INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON BIOLOGY OF CANCER

Warsaw, 25-28 June 2008

The Foundation for Polish Science, Poland’s main independent research funding institution, is organising  the international FOCUS Workshop on Biology of Cancer, to be held in Serock close to Warsaw, from 25 to 28 June 2008.

The FOCUS programme has been designed to finance new independent research groups and labs, headed by young scientists; the 2008 edition covers biology of cancer. The above-mentioned Workshop plays a crucial role in identifying potential international teams who could apply for these long-term subsidies in order to launch independent research groups and build new laboratories in Poland.

This event will be based on interdisciplinary approach: examining cancer and cancer genesis by researchers involved in biology, biochemistry, clinical medicine and other relevant fields. We expect a high level exchange and a deeper understanding among the participants not only as to medical but also biological structures of cancer.

The Workshop will be hosted by the Foundation for Polish Science and co-financed by the German Research Foundation (DFG), the British Council (International Network of Young Scientists programme), the French Institut national de la santé et de la recherche médicale (INSERM) and other international partners. We will cover all the costs of eligible participants (as well as organize the logistics between the conference venue and the airport). 

Registration deadline is the 16th May. For submitting your abstract and all practical details please consult the Workshop website:

http://www.convention.com.pl/focus2008

Call for Research Summaries

Global Research Seminar: Sharing Research Agendas on Knowledge systems

UNESCO, Paris, 28 – 30 November 2008

The UNESCO Forum on Higher Education, Research and Knowledge invites research organizations and researchers actively involved in studying research and knowledge systems in key fields such as higher education, science and technology, innovation, social sciences, health and agriculture to submit a summary on their new and ongoing research for the Global Research Seminar.

For more information click here.  

2nd World Knowledge Dialogue Symposium
10-13 September 2008
Crans-Montana, Switzerland 
 

The second World Knowledge Dialogue Symposium will be held on 10-13 September 2008 in Crans-Montana, Switzerland. The biennial event is an interdisciplinary discussion forum for top researchers and policy makers from all over the globe.

The programme of the symposium includes plenary sessions and discussion workshops. Two main interdisciplinary topics will guide the debate:

1. collective network knowledge and human individual intelligence: convergences and divergences;
2. collaborative behaviour, altruism and conflict: from animal behaviour to economics and prevention of violence.

The organisers have also issued a call for abstracts; the deadline to submit contributions is the 30 June 2008.

For further information please consult the World Knowledge Dialogue website or contact jerome.billotte[at]wkdialogue.ch