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Summer School on Science in Society related issues in Pandemics

Monday, September 21, 2015 (All day)

Within the activities of the EU-funded project ASSET, we have the pleasure to announce the First Edition of the Summer School on Science in Society related issues in Pandemics.

THE FRAMEWORK 

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General event
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Healthcare Professionals
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Summer School, Event

1st Eastern Partnership Ministerial Conference on Tuberculosis and Multi-Drug Resistance Tuberculosis

Monday, March 30, 2015 (All day)

The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) has decided to hold a two-days conference in Riga (Latvia) with ministers and high level representatives from the Ministries of Health, Social Affairs and Finance of the European Union, European Economic Area and Eastern Partnership Countries as well as high representatives of the European Commission, members of the European Parliament, representatives of international institu

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General event
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Citizens, Decision Makers, Government and Public Health, Healthcare Professionals
Topic: 
Epidemiology, Prevention, Stakeholders, Treatment
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Event, Tubercolosis, ECDC

World Tuberculosis Day

Tuesday, March 24, 2015 (All day)

World TB Day, on March 24th each year, is aimed at building public awareness about tuberculosis, a disease still causing nearly one-and-a-half million deaths each year, mostly in developing countries.

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General event
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Decision Makers, Government and Public Health, Healthcare Professionals
Topic: 
Epidemiology
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Tuberculosis, WHO, Event

The Bulgarian local communication plan has been released

Wednesday, February 18, 2015 - 15:20

One of the ASSET’s purposes is to develop its approach on different levels, from the global to the local one. This will include both the analysis of specific experiences and the production of new initiatives. According to this aim, the Bulgarian National Center of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases (NCIPD) has just released the Local Communication Plan for Bulgaria, which is a complement of the Communication Strategy of the ASSET project.

Target: 
Decision Makers, Government and Public Health, Healthcare Professionals
Topic: 
Gender, Human Rights, Local Activities, Media, Prevention, Social Media, Stakeholders, Vaccination

24th International World Wide Web Conference in Florence

Monday, May 18, 2015 - 09:00

From May 18 to 22, 2015, Florence will host the 24th International World Wide Web Conference (WWW 2015), the premier international forum to present and discuss progress in research, development, standards, and applications of the topics related to the Web. WWW 2015 will offer high quality technical activities, including research sessions, poster sessions, workshops, tutorials, demonstrations, an industry track, a developers track, panels, and a Ph.D. symposium.

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Type: 
General event
Target: 
Decision Makers, Government and Public Health, Healthcare Professionals
Topic: 
Epidemiology, Prevention, Social Media, Stakeholders
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Event

ASSET High Level Policy Forum in Brussels

Thursday, March 12, 2015 - 10:15

Tackling pandemics and epidemics is an intricate process, which necessitates effective interaction among many stakeholders. As this interaction must happen very quickly and under intense public scrutiny, preparedness is essential. The network of stakeholders can only be prepared well through building trust and good working relationships prior to the incident. In addition, identifying and discussing important policy issues and examining how they can be improved, can only be done comprehensively through considering the points of view of all the main stakeholders.

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General event
Target: 
Decision Makers, Government and Public Health, Healthcare Professionals, Industry & Commerce
Topic: 
Mutual Learning, Policy, Prevention, Stakeholders
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Event

TELL ME passes on the torch

Thursday, January 29, 2015 - 16:00

After three years of activity, TELL ME project has reached its conclusion and the conference held in Venice on last December 4-5 was the occasion to present the project’s main products.

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Citizens, Decision Makers, Government and Public Health, Healthcare Professionals, Industry & Commerce, School and Education
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Project, TELL ME

ASSET meeting in Geneva

Tuesday, February 24, 2015 (All day)

Data Mining International has decided to hold the ASSET WP2 Transdisciplinary workshop, in Geneva, which will be followed by the ASSET Executive Board. The workshop will be held on Tuesday, 24 February at the Geneva Airport (Altitude meeting rooms, 3rd floor), while the Executive Board will take place in the Swissair Center of the Geneva Airport (Room Acapulco, 2d floor), on Wednesday, 25 February.

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First ASSET deliverables have been released

Tuesday, January 27, 2015 - 11:27

ASSET members have approved and released the first three deliverables accomplished by the project. The first one is the report of the kick-off meeting, whose aim was to create the basis for a smooth project development, to review the overall Project timetable and to fine tune the work of the Consortium.

Target: 
Citizens, Decision Makers, Government and Public Health, Healthcare Professionals, Industry & Commerce, School and Education
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Deliverable

EFSA Scientific Conference on risk assessment

Wednesday, October 14, 2015 (All day)

The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has decided to hold a three-day Scientific Conference in October 2015 in Milan, in concomitance with the World Expo 2015 that the city will host from May to October and in liaison with national organisations, EU agencies, the European Commission and international risk assessment bodies. An international Advisory Committee has guided EFSA on the proposed programme. An international Advisory Committee has guided EFSA on the proposed programme.

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General event
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Decision Makers, Government and Public Health, Healthcare Professionals, Industry & Commerce
Topic: 
Media, Policy, Prevention, Stakeholders
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Event

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MMLAP and other EU Projects

AsiaFluCap
Health system analysis to support capacity development in response to the threat of pandemic influenza in Asia
BEWATER
Making society an active participant in water adaptation to global change
CASI
Public Participation in Developing a Common Framework for Assessment and Management of Sustainable Innovation
CIMULACT
Engaging all of Europe in shaping a desirable and sustainable future
DARWIN
Expect the unexpected and know how to respond
DRIVER
Driving innovation in crisis management for European resilience
ECOM
Effective communication in outbreak management: development of an evidence-based tool for Europe
EDEN
Solutions to improve CBRNe resilience
EPISOUTH
Network for Communicable Disease Control in Southern Europe and Mediterranean Countries
EPIWORK
Developing the framework for an epidemic forecast infrastructure
EUPHARE
Strengthening of the national surveillance system for communicable diseases
EUROHEP
Surveillance of vaccine preventable hepatitis
EuroMOMO
European monitoring of excess mortality for public health action
EURONHID
European network for highly infectious disease
EUVAC.NET
Dedicated surveillance network for surveillance and control of vaccine preventable diseases in the EU
FLUMODCONT
Modelling the spread of pandemic influenza and strategies for its containment and mitigation
FLURESP
Cost-effectiveness assessment of european influenza human pandemic alert and response strategies
GAP2
Bridging the gap between science, stakeholders and policy makers
HProImmune
Promotion of immunization for health professionals in Europe
INPROFOOD
Towards inclusive research programming for sustainable food innovations
JA-CHRODIS
Addressing chronic diseases and healthy ageing across the life cycle
M-Eco
Medical ecosystem – personalized event-based surveillance
MAPPING
Studying the many and varied economic, social, legal and ethical aspects of the recent developments on the Internet, and their consequences for the individual and society at large
MARINA
Get involved in the responsible marine research and innovation
PACITA
Knowledge-based policy-making on issues involving science, technology and innovation, mainly based upon the practices in Parliamentary Technology Assessment
PANDEM
Assessment of the current pandemic preparedness and response tools, systems and practice at national, EU and global level in priority areas
PE2020
Analysis of innovative public engagement tools and instruments for dynamic governance in the field of Science in Society
PERARES
Public Engagement with Research And Research Engagement with Society
PHEME
Computing Veracity – the Fourth Challenge of Big Data
PREPARE
Providing infrastructure, co-ordination and integration of existing clinical research networks on epidemics and pandemics
PROMOVAX
Promote vaccinations among migrant population in Europe
R&DIALOGUE
Creating mechanisms for effectively tackling the scientific and technology related challenges faced by society
RESPIRE
Improve the quality of indoor air, keeping it free from radon
SATORI
Improving respect of ethics principles and laws in research and innovation, in line with the evolution of technologies and societal concerns
SECURING CITIES AGAINST GLOBAL PANDEMICS
Investigating how cities in the West securitise against global pandemics
SEiSMiC
Creating a structured dialogue and mutual learning with citizens and urban actors by setting up National Networks in 10 countries across Europe
SIS CATALYST
Identifying how children can be change agents in the Science and Society relationship
SYN-ENERGENE
Establishing an open dialogue between stakeholders concerning synthetic biology’s potential benefits and risks
TELLME
Transparent communication in Epidemics: Learning Lessons from experience, delivering effective Messages, providing Evidence