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Information Society Newsroom Update Weekly - 29/07/2011

Weekly Issue - 29 July 2011

Latest News

PRESS RELEASE
Commission facilitates deployment of car radar systems to boost road safety

(29 July 2011) Authorisation to use the 24 GHz radio frequency band for short-range anti-collision radar in cars has been extended until 2018 by a European Commission decision. This temporary extension will ensure short range car radar systems remain available on the market until manufacturers develop technology using the 79 GHz band, which was the operating frequency designated for such systems back in 2004. Only 0.05 % of cars in Europe are equipped with such radar systems, which currently all use the 24 GHz band, and are mainly in luxury cars. Manufacturers have encountered difficulties in developing systems using the 79 GHz band, so that technology in the 79 GHz band has not developed as fast as initially predicted by the industry. As a result, 79 GHz-technology is not mature enough for commercial deployment in cars by 2013, when the use of the 24 GHz band by these systems had been due to end.

PRESS RELEASE
EUR 7 billion boost for research and innovation will create jobs and growth

(19 July 2011) Today Commissioner Maire Geoghegan-Quinn announced nearly EUR 7 billion to kick-start innovation through research. The European Commission's biggest ever such funding package, under the EU's Seventh Framework Programme for Research (FP7), is expected to create around 174 000 jobs in the short-term and nearly 450 000 jobs and nearly EUR 80 billion in GDP growth over 15 years1. EU research funding is at the top of the political agenda and has now been placed at the centre of a coherent innovation strategy, the Innovation Union, which Europe needs if it is to compete with large, dynamic countries like the US and China.

PRESS RELEASE
Commission starts legal action against 20 Member States on late implementation of telecoms rules

(19 July 2011) The European Commission has sent requests for information to twenty EU Member States which have not yet notified measures to implement in full new EU telecoms rules into national law. The deadline set by the European Parliament and the EU's Council of Ministers for implementing the new rules was 25th May 2011. The requests for information take the form of letters of formal notice under EU infringement procedures.

EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT
ITU-EC Workshop on Methodologies for Assessing the Environmental Impact of ICT

5 September 2011 Rome, Italy

As part of the ITU Green Standards Week, the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and the European Commission (EC) are organizing a Workshop on Methodologies for Environmental Impact Assessment of ICT. This workshop will examine work underway to measure the impact of ICTs on climate change and how to standardize the way to calculate the reduction of Greenhouse Gases that ICTs have. Participants should confirm their participation no later than 15 August 2011.

Contact: ICT for Sustainable Growth, European Commission
See also: More information and registration to the event

EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT
Cloud Computing, Internet of Services and Advanced Software Engineering - Information Day on Call 8 (Objective ICT-2011.1.2)

27 September 2011 Brussels, Belgium

The aim of this meeting is to inform the audience about the scope of this call, the procedure for preparing a proposal and to allow networking among the participants. The following areas are covered by this call : Cloud Computing, Internet of Services and Advanced Software Engineering (Objective ICT-2011.1.2). This objective focuses on technologies specific to the networked, distributed dimension of software and access to services and data. It will support long-term research on new principles, methods, tools and techniques enabling software developers in the EU to easily create interoperable services based on open standards, with sufficient flexibility and at a reasonable cost.Registration for the information day is free but mandatory.

EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT
FET Proactive Information Day on Call 8

12 October 2011 Brussels, Belgium

During this event, information on FET-Proactive initiatives under this call will be provided, as well as contractual, legal and administrative modalities. In addition, the creation of consortia and synergies will be facilitated through an open exchange "Proposers Forum". Registration is free of charge but mandatory.

Contact: Jean-Marie Auger

New in the Library

FACTSHEET
An Overview of EU-funded Photonics Research

20 July 2011

This paper presents the EU's research framework programmes and the mission and objectives of the Photonics Unit. It describes the main challenges and R&D priorities which the Photonics unit of the Information Society and Media Directorate General of the European Commission is supporting under the 7th Framework Programme and provides representative examples of EU-funded photonics research projects. Finally, it also presents the way forward for EU photonics research.

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