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French Presidency 2008
| Events | Date | Place |
| July | ||
| Towards intensive knowledge growth. European strategies in the global economy – Conference | 2008-07-07 - 2008-07-09 | Toulouse |
| “A world in evolution: New opportunities for Women Engineers and Scientists” – 14th International Conference of Women Engineers and Scientists | 2008-07-15 - 2008-07-18 | Lille - Polytech |
| Informal meeting of the Ministers for Competitiveness | 2008-07-16 - 2008-07-18 | Versailles |
| Informal meeting of the Ministers in charge of Space | 2008-07-20 - 2008-07-22 | Kourou - French Guyana |
| September | ||
| Meeting of Scientific and Technical Research Committee (CREST) and the Joint Research and Atomic Questions Group |
2008-09-04 - 2008-09-05 | Aix-en-Provence - CEA Cadarache |
| Meeting of the Director-Generals for higher education of the Member States | 2008-09-08 | Strasbourg - Palais des congrès |
| Quality assurance in higher education establishments in Europe – Conference | 2008-09-09 - 2008-09-10 | Strasbourg - Palais des congrès |
| Forum Global Monitoring for Environment and Security (GMES) 2008 – Space in the service of the environment and security | 2008-09-16 - 2008-09-17 | Lille - Palais des congrès |
| Towards a lifelong European orientation model? – Conference | 2008-09-17 - 2008-09-18 | Lyon - Palais des congrès |
| Conference “EurobioForum 08 – Implementing strategic alliances between sponsors and researchers in the bio-medical sector” | 2008-09-18 - 2008-09-19 | Strasbourg |
| Man and Society in the face of Climate Change – An agenda for Europe – Conference |
2008-09-22 - 2008-09-24 | Paris - Maison de la chimie |
| Competitiveness Council – Meeting of the Ministers in charge of Space | 2008-09-25 - 2008-09-26 | Brussels |
| “Researchers' night” | 2008-09-26 | Multi-site, national |
| SRC'08 – European Security Research Conference | 2008-09-29 - 2008-09-30 | Paris - CNIT La Défense |
| Consensus conference “Academic clinical trials in Europe” | 2008-09-29 - 2008-09-30 | Strasbourg |
| October | ||
| European meeting of the National Contact Point (NCP) coordinators of the 7th Framework Programme | 2008-10-02 - 2008-10-03 | Paris - Paris Diderot University |
| Conference “The Internet of the Future” | 2008-10-05 - 2008-10-06 | Sophia-Antipolis |
| The European Research Council towards a policy of excellence: “The first young laureates pave the way” – Conference | 2008-10-07 | Paris - College de France |
| Conference EuroBio 2008 | 2008-10-07 - 2008-10-09 | Paris - Palais des congrès |
| The Teaching of Sciences in the Europe of Knowledge – Conference | 2008-10-08 - 2008-10-09 | Grenoble |
| Meeting of the Bologna process follow-up group (BFUG) | 2008-10-14 - 2008-10-15 | Paris - La Sorbonne |
| Multimedia installation “Europe as seen from space, space as seen from Europe” | 2008-10-20 - 2008-11-02 | Strasbourg |
| Initiative "e-Infrastructure Reflection Group" – Réunion/atelier des experts européens | 2008-10-22 | Paris |
| Young people “Science and Citizens” | 2008-10-24 - 2008-10-26 | Poitiers - Futuroscope |
| Towards a low carbon energy: the European Technological Research Plan | 2008-10-28 | Paris – Carrousel du Louvre |
| November | ||
| Biodiversity and European Research: today’s challenges, tomorrow’s agricultures – Conference | 2008-11-04 - 2008-11-05 | Montpellier - Corum |
| Europe, an area of student mobility The Europe of higher education, an area of mobility to be strengthened – Conference |
2008-11-04 - 2008-11-05 | Nancy - Palais des congrès |
| Competitiveness Council | 2008-11-06 | Brussels |
| Indicators for international comparison – Conference | 2008-11-13 - 2008-11-14 | Sophia-Antipolis |
| The European City of Science | 2008-11-14 - 2008-11-16 | Paris - Grand palais |
| "Science Fair in the colours of Europe” | 2008-11-17 - 2008-11-23 | Nationally |
| Young researchers in Europe – Conference | 2008-11-20 - 2008-11-21 | Rennes – PRES UEB |
| Colloquium “Water: aquatic milieus, resources and society: another water cycle” | 2008-11-20 - 2008-11-21 | Paris - Unesco |
| Colloquium on intensive computing “Think Petaflops” | 2008-11-21 - 2008-11-22 | Paris - Institut Pasteur |
| Science in society: dialogues and scientific responsibility – European Conference | 2008-11-24 - 2008-11-25 | Paris – Economic and Social Council |
| ICT'08 "I"s to the future – European Conference on Information and Communication Technologies | 2008-11-25 - 2008-11-27 | Lyon - Palais des congrès |
| December | ||
| Competitiveness Council | 2008-12-01 - 2008-12-02 | Brussels |
| Seminar on the evaluation of research policies and programmes in Europe | 2008-12-03 | Brussels |
| Conference "The Europe of Research for sustainable mobility" | 2008-12-08 - 2008-12-12 | Lyon |
| ECRI 2008 – European Conference on Research Infrastructures | 2008-12-09 - 2008-12-11 | Versailles - Saclay |
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