Fast lane for space technology innovation
Paris, 18 Mar 2004 A new ESA initiative got underway this week to speed up the turnaround time from idea to product. The aim is to support the fast introduction of breakthrough innovations in the...
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Commissioner Janez POTOCNIK: A vision for electricity networks of the future, 1st General Assembly of the Technology Platform for Electricity Networks of the Future
Brussels, 6 April 2006 1st General Assembly of the Technology Platform for Electricity Networks of the Future Brussels, 6 April 2006 Ladies and Gentlemen, It is my great pleasure to be here today to...
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Commission Vice-President Günter Verheugen: Joint Approach to Security Research - Opening Speech and the Research and Technology Conference, European Defence Agency
Brussels, 9th February 2006 Mr Chairman, Dear Colleagues, Ladies and Gentlemen, For the first time the European Commission, the European Defence Agency, industry and representatives from the Member...
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Janez POTOCNIK European Commissioner for Science and ResearchEducate to Innovate: Creating and Disseminating Knowledge EIB Annual Forum 2005Helsinki, 28 October 2005
28/10/2005 EIB Annual Forum 2005 Helsinki, 28 October 2005 President Maystadt, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, Finland, one of the top research-intensive countries in the EU, is an inspiring...
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Dr Joe Borg Member of the European Commission Responsible for Fisheries and Maritime AffairsHow can marine research contribute to the Maritime Policy? European Parliament Conference on the Future of E
Brussels, 17 October 2005 Ladies and Gentlemen, Thank you for your invitation to be here today. I am glad to participate in this conference which gives us the opportunity to discuss the perspectives...
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Commission takes stock of the GALILEO Programme
Brussels, 7 June 2006 The European Commission today adopted a communication taking stock of the GALILEO satellite radionavigation programme. The communication outlines the key components of this...
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EESC Opinion: Life Sciences and Biotechnology
Brussels, 16 July 2003 OPINION of the European Economic and Social Committee on the Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, to the Council and to the European Economic and...
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Commissioner Janez Potocnik: Improving Research Policies through the Open Method of Coordination -- European Commission conference on the open method of coordination in research
Brussels, 18 May 2006 European Commission conference on the open method of coordination in research Brussels, 18 May 2006 Ladies and Gentlemen, I would like to start by thanking the Austrian...
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The Commission presents its ideas on the future of science and technology in Europe
Brussels, 16 June 2004 The European Commission has today proposed increasing the European Union’s research funding to an average of €10 billion a year for the duration of the next framework...
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Economic case for research and education spending 'not necessarily the best', says Patten
Brussels, 24 Nov 2004 Chris Patten, the former External Relations Commissioner now Chancellor of Oxford and Newcastle Universities, has warned that the economic argument for greater spending on...
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Alternative testing methods - European research to replace and reduce animal tests, 23 June, Brussels
Brussels, 17 Jun 2004 Brussels, 23 June 2004 WHO? Philippe Busquin, Commissioner for Research, European Commission In the presence of H.R.H. Prince Laurent of Belgium, President of the Prince Laurent...
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Commissioner Janez Potocnik: EU-China cooperation in science and technology -- scientific responses to global challenges, Launch of the China-EU Science and Technology year
Brussels, 11 October 2006 Minister Wu, Ladies and Gentlemen, Welcome honourable guests – or rather 'Huan ying guan ling'. It gives me great pleasure to launch the China-EU Science and...
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Women increase influence in business
British boardrooms may be notoriously male dominated but university business schools are proving more enlightened, with women far more conspicuous at all levels. The Association of Business Schools...
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Absence of elite distorts picture
Low student reply rate keeps top institutions off tally of campuses and lessens the impact of results. Jessica Shepherd reports. More of the UK's top universities were excluded from the National...
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Revealed: Europe's master plan for space technology
Paris, Jun 2003 ESA and its 16 national delegations have come together with the European Commission and more than a hundred separate industries to develop future road maps for space technology...