Zeros make heroes
We are living in a golden age of numbers, with a new world of opportunities created by theoretical and applied maths. Chloe Stothart figures out why being a mathematician today really counts. "There...
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European partners discuss 'boosting innovation from research to market'
Brussels, 12 Dec 2003 A conference addressing innovation in Europe on 10 December heard senior policy makers from Switzerland, Norway, Sweden, the US and Brussels present their strategies for...
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European partners discuss 'boosting innovation from research to market'
Brussels, 12 Dec 2003 A conference addressing innovation in Europe on 10 December heard senior policy makers from Switzerland, Norway, Sweden, the US and Brussels present their strategies for...
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Commission Vice-President Günter Verheugen: A New Start for Lisbon, REACH and Other Topics, Environment Committee of the European Parliament
Brussels, 3rd February 2005 Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, I should like to thank you most warmly for this invitation to speak to you about the priorities and preoccupations we share in our work...
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Parliament committee backs call for one billion euro security research budget
Brussels, 21 Apr 2005 The European Parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee has adopted a report by Polish MEP Bogdan Klich on security research, which calls for a minimum annual budget of one billion...
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DIP on semantic web: the new Internet revolution
Brussels, 08 Jul 2005 The Internet is on the verge of another revolution. The development of the World Wide Web allowed millions around the world access to information by making it easy for anyone to...
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MoU strengthens Sino-French cooperation in middleware and distributed systems
Brussels, 20 May 2005 China and France have taken a step towards greatly enhanced cooperation in the field of middleware technologies and distributed systems with the signing on 15 May of a...
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Pre-commercial public procurement should become a bridge from research to innovation, says Commission ICT expert group
Brussels, 24 March 2006 Proposals to drive forward innovation in the field of information and communication technologies through public procurement were presented yesterday in Vienna by an ad-hoc...
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Future European Policy to Support Research - Presidency Conclusions (Extract from: Provisional Version, Competitiveness Council of 26 November)
Brussels, 26 Nov 2004 Following a wide ranging policy debate on the future of the EU funded research and the broad contours of the next Framework Programme, formal proposals for which are expected...
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The beginning of the end for genetically engineered crop technology?
Brussels, 11 May 2004 The world's biggest seller of genetically modified (GM) seeds, Monsanto, announced on 10 May that it is to discontinue attempts to commercialise its GM wheat. The move has been...
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New challenges beget new security needs
Brussels, 29 Apr 2004 Amid fears of terror attacks and the shifting demographical and political sands across Europe, EU policy-makers are keen to raise the profile of research on security challenges...
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Stylish ways of making money
Industrial Design Strength
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Erkki Liikanen: "How can we establish clear policy objectives for European competitiveness" Informal Council (Competitiveness) Nyborg, 11 October 2002
Nyborg, 11 October 2002 The new Competitiveness Council The creation of the Competitiveness Council sends a good signal because it promises a stronger voice advocating the competitiveness of European...
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The BioEconomy in 2030: A Policy Agenda by the OECD (link)
Paris, 02 May 2005 In 2005, the International Futures Programme (IFP) of the OECD will start a two year project that aims to draft a broad policy agenda for governments in respect to the bioeconomy....
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European Space Policy Provisional Version Competitiveness Counci (Research) 26 November
Brussels, 26 Nov 2003 The Council took note of the presentation by Commissioner Philippe Busquin on the Commission's White Paper on implementing the European Space Policy. It instructed the competent...