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Brain research in Europe needs a decisive effort. We must invest more, define clearer and more innovative research and healthcare strategies, and better coordinate national efforts.

Both healthcare and technology professionals are invited to join the Health Hack Dublin competition (11th and 12th May) on the eve of international eHealth Week 2013. Together they will be producing high quality software that has the potential to transform healthcare.

How can we encourage more young female tech talent into digital jobs? The European Commission, European Parliament and the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) are coming together on Girls in ICT Day (25 April) to find new ways of encouraging girls to take up careers in ICT and to show them the opportunities on offer.

The European Commission is taking action to ensure the Dutch telecoms regulator, ACM, retains full independence in the application of EU telecoms rules to television broadcasting transmission. The 2009 EU Regulatory Framework for telecoms requires that national regulators have full independence in how they apply market regulation.

The Powerpoint presentation below (Download under "Related Documents") is based on the Commission's Digital Agenda Scoreboard data and shows key digital indicators and statistics for Czech Republic and other Member States.

The Powerpoint presentation below (Download under "Related Documents") is based on the Commission's Digital Agenda Scoreboard data and shows key digital indicators and statistics for Cyprus and other Member States.

The Powerpoint presentation below (Download under "Related Documents") is based on the Commission's Digital Agenda Scoreboard data and shows key digital indicators and statistics for Bulgaria and other Member States.

The Powerpoint presentation below (Download under "Related Documents") is based on the Commission's Digital Agenda Scoreboard data and shows key digital indicators and statistics for Belgium and other Member States.

The Powerpoint presentation below (Download under "Related Documents") is based on the Commission's Digital Agenda Scoreboard data and shows key digital indicators and statistics for Austria and other Member States.

Commission action has triggered changes in legislation in Estonia and the Slovak Republic, bringing them into line with the requirement of the Directive on re-use of public sector information (Directive 2003/98/EC – the 'PSI Directive').

'Europioneers' European Tech Entrepreneur of the Year Awards ceremony , Amsterdam

Europe's best digital entrepreneurs are under the spotlight tonight with the presentation of the "Europioneer awards" in Amsterdam. Alexander Ljung & Eric Wahlforss of SoundCloud are European Entrepreneurs of the Year while Jon Reynolds of SwiftKey is Young European Entrepreneur of the Year (under 30 years). The European Commission sponsors the awards as part of Startup Europe, the Commission's six-part plan to accelerate, connect and celebrate local entrepreneurship ecosystems in Europe, so that tech start-ups not only start in Europe, but stay in Europe.

Photonics in Horizon 2020 Fostering Economic Growth in Europe

This study aims analyses the growing amount of knowledge in European efforts for the application of ICT and smart systems in fully electric vehicles (FEVs) to support policymaking in this area.

Commission seeks views on rapidly converging audiovisual world.

Imagine you fall asleep and dream about how your life would be in 30 years... How do you think the world would look like?

Between 18 and 24 March 2013 the Europe-wide Get Online Week campaign, organized in 26 countries by Telecentre-Europe highlighted the essential role ICT skills play in today’s society and focused on encouraging young people to take up a career in ICT. Get Online Week campaign partners joined efforts with ICT companies and public authorities and organized a range of activities in both the urban and rural areas of their countries to empower people to use technologies for better jobs and better lives. The Get Online Week campaign was supported by the Get Online Week Alliance - formed by Accenture, Liberty Global and Microsoft.

The Digital Champion for Malta, Antonio Ghio, explained his priorities for 2013.

Interested parties, such as representatives of network operators, service providers, users, consumers, manufacturers, trade unions, third countries and international organisations, are invited at 18:00 for a short debriefing session following the Communications Committee (COCOM) meeting on Tuesday 7 May 2013. The debriefing is intended to give a general overview of the discussions in the Committee. In order to attend the debriefing, the interested parties are requested to register with the secretariat of the Committee at the latest by Tuesday 30 April 2013, using the enclosed registration form.

This forecast is part of the Cisco® Visual Networking Index (VNI), an ongoing initiative to track and forecast the impact of visual networking applications.