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IPTS Director, Peter Kind participated in the informal EU Council of Environment Ministers ›

02 Mar 2010.

The Director of the IPTS, Peter Kind participated in the Informal Council of EU Environment Ministers, held in Seville between the 15 and the 17th January and chaired by Teresa Ribera, the Spanish State Secretary for Climate Change. Director Kind's presentation [...] more

Still places available for the Policy Forum of Concord 2010 ›

05 Feb 2010. The deadline for registration to participate in the Policy Forum of the European Conference on Corporate Research and Development (CONCORD-2010), focussing on Corporate R&D – An engine for growth, a challenge for European policy, to be held in Seville, Spain on [...] more

Global warming could cost Europe up to €65 billion a year, the final report of the PESETA project says ›

25 Nov 2009.

If the climate expected in the 2080s occurred today, the EU would face yearly GDP losses between €20 and €65 billion, depending on the temperature increase in Europe (2.5°C to 5.4°C). This result takes into account four aspects that are highly sensitive to [...] more

Social Computing goes mainstream: 41% of EU Internet users connected to Web 2.0 ›

19 Nov 2009.

The rapid growth of web 2.0, or social computing, allows users to play an influential role in the way commercial and public products and services are shaped. The report "The impact of Social Computing on the EU Information Society and Economy", published today [...] more

 

 

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