* The EU-US RFID Lighthouse symposium -  Washington DC, September 22, 2008

* Internet of Things – Internet of the Future - Nice, 6th and 7th October 2008

See also other events and  past events & consultations.

The EU-US RFID Lighthouse symposium (Washington DC, September 22, 2008)

The European Commission (EC) and the United States Government (USG) are working together under the Transatlantic Economic Council (TEC) Initiative to develop a roadmap for cooperation in the field of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID), consisting of the short and long-term initiatives necessary to realize the potential of sharing information and best practices on the actual usages of RFID (more...).  We hope to ensure that the deployment of RFID technologies in the business and consumer environments spurs innovation and helps society reap the benefits derived from the use of RFID in global commerce.

ePARTICIPATION PREPARATORY PROGRAMME (Deadline: 2008-08-22)
The deadline is going on and it should be suitable to have as soon as possible the final call text.
Meanwhile please could you send us the in digital format (pdf) the draft of the call
It should be also convenient to publish it at the community
http://www.epractice.eu/community/eParticipation
thanks in advance,
Ferran

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To this call we are studying to promote and participate the following proposals:
1) Objective 1.4 ePetitions


Background:

One of the most traditional ways for the general public to try and influence decision-making is by organising a petition. E-petition systems have been introduced in some Member States in order to make it easier to gather signatures from a wider audience. The Lisbon Treaty introduces the idea of the citizen's initiative8, whereby citizens will have the opportunity to call on the Commission to bring forward new policy proposals if they have the support of 1 million people from a significant number of EU Member States.

Tools should be developed that could be used to allow the public from across the EU to discuss ideas and create an online petition on EU issues. Such tools can also be used in a number of cross-border decision-making cases and therefore are relevant not only in the context of the
Lisbon Treaty but also in many legislative and decision-making processes.

SECURE-FORCE aims at studying and disseminating the critical success factor for SME's involvement in European R&D programmes. The project covers the ICT and Security related R&D projects under the FP7 and national level as well. SECURE-FORCE support SME's to be involved in these programmes. The project provides also a qualified partners search facility for potential coordinators that are looking for additional partners for their project and proposals.

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We are looking for partners in a  new project for the Call for Proposals 2008 within the “Erasmus for Young Entrepreneurs Program “ . We would appreciate if you could cooperate with us since your Institution might be one of the reference place where our students could develop their skills and competences during a training period.
If you would like to collaborate with us in this project, please send us an e-mail until the 8th of August (Friday).
We are sending in attach a presentation of our Institution.
Do not hesitate to contact us in case you might have any questions.
Looking forward to hearing from you soon.

Grupo Lusófona presentation of 10slides: http://ecentres.net/files/Grupo_LUSaFONA_10slides.pdf
Find below the website where you can see additional information about the Project:
http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/funding/files/themes_2008/calls_prop.htm
Your Sincerely,
Paulo Freitas do Amaral
Coordenador do Projecto Empreendedor
Coordenador of the Entrepreneurship Project
International, Career & Entrepreneurship Office
Grupo Lusófona
Av. do Campo Grande, 376
1749-024 Lisboa, Portugal
Tel: +351 217 515 500 - ext. 2321
Fax: +351 217 515 534
paulo.amaral AT ulusofona.pt
www.ulusofona.pt

(Draft version. You are invited to collaborate in the edition)

TEPKIS Trans-European Platform of Knowledge & Innovation Intensive Services provides supportive activities to innovative entrepreneurs, start-ups and micro-companies.

TEPKIS is formed mainly by experts tutors, mentors advisers and busines angels.

TEPKIS is defined as Multi-disciplinary and Cross-Sectorial (horizontal) organization concerns to manage, administrate and activate the European area of innovation entrepreneuship.

Consensuality  is the active collaboration and cooperation for the self-benefit, join aim, profit, pleasure and well-being of all concerned. In the case of social and business netwoks, this consent often includes that of people not directly involved - primary partners, voluntaries and other parties are affected by agreements, sometimes not written, not signed, ad-hoc established and based on common sense.

Defining consent can sometimes be tricky. If someone consents under pressure, we don't think that meets the "active collaboration" criterion. And you can't consent to something you don't know about: "Well you didn't say I couldn't send you an email when you agreed to participate" .

Studies examine chemistry instruction from a perspective based primarily on John Ziman's communal knowledge model for science. Several lessons by three different teachers at three different schools were observed and audiotaped. Data were examined to demonstrate the occurrence of certain specific pedagogic tactics embodied in some metacommunicative teacher utterances within the chemistry classroom teaching/learning discourse. These tactics reflect teachers' concerns for: (1) consensuality of their discourse; (2) consensibility of their teaching utterances; (3) commonality of the frame of reference with their students; and (4) the commensurability of the subject of their teaching discourse with course requirements, curricular structure, and nature of the discipline.