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The EPN Consulting Newsletter No. 53 - Jan 2015 

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H2020, FP7 & other Calls shortly expiring
New Calls recently published
ENE+ICT: Agriculture is doing more with IoT than most other industries
ENV+FIN: Clearer picture of Climate-related Dev Finance
BIZ+FIN+TRA: China wants Greek Port "New EU Gate for Asia"
ICT+ITS+TRA: Smarter Cars exploit the power of Light
TRA: Bristol secures Gov funding to test new green bus technology
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Dear Subscriber, Happy 2015!

Welcome to the January 2015 issue of the EPN Consulting Newsletter received every month by over 2,400 selected professionals in Europe.

We would like to congratulate Lithuania on joining the Eurozone and Latvia on holding the EU Presidency until 30 June 2015. The Latvian presidency's priorities and programme are described here

In Dec 2014 the RegioStars Awards 2015 were launched by the EC Directorate General for Regional and Urban Policy. The Award Categories for 2015 are:
  1. SMART GROWTH: Unleashing SME growth potential for a digital economy
  2. SUSTAINABLE GROWTH: Mobilizing investments in energy efficiency for the benefit of citizens and society
  3. INCLUSIVE GROWTH: Integrating in society those at risk of social exclusion
  4. CITYSTAR: Transforming cities for future challenges
Applications should be sent by 28 Feb 2015 by the regional or local Managing Authority, or with the endorsement of this Managing Authority. The selected finalists will be informed by the end of May 2015. The Award ceremony itself will take place in Brussels during the OPEN DAYS on 13 Oct 2015. 

IN Dec 2014 and Jan 2015 tens of new Horizon 2020 calls for proposals were published covering virtually every business and RTD area. As each of them has got their deadline we invite you to visit the EPN Consulting Events Section or directly the EC Participant Portal for more details.

By the way, also in 2015 the popular SME Instrument tool is confirmed to allow creative and innovative SMEs to get funds to exploit their ideas.
The last cut-off date (17 Dec 2014) received 2,992 proposals: 2,363 for Phase 1 and 629 for Phase 2.

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Horizon 2020 & other Calls shortly expiring   
European Projects

 

The following calls for proposals are close to an end in the next weeks: 

14 Jan 2015 - Deadline to submit proposals to the H2020-EINFRA-2015-1 call

14 Jan 2015 - Deadline to submit proposals to the H2020-INFRASUPP-2015-1 call

14 Jan 2015 - Deadline to submit proposals to the H2020-INFRADEV-1-2015-1 call (Developing New World-Class Research Infrastructure)

03 Feb 2015 - Deadline to submit proposals to the H2020-BG-2015-2 call (Blue Growth: Unlocking the Potential of Seas and Oceans)

03 Feb 2015 - Deadline to submit proposals to the H2020-SFS-2015-2 call (Sustainable Food Security)

03 Feb 2015 - Deadline to submit proposals to the H2020-ISIB-2015-2 call (Innovative, Sustainable and Inclusive Bioeconomy)

03 Feb 2015 - Deadline to submit proposals to the ERC-2015-STG call  (ERC Starting Grant)

04 Feb 2015 - Deadline to submit proposals to the H2020-EE-2015-1-PPP

04 Feb 2015 - Deadline to submit proposals to the H2020-FoF-2015 call (Factories of the Future)

04 Feb 2015 - Deadline to submit proposals to the H2020-EeB-2015 call (Energy-efficient Buildings)

04 Feb 2015 - Deadline to submit proposals to the H2020-SPIRE-2015 call (Sustainable Process Industries)

05 Feb 2015 - Deadline to submit proposals to the ERC-2015-PoC call (ERC Proof of Concept grant) - 1st cut-off date

10 Feb 2015 Deadline to submit proposals to the CELTIC-PLUS call

12 Feb 2015 - Deadline to submit proposals to the H2020-INNOSUP-2014-5 call (intermediate deadline)

13 Feb 2015 - Deadline to submit proposalst to the EUROGIA 2020 Call 04 - 1st cut-off date

24 Feb 2015 - Deadline to submit proposals to the H2020-PHC-2015-single-stage_RTD call (Personalising Health and Care)

24 Feb 2015 - Deadline to submit proposals to the H2020-HCO-2015 call (Health Co-Ordination activities)

26 Feb 2015 - Deadline to submit proposals to the CEF (Connecting Europe Facility) TRANSPORT calls for proposals 2014

05 Mar 2015 - Deadline to submit proposals to the EUROSTARS Programme

06 Mar 2015 - Deadline to submit proposals to EUROGIA2020 cluster

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Between Dec 2014 and Jan 2015 tens of new Horizon 2020 calls were published. We invite you to visit the EPN Consulting Events section for more details.

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To create a consistent link between the EPN Consulting Newsletter and the EPN Consulting Events Section as well as to facilitate the newsletter reading by immediately recognising the kind of article topic, we have imported the list of acronyms from the Events section of our website.

ARD - Architecture & Design, BIO - Biology & Chemistry, BIZ - Business & Commercial, CIV - Civil Engineering, ENE - Energy, ENV - Environment, EUP - European Projects and affairs, FIN - Economics & Finance, ICT - ICT & Communications, INN - Research & Innovation, ITS - Intelligent Transport Systems, LEG - Legal Issues, Intellectual Property Rights, PRO - Professional services, Consultancy, Training Courses, TEC - Technology and Mechanics, TRA - Transport & Planning

Some articles can show more than one acronym when news encompasses multiple topics.
ENV+ICT - Agriculture is doing more with IoT Innovation than most other Industries

07 Dec 2014 - Venture capitalists invested a record amount in agriculture and food startups in the third quarter of 2014, totaling $269 million across 41 deals.

Despite great investor interest in agriculture technology, it's a little known fact that farming has been, and continues to be, among the most fertile laboratories for Internet of Things (IoT) innovation and large-scale adoption for productivity, pest control, conservation and continual value.

More info available here.
ENV+FIN - A clearer picture of Climate-related Development Finance

15 Dec 2014 - The world will need more and better targeted financing to meet the challenges of global development post-2015. This means taking important decisions not only on what qualifies as Official Development Assistance (ODA), but also on how those flows can be most strategically used.

The Ministers of the OECD Development Assistance Committee (DAC) discussed it at the DAC High Level Meeting to redefine the terms for determining what qualifies as ODA.

More information available here.

Watch the video describing the treatment of multi-lateral climate-related flows in DAC statistics here
BIZ+FIN+TRA - China wants to make Greek port "New European Gate for Asian Imports" 

19 Dec 2014 - Greece's plans to turn Piraeus port in the main trade gateway into Europe received a shot in the arm in mid Dec 2014 after China pledged to upgrade the entire train network linking it to central Europe and significantly reduce the cost and time needed to transport goods.

 

More information available here.

ICT+ITS+TRA - Smarter Cars exploit the power of light 

07 Jan 2015 - At this year's International CES, in Las Vegas, NV, USA, several of the world's major automotive manufacturers have been showing off a range of photonics-related enhancements to cars.

Invariably, these developments are claimed to improve driving experience - whether by human gesture interaction for routing and vehicle management, semi-autonomous driving, laser and OLED-based lighting or integrated camera systems that improve control and safety.

More information available here. 

TRA - Bristol secures Government funding to test New Green Bus technology 

09 Jan 2015 - 
Bristol (UK) is to pilot the latest green technology for buses thanks to a �1million grant from the Government to coincide with the city's year as European Green Capital.

Baroness Kramer, Minister of State for Transport, announced that Bristol will receive funding to purchase a number of new hybrid buses which can switch from diesel to electric automatically in low emission zones.

The 'geo-fence' technology works by automatically switching diesel-electric hybrid vehicles to zero emissions once it enters a specific GPS location within the city. The trigger zones will be set on the areas with poorer air quality and Bristol City Council will use the data collected to evaluate the benefits for the city environment along with their the operational impacts for the bus service.

More information available here.

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Next Professional Events happening in Europe
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15-16 Jan 2015 - Portsmouth (UK) - ICT - ICNCS 2015 - 4th International Conference on Network and Computer Science

 

21-24 Jan 2015 - Davos-Klosters (CH) - FIN - WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM FORUM Annual Meeting 2015 - The New Global Context

29 Jan 2015 - London (UK) - ENE - SHALE GAS - Examining the Environmental & Hydrogeological Impacts of Shale Gas Exploration & Production

02 Feb 2015 - Brussels (BE) - EUP+ITS+TRA - Horizon 2020 TRANSPORT Info Day

05 Feb 2015 - Brussels (BE) - BIZ+EUP - THE TRANSATLANTIC TRADE & INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIP - 2nd Annual EU-US Trade Conference

05-06 Feb 2015 - Birmingham (UK) - ITS+TRA - SMART TRAVEL 2015

09 Feb 2015 - London (UK) - TRA - UK AIR-RAIL UPDATE 2015 - Planning and Operating Successful Air-Rail Links across the UK and Learning from International Experiences

16-17 Feb 2015 - Berlin (DE) - INN+TEC - ADDICTIVE MANUFACTURING: PRODUCTION APPLICATION INITIATIVE

18-19 Feb 2015 - London (UK) - ITS+LEG+TRA - TELEMATICS FOR USER-BASED INSURANCE

04-05 Mar 2015 - Amsterdam (NL) - ITS+TRA - ROAD USER CHARGING CONFERENCE 2015

04-06 Mar 2015 - Milan (IT) - ICT - ESSoS 15 - Engineering Secure Software and Systems 

10-11 Mar 2015 - Berlin (DE) - EUP+ICT+INN - ITEA and ARTEMIS CO-SUMMIT on "Smart Industry: Impact of Software Innovation"

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Find out many more 2015 events on the EPN Consulting Events Section.
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The Website of the Month: INTERNET ARCHIVE

To make you start this year with a lighter mood, this month we have chosen the Internet Archive, where you can find websites, games, videos, etc. that were published at the beginning of Internet, now pretty entirely forgotten. There are 435 billion webpages saved!

It is a great experience to see how the Internet has evolved in the last 20+ years. Enjoy yourself!


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