Member Societies
CEPIS produces a monthly newsletter on European activities that are relevant to CEPIS members. It also includes news about member society activites, calls for proposals and contributions as well as relevant upcoming events.
July issue now available for download!
Thismonth we encourage CEPIS Member societies to consider putting forward a candidate for the Executive Committee elections, which will take place in November. The formal invitation has been extended to all Members on behalf of Honorary Secretary, Byron Nicolaides. Please be aware that the closing date for nominations is 18th September 2010. As participation by all Member societies is essential to achieve CEPIS' strategic goals and objectives, we also invite you to join the CEPIS Research Task Force, and encourage you tobecome registered stakeholders in the European Commission's ‘Digital Agenda' to raise the profile of your society in Europe. CEPIS Vice President Declan Brady has also kindly contributed an article about the recent EWCIP I event that was held in Santiago de Compostela, Spain last month.
Learn more about the new Partnership for Advanced Computing in Europe (PRACE) initiative that aims to strengthen European research and competitiveness. We bring you an update on the development of the three Knowledge and Innovation Communities (KICs), and how the European Commission plans to improve vocational education and training in the future as part of the 10-year plan ‘Youth on the Move'. The latest issues of UPGRADE and the European Centre for Women in Technology (ECWT) newsletters are also now available. European Schoolnet provides reports from 15 different countries across Europe about ICT in education. This issue also includes contributions from the Irish Computer Society (ICS) and the Informatics Association of Turkey (IAT).
If your society has not already participated in the online survey on Professionalism Characteristics and Benefits, we encourage you to do so, in order to ensure that the view of your society is represented.
