EIROforum events

Jun 2018
CMOS image sensors workshop
The 2018 EIROforum Topical Workshop on CMOS Sensors, brought together about 20 experts from six EIROforum organisations. The agenda lists 12 high quality talks on CMOS related developments and applications.
Find out more »Sep 2017
EUCYS 2017
The EU Contest for Young Scientists (EUCYS) is part of the Science with and for and Society activities managed by the Directorate-General for Research of the European Commission. You can find out more about Science with and for and Society via the web site, which also contains a page on the Contest for Young Scientists.
Find out more »Jun 2017
5th EIROforum School on Instrumentation
ESI 2017 The 5th EIROforum School on Instrumentation (ESI 2017) will take place from 19-23 June 2017 and will be hosted by the European XFEL. ESI, organised by the EIROforum Instrumentation Working Group, aims at teaching basic principles of instrumentation to young researchers, scientists and engineers. The highlight topic of ESI 2017 is Gravitational Waves. The school sessions will be held on the DESY site in Hamburg.
Find out more »May 2016
Meet EIROforum at ESOF 2016
The EuroScience Open Forum (ESOF) is a biennial, pan-European, general science conference dedicated to scientific research and innovation. Each conference aims to deliver stimulating content and lively debate around the latest advancements and discoveries in the sciences, humanities and social sciences. Now in its seventh iteration, ESOF attracts thousands of delegates to the host city during the week of the conference, which, in 2016, will be held between 23 and 27 July in Manchester. ESOF is one of the best…
Find out more »Nov 2012
Spotlight on Science
The speakers from the EIROforum member organisations at the Spotlight on Science event Leaders of European research gathered at the Institut Laue-Langevin (ILL) in Grenoble, France on 15 November for a special event to mark the 10th anniversary of the formation of EIROforum, a partnership of the eight largest European inter-governmental scientific research organisations (EIROs). The Spotlight on Science event featured eight young scientists representing the EIROs' diverse fields of research: from the origins of the universe to life beyond…
Find out more »Sep 2012
EUCYS 2012, Bratislava
Europe’s best young scientific minds met in Bratislava from 21 – 26 September for the European Union Contest for Young Scientists (EUCYS), an annual event aiming to encourage young people’s interest in science. This year’s competition attracted 117 contestants aged 14 to 21, grouped in 79 projects, from 36 countries and EU schools.
Find out more »Mar 2012
ICRI 2012, Copenhagen
The EIROforum information stand at ICRI 2012 As in the past ECRI conferences, organised by previous EU Presidencies, EIROforum and its member organisations were also represented at the ICRI Conference in Copenhagen from 21-23 March 2012. Among the invited speakers from EIROforum organisations were Dr Janet Thornton, Director of EMBL-EBI and Sergio Bertolucci, Director for Research and Computing at CERN. EIROforum also had an information stand and some thematic working groups have side-meetings in connection with the conferences.
Find out more »Sep 2011
EUCYS 2011, Helsinki
“The future begins with science” was the slogan of the 23rd European Union Contest for Young Scientists (EUCYS), an annual event aiming to encourage young people’s interest in science which took place from 23 – 28 September 2011 in Helsinki. The Kattilahalli, an old power plant transformed for cultural projects, hosted more than 130 contestants from 37 countries across Europe and beyond. They presented 87 projects to an international jury. These projects, which had already won first prize in their national contests, covered a broad spectrum of scientific areas: biology, chemistry, computing, social sciences, environment, mathematics, materials, engineering and medicine.
Find out more »Jan 2011
European Career Fair 2011, Boston
EIROforum attracts many visitors at the MIT European Career Fair in Boston On 22nd January, the Johnson Indoor Track at MIT Boston was buzzing with activity. Where usually sportspersons train for their next athletic competition, competitive job pursuers were hunting for future jobs. EIROforum was present at the fair and its stand was visited by 80 candidates interested in job and training possibilities of the eight EIROforum institutions. Over 5 000 candidates had registered for the fair of which 37%…
Find out more »Sep 2010
EUCYS 2010, Lisbon
In Lisbon, young scientists from Czech Republic, Poland and Hungary were acclaimed as 1st prize winners of the European Union Contest for Young Scientists 2010. The projects, which analysed physics, biology and social sciences were selected from 85 projects coming from 37 countries by an International Jury. Second prizes, third prizes and the International prize were awarded to 7 other projects, from Poland, Germany, Portugal, Latvia, Italy and Brazil. The 16 winning contestants, aged from 14 to 21, shared a total of € 51.500 in prizes for their top-quality innovative scientific projects. Information on the winners and on all of the projects presented is available here.
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