VPH Newsletter: January 2017

Subject: VPH Newsletter: January 2017

Monthly newsletter

January 2017

Introduction message from the

new VPHi Executive Director:

Prof Liesbet Geris

POLICY NEWS

Maltese Presidency of the Council of the European Union published its official programme Read more

High Level Group on maximising the impact of EU Research and Innovation programmes Read more

Commission to invest €80 million in 58 innovative companies under the Horizon 2020 SME Instrument Read more

EU companies' R&D investment grows faster than global and US trends

ERC to re-introduce Synergy Grant scheme in 2018 Read more

The Netherlands sees 2025 as first year without Regulatory Animal Experiments Read more

VPH COMMUNITY

Message from VPHi President:

Prof Marco Viceconti

An overview of the process that brought to the establishment of the Avicenna Alliance as a separate

legal entity and the appointment of the new

Executive Director Lies Geris

The VPHi/Alliance Research WorkGroup will kick off its activities on 23 Jan 2017 Read more

EC Scientific Conference- Non-animal approaches: the way forward and the counter-conference “Stop vivisection”

CompBioMed: The European Center of Excellence in Computational Medicine Read more

Building the European Data Economy - contribute to the consultation Read more

JOB and TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES

NCSRR/OpenSim Visiting Scholars Program Read more

For 2017 the Avicena Alliance plans to roll out student/internship programmes with participants from the VPH Institute and industry membership

VPH EVENTS

§ Precision Medicine World Conference
23-25 Jan 2017, Silicon Valley (USA)

§ HEALTH 2.0 EUROPE 2017
3-5 May 2017, Barcelona (Spain)

§ eHealth Week 2017
10-11 May 2017, Malta

§ Insigneo Showcase 2017
11 May 2017, Sheffield (U.K.)

§ Doctors 2.0 & YOU
1-2 June 2017, Paris (France)

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