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Leading the debate on ICT and Education 16 May 2013
The [SIC] open days - Part III: 'The Chinese are coming! Is there a future for European ICT?' 09 Apr 2013
5th International workshop on patents and its relation with R&D and Innovation 19 Sep 2013
Economic Growth in the Euro-Med area through Trade Integration. Focus on Agriculture and Food 21 Mar 2013
The [SIC] open days: Are we Internet users irresponsible, myopic or naïve? 12 Mar 2013
4th European Conference on Corporate R&D and Innovation (CONCORDi-2013) 26 Sep 2013
First IPTS Workshop on Tools and Methodologies in Support of Cohesion Policy 2014 - 2020 14 Feb 2013
Research and Innovation Strategies for Smart Specialisation, Seville, Spain, 13-14 December 2012 13 Dec 2012
The Dynamics of Media and Content Industries. Brussels, 25-26 October 2012 25 Oct 2012
European business seen maintaining R&D despite crisis 20 Aug 2012
Workshop: Farm level Modelling for post 2013 CAP impact analysis. Brussels, 6-7 June 2012 06 Jun 2012
Newly defined "Best available techniques" for iron & steel and glass production 02 Apr 2012
JRC Annual Report 2011 now available 19 Apr 2012
"Youth on the Move" lands in Seville 23 Nov 2011
Register for the Conference: "Global ICT industry: changing landscape? - The future of European ICT R&D" Brussels 19-20 October 01 Aug 2011
Registration open for 3rd European Conference on Corporate R&D – CONCORD 2011 29 Jul 2011
IPTS is recruiting several National Experts 04 Jul 2011
23 research positions available at IPTS 11 Mar 2011
Call for abstracts - Third International Conference on Corporate R&D - CONCORD 2011 21 Feb 2011
IPTS is recruiting several National Experts 29 Oct 2010
New job opportunity at the IPTS 21 Oct 2010
4th International Seville Conference on Future-Oriented Technology Analysis: Call for abstracts 06 Oct 2010
Workshop on the internationalisation of R&D 01 Jun 2010
New job opportunities at the IPTS 16 Jun 2010
Deadline extended for 2 new position at IPTS 04 May 2010
Call for interest for several positions as Seconded National Expert in the SPC Unit 27 Apr 2010
Vacancy for a Seconded National Expert in Knowledge for Growth Unit 19 Apr 2010
Deadline extended for several new positions at IPTS 19 Apr 2010
job vacancies for doctoral, post doctoral and senior researchers 05 Apr 2010
The European Commissioner for Research, Innovation and Science, Máire Geoghegan-Quinn, visits the Institute for Prospective Technological Studies 12 Mar 2010
IPTS Director, Peter Kind participated in the informal EU Council of Environment Ministers 02 Mar 2010
Still places available for the Policy Forum of Concord 2010 05 Feb 2010
Global warming could cost Europe up to €65 billion a year, the final report of the PESETA project says 25 Nov 2009
Social Computing goes mainstream: 41% of EU Internet users connected to Web 2.0 19 Nov 2009
2009 corporate R&D investment: a global increase with EU companies leading US and Japan 16 Nov 2009
New job opportunities at the Institute for Prospective Technological Studies 05 Nov 2009
ERAWATCH 2009 Policy Mix country reports 30 Oct 2009
JRC-IPTS contributes to a the Communication on investing on the development of Low Carbon Technologies 07 Oct 2009
Finance for climate policy: JRC-IPTS research on road to Copenhagen deal 14 Sep 2009
Growing number of genetically modified crops worldwide could disrupt international trade, according to a forecast presented by JRC-IPTS 03 Sep 2009
ERAWATCH: a new European perspective on research 02 Sep 2009
IPTS has published a call for tender for an ERAWATCH Integrated Management System 07 Aug 2009
ICT companies make over 25% of European R&D investments 30 Jul 2009
Call for abstracts: 2nd European Conference on Corporate R&D 08 Jun 2009
New report assesses soil degradation in Europe and identifies soil-friendly practices 16 Feb 2009
Global costs of climate change policies will amount to €175 billion in 2020, new JRC report says 16 Feb 2009
AAAS 2009: The JRC-IPTS organises 'Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis: Beyond Natural Selection' 15 Feb 2009
IPTS hosts the IV Congress of the Spanish Association for Energy Economy 22 Jan 2009
The IPTS has published a call for a framework contract for services for the support to the monitoring and analysis of knowledge triangle policies in Europe 09 Jan 2009
ICT sector is the biggest contributor to business R&D in Europe but still lags behind the US, new JRC-IPTS report says 25 Nov 2008
The Commission publishes the 2008 EU Industrial R&D Investment Scoreboard 15 Oct 2008
3rd International Seville Conference on Future-Oriented Technology Analysis (FTA) 16 Oct 2008
IPTS presented 'Dolly for dinner' at ESOF 2008 in Barcelona 19 Jul 2008
JRC-IPTS publishes a study on the agronomic and economic performance of Bt Maize in Spain 24 Jun 2008
1st Global Conference on GMO Analysis 24 Jun 2008
Soil Conservation: Stakeholder Workshop in Brussels 22 May 2008
IPTS has launched the IA TOOLS platform to the public 23 Apr 2008
Call for abstracts of the Third International Seville Conference on Future-Oriented Technology Analysis (FTA) 15 May 2008
ERAWATCH, the European Commission's gateway to research policy, launches its first user survey 21 Feb 2008
JRC IPTS will host the European Communications Policy Research Conference 31 Mar 2008
The new book 'Safeguards in a World of Ambient Intelligence' warns of challenges posed by Ambient Intelligence 05 Feb 2008
107th Seminar of the European Association of Agricultural Economists 29 Jan 2008
New Report: Parents need better information on genetic testing of IVF embryos 13 Dec 2007
IPTS has contributed to the Commission's Strategic Energy Technology Plan (SET-Plan) 28 Nov 2007
Third international Conference on Coexistence between genetically modified and non GM agricultural supply chains 20 Nov 2007
"EU Enlargement. Economic Development and the Information Society", new book edited by IPTS 15 Oct 2007
Conference on Knowledge for Growth: Role and Dynamics of Corporate R&D. Seville, 8-9 of October 08 Oct 2007
The 2007 EU Industrial R&D Investment Scoreboard is now available. 05 Oct 2007
JRC IPTS presents a web 2.0 tutorial at the 2007 Ministerial eGovernment Conference in Lisbon 20 Sep 2007
JRC contributes to the Green Paper 'Adapting to climate change in Europe - options for EU action' 04 Jul 2007
New report "Analysis of the 2006 EU Industrial R&D Investment Scoreboard" 18 May 2007
The European Commissioner for Science and Research, Janez Potočnik, visits the Institute for Prospective Technological Studies 16 Apr 2007
BIO4EU Symposium 20 Apr 2007
International seminar on society and material 07 Mar 2007
Economic Impact of Dominant GM Crops Worldwide: A Review. 26 Feb 2007
Food quality schemes under microscope 05 Feb 2007
Networking session organised by European Perspectives on Information Society (EPIS) in the IST 2006 Strategies for leadership 22 Nov 2006
The 2006 EU Industrial R&D Investment Scoreboard 05 Oct 2006

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