The 10th EUSCEA ANNUAL CONFERENCE (EAC2010) www.eac2010.eu, will take place at the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences (near the Einstein-Tower) in Potsdam. The EAC2010 is all about SCIENCE COMMUNICATION from best practices to science festivals and other formats of dialogue between science and the public - with a lot of networking possibilities within the interested community, and a lot of ideas for joint project, with interesting speakers and topics. You can visit the website www.eac2010.eu for more information.

Euroscience and FNAC open the Science Café for 2010, inviting us to a series of meetings which will let us navigate the scientific universe. Relaxed, "coffee" mood and scientific approaches: this is the Science Cafe! First topic of the year: the origins of zodiac signs and constellations. The discussion will be lead by Stavros Dimitrakoudis. Let's track down the history of zodiac signs and constellations, from its dawn, in Mesopotamia, up to our era, when the belief that constellations define people's life has become quite popular. Where do star signs come from? How did their names come up? Does Taurus have the same age with Aries? Is Scorpio really 3.000 years old?

When : Thursday 4th February 2010 at 19.00

Where: Fnac, Monastiraki

and Saturday 6th February at 19.00 at FNAC at the Mall.

Εurope Direct, the Centre of European Information of the Region of Ionian Islands and the Greek Regional Section of Euroscience are organizing a working meeting on Monday 23 November, 17:00 pm, on the following topic: "Innovation and Regional Development".

The purpose of our working meeting is to define modern trends on issues of innovation, emphasizing on the practical application of Innovation on human activities. The speakers will present issues of development and application of multi-sectoral innovation.

Working meeting agenda:

• "Innovative solutions for problems of every-day life", Dr. Panagiotis Vlamos, Associated Professor, Department of Informatics, Ionian University.

• "University Innovation Units", Dr. Adamantia Pateli, Lecturer, Department of Informatics, Ionian University.

• "Innovation and research funding from the 7th FP", Dr. Michael Arvanitis, President of Euroscience, Greek Regional Section.

The Directorate for Research in the Economic, Social Sciences and Humanities (SSH) of DG Research of the EC is organising on Tuesday 20 October 2009 in Brussels an Information Day on the "Social Platform on Sustainable Lifestyles" (Topic SSH.2010.2.1-4 of the SSH Work Programme 2010, called for under the Call Identifier FP7-SSH-2010-4 published in the OJ C177 of 30 July 2009). For further information provided on the EUROPA SSH website.

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One of the key tasks in the early 21st century is to reconcile the need to reduce the levels of energy and environmental resources and transport services we consume, while at the same time improving the quality of life for all in the context of an ageing society. A social platform on 'sustainable lifestyle' will be supported to define a research agenda in the area driven by societal concerns.

2 October 2009, Brussels, Belgium

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Find a project suitable for your skills

A new call for proposals has been recently published by the European Commission.

Identifier: FP7-SCIENCE-IN-SOCIETY-2010-1

Publication Date: 30 July 2009

Budget: € 39 750 000

Deadline: 21 January 2010 at 17:00:00 (Brussels local time)

OJ Reference: OJ C177 of 30 July 2009

Coordinated call: No

Joint call: No

Technical Call: No

Specific Programme(s): Capacities

Theme: Science in Society

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The SiS maps for different european countries are on line and you can find them at http://webatlas.fr/exhibition/eurosis/

EuroSiS mapping project is based on:

A) Use of visualization for communication/promotion of EuroSiS project
B) Production of graphical synthesis of large sets of data
C) Extraction of visual patterns from web data analysis (centre, periphery, clusters, levels of hierarchy, borders...)
D) With different levels of data (zoom) and analysis of SIS European themes.
E) And preparing an information archiving process on specific topics and, beyond, and possible Web Information System (or portal) dedicated to European SIS domains.

Euroscience Mediterranean Event 2009 aims at bringing together scientists and young researchers, senior government officials, policy makers, NGOs, academics and science communicators from all fields of science, thus providing a unique networking opportunity for all interested parties. Through keynote lectures, selected workshops, papers and exhibition sessions, ESME 2009 intends to assess the challenges facing the Mediterranean area's scientific development and to focus on the future opportunities while featuring the best practices.

We look forward to receiving your proposals for presentations during the Event, as this will constitute a pivotal part of the programme which is designed to encourage your representation and active participation in the dialogue. More information at www.esme2009.org