under dismantling.
Saclay, France, October 13th - 17th 2008 -
MS 2008: Materials and Sensations 2nd edition
MS 2008 is the second meeting of the « Materials and Sensations » series, for researchers and engineers from a variety of disciplines interested in interactions between human and materials. It aims to stimulate research on appearance-based engineering of materials, and to promote discussion and collaboration between scientists from industry and academia. Visual and tactile properties will be given special attention, but the field of auditory properties shall also be considered.
Abstracts: deadline on June 6th, 2008
IPREM, Pau, France, October 22-24, 2008 -
“Towards a low carbon energy - The European Strategic Energy Technology (...)
The European Council and the Parliament have expressed their support to the Strategic Energy Technology Plan (SET Plan), proposed by the European Commission. The SET Plan is the part concerning low carbon, innovating technologies that will allow Europe to reach the goals of the “Climate Energy Package” in 2020.
As President of the European Union, France wishes to strongly support the SET Plan and actively contribute to its implementation. The Ministry of Higher Education and Research together with the Ministry of Ecology, Energy, Sustainable Development and Town and Country Planning (Regional Development), in collaboration with the European Commission, organises a high profile conference to launch the SET Plan: Towards a low carbon energy - The European Strategic Energy Technology Plan.
28 October, 2008 - Carrousel du Louvre, Paris -
7th Louis Pasteur Conference on Infectious Diseases
The 120th anniversary of the foundation of the Institut Pasteur will take place in 2008. One of the events to highlight this celebration will be the 7th Louis Pasteur Conference on Infectious Diseases. This two-day conference will gather the world’s best experts in the fields of epidemiology, public health, microbiology and immunology.
November , 11-13, Institut Pasteur, Paris -
DigiWorld Summit 2008
The convergence of all IP streams and the host of current uses of the web give way to a number of questions over how the principles on which the network of networks was based will evolve. The scale of the internet is changing to an unprecedented degree, with major consequences on the technologies being employed The internet is also the source of deep-seated changes in behaviour, involving a multitude of services well beyond classic uses on the computer. If these various prospects are creating new opportunities, they are also forcing all the market players to alter their business models now come under pressure (financing, regulation, privacy) .
Le Corum, Montpellier (France), 19-20 November 2008 -
11th Pacific Science Inter-Congress
PSI 11 2009 is a unique opportunity to share the latest findings on local and global changes for the Pacific region, to discuss the implications for Pacific countries and their ocean, and to develop strategies to deal with these challenges for the region future. France, French Polynesia, and the Pacific Science Association are pleased to organize the 11th Pacific Science Intercongress on the theme : “Pacific countries and their ocean facing local and global changes”.
The event will take place from Monday 2nd through Friday 6th March 2009.