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<a href="http://www.ecss2011.polimi.it/"><b><font face="Calibri">ECSS
2011</font></b><b><font face="Calibri"> - </font></b></a><a
href="http://www.ecss2011.polimi.it/"><b><font face="Calibri">7th
EUROPEAN COMPUTER SCIENCE SUMMIT </font></b></a><br>
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<font face="Calibri"><i>"Informatics Transforming Society"</i></font><br>
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<font face="Calibri">8–9 November 2011, Milan, Italy</font><br>
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<b><font face="Calibri"><a
href="http://emma.polimi.it/emma/showEvent.do?page=1450&idEvent=48">WORKSHOP
FOR DEPARTMENT CHAIRS, DEANS AND RESEARCH DIRECTORS </a></font></b><br>
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<font face="Calibri">7 November 2011, </font><font face="Calibri">Milan,
Italy</font><br>
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<a
href="http://emma.polimi.it/emma/showEvent.do?page=1520&idEvent=48"><font
face="Calibri">REGISTER HERE</font></a><br>
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The ECSS 2011 is the 7th Summit of DEANS, DEPARTMENT CHAIRS and
SENIOR FACULTY of leading European Computer Science and
Informatics faculties, departments, research institutes and
laboratories. Like its previous editions, ECSS 2011 is the meeting
place for anyone interested in issues of research, education and
policy in Informatics and offers an unique opportunity to meet
some of the leading decision makers in informatics research and
education, and discuss the critical issues of the discipline. The
summit will be held this year at the Politecnico di Milano, in
the heart of one of the most exciting cities in the world, filled
with culture, art and innovation.<br>
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The Summit is devoted to important and timely strategic issues and
trends regarding all aspects of informatics: education, research,
funding, entrepreneurship, management, career development, and
policies and has among its main goals:</font><font face="Calibri"><br>
</font>
<ul>
<li><font face="Calibri">To provide a forum for discussion and
exchange of solutions and best practices on common issues</font></li>
<li><font face="Calibri"> To examine ways in which deans,
department heads, and research directors in Informatics can
work together to improve teaching and research, can influence
the policies of their universities, governments and the EU,
and take joint initiatives on many other issues</font></li>
<li><font face="Calibri"> To bring together key leaders</font><font
face="Calibri"> in the field who will discuss the latest
advances and the future of </font><font face="Calibri">the
discipline</font></li>
<li><font face="Calibri">To expand the international network of </font><font
face="Calibri">Informatics </font><font face="Calibri">deans,
heads of departments, and research directors in Europe<br>
</font></li>
</ul>
<font face="Calibri">The particular theme of ECSS 2011 is
Informatics Transforming Society. Recent events have shown more
clearly than ever the transformative power of information
technologies; ECSS 2011 will enable researchers, educators,
managers and other experts in the field to assess the consequences
of our discipline and discuss the best ways of enabling
informatics to make its best possible contribution to the progress
of society.<br>
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As in previous years, the speakers are an impressive group of </font><font
face="Calibri">world-class researchers </font><font
face="Calibri">and leaders in industry and international
organizations. The ECSS 2011 select list of keynote speakers
includes:<br>
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<ul>
<li><font face="Calibri">Judith Bishop - Microsoft Research<br>
</font></li>
<li><font face="Calibri">Stefano Ceri - Politecnico di Milano<br>
</font></li>
<li><font face="Calibri">Janice Cuny - US National Science
Foundation<br>
</font></li>
<li><font face="Calibri">Monika Henzinger - </font><font
face="Calibri">University of Vienna<br>
</font></li>
<li><font face="Calibri">Willem Jonker - European Institute of
Innovation and Technology (EIT ICT Labs)</font></li>
<li><font face="Calibri">Miron Livny - University of Wisconsin<br>
</font></li>
<li><font face="Calibri">John Mylopoulos - University of Trento<br>
</font></li>
<li><font face="Calibri">Xavier Serra - University Pompeu Fabra<br>
</font></li>
<li><font face="Calibri">John White - ACM</font></li>
</ul>
<font face="Calibri">In addition to invited presentations, the ECSS
program includes also talks selected from submitted contributions
on topics of wide interest to the informatics community and two
discussion panels on timely issues: <b>Academia-Industry
Technology Transfer </b>and <b>Open Access for and based on
Informatics R&D.<br>
</b></font><font face="Calibri"><br>
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</font><font face="Calibri"><b>** Workshop for Department Chairs,
Deans, and Research Directors **<br>
</b><br>
The day before the actual Summit, November 07, a special workshop
for Deans, Department Chairs and Research Directors chaired by
Prof. Mehdi Jazayeri, from the University of Lugano, will be held.
The workshop provides a networking opportunity for department
chairs, old and new, to share experiences, common challenges, and
best practices. It provides a forum for strengthening your
leadership and management competencies by exchanging best
practices and by building relationships among department heads at
European Informatics research institutions. The workshop focuses
on the role of the department chair in setting goals and defining
success criteria. Both new and experienced department heads are
invited for an exchange of best practices, new ideas and common
challenges.<br>
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Confirmed Keynote Speakers:<br>
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• Schahram Dustdar - Technical University of Vienna<br>
• Anthony Finkelstein - University College London, UK<br>
• Paola Inverardi - Department of Computer Science,
University of L'Aquila, Italy<br>
• Mehdi Jazayeri - Faculty of Informatics, University of
Lugano, Switzerland<br>
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</b></font><font face="Calibri"><b>** Special Event - Curriculum
Best Practices Award Ceremony **</b><br>
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As a special feature of the ECSS 2011 it will be held the Award
Ceremony of the <a
href="http://www.informatics-europe.org/services/curriculum-best-practices-award.html">2011
Curriculum Best Practices Award.</a> Organized by Informatics
Europe and sponsored by Intel, the first edition of the Curriculum
Best Practices Award focus in the area of <b>Parallelism and
Concurrency</b> and includes a 30.000 EUR prize. The ceremony
will feature the public announcement and awarding of the two
winner proposals and </font><font face="Calibri">presentation of
their achievements.</font><font face="Calibri"><br>
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Registration</b><br>
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Registrations to the conference are open. To register follow the
steps on <a
href="http://emma.polimi.it/emma/showEvent.do?page=1520&idEvent=48">"How
to Register"</a> in the conference website. <br>
</font><br>
<br>
<font face="Calibri">Come join this exciting and important event in
the field of Informatics!<br>
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<br>
The ECSS 2011 Organizing Committee<br>
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