The “Connected Continent”: Commission
proposes major step forward for tele-
coms single market Page 2
From amputation to regeneration- re-searchers at the Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology in Crete iden-tify shared features of limb regeneration in crustaceans and vertebrates
Page 3
ATIS4all: Access the most suitable Assis-
tive Technologies according to your
needs Page 4
Launch of a National Educational Activ-
ity: Greek Student Parliament - Students
from 29 countries will take part in the
European Student parliament that will be
elaborated in Copenhagen, during ESOF
Page 8
1st World Congress "GeNeDis" 2014
and the First International Conference on
“New Developments in Science and
Technology Education”
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# 01_2014
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Funding of around €3 billion will be received by topic areas par-
ticipating in the Open Research Data Pilot in Horizon 2020, for
2014-2015. Researchers in projects participating in the pilot are
asked to make the underlying data needed to validate the results
presented in scientific publications and other scientific informa-
tion available for use by other researchers, innovative industries
and citizens.
At the same time, researchers in the United States have sug-
gested an alternative way to allocate science funding. The method
depends on a collective distribution of funding by the scientific
community, requires only a fraction of the costs associated with
the traditional peer review of grant proposals and, according to
the authors, may yield comparable or even better results.
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EU launches pilot to open up
publicly funded research data
EU NEWS
ENVIROMENT
International Conference on Climate Change
The International Conference on
Climate Change 2014 (ICCC
2014) to be held at Madurai,
Tamil Nadu, India on May 28-
31 2014, is an opportunity to
bring together knowledge from
across the globe to share ex-
periences and information, en-
able collaboration and build
new partnerships, discussion of
cutting edge solutions to the
world’s water, food and energy
issues. It will also be an oppor-
tunity to address approaches to
sustainable and effective adap-
tation throughout the water
sector.
Pages 6-7
The “Connected Continent”: Commission proposes
major step forward for telecoms single market
T he telecoms sector in the EU still operates largely
on the basis of 28 national markets. There is no
telecoms company that operates across the whole
EU, and both operators and customers face differing
prices and rules. To address these problems the main
elements of the “Connected Continent” are:
Simplifying EU rules for telecoms operators
A single authorization for operating in all
28 member states (instead of 28 au-
thorisations), a demanding legal thresh-
old for regulating telecoms sub-markets
(which should lead to a reduction in
number of regulated markets), and fur-
ther harmonizing the way operators can
rent access to networks owned by other
companies in order to provide a compet-
ing service.
Pushing roaming premiums out of the market
Incoming call charges while travelling in
the EU would be banned from 1 July
2014. Companies would have the
choice to either 1) offer phone plans
that apply everywhere in the European Union ("roam
like at home"), the price of which will be driven by do-
mestic competition, or 2) allow their customers to
“decouple”, that is: opt for a separate roaming provider
who offers cheaper rates (without having to buy a new
SIM card). This builds on the 2012 Roaming Regulation
which subjects operators to wholesale price cuts of
67% for data in July 2014.
No more international call premiums within Europe
Today companies tend to charge a premium for both
fixed and mobile calls made from a consumer's home
country to other EU countries. Today's proposal would
mean companies cannot charge more for a fixed intra-
EU call than they do for a long-distance domestic call.
For mobile intra-EU calls, the price could not be more
than €0.19 per minute (plus VAT). In setting prices,
companies could recover objectively justified costs, but
arbitrary profits from intra-EU calls would disappear.
Legal protection for open internet (net neutrality)
Blocking and throttling of internet content would be
banned, giving users access to the full and open inter-
net regardless of the cost or speed of their internet
subscription. Companies still able to provide
“specialized services” with assured quality (such as
IPTV, video on demand, apps including high-resolution
medical imaging, virtual operating theatres, and busi-
ness-critical data-intensive cloud applications) so long
as this did not interfere with the internet speeds prom-
ised to other customers. Consumers would have the
right to check if they are receiving the internet speeds
they pay for, and to walk away from their contract if
those commitments are not met.
New consumer rights, with all rights harmonized across
Europe
New rights such as the right to plain language contracts
with more comparable information, greater rights to
switch provider or contract, the right to
a 12-month contract if you do not wish
a longer contract, the right to walk
away from your contract if promised
internet speeds are not delivered, and
the right to have emails forwarded to a
new email address after switching
internet provider.
Coordinated spectrum assignment
This will ensure Europeans get more
4G mobile access and Wi-Fi. Mobile
operators will be able to develop more
efficient and cross-border investment
plans, thanks to stronger coordination
of timing, duration and other condi-
tions of assignment of spectrum.
Member States would remain in
charge, and continue to benefit from related fees from
mobile operators, while operating within a more coher-
ent framework. Such a framework will also expand the
market for advanced telecoms equipment.
More certainty for investors
The Recommendation on Costing Methodologies and
Non-Discrimination is the second element of this pack-
age, complementing the proposed regulation and intrin-
sically linked with it. It aims to increase certainty for
investors, to increase their investment levels, and re-
duce divergences between regulators. This means 1)
further harmonising and stablising costs that incum-
bent operators may charge for giving others access to
their existing copper networks; and 2) ensuring that
"access seekers" have truly equivalent access to net-
works.
More info: Connected Continent
The European Commission recently adopted its most
ambitious plan in 26 years of telecoms market re-
form. The “Connected Continent” legislative pack-
age, when adopted, aims to reduce consumer
charges, simplify red tape faced by companies, and
bring a range of new rights for both users and ser-
vice providers.
NEWS
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From amputation to regeneration
RESEARCH NEWS
T he ability to regenerate has always stimulated
human curiosity and imagination, from ancient
mythology to modern regenerative medicine.
However, until today, several fundamental questions
about the mechanism of regeneration remain unan-
swered.
Where do the cells (skin, nerves, muscles) that form
the new tissues come from? How do these cells know
which is the missing structure that needs to be re-
placed? And how do they cooperate with each other to
form a new complete and functional organ? Also, why
are some animals capable of regeneration, while oth-
ers – including humans – have such poor regenera-
tive ability? Are there common mechanisms of regen-
eration in different species?
Research carried out in the team of Michalis Averof,
and published in the journal Science, takes a step in
addressing these questions by studying regeneration
in the small crustacean Parhyale hawaiensis. Nikos
Konstantinides, a PhD student, studied the process of
limb regeneration in Parhyale using genetic tools that
were developed recently in that lab. He set out to map
the progenitor cells that give rise to the regenerated
tissues, and then compared his results with those of
similar studies carried out in different animals.
The comparison revealed unexpected similarities: limb
regeneration in crustaceans and vertebrates appear
to rely on similar progenitor cells for muscle, which are
distinct from the progenitors of the epidermis and
nerves. More specifically, the crustacean progenitors
of muscle resemble the muscle satellite cells that
vertebrates use to repair and (sometimes) to regener-
ate their muscles. Satellite cells are also relevant to
human myopathies.
These similarities support the idea that muscle regen-
eration has a similar cellular basis and may have a
common evolutionary origin in diverse animals. The
study also highlights the value of using different ex-
perimental organisms to approach the mechanisms
and evolution of regeneration.
The research was conducted at the Institute of Mo-
lecular Biology and Biotechnology (IMBB) in Crete,
Greece, and at the Institut de Génomique Fonction-
nelle de Lyon (IGFL) in France. It was funded by the
Heraklitos II programme of the European Social Fund
and the Ministry of Education in Greece, and by the
Agence Nationale de la Recherche in France.
Lab webpage: www.averof-lab.org
Further information: [email protected]
Many animals – such as crabs, octopuses and
salamanders – have the ability to regenerate
parts of their body that are severely injured or
amputated. Just as we are able to replace a bro-
ken part of our car, these animals can replace
lost limbs by new ones with the same form and
function. Contrary to cars, animals do not pos-
sess spare parts and cannot suspend their func-
tions in order to be repaired; they generate their
new limbs in situ, while going about in their nor-
mal lives.
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Photos: Vincent Moncorge, FORTH.gr
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NEWSLETTER NEWSLETTER # 01_2014
ATIS4all: Access the most suitable Assistive
Technologies according to your needs
A TIS4all collaborative portal is the result of an EU-
funded project, which aims to help you interact
with other key actors in the field and at the same
time be up-to-date about latest advances.
ATIS4all is a European Thematic Network which main
objective seeks to facilitate everyone's access to the
most suitable AT or accessibility device and service
according to their needs, preferences and contextual
characteristics (e.g. ICT solution, environment con-
straints, user device, language, etc.).
ATIS4all will start and maintain an open, collaborative
portal offering reliable information on AT and inclusive
products and services, and cutting-edge technological
trends. ATIS4all will contain Web 2.0 participation tools
in order to encourage online discussion exchange of
knowledge and expertise, and sharing of information
among key actors and end users.
Some benefits of this portal can be better understood
throughout the following story:
Mary is a recognised researcher in the ICT ATs field.
She has a new disruptive idea that may change the
current paradigm in the field. She wants to discuss
some loose ends with the end-users in order to have a
solid idea for a new project. In the past Mary has faced
difficulties to find a set of disabled users to validate her
ideas. Therefore, she decides to use the ATIS4all col-
laborative portal to discuss her loose ends with the
different organisations and end-users involved in the
portal. She already knows the portal because she uses
it to be up-to-date about new publications, projects,
look for case studies, etc. Additionally, by chance,
through the portal forums, Mary is contacted by an AT
developer, who is interested in knowing her previous
R&D results and which one of them is mature to be
applied in a commercial product.
This is only an example, the portal has many possibili-
ties. You can visit the portal benefits for universities,
R&D and standardisation organisations page to have
an overview of them.
The ATIS4all project is led by Technosite, a technology
and consultancy company belonging to the business
corporation of ONCE Foundation, which in turn belongs
to ONCE, the National Organization of the Spanish
Blind. The ATIS4all partners have been selected on the
basis of excellence criteria, and for their proven track
record in the assistive technology field in national and
European research arena.
More info: http://www.atis4all.eu
There is a growing concern throughout Europe about
the difficulties faced by organisations that are carry-
ing out R&D initiatives in the ICT Assistive Technolo-
gies (ATs) field when collecting feedback from end-
users, disseminating their results to the appropriate
audience, looking for organisations able to bring
their results to the market, etc.
HEALTH
The 1st International Workshop on ICT for the Preserva-
tion and Transmission of Intangible Cultural Heritage will
be held as a special workshop during the World Confer-
ence on Cultural Heritage EuroMed2014 in Lemesos,
Cyprus.
Cultural expression is not limited to tangible Cultural
Heritage, but also includes valuable but fragile intangible
expressions that are controlled by the intelligence of the
human creativeness, which comprise the intangible cul-
tural heritage (ICH).
Topics: ICH Capture and Analysis, Semantic Media Analy-
sis of ICH, ICH and Digital Libraries/Europeana, ICH in
Simulations and Virtual Environments, ICH in Education,
Other Applications of ICH
Please note: paper submission 30-05-2014
Contact:
Dr. Marinos Ioannides, Digital Heritage Lab
Dr. Nikos Grammalidis, Information Technologies Insti-
tute – CERTH ([email protected])
CALL FOR PAPERS
Workshop on Intangible Heritage
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NEWSLETTER NEWSLETTER # 01_2014
Commission launches pilot to open up publicly
funded research data
EU NEWS
T he Pilot on Open Research Data in Horizon 2020
aims to improve and maximise access to and re-
use of research data generated by projects for
the benefit of society and the economy. The Pilot in-
volves key areas of Horizon 2020:
Future and Emerging Technologies
Research infrastructures – part e-Infrastructures
Leadership in enabling and industrial technologies
– Information and Communication Technologies
Societal Challenge: Secure, Clean and Efficient
Energy – part Smart cities and communities
Societal Challenge: Climate Action, Environment,
Resource Efficiency and Raw materials – with the
exception of topics in the area of raw materials
Societal Challenge: Europe in a changing world –
inclusive, innovative and reflective Societies
Science with and for Society
Projects may opt out of the pilot to allow for the protec-
tion of intellectual property or personal data; in view of
security concerns; or should the main objective of their
research be compromised by making data openly ac-
cessible.
The Pilot will be monitored throughout Horizon 2020
with a view to developing future Commission policy and
EU research funding programmes.
Background
In addition to the announced Pilot on Open Research
Data, Open access to scientific publications is now
mandatory for all scientific publications resulting from
H2020 funded projects. Articles will be made accessi-
ble in an open access repository no later than six
months after publication (12 months for articles in
social sciences and humanities). Projects must also
aim to deposit the research data needed to validate
the results presented in the deposited scientific publi-
cations, known as "underlying data".
The Pilot on research data targets both underlying
data, which is needed to reproduce the results pre-
sented in scientific publications, and other data as
indicated by researchers in Data Management Plans
(DMPs), a new element in Horizon 2020.
Valuable information produced by researchers in
many EU-funded projects will be shared freely as a
result of a Pilot on Open Research Data in Horizon
2020. Researchers in projects participating in the
pilot are asked to make the underlying data
needed to validate the results presented in scien-
tific publications and other scientific information
available for use by other researchers, innovative
industries and citizens.
For 2014-2015, topic areas participating in the
Open Research Data Pilot will receive funding of
around €3 billion.
Researchers in the United States have suggested an
alternative way to allocate science funding. The
method, which is described in EMBO reports, depends
on a collective distribution of funding by the scientific
community, requires only a fraction of the costs associ-
ated with the traditional peer review of grant proposals
and, according to the authors, may yield comparable or
even better results.
“Peer review of scientific proposals and grants has
served science very well for decades. However, there is
a strong sense in the scientific community that things
could be improved,” said Johan Bollen, professor and
lead author of the study from the School of Informatics
and Computing at Indiana University. “Our most pro-
ductive researchers invest an increasing amount of
time, energy, and effort into writing and reviewing re-
search proposals, most of which do not get funded.
That time could be spent performing the proposed re-
search in the first place.” He added: “Our proposal
does not just save time and money but also encour-
ages innovation.”
The new approach is possible due to recent advances
in mathematics and computer technologies. The sys-
tem involves giving all scientists an annual, uncondi-
tional fixed amount of funding to conduct their re-
search. All funded scientists are, however, obliged to
donate a fixed percentage of all of the funding that they
previously received to other researchers. As a result,
the funding circulates through the community, converg-
ing on researchers that are expected to make the best
use of it. “Our alternative funding system is inspired by
the mathematical models used to search the internet
for relevant information,” said Bollen. “The decentral-
ized funding model uses the wisdom of the entire sci-
entific community to determine a fair distribution of
funding.”
Read the paper: http://embor.embopress.org/content/
early/2014/01/07/embr.201338068
EMBO REPORTS
Researchers in the US suggest an alternative way to allocate science funding
T he new report, Turn Down The Heat: Climate
Extremes, Regional Impacts and the Case for
Resilience, looks at the likely impact of warming
on agricultural production, water resources, coastal
ecosystems and cities across three regions - South
Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa, and South East Asia. It as-
sesses impacts at present day temperatures of 0.8°C
above pre-industrial levels, as well as in a world that is
warmer by 2°C and 4°C.
The report finds that if the world warms by 2°C - which
may happen within the next 20 to 30 years - wide-
spread food and water shortages could unfold, to-
gether with prolonged droughts, unprecedented heat-
waves, more intense rainfall and flooding, and a sig-
nificant threat to energy production.
These are not challenges looming at the end of the
century, the report says. Rather, severe impacts can
begin to appear within the next 10-20 years, within the
span of the current generation. Already, a warming
trend has begun to emerge over South Asia, and In-
dia’s large and growing population is experiencing
water stress in many parts.
Increasing temperatures, changing rainfall patterns,
declining snowfall, retreating glaciers, and declining
groundwater can make the situation even worse. Im-
pacts can be aggravated by rising sea-levels and more
intense tropical cyclones, precipitating a major crisis
for food security and the rural economy.
Urban populations cannot escape the consequences
of global warming, either. Densely populated urban
areas, especially those with unplanned urbanization,
would be increasingly at risk from prolonged spells of
extreme heat, floods, and disease.
The case for resilience has never been stronger. Al-
ready, our world is 0.8°C above pre-industrial levels of
the 18th century. Irrespective of future emission
paths, the warming already underway will lead to a
number of climate impacts. Many of the worst impacts
could still be avoided by holding warming below 2°C,
but the window for action is narrowing rapidly.
The onus is clearly on today’s generation to develop
heat and drought resistant crops, improve ground
water management, invest in water storage infrastruc-
ture, build adequate flood defences, improve energy
efficiency and the performannce of renewable ener-
gies, ‘climate-proof’ critical public infrastructure that is
locked in for long periods, and make cities more resil-
ient to climate change. To minimize damage from
floods and cyclones to human life and property, strong
building codes will need to be enforced. In a very real
sense development is the best adaptation – investing
in skills, health, knowledge, better infrastructure and a
more diversified economy will render countries more
climate-resilient.
Themes for ICCC-2014
Urban water – energy neutrality through efficient utilities, in-
dustries and cities
Sustainable technologies and processes for urban
and industrial water – energy conservation and
alternative energy production
Information and communication technology to opti-
mize energy and carbon efficiency and energy pro-
duction in industry and cities
Water, energy and raw materials recovery from
urban and industrial waste water – challenges and
opportunities
“Energy demands for water" and "water demands
for energy”
Benchmarking, monitoring and measuring water –
energy interactions in cities and industries
Policy and finance for energy and carbon neutrality
Optimizing urban water and energy - cooperation
between water and energy utilities and between
urban water/energy and industrial water-energy
Business opportunities in improving water effi-
ciency and water-energy efficiency in industries
and cities
Policy and regulation which supports innovation for
energy and carbon neutrality in utilities and indus-
tries (continued on page 7)
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International Conference on Climate Change
The International Conference on Climate Change
2014 (ICCC 2014) to be held at Madurai, Tamil
Nadu, India on May 28-31 2014, is an opportunity
to bring together knowledge from across the globe
to share experiences and information, enable col-
laboration and build new partnerships, discussion
of cutting edge solutions to the world’s water, food
and energy issues, while also addressing ap-
proaches to sustainable and effective adaptation
throughout the water sector. Considering the cur-
rent situation of India in the urban water, food,
energy and climate aspects, ICCC 2014 will pro-
vide a unique opportunity to understand the new
innovations to face the existing challenges.
ENVIROMENT
Institutional change/structures needed to support
the transition to cutting edge water/energy solu-
tions
Financing mechanisms for the urban and industrial
water-energy nexus
Planning and infrastructure for a resilient water
sector
Asset management to secure resilient and efficient urban water
systems
Improving performance of urban water infrastruc-
ture to changes in the hydrologic cycle
Investing in natural and engineered infrastructure
to optimize the water, energy and food nexus
Strategies for creating a new adaptation landscape
across cities, industries and farmers
Governance and institutional arrangements for
urban and watershed drainage
Planning and decision support systems to improve
responses to climate impact including floods and
droughts
Exploring trends in hydro-climatic variables and
responses to extreme climatic events
Optimising water cycle management for securing urban and
industrial water supplies
Securing alternative water sources, including rain-
water, reclaimed and treated water through urban
and basin management
Optimizing stormwater opportunities usage for
urban development
Urban and industrial water demand modelling
Information and communication technology to
optimize urban and industrial water management
Economic approaches to optimizing collection,
storage, treatment and distribution of various wa-
ter sources.
Climate-Smart Agriculture: A Driver for Green
Growth
Climate change on Energy security
Generating power from fossil fuels with lower car-
bon emissions,
Reducing carbon emissions in the transportation
sector through vehicle and fuel technologies,
Addressing land use and the current unsustainable
rate of deforestation,
Accelerating and expanding markets for currently
available efficiency technology and the use of nu-
clear, solar, and wind energy.
challenges and opportunities for the development,
financing, and commercialization of clean energy
technologies.
measuring actions to reduce greenhouse gases and
improve energy security
Climate Change and Health
Improved climatic sensitive disease surveillance
Tools to control the diseases.
Health hazards Management.
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View of Meenakshi Amman Temple, Madurai
Launch of a National Educational Activity:
Greek Student Parliament
SV NEWS
S tudents aged from 15-17 will have the chance
to participate in the extraordinary trip of scien-
tific research and communication of specialized
topics covering the area of “The future of our cities”!
Specifically, they will cooperate with their peers to
investigate themes, such as: i. Future mobility – New
approaches in the city, ii. Demography in the city, iii.
City. Climate. Change, iv. Energy efficient houses and
flats and v. Smart City: Life in an urban network.
Approximately 2000 students from 29 Countries will
take part in the European Student parliament that will
be elaborated in Copenhagen, during the Euroscience
Open Forum, next June. Five representatives from the
GSP will have the chance to travel to Copenhagen to
participate in the European Student parliament ex-
changing ideas with their peers from all around
Europe.
Some of the GSP objectives:
Get students interested in science and research
through the parliamentary situation
Teach students how to form a qualified judgment
and assess complex topics
Inform scientists about the views of European
young people
Initiate an objective discussion, particularly about
controversial topics
Initiate contact between students and scientists
(particularly young scientists)
Inform students about topics on a European scale
Build Greek-wide student network
The step by step organization of the GSP includes:
Elaboration of the National Student Parliament in
Athens, Greece (duration: 3 days)
Involve a total of 75-100 students into 5 working
groups (from different schools in Greece)
Students between 15 and 17 years of age
5 groups of students (15-20 people each)
Each group will be asked to record a report after
research and analysis will be carried out. This re-
port will be discussed and evaluated. Public de-
bate in the GSP for each reference: 45
5 scientists as experts in each of the GSP topics
will collaborate with each student group
5 moderators (University students or research as-
sistants) will assist each working group
5 students (one from each group work) will repre-
sent Greece at the European Student Parliament
that will be held in Copenhagen on 20 June 2014
at the European Science Open Forum (all expenses
paid)
1 teacher / school will be responsible for the coor-
dination of work in classroom
The GSP initiative is collaborating with the pan-European
e L e a r n i n g e n v i r o n m e n t O p e n D i s c o v e r y S p a c e
(www.opendiscoveryspace.eu).
The official website of the European Student parlia-
ment: www.student-parliaments.eu
If you want to join: Register HERE.
Click on the QR code to be
transferred in the Greek website!
The European Student Parliaments is an initiative by
and co-funded by the
NEWSLETTER NEWSLETTER # 01_2014
Science View is proud to announce the launch of
the Educational Activity called “Greek Student Par-
liament” for the first time in national level in Ath-
ens, Greece!
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Science View will be in Corfu on April and May!
SV NEWS
T he 1st World Congress "GeNeDis" 2014 on
"Geriatrics and Neurodegenerative Diseases
Research" will be held in Corfu, Greece, from 10-
13 of April 2014 and is co-organized by Science View.
This is the first time that this world congress is being
held in Greece and it is probably the most important
medical event of the year because three of the most
modern and popular scientific areas coexist in a con-
ference, at the 1st World Congress on Genetics, Geri-
atrics and Neurodegenerative disease research.
Nobel laureates, leading scientists and researchers
from the whole world will dis-
cuss about the recent develop-
ments in these areas from pro-
gress in the research field and
the latest scientific discoveries
to the clinical and pharmaceuti-
cal applications
GeNeDis 2014 will focus on a strong scientific pro-
gram combined with teaching, training and live work-
shops to inform and educate scientist on the latest
major challenges in scientific research, the new drug
targets, the development of novel biomarkers, the
new imaging techniques and the novel protocols for
early diagnosis of neurodegenerative diseases, and
several other scientific achievements. The strong con-
gress program will be the major factor attracting dele-
gates to attend this imperative event.
It has to be noted that GeNeDis 2014 will take place
during the Greek Presidency of the Council of the Euro-
pean Union (January-June 2014).
For more information contact [email protected] or visit
the online website
http://www.genedis.eu
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NEWSLETTER NEWSLETTER # 01_2014
Science View co-organizes the 1st World Congress
"GeNeDis" 2014 on "Geriatrics and Neurodegen-
erative Diseases Research" that will be held in
Corfu island, from 10- 13 April 2014. SV will also
be disseminating the First International Confer-
ence on “New Developments in Science and Tech-
nology Education” that will be held in the island
from May 29th to May 31st, 2014!
T he First International Conference on “New Devel-
opments in Science and Technology Education”
that will be held in Corfu Island, Greece, from
Thursday, May 29th, to Saturday, May 31st, 2014.
Science and technology education research, influenced
by constructivist thinking, not only concen-
trates on the teaching of science concepts
and addressing misconceptions that learn-
ers may hold, but also emphasizes how
students learn and tries to find out ways to
achieve better learning. New developments
in science and technology education rely
on a wide variety of methods, borrowed from many
other sciences such as computer science, cognitive
science, sociology and neurosciences.
The First International Conference on “New Develop-
ments in Science and Technology Education” has two
objectives.
The first objective is the sharing of new practices within
the area of research in science and technology educa-
tion. The second objective is to provide international
researchers a significant and friendly opportunity to
network and collaborate so as to improve ideas and
processes.
The conference will be structured around (but not lim-
ited to) five main thematic axes such as:
Modern Pedagogies and New Technologies in Sci-
ence and Technology Education
Interest, Attitude and Motivation in
Science and Technology Education
Neuroscience and Science Educa-
tion
Assessment in Science and Technol-
ogy Education
Teaching and Learning in Specific Disciplines
The conference is organized by the National and Kapo-
distrian University of Athens and Université du Québec
à Montréal (UQÀM).
Proposal ideas, submissions and inquiries about the
Conference content should be sent in electronic form to
More info:
http://ndste2014.weebly.com/
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W ebIS learning powered by Science View is a
team of instructional designers, a user Inter-
face designer and an e Learning manager
launching a series of online products and services
based on your needs.
Our main activities are:
Design and Development of e Learning courses for
organizations that need to eliminate time and money
for training their employees or students.
Development and customization of your education
web platform.
Provision of Synchronous Distant Learning Courses
via Web conferencing tools.
Organization and management of your training pro-
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