El Workprogramme FP7-ICT para 2009 asì como la Call 4 del Programa ICT se han lanzado; la conovatori esta abierta a istituciones de America Latina y Caribe.

The 2009 Work Programme for ICT research in the EU's Seventh Framework Programme (FP7) as well as Call 4 of ICT is now available. All those possibilities are open for Latin American and Caribbean partners!

Organised by The European Commission's Information Society and Media Directorate-General in cooperation with the Hungarian National Office for Research and Technology
Information and Communication Technologies Research, the ICT Proposers’ Day is designed to help you meet potential collaborators and facilitate the formation of research consortia. European Commission staff will also be present to advise on the specifics of the 2009-2010 work programme, and on the general rules and procedures for participating in calls for proposals.

Following the success and interest of the first OpenDays Health Village in 2007, the Information Society and Media DG and the Health and Consumers DG of the European Commission, EUREGHA and COCIR are organizing a second edition of this event

eHealth has the ability to empower citizens in managing their health and lifestyle and provides them with tools for better health education and response ability to cope with their conditions

eHealth is an important tool for making substantial health gains when combined with proper organisation and skills. eHealth has shown to be a key enabler in providing better quality and safer healthcare. It has the ability to empower citizens in managing their health and lifestyle and provides them with tools for better health education and response ability to cope with their conditions. Interoperability of health information systems such as electronic health records systems, facilitating the deployment of telemedicine services and patient safety are currently some of the priorities of European Commission and many EU regions and countries in order to support continuity of care, mobility and safety of patients. Latest developments and good practice examples from regions on these issues will be presented. The important concerns regarding data protection, health stakeholder support and creating sustainable e-health market will also be presented by relevant stakeholders.

The 4th Advanced Satellite Mobile Systems Conference is organized by the University of Bologna and the Institute for Communications and Navigation of DLR on behalf of the ISI (Integral SatCom Initiative) European Technology Platform and in cooperation with the Satellite Communications Network of Excellence (SatNEx). Building on the previous successful ASMS events, this conference has now become a paramount opportunity for industry and research institutions to get the latest updates and to exchange information about recent advances and emerging technologies for mobile, broadband and broadcast satellite communication systems.

The LAC ACCESS database contains profiles and access data of high-quality Latin American research organisations in the fields of Health, Food, Agriculture & Biotechnology, Energy, Environment (including Climate Change) and Socio-economic Sciences & Humanities and serves as an instrument to enhance the participation of R&D institutions from Latin America and the Caribbean in the activities of the Seventh Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development of the European Union (FP7).

To view the print persion (pdf) of the database (Direcotory of Institutions 2008) please visit the LAC ACCESS website www.lac-acces.net, section Documents. You can also obtain a free version of the printed directory by sending an email to the following adress: barbara.hauer@lai.at

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La base de datos del proyecto LAC ACCESS contiene el perfil y los datos de contacto de diversas instituciones de investigación latinoamericanas de alta calidad en las áreas de salud, alimentación, agricultura y biotecnología, energía, medio ambiente (incluyendo el cambio climático), tecnología de la información y las comunicaciones y ciencias sociales, económicas y humanidades. Esta base de datos sirve como instrumento para aumentar y reforzar la participación de las instituciones de investigación de Latinoamérica y el Caribe en los diferentes programas de trabajo del Séptimo Programa Marco de Investigación y Desarrollo Tecnológico de la Unión Europea.
Para acceder a la base de datos, haga click en el siguiente enlace:
http://lac-access.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=16&Itemid=33

Para ver la versión impresa (pdf) de la base de datos (Directorio de instituciones 2008), visite la página web del proyecto LAC ACCESS www.lac-access.net en la sección “Documentos”. Si desea obtener un ejemplar gratuito del directorio, envíe un mensaje a la siguiente dirección:
barbara.hauer@lai.at

Queridos amig@s,

Os informo que la Convocatoria para la organización de Cursos, Seminarios y Talleres, Científico-Tecnológico 2009, que van a tener lugar en los Centros de Formación de la AECID en Iberoamerica, permanecerá abierta desde el próximo día 1 de julio hasta el 15 de septiembre de 2008, ambos inclusive.

Adjunto las normas de organización de los Cursos, Seminarios, y Talleres, donde podréis encontrar los objetivos, finalidad, y destinatarios, así como los compromisos que adquieren al asumir la responsabilidad de la organización, con el ruego de que sea leído detenidamente.



Por segundo año, se pondrá toda la información y formularios de solicitud, en la página Web del Programa CYTED (www.cyted.org), dentro de la intranet, en el apartado de ""CONVOCATORIA CYTED-AECID"" y accesible mediante la introducción de su ""nombre de usuario"" y de la ""contraseña"" que ya disponen por estar colaborando con el Programa CYTED, ya sea en calidad de Coordinador, Gestor, Vocal o Representante o Delegando de ONCYT.

LA-Web 2008 is the sixth of a series of refereed conferences aimed at providing a venue in Latin America for researchers and technologists from around the world to present, demonstrate and discuss the latest Web developments. LA-Web 2008 will be held in Vila Velha, Espírito Santo, Brazil.

LA-WEB 2008 is endorsed by the IW3C2 International World Wide Web Conference Committee and its proceedings will be published by the IEEE Computer Society Press. This year, LA-WEB will be co-located with WEBMedia 2008.

We invite high quality papers describing original work in all areas of Web research. Papers should properly place the work in the context of the conference's theme, cite related work, and clearly indicate its innovative aspects and contributions to the field. Papers must be submitted electronically via the conference's website, and must be formatted using the IEEE-CS guidelines (see below). We encourage authors to submit papers of up to 10 pages long.

Location

Vila Velha is part of the metropolitan Vitória, which is one of Brazil's oldest capitals. A city that has modernized itself without
losing sight of its historical background. It unites past and present in the same beautiful scene, from the traditions of fishermen and clay potmakers to the many buildings and monuments in the Historical Center with its churches and secular convents.

The city has beautiful mangroves, parks, squares and gardens. It is one of the most arboreous cities in Espírito Santo. There are 91 square meters of green area for each inhabitant that are distributed between leisure retreats and environmental preservation areas. Ecosystems that shelter hundreds of flora and fauna species, and contribute to the quality of life of the residents as well as enchanting visitors.

Fishes, shrimps and crabs, prepared in clay pots, are the basic ingredients of the Capixaba fish stew and pie, which is the most
traditional plate. However the city also offers visitors a chance to navigate through an enormous variety of seasonings and flavors. Dozens of restaurants, which are guaranteed by the townhall's standard Quality Seal, cultivate and reinvent Brazilian and international dishes.

The sun illuminates Vitória and shines across its bay of clear waters, unmasking the calm and cozy beaches that welcome residents and visitors. And when night falls, the city joy is revealed in the charming bars and night clubs where there is always a smile and friendly word for new arrivals. Furthermore, Vitória offers a varied and sophisticated commerce which can attend to the most demanding customers.

Important Dates

Paper Submission: July 6, 2008
Notification of Acceptance: Aug 6, 2008
Camera-ready version: Aug 18, 2008

Topics

* Browsers and user interfaces
* E-commerce, E-Science, E-government and E-Learning
* Digital libraries
* Multimedia and hypermedia
* Mobility and ubiquitous web access
* Performance, reliability and scalability
* Search and data mining
* Semantic web
* Web engineering
* Collaboration and web communities
* Security, privacy and copyright issues
* XML and web services
* Collaborative tagging
* Blogging
* Social Networks
* Web spam characterization, detection and filtering
* Web visualization
* Web usability and accessibility
* Web 2.0 approaches and applications

Conference Chair

Ricardo Baeza-Yates
Yahoo! Research, Spain & Chile
CWR/DCC, Univ. of Chile

Steering Committee

Virgilio Almeida, UFMG, Brazil
Ricardo Baeza-Yates (coordinator)
Alfredo Sanchez, Univ. de Las Americas, Mexico
Daniel Schwabe, PUC-Rio, Brazil

Program Committee Co-Chairs

Wagner Meira Jr., UFMG, Brazil
Luis Antonio Olsina, UNLPam, Argentina

Organizing Committee

Claudine Badue, UFES, Brazil (Chair)
Elias Oliveira, UFES, Brazil
Alberto Ferreira de Souza, UFES, Brazil
Javier Velasco, CWR, Univ. of Chile

Partial Program Committee

Silvia Abrahão, Spain
Jussara Almeida, Brazil
Virgilio Almeida, Brazil
Michele Colajanni, Italy
César Collazos, Colombia
João Falcão e Cunha, Portugal
Stefan Decker, Ireland
Peter Dolog, Germany
Ricardo Falbo, Brazil
Steven Furnell, UK
Martin Gaedke, Germany
Claudio Gutierrez, Chile
Nora Koch, Germany
Fernanda Lima, Brazil
David Lowe, Australia
Maristella Matera, Italy
Wagner Meira Jr., Brazil
Luisa Mich, Italy
Sandro Morasca, Italy
Luis Olsina, Argentina
Oscar Pastor, Spain
Adriano Pereira, Brazil
Claudia Pons, Argentina
Symeon Retalis, Greece
Alfredo Sanchez, Mexico
Monica Scannapieco, Italy
Daniel Schwabe, Brazil
Wieland Schwinger, Austria
Fabrizio Silvestri, Italy
Athena Vakali, Greece
Bebo White, USA
Marco Wickler, France