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Electric Mobility Debate 2013: Driving the Transformation of the City

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Thu, 05/30/2013 - 12:00 to 14:30

About the Electric Mobility Debate

Although still limited, the number of electric vehicles appearing on the streets of European cities is on the rise. The introduction of greener vehicles responds to urban concerns over environment and health, as they contribute to lowering air and noise pollution, and greenhouse gas emissions.

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Free Trade and Trade Defence - The EU's Trade Defence practice and modernisation and its impact on EU-Asian commercial relations

ALDE - Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe

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Tue, 06/04/2013 - 14:30 to 16:00

DRAFT PROGRAMME
14:00 Registration: European Parliament Brussels, ASP Building, Entrance Esplanade, Place Luxembourg,

14:30 Welcome by Ms Silvana Koch-Mehrin, MEP ALDE INTA

14:40 Keynote Speech by Karel de Gucht (tbc)
European Commissioner for International Trade

15:00 Panel Discussion
Mr Karel de Gucht (tbc)
European Commissioner for International Trade

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European competition for young innovators - INNOPITCH

European Young Innovators Forum

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Thu, 06/06/2013 to Fri, 06/07/2013

European Young Innovators Forum is running or shall we say rocking (?) its annual pitching competition InnoPitch , which is most definitely something you want to learn about!

We really just wanted to share this great news with you and invite you to share it with your network, on your blog/facebook/twitter, with your family and whoever else you think would benefit from applying.

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“Energy prices and economic competitiveness”

Center of International Relations

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Thu, 05/16/2013

The Spring Summit of the Heads of State and Government of the European Union is scheduled for May 22. The President of the European Council Herman Van Rompuy has dedicated the Summit to energy policy and competitiveness. This choice is fully understandable in light of Eurostat data, which show an EU-wide increase in gas prices for the industrial consumers of 28,3 % and for private households by 23,1 % in the period between 2010 and 2012. The issue of energy prices is of crucial importance to the competitiveness of the economy as a whole.

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High-Level Conference on Energy and Climate

EPEE - European Partnership for Energy and the Environment

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Wed, 06/19/2013

On 19 June, the European Partnership for Energy and the Environment (EPEE), the voice of the HVACR industry, is hosting a High-Level Conference on Energy and Climate.

The conference starts at 14.30 and ends at 18.00.

The conference will consist of two panels on the following themes:

Where will the world be in 2030? Global perspectives on energy and climate politics.
The world in 2030 - the practical outlook.

Draft programme

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International conference in Munich (Germany) - The New Instruments and Cohesion Policy 2014-2020 : 28-29-30 October 2013

ETCP - European Training Centre in Paris

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Mon, 10/28/2013 to Thu, 10/31/2013

ETCP launches its first International Conference on New Instruments of the new Cohesion Policy in Munich (Germany) from 28 to 30 October 2013.

1 - A unique occasion to cover all new instruments and reflect on the opportunities for innovation and simplification

2 - Focus on one of 3 instruments by choosing a specific working group

• Group 1: Simplified costs (including JAP)

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4 June, ”Non-financial information disclosure: towards a more sustainable and comparable corporate reporting regime?”co-hosted by MEPs Howitt and Baldassarre , EP Brussels, co-organised by ACCA, Aviva and Eurosif

ACCA

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Tue, 06/04/2013

Transparency, consistency and comparability in the social and environmental information accompanying company financial statements are increasingly seen as important in terms of strengthening the trust of investors and stakeholders in those companies.

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Creativity and innovation: scenarios and challenges in education and life-long learning systems

EVTA - European Vocational Training Association

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Fri, 05/17/2013

Creativity and innovation: scenarios and challenges in education and life-long learning systems

17th May 2013

9.30 – 16.30

IPRASE Trentino, Dipartimento della Conoscenza

Via Gilli, 3 Trento (TN)

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'EVERY CRUMB COUNTS': Launch of Joint Stakeholder Declaration on Food Wastage

FoodDrinkEurope

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Tue, 06/25/2013 - 16:00 to 18:00

FoodDrinkEurope President, Jesús Serafín Pérez, cordially invites you to the launch event of ‘Every Crumb Counts’, the Joint Stakeholder Declaration on Food Wastage.

Signatories of the Declaration aim to work towards preventing edible food waste. Come along to this special event and find out how.

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Enriching Life Through Communication – Innovating for a wireless future

HUAWEI

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Tue, 05/14/2013 to Thu, 05/16/2013

Huawei will be organising an exhibition on Place du Luxembourg in Brussels, from 14-16 May. This event, which is open to everyone, will give people the opportunity to learn about our groundbreaking innovations in the field of wireless technologies and our ambitions for the future.

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