Call 8 information day: Intelligent Information Management, 26 September, Luxembourg

The Information Society and Media Directorate General, within the European Commission, is organising an Information Day to better support the preparation of proposals for the 8th FP7 Call concerning objective ICT-2011.4.4 "Intelligent Information Management". The event will inform about the scope of the call, assist preparing project proposals and facilitate sharing experiences. The information day will give participants the chance to network, to find partners for their projects and get feedback on proposal ideas from officials of the European Commission.

The event will take place on 26 September in Luxembourg, Jean Monnet Conference Centre, Luxembourg.

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Call 8 information day: ICT for Sustainable Growth, 12 September, Brussels

The Information Society and Media Directorate General, within the European Commission, is organising an Information Day to better support the preparation of proposals for the 8th FP7 Call concerning the following objectives:

6.1-Smart Energy Grids,
6.3-ICT for efficient water resources management,
6.5-ICT for energy-positive neighbourhoods

The event will take place on 12 September in Brussels, Rue Froissart 36, Centre Albert Borschette, Room A/0.

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The FP7-ICT Call 8 is now open!

The new call for proposal was published on 20 July 2011 with a deadline of 17th of January 2012, at 17:00.00 Brussels local time. The indicative budget is 787 million euros.

Several objectives of the following Challenges are open: Challenge 1: Pervasive and Trusted Network and Service Infrastructures, Challenge 3: Alternative Paths to Components and Systems, Challenge 4: Technologies for Digital Content and Languages, Challenge 5: ICT for Health, Ageing Well, Inclusion and Governance, Challenge 6: ICT for a Low Carbon Economy, Challenge 8: ICT for Learning and Acc to Cultural Resources, FET and Horizontal actions.

There are already some Info days for this call scheduled in Brussels:

22 September 2011: Trust & Security (Objective ICT-2011.1.4). More

27 September 2011: Cloud Computing, Internet of Services and Advanced Software Engineering (Objective ICT-2011.1.2). More

12 October 2011: FET Proactive Information Day. More

For more information:
Visit the ICT wiki
Visit the Participants portal

ICT Proposers' Day 2011, 19-20 May, Budapest

The biannual event organised by the Information Society and Media Directorate-General of the European Commission will be dedicated to networking and partnership building for ICT Calls 8 and 9 of the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Commission (FP7).
The ICT Proposers' Day will contain thematic sessions on the Work Programme 2011-12 with presentations of proposal ideas, meeting points animated by Commission officials and information stands.

Under the auspices of the Hungarian EU Presidency, the event will take place in Budapest from 19th to 20th May.

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