CALENDAR OF STOA EVENTS 2013
Updated on 24 June 2013
JULY 2013
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4 July 2013, 09:30 - 11:00, STOA Panel meeting, EP, Strasbourg, SDM S-1
Presentation of the final report of the STOA project ‘Security of e-Government systems’
SEPTEMBER 2013
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12 September 2013, 09:30 - 11:00, STOA Panel meeting, EP, Strasbourg, SDM S-1
Presentation of the final reports of the STOA projects ‘Agriculture and biodiversity /
Agriculture and climate change’ and ‘Recycling crop and food residues for sustainable bioenergy and biomaterials’
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24 September 2013, 14:30-17:30, EP, Brussels, t.b.c.
STOA-COST workshop ‘The European landscape of research funding’
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26 September 2013, a.m., EP, Brussels, t.b.c.
STOA workshop ‘Financing and assessing large scale infrastructures’
OCTOBER 2013
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2 October 2013 (t.b.c.), EP, Brussels:
STOA workshop ‘Potential and impacts of Cloud computing services and Social Network
Websites’
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10 October 2013 (t.b.c), EP, Strasbourg, SDM S-1, Strasbourg, SDM S-1
Presentation of the results of Phase I of the project ‘Integrated e-ticketing for city based
urban transports and tourist sites’.
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16 October 2013, a.m., (t.b.c), EP, Brussels
STOA workshop ‘Integrated e-ticketing for city based urban transports and tourist sites’.
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16 October 2013, p.m., (t.b.c), EP, Brussels
STOA workshop ‘Sustainable management of natural resources with a focus on water and
agriculture’
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17 October 2013, a.m., (t.b.c) EP, Brussels
STOA workshop ‘Methanol (CH3OH): 'A future transport fuel based on hydrogen and
carbon dioxide?’
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24 October 2013, 09:30 - 11:00, STOA Panel meeting, EP, Strasbourg, SDM S-1
Presentation of the final studies ‘Technology options for plant breeding and for innovative
agriculture’ and ‘Cutting food waste’, and Phase III of the ‘Cloud Computing’ project (t.b.c.)
NOVEMBER 2013
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12 November 2012, 15:00 - 17:00, EP, Brussels, Jòzsef Antall Building, Room 4Q2, STOA
Annual Lecture 2013: 'Sustaining sustainability - Making economics work for the global
environment'
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21 November 2013, 09:30 - 11:00, STOA Panel meeting, EP, Strasbourg, SDM S-1
Presentation of the synthesis report 'Technology options for feeding 10 billion people' (t.b.c.)
DECEMBER 2013
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4 December 2013, 14:30 - 17:00, EP, Brussels, Paul-Henry Spaak Building, Room P3C050
STOA Workshop 'The challenge of feeding 10 billion people'
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12 December 2013, 09:30 - 11:00, STOA Panel meeting, EP, Strasbourg, SDM S-1
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ANNEX
WORKSHOPS IN BRIEF
Title of the workshop: The European landscape of research funding
Date: Tuesday, 24 September 2013 ; Time: 14.30-17.30; Place: t.b.c.
In relation to a STOA study: no, ad-hoc
MEP involved: A. Correia de Campos; AD responsible: GL Quaglio
In cooperation with COST
Title of the workshop: Financing and assessing large scale infrastructures
Date: Thursday, 26 September 2013 ; Time: t.b.c. (a.m.); Place: t.b.c..
In relation to a STOA study: no, ad-hoc
MEP involved: A. Cancian; AD responsible: P.Ide-Kostic
In cooperation with the Joint Research Centre (JRC, EC) and NETLIPS.
Title of the workshop: Cloud Computing, Phase 3
Date: Wesnesday, 2 October 2013 ; Time: t.b.c. (p.m.); Place: t.b.c..
In relation to a STOA study: Impact and Potentials of Cloud Computing services and Social Network
websites.
MEP involved: M. Harnour, S.-A. Ţicău; AD responsible: P.Ide-Kostic
In cooperation with: Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Title of the workshop: 'Integrated e-ticketing for city based urban transport systems and touristic
sites'.
Date: Thursday , 16 October 2013 ; Time: t.b.c. (a.m.); Place: t.b.c..
In relation to a STOA study: 'Integrated e-ticketing for city based urban transport systems and touristic
sites'.
MEP involved: Antonio Cancian; AD responsible: P.Ide-Kostic
Title of the workshop: 'Sustainable management of natural resources with a focus on water and
agriculture'.
Date: Thursday , 16 October 2013 ; Time: t.b.c. (p.m.); Place: t.b.c..
In relation to a STOA study: 'Sustainable management of natural resources with a focus on water and
agriculture'
MEP involved: Csaba Tabadji; AD responsible: Lieve Van Woensel
Title of the workshop: Methanol (CH3OH): A future transport fuel based on Hydrogen and Carbon
Dioxide?
Date: Tuesday , 17 October 2013 ; Time: t.b.c. (a.m.); Place: t.b.c..
In relation to a STOA study: Methanol (CH3OH): A future transport fuel based on Hydrogen and
Carbon Dioxide?
MEP involved: A. Tabjadi; AD responsible: P.Ide-Kostic
In cooperation with: Institute of Studies for the Integration of Systems (ISIS)
Abstract: This workshop will present the final outcomes of the study.
Title of the workshop: 'The challenge of feeding 10 billion people'
Date: Wednesday, 4 December 2013 ; Time: 2:30-5:00 p.m. Place: Paul-Hendri Spaak, P3C050
In relation to the five parallel STOA studies on technology options for feeding 10 billion people
MEPs involved: V. Prodi, G. La Via Responsible AD: Lieve Van Woensel
Abstract:
This workshop will bring the findings and the synthesis report of the five parallel studies related to
'Technology options for feeding 10 billion people':
1.
Climate Change and agriculture; Agriculture and biodiversity
2.
Technology options for plant breeding and innovative agriculture
3.
Technology options for optimising processes in the food industry
4.
Options for cutting food waste
5.
Technology options for recycling crop and food by-products for bio-energy and bio materials
Besides the presentation of the study outcomes and a panel debate on the outcomes, a complementary
short debate on food habits, ethical aspects of food and 'food and health' is envisaged.
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