Science & Policy

What’s on the EU's agenda?

October 2019

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EUROPEAN COMMISSION JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE

Strategy and Work Programme Coordination Interinstitutional, International Relations & Outreach

SCIENCE & POLICY: WHAT'S ON THE EU'S AGENDA?

8 October 2019

The DG JRC's monthly briefing to the scientific community, N° 84

Table of Contents

1. Activities of the European Institutions 3

1.1 European Commission 3

1.2 Council 3

1.3 European Parliament 5

1.4 Committee of the Regions (CoR) 7

1.5 European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) 9

2. Conferences & Meetings 10

2.1 DG JRC Conferences and Events 10

2.2 Further European Conferences and Meetings 13

2.3 International Conferences and events 18

3. DG JRC News 20

Correspondence: Strategy, Work Programme and Resources Interinstitutional, International Relations & Outreach– DG JRC European Commission, B-1049 Brussels, Belgium Telephone: (32-2) 299 11 11 Office: CDMA 05/155 JRC-STAKEHOLDERS@ec.europa.eu Prepared by Elisebha Fabienne Platzer Cover: 3D illustration of molecule model (©Fotolia, artemegorov)

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1. Activities of the European Institutions

1.1 European Commission

Date Event Subject

2 October College Meeting

Among others: Commission decision granting a delegation of powers relating to maritime security in the field of maritime transport- Communication from the President Jean-Claude Juncker in agreement with Commissioner Violeta Bulc; update by Michel Barnier, Head of the Article 50 Task Force, on the latest developments concerning the United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the European Union; report on the state of play in the Airbus-Boeing dispute at the World Trade Organisation-oral statement by Commissioner Cecilia Malmström; results of the 74th session of the UN General Assembly in New York (23-27 September 2019)-oral statement by Vice-President and High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini; results of the UN Climate Action Summit in New York (23 September 2019)-information note distributed under the authority of Commissioner Arias Cañete; update on the migration situation-oral statement by Commissioner Dimitris Avramopoulos;

9 October College Meeting

Among others: Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the European Council and the Council: The time has come to decide on the Union's financial framework for the period 2021-2027- The European Commission's contribution to the European Council meeting of 17 and 18 October 2019; Communication of President Jean-Claude Juncker and Commissioner Günther Oettinger; presentation by Michel Barnier, Head of the Article 50 Task Force, of the latest developments concerning the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union; situation concerning migration and relations with Turkey: oral communications from Vice-President and High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini and Commissioner Dimitris Avramopoulos;

All meetings of the College of Commissioners

1.2 Council

Date Event Location

4 October Environment Council Luxembourg

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7-8 October Justice and Home Affairs Council Luxembourg

10 October Economic and Financial Affairs Council Luxembourg

14-15 October Agriculture and Fisheries Council Luxembourg

15 October General Affairs Council (Art. 50) Luxembourg

17-18 October European Council Brussels

24 October Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council Luxembourg

8 November Economic and Financial Affairs Council Brussels

8 November Education, Youth, Culture and Sports Council Brussels

11-12 November

Foreign Affairs Council Brussels

15 November Economic and Financial Affairs Council Brussels

All meetings of the Council

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1.3 European Parliament

Plenary Sessions

Date Event Subjects Location

9-10 October Plenary

Among others: Preparation of the European Council meeting of 17 and 18 October 2019-Council and Commission statements; Multiannual Financial Framework 2021-2027 and own resources: time to meet citizens' expectations Council and Commission statements; situation in Ukraine-statement by the Vice-President of the Commission/High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy; Greening the European Investment Bank-Commission statement; joint debate- policies of the euro area; economic policies of the euro area 2019; employment and social policies of the euro area;

21-24 October Plenary

Among others: Conclusions of the European Council meeting of 17 and 18 October 2019- European Council and Commission statements; review of the Juncker Commission Statement by the President of the Commission Jean-Claude Juncker; debates on foreign affairs issues in the presence of the Vice-President of the Commission/High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy (tbd); general budget of the European Union for 2020- all sections; discharge 2017: European Asylum Support Office (EASO); discharge 2017: EU general budget- European Council and Council; presentation by the Commission President-elect Ursula von der Leyen of the College of Commissioners and their programme; presentation of the Court of Auditors' annual report 2018;

8 October Committee on Development

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Brussels

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8 October Committee on Budgetary Control

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8 October Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs

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8 October Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection

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8 October Subcommittee on Security and Defence

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8 October Subcommittee on Human Rights

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8 October Committee on Industry, Research and Energy

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8 October Committee on Constitutional Affairs

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8 October Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety

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Brussels

11 October Committee on Employment and Social Affairs

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14 October Committee on Foreign Affairs

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Brussels

14 October Committee on Budgets Please consult the website Brussels

14 October Committee on Employment and Social Affairs

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14 October Committee on Legal Affairs

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Brussels

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14 October Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs

Please consult the website Brussels

17 October Committee on Industry, Research and Energy

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17 October Committee on Industry, Research and Energy

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17 October Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs

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23 October Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection

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Brussels

All European Parliament Committee Meetings

1.4 Committee of the Regions (CoR)

Date Event Location

7 October 136th CoR plenary session Brussels

8 October Joint REGI-COTER meeting 2019 Brussels

9 October EURegions Week Workshop: Pathways to entrepreneurial development in the Mediterranean region

Brussels

9 October Coal Regions High-Level Conference Brussels

9 October Think globally, act locally: Potential of Community Led Local Development (CLLD) in post 2020 EU Territorial Agenda

Brussels

10 October The Hacking Growth- boosting entrepreneurial ecosystems in European regions

Brussels

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10 October Thematic Seminar- Regions and Cities catalyse Social Innovation- in the context of the Knowledge Exchange Platform (KEP)

Brussels

10 October EURegions Week Workshop: Migrant and Refugee Integration in Small Territories: A Win-Win Opportunity

Brussels

11 October Covenant of Mayors Signature ceremony of the 2030 Commitments & Financing Climate Action

Brussels

13 October Future of Europe: A case for plurilingualism & cultural cooperation in cross-border regions

Brussels

16 October European Bioeconomy: Regions, Cities and Civil Society Brussels

16 October State of the Union: The view from the regions and cities

Brussels

18 October 5th meeting of the Commission for Sustainable Territorial Development of of the Euro Mediterranean Regional and Local Assembly (ARLEM)

Brussels

22 October 25th Commission for Economic Policy (ECON) Meeting Brussels

23 October 25th Commission for Territorial Cohesion Policy and EU Budget (COTER) Meeting

Brussels

24 October Conference on "Sustainability and Competition Policy: Bridging two Worlds to Enable a Fairer Economy"

Brussels

7-8 November EuroPCom 2019 Brussels

All Events of the Committee of the Regions

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1.5 European Economic and Social Committee (EESC)

Date Event Location

2 October 12th meeting of the Domestic Advisory Group for the EU-Colombia, Peru and Ecuador FTA

Brussels

2 October Towards a Sustainable Europe by 2030

Brussels

3 October Use-value" is back: the key to sustainable competitiveness

Tampere, Finland

9 October An open Europe- How does it benefit us all? Helsinki, Finland

9 October Workers' rights- Free movement, fair movement

Helsinki, Finland

9-10 October The EU is (FOR) YOU

Malaga, Spain

10-11 October 9th meeting of the EU-Serbia Civil Society Joint Consultative Committee

Belgrade, Serbia

14 October The housing situation of the Roma Brussels

15 October New EU goals and policies for sustainable development Joint perspective of consumers and environmentalists

Brussels

16 October European Bioeconomy: Regions, Cities and Civil Society

Brussels

21 October Shaping the EU agenda for disability rights 2020-2030- Brussels

Brussels

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26 October Can Climate Justice drive Climate Ambition? Brussels

5 November Inclusiveness of the European Standardisation System Brussels

5 November Fundamental rights and the rule of law Brussels

12 November New Role Models of Societies in Europe Brussels

All events of the European Economic and Social Committee

1.6 International Relations

Date Event Venue/Location

3-4 October EU Arctic Forum Umeå, Sweden Kjiv, Ukraine

2. Conferences & Meetings

2.1 DG JRC Conferences and Events

Date Event Organiser Location

3 October Sustainable development, energy & climate change- Slovakia

JRC Košice Region,

Slovakia

3 October High-level conference on the European Defence Fund

Finnish Presidency of the Council of

the EU Helsinki, Finland

3 October CitizENV in Dublin- Citizens' dialogues with young

people on the future of the environment EC Dublin, Ireland

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3-4 October DigiEduHack: let’s act together for the future of

education in the digital age! EC, EIT

Multiple Locations

3-4 October Human rights communicators workshop 2019

European Union Agency for

Fundamental Rights (FRA)

Vienna, Austria

4 October Space Research- Luxembourg JRC Luxembourg

7-8 October The impact of Connected and Automated Vehicles on

road capacity and transport efficiency

JRC Zalaegerszeg,

Hungary

8 October Launch event: Blockchain Now and Tomorrow:

Assessing Multidimensional Impacts of Distributed

Ledger Technologies

JRC Brussels

9-10 October Training course on the 'Use of Reference Materials

and the Estimation of Measurement Uncertainty"

(SURM)

JRC Geel, Belgium

9-20 October

ARTEFACTS exhibition: How do we want to deal with the future of our one and only planet?

JRC, Berlin Museum of

Natural History, Leibniz Institute for Evolution and

Biodiversity Science

Berlin, Germany

10 October CoP-CITIES: the power of collective intelligence JRC, DG REGIO Brussels

14-18 October Resonances III festival week JRC Ispra, Italy

15-16 October

Unveiling Serbia's Smart Specialisation Strategy and exploring the role of incubators, accelerators and S&T Parks in delivering sector specific support in the Western Balkans and South East Europe

JRC, EU4TECH Western Balkans

(DG NEAR), Serbian Ministry

of Education, Science and

Technological Development

Belgrade, Serbia

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15 October-8

November Resonances III Festival: Datami, the exhibition

JRC Ispra, Italy

17 October Social policy, jobs & growth- Croatia JRC Zagreb, Croatia

21-25 October ELINDER S2 Training course- Decommissioning licensing and environmental impact assessment

JRC Mol, Belgium

22 October Migration- UK

JRC, UK Parliament

London, United Kingdom

23-24 October Identity building processes in young migrant communities- Spain

JRC, Public Administration

School of Catalonia

Catalonia, Spain

23-24 October Sustainable development & Environmental preservation- Spain

JRC, Regional Government of

Asturias

Asturias Region, Spain

24 October Connecting with the entrepreneurial ecosystem

JRC, TECNALIA Brussels, Belgium

29 October

Preventing malnutrition in elderly citizens- Denmark

JRC, Aarhus University,

Central Denmark Region

Aarhus, Denmark

29-30 October

Second European Conference on Xylella fastidiosa

JRC, European Food Safety

Authority (EFSA), French National

Institute for Agricultural

Research (INRA), French Agency fir

Food, Environmental

and Occupational Health and Safety

(ANSES), Environment

Office of Corsica (OEC)

Ajaccio, France

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4-7 November International Conference on Effective Nuclear and Radiation Regulatory Systems: Working Together to Enhance Cooperation

JRC, IAEA The Hague, The

Netherlands

4-8 November JRC Week on Composite Indicators and Scoreboards JRC Ispra, Italy

26-28 November

25th MARS Conference

JRC, DG AGRI, Czech Republic

Paying Agency for Agriculture (SZIF)

Prague, Czech Republic

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2.2 Further European Conferences and Meetings

2 October EIT Festival in Finland EIT Espoo, Finland

2 October Trade unions and the development of apprenticeship training in Europe

EC, DG EMPL Webinar

2 October #EUBeachCleanUp 2019– France EC

Marseille, France

2-4 October

CIVITAS Forum 2019: Clean transport, urban transport

Austrian Federal Ministry for Transport,

Innovation and Technology, Civitas

Initiative, Styria Region

Graz, Austria

7 October Horizon 2020 transport information day EC Brussels

7 October Validation Workshop for Smart Cars

EU Agency for cybersecurity (ENISA)

Brussels

7 October 2019 Joint European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training (Cedefop) and OECD symposium: The next steps for apprenticeship

Cedefop, OECD Paris, France

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7 October Citizens’ dialogue in Sofia with Vice-President Jyrki Katainen

EC Sofia, Bulgaria

7-9 October Digital Transport Days 2019

EC, Finnish Presidency of the Council of the

EU

Helsinki, Finland

7-9 October European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) raw material expert forum on mobility

EIT Turin, Italy

8-9 October Expert meeting on drug-related infectious diseases (DRID) 2019

European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and

Drug Addiction (EMCDDA)

Lisbon, Portugal

8-10 October 3rd annual meeting of the European Training Foundation’s (ETF) Forum for quality assurance in vocational education and training

ETF Turin, Italy

9 October Hydrogen for climate action EC Brussels

9 October Generation game: social insecurities and inequalities Eurofund Dublin, Ireland

9-10 October European Defence Agency (EDA) military airworthiness conference 2019

EDA Vilnius,

Lithuania

9-10 October European Tourism Forum 2019

EC, Finnish Presidency of the Council of the

EU

Helsinki, Finland

9-11 October 7th Europol-Interpol cybercrime conference

Europol, Interpol The Hague, The Netherlands

10 October Digitalisation in low growth environment EC Brussels

10 October Single Resolution Board (SRB) conference 2019 – Bank resolution: turning policy into action

Single Resolution Board

Brussels

10 October Circular Plastics Alliance- What's in for regions and cities?

EC Brussels

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13-14 October Micro-mobility: the next big thing? DG MOVE

Ljubljana, Slovenia

14 October

Knowledge sharing for the future quality of vocational education and training: results and future development

European Centre for the development of vocational training

(CEDEFOP), European Forum of Technical

and Vocational Education and Training

(EfVET), European Providers of

Vocational Education and Training

(EUproVET), European Vocational Training Association (EVTA)

Helsinki, Finland

15 October INNOVEIT 2019 EIT

Budapest, Hungary

15 October European Alliance for Apprenticeships (EAfA)– Apprenticeship for adults

European Alliance for Apprenticeships (EAfA)

Helsinki, Finland

15 October Skills for SMEs: Fostering the adoption of cyber-security, big data and internet of things

EC, Executive Agency for SMEs (EASME)

Brussels

15-17 October European rail traffic management system (ERTMS) conference

European Union Agency for Railways

Valenciennes, France

16 October

eu-LISA annual conference 2019

European Union Agency for the

Operational Management of Large-

Scale IT Systems in the Area of Freedom, Security and Justice

(eu-Lisa)

Tallinn, Estonia

16 October 7th Body of European Regulators for Electronic Communications (BEREC) stakeholder forum

BEREC Brussels

16 October

Roundtable on the ethics of gene editing

European group on ethics in science and

new technologies (EGE)

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16 October Improving occupational safety and health in micro and small enterprises in Europe- Construction and agriculture sectors

EC, European Agency for safety and health at work (EU-OSHA)

Brussels

17 October 11th eu-LISA industry roundtable- Towards practical implementation on the new justice and home affairs architecture

eu-LISA Tallinn, Estonia

17 October International dialogue on bioethics and ethics in science and technologies (IDBEST 2019)

European Group on Ethics in Science and

New Technologies (EGE)

Brussels

17-18 October

Seminar on policing and relations with the public

European Agency for Fundamental Rights

(FRA), French Defender of Right

Paris, France

18 October The implementation of the safety management system for aero-medical centres

European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA)

Cologne, Germany

19 October #EUBeachCleanUp 2019- Spain EC Alicante, Spain

21 October Semantic Interoperability Community (SEMIC) 2019 conference: Linking data spaces for citizens

SEMIC, Finish Presidency of the EU

Helsinki, Finland

21-22 October

2nd European conference on prison health

EMCDDA, Additive Behaviour and Dependency

Intervention Service (SICAD) of Portugal

Lisbon, Portugal

21-23 October 2019 Enterprise Europe Network (EEN) annual conference

EEN Helsinki, Finland

21-25 October European week for safety and health at work 2019

EU-OSHA, Enterprise Europe Network (EEN)

Bilbao, Spain

22 October International symposium on drug checking EMCDDA Lisbon,

Portugal

22 October Digital government conference

Finish Presidency of the Council of the EU

Helsinki, Finland

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22 October Technical stakeholder event: cumulative risk assessment of pesticides in food

EFSA Brussels

22-24 October Eastern partnership annual regional forum on work-based learning in vocational education and training

ETF Lviv, Ukraine

23 October New pathways to gender and equality in research and innovation in the EU

Finish Presidency of the Council of the EU,

Finish Ministry of Education and Culture

Helsinki, Finland

23 October

Hybrid threats- hybrid response in modern security environment

Finnish Presidency of the Council of the EU, European Centre of

Excellence for Countering Hybrid

Threats (Hybrid CoE)

Helsinki, Finland

23-24 October Public health genomics– an introduction

European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC)

Stockholm, Sweden

23-24 October Madrid Forum EC, DG ENER Madrid, Spain

23-25 October

Lisbon Addiction

General Directorate for intervention on

addictive behaviours and dependencies (SICAD), Journal

Addiction/Society for the Study of Addiction,

the European Monitoring Centre for

Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA), International Society of Addiction Journal

Editors (ISAJE)

24 October Environmental label programme- Stakeholders workshop

European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA)

Cologne, Germany

24 October 2019 European Social Innovation Competition awards ceremony

DG GROW Brussels

24-25 October 8th European university-business forum (UBForum) EC Brussels

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24-25 October Internet of things security conference

ENISA, EU law enforcement agency

(Europol)

Athens, Greece

26 October Stakeholder workshop on EIB’s increased climate ambition and the review of its climate strategy

European Investment Bank (EIB)

Brussels

29 October Biocides Day 2019

European Chemicals Agency’s (ECHA)

Helsinki, Finland

29 October

EPAA annual conference 2019: Building confidence for the use of 3Rs

EC, European Partnership for

Alternative Approaches to Animal

Testing

Brussels

30 October 5th eHealth security conference

ENISA, Centre for Information Security

of Catalonia (CESICAT)

Barcelona, Spain

27 November Regenerative Medicine: Scientific Advances and Regulatory Framework in Europe

Federation of European Academies of Medicines (FEAM)

Brussels

2.3 International Conferences and events

Date Event Organiser Location

5-8 October Science and Technology in Society (STS) Forum STS Kyoto, Japan

11-13 October Globesec Tatra Summit 2019 Globesec Tatra, Slovakia

15-17 October Budapest Water Summit

Under the patronage of Mr János Áder-President of the

Republic of Hungary, Hungarian

Government, Hungarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs

and Trade

Budapest, Hungary

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21 October 2019 Euro-Case Annual Conference on the Future of Work

Norwegian Academy of Science (NTVA)

Oslo, Norway

20-23 November World Science Forum 2019 World Science Forum Budapest, Hungary

2-13 December UNFCCC COP 25

COP25 Presidency, Chilean Ministry of

Environment, Chilean Ministry of

Foreign Affairs, Chilean Ministry of

Science, Technology, Knowledge and

Innovation, Fundación Imagen de

Chile

Santiago, Chile

8-13 February 2020

World Urban Forum 10 UN-Habitat Abu Dhabi, United Arab

Emirates

13-16 February 2020

American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Annual Meeting 2020

AAAS Seattle, USA

10-13 March 2020

Next Einstein Forum (NEF) Global Gathering 2020 NEF Nairobi, Kenya

8-12 June 2020 2020 International Conference of Young Scientists-Heal the Earth- and Global Young Academy (GYA) Annual General Meeting

GYA Mysore, India

14-18 September 2020

4th International Conference on Science Advice to Government (INGSA)

International Science Council, International

Network for Government Science

Advice

Montreal, Canada

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3. DG JRC News

October DG JRC Newsletter October 2019

2018 JRC Annual Report

Open Open access to JRC Research Infrastructures- Call

Actinide User Laboratory-ActUsLab

Open The EU is recruiting researchers- Call for expressions of interest

Open JRC Alumni Network Membership: Already Member of the JRC

Alumni Network? Not yet-Take the opportunity to join!

9-13 September About EU PVSEC

The EU PVSEC is the largest international conference for photovoltaic research, technologies and applications, and at the same time a top international PV Industry Exhibitions. It gathers the global PV community to conduct business, to network and to present and discuss the latest developments and innovations in photovoltaics. It is the world-renowned science-to-science, business-to-business and science-to-industry platform with a full and only focus on the global PV Solar sector. The European Commission established the first of these conferences in 1981 (held at Stresa, Italy). Since 1996 the Joint Research Centre supports the conference by providing the scientific programme coordination. The EU PVSEC 2019 was hosted in Marseille. The 36th edition of this conference and exhibition offered again an excellent opportunity to keep abreast of the latest market, technical and scientific developments in the fast-changing solar business.

16-20 September ELINDER Specific Course in Metrology for Radioactive Waste Characterisation and Clearance

The ELINDER course on Metrology for Radioactive Waste Characterisation and Clearance took place at the JRC

Site in Ispra (Italy). The objective of the course was to provide participants with the main elements of the

knowledge and competence that is required for decommissioning activities, and namely radioactive waste

characterisation and clearance. The course included hands-on exercises with the most common measurement

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devices and laboratory analysis techniques.

17 September Natural risk managemen - Austria

The event dealt with natural hazards and ways of handling them, also in a cross-border perspective. Starting from an analysis of existing legislation, the event lead to amendments based on scientific evidence.

17-19 September Genetics in support of fisheries and aquaculture management

The JRC, together with the Denmark-based International Council for the Exploration of the Sea, University of

Washington (US), Bangor University (UK) and DTU Aqua (DK) gave a training course on genetics in support of

fisheries and aquaculture management, which was based on theory, application and strategy. The course

introduced the principles and practical application of genetics in fisheries and aquaculture, including relevant

evolutionary, quantitative- and population genetic theory, a range of genetic and genomic tools that underpin

the management of aquatic natural resources, and how such approaches complement other management

tools, together with a critical valuation of costs and benefits. Case studies were provided that illustrate how

genetics can help to address existing management and policy needs from capture and aquaculture fisheries.

Emphasis on the practical implication of technologies and theory underpinned course design and delivery.

19-20 September Conference: Digitally enabled development for a sustainable future in Eastern Europe

Climate change adaptation and mitigation, rapid urbanisation, increasing natural disasters, migration issues,

and unresolved humanitarian conflicts... how can digital technologies, data, related policies and legislation

help address these complex challenges that today’s world is facing? More than 200 experts from 21 countries

and 12 international organisations gathered in Vrdnik, Republic of Serbia, to discuss this question and its

particular relevance for the region at a conference on “Digitally enabled development for a sustainable future

in Eastern Europe”. This two-day event brought together a variety of experts from the public and private

sector, civil society, academia, intergovernmental organisations to discuss challenges and opportunities in the

implementation of digital technologies, exchange good practices in digital transformation, establish

partnerships, and learn from each other. Particular emphasis was on technological enablers of digital

transformation, digital data, good tenure governance, and innovative services and applications combined with

a focus on regional and national spatial planning, next generation farming, smart cities and governance of

land tenure.

23-27 September Workshop: Extreme Events and Energy Transitions- Tackling the Challenges of Climate Change by Integrating Social and Complex Systems Science

Human activities exposes us to ever more frequent extreme events such as:

power black-outs

droughts

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extended floods

This poses challenges to energy sustainability and actions to tackle climate change through renewable energies. The workshop on extreme events and energy transitions aimed at exploring how enable important advancements in this area by:

Integration of complex system approaches with

Elements of social organisation and adaptation.

24 September Launch event: The changing nature of work and skills in the digital age

Social Media manager, Airbnb host, influencer, SEO specialist, app developer, Uber driver, driverless car engineer, podcast producer, drone operator. These are just some of the jobs that did not exist 10 years ago. What will come in the future? What will today's 10-year-olds do when they are 25? Which jobs will disappear? What new forms of work are emerging? Which new skills will be valuable in the job market? This and more could be explored at the launch event for the report "The changing nature of work and skills in the digital age". The report provides new insights on the interplay between automation, jobs and work organisation and how this affects skills in the EU.

24 September European HTCondor Workshop 2019

The JRC co-organised the 2019 edition of the European HTCondor Workshop. It took place at the JRC Ispra. HTCondor is an open-source high-throughput computing software framework for coarse-grained distributed parallelisation of computationally intensive tasks. It is used by NASA, CERN, Ligo, DESY, IceCube, INFN and

others. The JRC hosted the workshop on HTCondor. Previous editions took place at:

CERN in December 2014

ALBA in February 2016

DESY in June 2017

RAL in September 2018

Novice and experienced users of HTCondor received the opportunity to learn, get support and interact with the HTCondor developers and experts. The workshop was primarily aimed at users from EMEA, but others could also apply. The workshop consisted of presentations, tutorials and "office hours" for consultancy. The HTCondor CE (Compute Element) was prominently covered as well.

24 September Global Summit on Regulatory Science 2019 Nanotechnology and Nanoplastics

The Joint Research Centre co-organised with the Global Coalition for Regulatory Science Research (GCRSR) the Global Summit on Regulatory Science 2019 (GSRS19). The GSRS19 gathered scientists from government, industry, and academic-research communities from around the world for addressing regulatory-research questions concerning nanotechnology and nanoplastics. The focus was on topics in nanotechnology related to advances in standards, medical products/drugs, medical devices, food, cosmetic (personal care) products and the emerging pollutant nanoplastics. The conference provided a platform where regulators, policy makers, and bench scientists could exchange views on innovative methodologies and regulatory assessments, as well as

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harmonising strategy via global collaboration.

24-26 September Theory 5- Scientific Workshop on Nuclear Fission Dynamics and the Emission of Prompt Neutrons and Gamma Rays

The workshop aimed at providing a comprehensive overview about the research on the dynamical aspects of nuclear fission and their consequences on fission fragment properties. It promoted the exchange between theoreticians and experimentalists on future data needs for basic research and applications. Contributions highlighted advancement of nuclear fission theory, with a focus on prompt neutron and gamma ray emission and state-of-the-art experiment techniques. It is the fifth workshop of a series initiated in 2010 (Sinaia, Romania) and continued in 2012 (Biarritz, France), 2014 (Opatija, Croatia) and 2017 (Varna, Bulgaria). Theory 5 was co-organised by JRC-Geel (Belgium) and the Romanian National Institute for Physics and Nuclear Engineering (NIPNE, Bucharest). The workshop was supported by the JRC-Geel and hosted at the Renaissance Tuscany Resort in Castelvecchio Pascoli (Italy).

25-26 September EUROMOD Workshop- 2019

This workshop was organised jointly by the JRC and the University of Milan. The main topics of the workshop were the use of administrative data in microsimulation models and frontier research developments in microsimulation. It was open to the members of the EUROMOD national teams plus researchers from the microsimulation community.

25-27 September 7th European Conference on Corporate R&D and Innovation CONCORDi 2019

This year's edition of CONCORDI focused on innovation for industrial transformation. The Conference aimed at identifying future research, business and policy challenges in this area. CONCORDi 2019 looked for novel and useful input to the EU industrial research and innovation policy agenda.

26 September Coastal and Maritime tourism & Sustainable growth- Finland

Coastal and maritime tourism represents a major economic asset for the region, but also entails significant social and environmental consequences. In order to formulate effective tourism policies, a holistic European approach is needed taking into account the multiple impacts of coastal and maritime tourism as well as the wide spectrum of stakeholders involved or affected by tourism. The event welcomed local, national and international stakeholders representing tourism, environmental protection, natural and cultural heritage, planning and management, research and policymaking. At the event ways to develop the sector in a sustainable way were discussed.

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