Dear Madam, Dear Sir,

On behalf of Jean-Claude Depail, President of GIE, it is our pleasure to invite you to the 11th GIE Annual Conference in Venice, Italy on 23 and 24 May 2013. The conference will be co-hosted by SNAM, the major Italian gas infrastructure operator.

Take the opportunity to meet other key gas players and discuss the most recent energy topics and latest news on gas infrastructure developments in Venice, one of the most beautiful cities in Italy.

COST Action TU0905 ‘Structural glass – Novel design methods and next generation products’ organises a mid-term conference in 2013. This two-day international conference addresses the challenging and rapidly evolving domain of structural glass.

The main theme of the conference is structural glass, which embodies the application of glass as a structural material in architectural and civil applications. Within this main theme, several sub themes are defined, which are listed below:

Following the success of the Early-Stage Researchers’ Forum at the last FTP conference, COST will organise an Early Stage Researchers' Forum at the 8th FTP conference entitled 'Inspiring Horizons – A new Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda for the Forest-based Sector' organised by the the Forest-based Technology Platform.

Dear Sir or Madam,

EWP (European Water Partnership) and the Ministry of the Environment, Climate Protection and the Energy Sector Baden-Württemberg would like to invite you to a conference on “The Blueprint Water and its Impacts on the Regions”
on Monday, December 17, 2012, at 18:00h at the Representation of the State of Baden-Württemberg to the European Union, Rue Belliard 60-62, 1040 Brussels

Session Press Briefing

Tuesday 11/12/12 @14h30, EP Press Room

• European Council
• Budget 2013
• Sakharov prize
• Airport package
• Financial Transaction tax

Participating MEPs

Gabi Zimmer, GUE/NGL President, Sabine Wils, Marisa Matias,

and

Ms Mina Ahadi, International Committee Against Executions, and International Committee Against Stoning (against Capital Punishment)