Skolkovo Innovation Center in partnership with MSU Science Park and Technopark Strogino and with strong support of the Moscow City Government will host the 33rd IASP Annual World Conference on Science Parks and Areas of Innovation in September 2016.

The IASP World Conference is held annually. It is the main networking event of Association, gathering an ever increasing number of delegates and speakers from all over the world.

The conference will bring together experts from science and technology parks (STPs) and other areas of innovation (AIs), technology-based incubators, academia, the public sector and business to discuss and debate in depth the trends in STPs and other areas of innovation as increasingly complex structures for professional innovation support.

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The German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) hosts the prestigious ”Green Talents – International Forum for High Potentials in Sustainable Development” on a yearly basis to promote the international exchange of innovative green ideas.

The award, under the patronage of Minister Professor Johanna Wanka, honours young researchers each year. The winners come from numerous countries and scientific disciplines and are recognised for their outstanding achievements in making our societies more sustainable. Selected by a high-ranking jury of German experts the award-winners are granted unique access to the country’s research elite.

The submission period is open until 24 May 2016, noon CET.

For more information regarding the application process, please have a look at the web-site:http://www.greentalents.de/

The EuroScience Open Forum (ESOF) is a biennial, pan-European, general science conference dedicated to scientific research and innovation. Each conference aims to deliver stimulating content and lively debate around the latest advancements and discoveries in the sciences, humanities and social sciences.

Now in its seventh iteration, ESOF attracts thousands of delegates to the host city during the week of the conference, which, in 2016, will be held between 23 and 27 July in Manchester. ESOF is one of the best opportunities for everyone from leading scientists, early careers researchers, business people, policy makers, science and technology communicators to the general public to come together to find out more about how science is helping us advance today.

More information: http://www.esof.eu/about/introduction-to-esof.html

The 18th call for joint research projects in IraSME is planned to be published in May 2016 and the cut of date should be September 30, 2016.

All network partners agreed on commiting to the network and its objectives, focussing on new members and an increased participation in 2016.

A draft Consortium Agreement is mandatory for your application. All points that have to be mentioned in a consortium agreement can be found in your national funding regulations. Adapt these regulations carefully to your project and use your own formulations.

All applications need to be submitted electronically only by using the IraSME Submission System.

More information: http://www.ira-sme.net/calls/next-calls/