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Research Commissioner Janez POTOCNIK: Strengthening Competitiveness of the Enlarged EU 30th Annual Conference of the European International Business Academy
Ljubljana (Slovenia), 6 December 2004 Dear participants, Dear colleagues, Ladies and Gentlemen, I am very pleased to speak to you in this morning’s plenary session on the challenge we face to...
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Make science relevant to people's lives, Descartes prize winners urge
Brussels, 06 Dec 2004 In our bid to communicate science effectively to the general public, we need to make science simple but not simpler, say the winners of the new Descartes prize for communicating...
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Descartes prize winner calls on the EU to increase cooperation with the rest of the world
Brussels, 06 Dec 2004 In his acceptance speech for the Descartes prize for outstanding cross-border research, Howard Trevor Jacobs called on Europe to 'seed and lead global research initiatives'....
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Germany calls for continuity in FP7 thematic priorities
Brussels, 06 Dec 2004 Germany is the latest country to outline its position on the future Seventh Framework Programme (FP7), and includes a call for thematic priority areas to remain at the core of...
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European Centre for Living Technology opens in Venice
Brussels, 06 Dec 2004 The European Centre for Living Technology (ECLT) opened at the University of Venice in Italy on 3 December. The centre will primarily foster the research, training and outreach...
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BioSec workshop: Biometrics in everyday applications
Brussels, 06 Dec 2004 The BioSec consortium has announced details of the second BioSec workshop, to be held in Brussels, Belgium, on 19 and 20 January 2005 with the theme 'Biometrics in everyday...
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Darfur aid workers receiving assistance from orbit
Paris, 06 Dec 2004 It is hard to overstate the scale of the humanitarian emergency unfolding in Sudan's strife-torn Darfur region: by current estimates there are 1.45 million people displaced from...
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OECD Science, Technology and Industry (STI) Outlook 2004 (link)
Paris, 02 Dec 2004 Full text of the highlights of the report Science and technology contribute to innovation and industrial performance as never before. As the recent economic slowdown gives way to...
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Network of European Cell Factories (link)
Brussels, 02 Dec 2004 Full text of Document 15453/04 Suite of documents 15453/04 Subject: Network of European cell factories Delegations will find attached a letter of the Italian Health Minister on...
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"I/A" Item Note: Draft Decision of the EEA Joint Committee Amending Protocol 31 to the Agreement on Cooperation in Specific Fields Outside the Four Freedoms (Galileo) (link)
Brussels, 02 Dec 2004 Full text of Document 14108/04 Suite of documents 14108/04 No. Cion prop.: 14106/04 EEE 92 AVIATION 190 TELECOM 157 RECH 204 N 34 ISL 32 FL 42 Subject: Draft Decision of the EEA...
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2004 EU Descartes Prizes reward scientific excellence
Brussels, 2 December 2004 Today in Prague, EU Commissioner for Science and Research, Janez Potocnik awarded this year’s €1 million EU Descartes Prize for outstanding cross-border research to two pan-...
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Winners of the 2004 EU Descartes Prizes
Brussels, 2 December 2004 The 2004 Descartes Prize ceremony takes place on 2 December in Prague Castle, hosted by the President of the Czech Republic, Vaclav Klaus. This background note gives details...
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Research Commissioner Janez POTOCNIK: Europe needs its researchers - Descartes Prizes Ceremony
Prague, 2 December 2004 Mr President of the Republic, Madam President of the Academy of Sciences, Ladies and Gentlemen, It is a real pleasure for me to be here today in the prestigious Prague Castle...
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Episome vectors offer fresh angle to gene therapy
Brussels, 02 Dec 2004 A European research team is seeking to overcome the early setbacks suffered by the promising new field of 'gene therapy' by developing a revolutionary delivery technique, known...