Within the tent in Roma Avenue, located in central Seville, there will be a European Commission stand with JRC-IPTS presence. IPTS staff will be explaining to young people in Seville how is like it to work for the European Union in general and the JRC in particular.

Find more info at: the Youth on the Move website.

You can register at: the conference webpage.

The main purposes of the conference are to identify and debate trends in the changing global ICT and ICT R&D landscape; debate their impact on the EU ICT industry and consequences for research and innovation location and modes; as well as discussing implications for ICT R&D and innovation policies in Europe.

The conference will bring together industry representatives, ICT R&D and innovation analysts, and policy makers, coming from Europe, the USA and Asia.

For registration go to: the Concord website.

CONCORD 2011 will be organised as a one day event, and will consist of a forum for academic discourse. Policy implications of the conference's scientific findings and the resulting key policy messages will be summarised by the appointed Scientific Committee and presented to relevant policymakers from the European Commission, Member States and industrial representatives during a dedicated workshop which will be held at a later stage in Brussels.

By putting research and innovation at the centre of the EU's Europe 2020 strategy for jobs and growth, the need for urgent action has been recognised. In line with the recently launched key initiatives of "Innovation Union" and an "Industrial Policy for the Globalised Era", the CONCORD conferences address the economics of corporate R&D and innovation, and their impact on firms' productivity, efficiency, competitiveness, and employment. In this regard, CONCORD 2011 will focus on the dynamics of Europe's industrial structure and the growth of innovative firms.

CONCORD 2011 builds on the success of previous conferences on corporate R&D organised by the European Commission, with emphasis on "Knowledge for growth: Role and dynamics of corporate R&D" (2007) and "R&D as an engine for growth, a challenge for European policy" (2010).

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The deadline for submissions of abstracts is 15th April. The abstracts should follow three general topics which will be streamlined into several thematic strands based on the response of the research community to this call for abstracts. These three topics are: 1. R&D and innovation: sources and constraints at company level 2. Industrial dynamics and the role of R&D and innovation for Europe's competitiveness 3. New avenues for policy and management practices

Specific instructions for submissions can be found at: the Concord website.

CONCORD 2011 will be organised as a one day event, and will consist of a forum for academic discourse. Policy implications of the conference's scientific findings and the resulting key policy messages will be summarised by the appointed Scientific Committee and presented to relevant policymakers from the European Commission, Member States and industrial representatives during a dedicated workshop which will be held at a later stage in Brussels.

By putting research and innovation at the centre of the EU's Europe 2020 strategy for jobs and growth, the need for urgent action has been recognised. In line with the recently launched key initiatives of "Innovation Union" and an "Industrial Policy for the Globalised Era", the CONCORD conferences address the economics of corporate R&D and innovation, and their impact on firms' productivity, efficiency, competitiveness, and employment. In this regard, CONCORD 2011 will focus on the dynamics of Europe's industrial structure and the growth of innovative firms.

CONCORD 2011 builds on the success of previous conferences on corporate R&D organised by the European Commission, with emphasis on "Knowledge for growth: Role and dynamics of corporate R&D" (2007) and "R&D as an engine for growth, a challenge for European policy" (2010).