Conference announcement

Invited by the National Office for Research and Technology (NKTH), representatives of the ASPERA network (AStroParticle physics ERAnet – European Research Area network responsible for astroparticle physics) have conferred in Hungary. The main purpose of the initiative supported by EU is to join forces of the European funding agencies in astroparticle physics and develop a strategy for the future in this research field. The ASPERA network has prepared the European Strategy for Astroparticle Physics, which determines the most important research infrastructures needed in the area of astroparticle physics in Europe. The main objective of the ASPERA Hungarian National Day organized in Budapest on 15 October 2010 was to present the Hungarian science activities in astroparticle physics and the science funding system in Hungary to the other 21 partner funding agencies in the network. ASPERA is creating a roadmap for future directions in this research field and is identifying the large research infrastructure it will support in the near future, therefore it is important for Hungarian researchers to be informed about this decision making process and it is also imperative that the voice of the Hungarian research community be heard.

The European Commission DG Research, the National Office for Research and Technology and the INNOVA Észak-Alföld Regional Innovation Agency is organizing the FP7 Research Potential and Regions of Knowledge Infoday on the calls of 2011 and good practices of running projects.

The National Office for Research and Technology is organising a CORNET proposal building Partnering Event, targeting collective research projects on 14th January 2010 in Győr, Hungary.

The Hungarian National Office for Research and Technology (NKTH) is in the process of preparing its technology incubation programme. One of its sub-programmes focuses on supporting technology incubators, while another on funding for technology start-up companies. It is important that potential participants are well prepared for this novel programme, in which funding is offered in parallel through complementary calls and funding mechanisms. As a leader in technological innovation and technology transfer, the Budapest University of Technology and Economics (BME) is committed to offering information to interested parties – including representatives of companies, researchers, MSc and PhD students, and those considering the establishment of spin-offs, etc. – about this new programme, and its funding modalities.

How knowledge becomes a product? Roundtable discussion as an accentuated event of the Researcher’s Night and of the European Year of Creativity and Innovation.

North Atlantic Treaty Organisation /Research and Technology Organisation is organising in Budapest on 16-17 March, LECTURE SERIES  SCI-207 on „Denial and Deception: An evolving asymetric threat to NATO’s defence”.