On December 11, 2014, Informatics Europe sent the following letter to the relevant EU authorities in response to the proposal of the President of the European Commission for a significant change of policy and budget for the Horizon 2020 support program for research and innovation:
In recognition of its initiatives promoting computing in primary and secondary schools, Computing At School (CAS), from the UK, has won the 2014 Informatics Europe Best Practices in Education Award.
We are glad to inform that a more detailed version of the program of the 10th European Computer Science Summit, ECSS 2014 is now online.
Registration to the conference and pre-summit workshop is also now open.
Deadline for Submissions: August 7, 2014
Notifications of Acceptance: August 15, 2014
Deadline for Early Registration: August 29, 2014
Informatics Europe proudly announces its 2014 Best Practices in Education Award devoted to initiatives promoting informatics education in primary and secondary schools.
Informatics Europe is happy to announce the place and dates of the ECSS 2014, 10th edition of the European Computer Science Summit:
The ECSS 2014 will be held in Wroclaw, Poland, 13-15 of October 2014.
Informatics Europe is proud to communicate the publication of the booklet "More Women in Informatics Research and Education". The booklet is a compact source of clear and simple best practices to deans and heads of departments that aim to increase the participation of women as both students and employees in their institutions. Many tips included were also inspired by colleagues already in leading positions who have already implemented actions in their institutions to attract more women and ensure their continued participation in the organization at commensurate ratios with their male colleagues.The booklet is endorsed by the European Commission and features a foreword by Neelie Kroes, Vice-President of the European Commission, responsible for the Digital Agenda:
A new Informatics Europe report has been recently published:"Informatics Education in Europe: Institutions, Degrees, Students, Positions, Salaries — Key Data 2008-2012".
Informatics and Innovation
08-09 October 2013, Amsterdam, Netherlands
