http://www.forskningsradet.no Events from The Research Council of Norway 60 Fri, 11 May 2012 14:01:55 +0200 National Science Week 2012 will be focused around “Society” as its overall theme. The festival seeks to shed light on the human condition – on people’s lives as individual people, as members of groups and in relation to the world at large. http://www.forskningsradet.no/en/Event/National_Science_Week_2012/1253977530472&p= Thu, 10 May 2012 12:24:15 +0200 "Norwegian science highlights: Bio-Geo-Chemical Cycles and sustainable pathways in the Ocean, Atmosphere and Land" is on the agenda at the International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme (IGBP) symposium in Bergen. http://www.forskningsradet.no/en/Event/Conference_Global_Change/1253977517045&p= Tue, 24 Apr 2012 11:46:23 +0200 The Energy 2012 conference will present Norwegian research on energy in an international context and outline the Research Council of Norway’s plans regarding research in this area in coming years. http://www.forskningsradet.no/en/Event/Energy_2012_conference/1253977241025&p= Wed, 11 Apr 2012 12:18:55 +0200 The 5th VERDIKT Conference will present ongoing projects and the Value Creation Networks. In addition, we will hear presentations from invited key note speakers. http://www.forskningsradet.no/en/Event/The_5th_VERDIKT_Conference/1253976703334&p= Mon, 05 Mar 2012 12:54:59 +0100 The conference will summarise the core activities from the Food Programme, as well as give a preview of the programme’s successor, the Programme for Sustainable Innovation in Food and Bio-based Industries (BIONÆR). http://www.forskningsradet.no/en/Event/Concluding_conference_for_the_Food_Programme/1253973584785&p= Mon, 05 Mar 2012 12:49:36 +0100 The Research Council’s Focus on Business will explore the role of passion in innovation. Without passion there can be no innovation – but where do we find passion? http://www.forskningsradet.no/en/Event/The_Research_Councils_Focus_on_Business_conference_Innovation_and_passion/1253973584596&p= Fri, 02 Mar 2012 13:36:15 +0100 The Research Council invites to an information meeting on new funding opportunities for research cooperation with the Czech Republic, Hungary, Latvia, Estonia, Romania and Poland. Bilateral research programmes financed under the EEA and Norway grants will be launched throughout 2012. Registartion is closed, however there is a waiting list. You can follow-up the event here on webcast on 24 April. Click the player image below to view a recording of the webcast. http://www.forskningsradet.no/en/Event/EEA_funding_for_research_cooperation_with_Central_Europe_20122015/1253973556444&p= Mon, 27 Feb 2012 21:03:10 +0100 Research leaders at all levels in universities, research institutions, government agencies and business/industry are invited to this year’s Transatlantic Science Week in Houston, Texas. The theme is “Bridging Partnerships” highlighting the overall purpose; to stimulate scientific collaboration between Norway and the US in research, technology and innovation. http://www.forskningsradet.no/en/Event/The_11th_Transatlantic_Science_Week/1253973441355&p= Wed, 15 Feb 2012 12:54:31 +0100 How are modifications of paternal sperm DNA due to exposure to environmental factors related to transgenerational inheritance? How may they impact the epigenetics of future generations? The Research Council of Norway’s programme Environmental Exposures and Health Outcomes (MILPAAHEL) has invited Dr. Michael Skinner to answer these and other questions in his lecture «Environmental Epigenetics and the Developmental Origins of Disease: Ancestral Ghosts in Your Genome». http://www.forskningsradet.no/en/Event/Environmental_Epigenetics_and_the_Developmental_Origins_of_Disease/1253973197721&p= Thu, 02 Feb 2012 13:37:28 +0100 The SAMKUL programme’s conference on the relevance and social responsibility of the humanities will shed light on how the humanities and closely related fields can help to meet the challenges facing society and support the conditions for critical research. http://www.forskningsradet.no/en/Event/SAMKUL_conference_The_relevance_of_the_humanities/1253972979478&p= Mon, 16 Jan 2012 09:48:10 +0100 The Research Council of Norway is hosting a conference to present and discuss the results of a recent survey on use of time among scientific personnel at universities and university colleges. The Research Council is seeking to shed light on management challenges within the higher education sector. http://www.forskningsradet.no/en/Event/Conference_on_research_and_education/1253972110041&p= Fri, 06 Jan 2012 14:17:46 +0100 This year’s research conference brings together an internationally profiled scientist and top Nordic researchers in the field of mental health. http://www.forskningsradet.no/en/Event/Oyerkonferansen_2012_Research_conference_on_mental_health/1253971602680&p= Wed, 21 Dec 2011 10:26:17 +0100 The HAVBRUK2012 conference will look at the challenges and opportunities inherent in the dilemma between promoting continued growth vs. safeguarding the environment. The conference is also an important arena for presenting and disseminating results of aquaculture research conducted under the programme Aquaculture – An Industry in Growth (HAVBRUK). http://www.forskningsradet.no/en/Event/HAVBRUK__2012_Norwegian_aquaculture__sustainable_growth/1253971294868&p= Wed, 21 Dec 2011 10:13:07 +0100 The Research Council of Norway is holding a conference on key aspects of the knowledge base for research and innovation policy. The conference also marks the conclusion of the programme on Research, Innovation and Economic Growth (VEKSTFORSK). http://www.forskningsradet.no/en/Event/Conference_on_research_and_innovation_policy/1253971294272&p= Fri, 09 Dec 2011 10:26:50 +0100 Norway has a goal of eliminating emissions from and use of substances that pose a serious threat to health and the environment by 2020. What types of research, instruments and organisation are needed to achieve this goal? http://www.forskningsradet.no/en/Event/Conference_on_environmentally_hazardous_substances/1253970528712&p= Fri, 11 Nov 2011 14:31:23 +0100 A total of nearly NOK 1 billion has been allocated in two funding rounds under the National Financing Initiative for Research Infrastructure (INFRASTRUKTUR). INFRA-Day provides a meeting-place for representatives of the ministries and the Research Council, politicians and key persons at the institutions seeking funding under the initiative. http://www.forskningsradet.no/en/Event/INFRADay_2012_the_national_role_of_infrastructure_projects/1253969787095&p= Thu, 03 Nov 2011 12:13:01 +0100 This year’s PETROSAM conference will focus on developments in the Middle East and the European gas market. The international keynote speaker will be Professor Giacomo Luciani, who, among other things, is a Senior Consultant at the Gulf Research Center Foundation in Geneva and a Princeton Global Scholar. http://www.forskningsradet.no/en/Event/The_2011_PETROSAM_Conference_Oil_Gas_and_Geopolitics/1253969618946&p= Thu, 06 Oct 2011 09:46:41 +0200 The seminar is an annual event. The objective is to facilitate dissemination of research to the relevant ministries. http://www.forskningsradet.no/en/Event/NORGLOBAL_Dissemination_Seminar/1253969269709&p= Thu, 29 Sep 2011 12:26:42 +0200 Havdagen (“Ocean Day”) is being held in Oslo on Tuesday 11 October as part of Norwegian Science Year 2011. The event will focus on the oceans and involve presentations on a wide range of topics in the field of marine research, as well as feature a variety of forms of dissemination. http://www.forskningsradet.no/en/Event/HAVDAGEN__a_oneday_event_on_the_oceans_and_marine_resources/1253969200793&p= Fri, 09 Sep 2011 10:30:09 +0200 National Science Week 2011 starts on Friday 23 September. During the week-long festival the Research Council and collaborators across the country work together in a large-scale communal effort to promote science and research. http://www.forskningsradet.no/en/Event/National_Science_Week_2011/1253968908917&p= Thu, 25 Aug 2011 16:37:53 +0200 The event will be an opportunity for potential applicants to familiarise themselves with the call criteria and to ask questions regarding the programme. http://www.forskningsradet.no/en/Event/HUMPOL_Launching_seminar/1253968257452&p= Mon, 27 Jun 2011 12:53:55 +0200 The focus of this year’s Arctic and Northern Areas Conference will be on the Research Council’s new Research Strategy for the Arctic and Northern Areas. The opening session will be devoted to a discussion of research on the northern areas as a Norwegian research-policy instrument. http://www.forskningsradet.no/en/Event/Conference_New_strategy_for_the_Arctic_and_Northern_Areas__new_opportunities/1253967097328&p= Tue, 14 Jun 2011 14:59:58 +0200 The Nordic fuel cell hydrogen conference has served as an important and popular assemblage since 2003, and presents itself as a unique opportunity to meet with researchers, industrial actors and decision makers working within the field of hydrogen and fuel cells. http://www.forskningsradet.no/en/Event/Conference_Hydrogen_and_fuell_cells_in_the_Nordic_countries/1253966908066&p= Tue, 14 Jun 2011 13:39:51 +0200 Hosted by UC Berkeley and Stanford University, the 10th Transatlantic Science Week will take place on October 25–27, 2011. The theme this year is Innovation Frontiers — in Energy, ICT, Education, Marine and Space Science. The registration is now open. Please follow the link below. http://www.forskningsradet.no/en/Event/2011_Transatlantic_Science_Week/1253966904852&p= Mon, 06 Jun 2011 09:10:18 +0200 How can Norwegian key partners, in cooperation with the global health community, contribute to strengthening research, capacity building and governance within the field of global health and vaccination study? http://www.forskningsradet.no/en/Event/Contributions_to_Global_Health_Research_Capacity_Building_and_Governance/1253966781477&p= Wed, 18 May 2011 12:46:29 +0200 The Delegation of the European Union, the Embassy of the Republic of Hungary and the Research Council of Norway have the pleasure of inviting you to a conference. http://www.forskningsradet.no/en/Event/Research_and_Innovation__the_Key_to_European_competitiveness/1253966391472&p= Wed, 11 May 2011 13:05:46 +0200 At the concluding conference of the SAMRISK programme, participants will learn more about extreme weather in Oslo and the sabotage of electronic payment systems. The stage is set for creative dissemination of research at the event, to be held at Oslo University College. The conference is free and open to everyone. http://www.forskningsradet.no/en/Event/Concluding_Conference_for_the_Research_Programme_on_Societal_Security_and_Risk/1253966338087&p= Wed, 09 Mar 2011 09:17:20 +0100 There have been indications in recent years that the welfare structures of the Nordic model are not as stable as was previously assumed, and are undergoing considerable change. The Research Council’s Programme on Sickness Absence Research and Exclusion from Working Life (SYKEFRAVÆR) is organising a conference that will focus on the sustainability of the welfare schemes and the extent of sickness absence and disability. http://www.forskningsradet.no/en/Event/Conference_Sickness_absence_and_disability__welfare_schemes_under_pressure/1253965102424&p= Wed, 02 Mar 2011 14:30:29 +0100 This seminar is part of UTDANNING2020s series of annual events that focuses on method and theory in educational research. http://www.forskningsradet.no/en/Event/Seminar_The_use_of_theory_in_educational_research/1253965024744&p= Mon, 14 Feb 2011 12:20:59 +0100 The seminar will focus on possibilities for common projects within NMP in the two last calls from FP7. http://www.forskningsradet.no/en/Event/FrenchNorwegian_seminar_on_nanotechnology/1253964774240&p=