ECSS 2013 - Program/Registrations/Accommodation

20 August 2013

Informatics and Innovation
08-09 October 2013, Amsterdam, Netherlands

With Pre-Summit Workshops on 7 October 2013
Deadline for Early Registration Extended to September 6, 2013 - Register Now!
Advanced Program Online

The program of the 9th European Computer Science Summit, ECSS 2013, with the theme "Informatics and Innovation?" is now online.

As for the previous Summits, the program consists of special invited talks, workshops, panels and other interactive sessions devoted to common issues, problems and proposals in the area of Informatics (Computer Science/Computing/ICT). Special features of the 2013 Summit are as follows:

• Special focus on "Informatics and Innovation?"
• Pre-summit Workshop for Deans, Department Chairs and Research Directors on October 7, 2013 (see details below)
• Pre-summit Workshop on Innovation Management & Technology Entrepreneurship for Faculty on October 7, 2013 (see details below)
• Invited talks from key players in the field (see details below)
• Submitted talks by colleagues from all over Europe and beyond

The Summit is devoted to important and timely strategic issues and trends regarding all aspects of informatics: education, research, funding, entrepreneurship, management, career development, and policies. The speakers are an impressive group of world-class scientists and entrepreneurs:

• Francois Bancilhon, Data Publica, France
• Carl-Christian Buhr, European Commission, Belgium
• Frank van Harmelen, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Netherlands
• Heleen Kist, Independent Strategy Consultant, United Kingdom
• Erik Meijer, Delft University of Technology, Netherlands and Applied Duality Inc., USA
• Anka Mulder, Delft University of Technology, Netherlands
• Pamela Zave, AT&T Laboratories, USA

Talks titles and summaries, as well as speakers bio, can be found in a special page for the keynotes at the ECSS 2013 website.

Beyond this exciting group of speakers and discussions, the conference includes also a session with presentations selected from contributed papers and the Award Ceremony of the 2013 Informatics Europe Best Practices in Education Award.

Informatics Europe Members are specially invited to participate in the Informatics Europe General Assembly and Informatics Europe Initiatives Session (on October 8, afternoon) where important aspects of the association activities and administration will be presented and discussed, as well as plans for future activities and development.

 Registrations

 Registration to the conference is now open. Register early to benefit from the discounted fees. The deadline for early registration is 20 August 2013.

 For details on the fees and current offers as well to register visit the conference registration page.

Accommodation

Because October is a busy month for the Amsterdam Hotels the local committee already booked some hotel rooms for you. To benefit of the discounted prices negotiated with the hotels, please use the link when you make your reservation. Please observe the respective hotel deadlines:

 http://www.informatics-europe.org/ecss/ecss-2013/accommodation-2013.html

Come join this exciting and important event in the field of Informatics!