The Technical University of Košice (Slovakia) invites to the 8th edition of the European Commission’s Week of Innovative Regions in Europe (WIRE) from 28th to 30th June 2017. The Week of Innovative Regions in Europe (WIRE) is from 2010 the main European policy forum for innovation and regional development.
Mission of WIRE 2017
To stimulate socially responsible research and innovation of digitalisation for regional development and to understand its societal impact using synergies between different EU policies to support economic, social and territorial cohesion. In other words: To understand and stimulate the positive societal and economic impact of digital R&I on EU regions and its people and on building a creative, social and trusted region.
Key themes of the event:
The focus of WIRE 2017 is built on challenges and societal impact of digitalisation and related R&I in synergy with the character of Kosice city itself, as the city has multicultural experiences as a historical crossroad, ICT and educational excellence, as City of piece’85, European City of Sport’16, European Capital of Culture’13 and in 2017 expected as UNESCO Creative city of media art’17.
Speakers
The guest speakers at the event include:
You can find other interesting guests here [1].
More information
Find out more about the conference [2]
Consult the agenda of the conference [3], including side-events (Valorise your research: The importance of dissemination and communication [4])
Registration
The access to the conference is free of charge. Register here [5] to take part at the conference.
Partners and supporters
European Commission, Directorate-General Research & Innovation, Spreading Excellence and Widening Participation Programme
Slovak Presidency in the Council of the European Union
Košice International Airport
Links:
[1] http://wire2017.eu/wire-speakers/
[2] http://wire2017.eu/about/
[3] http://wire2017.eu/agenda/
[4] http://wire2017.eu/dandelion-workshop/
[5] http://wire2017.eu/registration/