This month in FET: EU Cloud Initiative launched, how to succeed in FET Open, FET Flagship important steps taken and innovation

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	ISSN : 2363-0809

European Commission 	FET through the keyhole 	
Future & Emerging Technologies

In this issue - April 2016

  * Top News <#b763>
  * FET Funding Opportunities <#b764>
  * Projects' news & stories <#b770>

  * Other funding opportunities <#b765>
  * Forthcoming Events <#b771>
  * Other events <#b1062>

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Top News
European Cloud Initiative to give Europe a global lead in the 
data-driven economy
The Commission today presented its blueprint for cloud-based services 
and world-class data infrastructure to ensure science, business and 
public services reap benefits of big data revolution.
Read more... 
<http://ec.europa.eu/newsroom/dae/redirection.cfm?item_id=30698&newsletter=129&lang=default> 

The Future and Emerging Technologies Flagships: the Voyage Continues
In a blog post, Thierry Van der Pyl, Director "Excellence in Science" at 
the European Commission, highlights significant milestones passed by 
both FET Flagship projects. The Human Brain Project (HBP) released the 
first version of its six ICT Platforms. The Graphene Flagship started a 
new operational phase under Horizon 2020. At a kick-off seminar 
organised by the FLAG-ERA consortium in Budapest, 6 Partnering Projects 
for HBP and 13 for the Graphene Flagship were presented.
Read more... 
<http://ec.europa.eu/newsroom/dae/redirection.cfm?item_id=30459&newsletter=129&lang=default> 

Only 10 days left to have your say on the future of FET and FET 
Flagships in Horizon 2020
Is there new innovative research theme that the EU should be investing 
in? Share your views by 30 April and help us identify the themes on 
which to focus our future work for FET. There is also a consultation for 
e-infrastructures, to which you can contribute until 15 May.
Read more... 
<http://ec.europa.eu/newsroom/dae/redirection.cfm?item_id=28931&newsletter=129&lang=default> 

What it takes to succeed in FET-Open
The Future and Emerging Technologies (FET) Open programme is one of the 
most popular schemes within Horizon 2020. The next call deadline is just 
around the corner in May, and Timo Hallantie, Head of FET Open unit, 
points out in his blog what applicants should focus on.
Read more... 
<http://ec.europa.eu/newsroom/dae/redirection.cfm?item_id=30671&newsletter=129&lang=default> 

FET Funding Opportunities
New in the FET Open CSA call: the FET Innovation Launchpad
The Future and Emerging Technologies (FET) Open call for Coordination 
and Support Actions (CSA) includes a new topic under the Horizon 2020 
WP2016-17: the Innovation Launchpad. What is it for and how can you 
participate in this call?
Read more... 
<http://ec.europa.eu/newsroom/dae/redirection.cfm?item_id=27915&newsletter=129&lang=default> 

FET Open funding opportunities in 2016: next call deadline is 11 May!
FET Open continues to foster early-stage research for radically new 
technological possibilities. It supports promising novel ideas from all 
technological areas without prescribing any theme. Funding is available 
for Research and Innovation Actions as well as for Coordination and 
Support Actions. Two topics are currently open.
Read more... 
<http://ec.europa.eu/newsroom/dae/redirection.cfm?item_id=27906&newsletter=129&lang=default> 

Projects' news & stories
Graphene Flagship enters operational phase
The ramp up phase of the Graphene Flagship resulted in many successes in 
several areas of research and related applications. A new chapter in the 
voyage of the project started on 1st of April. This large scale, 
international research collaboration is moving forward to the core of 
its mission: to help graphene and related materials transfer from the 
laboratory and into society.
Read more... 
<http://ec.europa.eu/newsroom/dae/redirection.cfm?item_id=30534&newsletter=129&lang=default> 

A way to make FET research fit for the market
How can Future and Emerging Technologies projects get their research 
results closer to the market? The new FET2RIN project provides answers.
Read more... 
<http://ec.europa.eu/newsroom/dae/redirection.cfm?item_id=30480&newsletter=129&lang=default> 

Reporting on Human Brain Project Platform Release
End of March, the Human Brain Project (HBP) release event presented the 
first components, services and tools of 6 ICT Platforms to the 
scientific community. These HBP Platforms are designed to help 
researchers to advance faster and more efficiently, by sharing data and 
results, and exploiting advanced ICT capabilities.
Read more... 
<http://ec.europa.eu/newsroom/dae/redirection.cfm?item_id=30511&newsletter=129&lang=default> 

FET Open ABACUS project: towards the first biological supercomputer
ABACUS researchers are using molecular motors and ATP (adenosine 
triphosphate), the substance that provides energy to all the cells in a 
human body, to power a biocomputer. They have shown that such a parallel 
biocomputer can find all the correct solutions to a combinatorial 
problem, rapidly and energy-efficiently.
Read more... 
<http://ec.europa.eu/newsroom/dae/redirection.cfm?item_id=30214&newsletter=129&lang=default> 

Art meets emerging technologies
Six leading international artists will be hosted within Future and 
Emerging Technologies (FET) projects to collaborate in areas such as 
quantum physics, supercomputing, robotics and life sciences.
Read more... 
<http://ec.europa.eu/newsroom/dae/redirection.cfm?item_id=30451&newsletter=129&lang=default> 

Other funding opportunities
*8 - 10 June 2016 * - Vienna (AT)
Participate in the definition of the CHIST-ERA Call 2016
CHIST-ERA is the "European Coordinated Research on Long-term Challenges 
in Information and Communication Sciences and Technologies" ERA-Net. 
This event brings together scientists and CHIST-ERA representatives to 
identify and formulate promising scientific and technological challenges 
at the frontier of research with a view to refine the scientific content 
of the call 2016.
Read more... 
<http://ec.europa.eu/newsroom/dae/redirection.cfm?item_id=30724&newsletter=129&lang=default> 

Forthcoming Events
*9 - 12 May 2016 * - Prague (CZ)
European High Performance Computing Summit week
The coordination action EXDCI - European eXtreme Data and Computing 
Initiative - will host the first edition of European HPC Summit. The 
event's programme includes a number of HPC workshops, such as EXDCI 
workshop, PRACEdays16, and the ETP4HPC Workshop, and several other 
private meetings and events. Register before 29 April 2016.
Read more... 
<http://ec.europa.eu/newsroom/dae/redirection.cfm?item_id=29383&newsletter=129&lang=default> 

*17 - 18 May 2016 * - Amsterdam (NL)
Quantum Europe 2016 Conference
Combining science, engineering and entrepreneurship is needed in order 
to unlock the full potential of quantum technologies. In this context, 
the Netherlands is holding the conference ‘Quantum Europe 2016’ in 
cooperation with the European Commission and QuTech, the quantum 
technology institute of TU Delft and TNO.
Read more... 
<http://ec.europa.eu/newsroom/dae/redirection.cfm?item_id=30102&newsletter=129&lang=default> 

*2 - 3 June 2016 * - Barcelona (Spain)
EMiT 2016: EMerging Technology Conference
The event, hosted by Mont-Blanc project, will bring together experts 
from all areas of computing to examine how to best take advantage of the 
changing landscape of computer hardware and overcome research barriers 
for fields such as computational fluid dynamics, computational 
mechanics, life sciences, energy efficiency and financial modelling.
Read more... 
<http://ec.europa.eu/newsroom/dae/redirection.cfm?item_id=28202&newsletter=129&lang=default> 

Other events
*25 - 30 April 2016 *
Soft Robotics Week 2016 
<http://ec.europa.eu/newsroom/dae/redirection.cfm?item_id=28855&newsletter=129> 

*26 April - 6 May 2016 *
Summer School on Quantum Sensing 
<http://ec.europa.eu/newsroom/dae/redirection.cfm?item_id=28177&newsletter=129> 

*22 - 25 May 2016 *
EU-US International Keystone Symposium: "State of the Brain" 
<http://ec.europa.eu/newsroom/dae/redirection.cfm?item_id=29273&newsletter=129> 

*26 - 27 May 2016 *
Brain Forum 2016 
<http://ec.europa.eu/newsroom/dae/redirection.cfm?item_id=30708&newsletter=129> 

*8 - 10 June 2016 *
Platform for Advanced Scientific Computing (PASC) 
<http://ec.europa.eu/newsroom/dae/redirection.cfm?item_id=30712&newsletter=129> 

*13 - 17 June 2016 *
Graphene Week 2016 
<http://ec.europa.eu/newsroom/dae/redirection.cfm?item_id=28600&newsletter=129> 

*21 - 24 June 2016 *
International Conference on Macromolecular Materials - POLYMAT SPOTLIGHT 
2016 
<http://ec.europa.eu/newsroom/dae/redirection.cfm?item_id=28200&newsletter=129> 

*1 July 2016 *
Workshop: Cells, Circuits and Computation: Expanding the horizons of big 
data analysis 
<http://ec.europa.eu/newsroom/dae/redirection.cfm?item_id=29739&newsletter=129> 

*2 - 6 July 2016 *
10th Forum of Neuroscience 
<http://ec.europa.eu/newsroom/dae/redirection.cfm?item_id=28601&newsletter=129> 

*18 - 22 July 2016 *
Living Machines V: International Conference on Biomimetic and Biohybrid 
Systems 
<http://ec.europa.eu/newsroom/dae/redirection.cfm?item_id=27340&newsletter=129> 

*22 - 27 July 2016 *
International School on quantum simulators 
<http://ec.europa.eu/newsroom/dae/redirection.cfm?item_id=30209&newsletter=129> 

*23 - 27 July 2016 *
FET at the EuroScience Open Forum (ESOF) 2016 
<http://ec.europa.eu/newsroom/dae/redirection.cfm?item_id=28223&newsletter=129> 

*26 - 28 September 2016 *
Virtual Physiological Human Conference 2016 
<http://ec.europa.eu/newsroom/dae/redirection.cfm?item_id=17870&newsletter=129> 

*28 - 30 September 2016 *
Digital Infrastructures for Research conference 2016 - Call for 
participation 
<http://ec.europa.eu/newsroom/dae/redirection.cfm?item_id=30358&newsletter=129> 

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the FET and Flagships units, Part of the "European Commission 
Directorate General for Communications Networks, Content & Technology", 
and the FET Open unit, Part of the "Research Executive Agency of the 
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