[ie-announce] ECSS 2019 - Early Bird Registrations Still Open until September 15!

[Franziska Hauffe]

*Dear **Colleagues,*
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*After the summer break, time for the ECSS 2019, to be held in Rome 
(October 28-30), is approaching fast. You are therefore welcome to 
register for the ECSS 2019 
<https://www.informatics-europe.org/ecss/registration/how-to-register.html> 
and benefit from the *early bird discount that applies only until 
**September 15**.

*As in previous years, the program is very exciting, with some of 
Europe's most distinguished academics on the stage, the Summit will not 
be short of inspiration and stimulation. The ECSS 2019 will be held in 
Rome at NH Collection Roma Centro 
<https://www.informatics-europe.org/ecss/venue/venue.html>. The central 
theme of this year conference is *'Social Responsibility of Informatics'*.

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*15th European Computer Science Summit - ECSS 2019* 
<http://www.informatics-europe.org/ecss/home.html>

*'Social Responsibility of Informatics'*

28 – 30 October 2019, Rome, Italy

*Conference Schedule Online 
<https://www.informatics-europe.org/ecss/program/schedule.html>*

*Early Bird Registrations Still Open 
<https://www.informatics-europe.org/ecss/registration/how-to-register.html>*

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The conference this year will have a *renewed and enriched format* 
consisting of the main summit of *three days* composed of several 
complementary events and sessions. The conference opens on Monday with a 
Workshop for Leaders of Informatics Research and Education 
<https://www.informatics-europe.org/ecss/program/leaders-workshop.html> 
and the Workshop of the WIRE working group 
<https://www.informatics-europe.org/ecss/program/wire-workshop.html>. 
The program continues with keynote addresses and a thought-provoking 
discussion panel on the central theme 'Social Responsibility of 
Informatics' 
<https://www.informatics-europe.org/ecss/program/social-responsibility-of-informatics.html>. 
An array of interdisciplinary topics regarding the interplay between 
Informatics and Ethics, Law, Privacy as well as Responsible Research and 
Innovation and Artificial Intelligence will be addressed by a selection 
of distinguished speakers from all over Europe. Rounding up Tuesday’s 
program, we will have the *Informatics Europe and ERCIM Awards 
Ceremony*, the*Dialogue with Members Session* and the*Informatics Europe 
Annual General Assembly *where key topics of relevance to the community 
and the development of the organisation will be actively discussed. The 
Summit is concluded on Wednesday with a very special Workshop on 
Bridging the Digital Talent Gap in Europe, 
<https://www.informatics-europe.org/ecss/program/talent-gap-workshop.html> 
organised by Informatics Europe in partnership with the European 
Commission DG CONNECT.

*Keynote Speakers:*

  * Tony Belpaeme <https://tonybelpaeme.me/>, Ghent University
  * Virginia Dignum <https://people.cs.umu.se/virginia/>, Umeå University
  * Gregor Engels
    <https://cs.uni-paderborn.de/dbis/personal/arbeitsgruppe/mitarbeiter/prof-gregor-engels/visitenkarte/>,
    Universität Paderborn
  * Geraldine Fitzpatrick
    <http://igw.tuwien.ac.at/hci/people/gfitzpatrick>, TU Vienna
  * Mireille Hildebrandt
    <https://lsts.research.vub.be/en/mireille-hildebrandt-0/>, Vrije
    Universiteit Brussel
  * Paola Inverardi <http://people.disim.univaq.it/inverard/>,
    University of L’Aquila
  * Bernd Stahl
    <https://www.dmu.ac.uk/about-dmu/academic-staff/technology/bernd-carsten-stahl/bernd-carsten-stahl.aspx>,
    De Montfort University

*Panellists:*

  * Guglielmo Tamburrini
    <https://www.docenti.unina.it/#!/professor/4755474c49454c4d4f54414d42555252494e49544d42474c4c35334230314638333948/riferimenti>,
    University of Naples (Panel Chair)
  * Philip Larrey <https://www.linkedin.com/in/philip-larrey-b936538/>,
    Pontifical Lateran University
  * Peggy Valcke
    <https://www.law.kuleuven.be/citip/en/staff-members/staff/00018835>,
    KU Leuven
  * Hannes Werthner <http://www.ec.tuwien.ac.at/~werthner/>, TU Vienna

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**SPECIAL OFFER FOR NEW MEMBERS*

Is your organisation considering becoming a member of Informatics Europe 
<http://www.informatics-europe.org/>? Then this special offer 
<https://www.informatics-europe.org/ecss/registration/special-offer.html> 
in combination with the ECSS 2019 may interest you: When joining 
Informatics Europe, your ECSS registration fee will be discounted from 
the annual membership fee. The offer includes the discount of one 
individual registration fee per institution up to the value of maximum 
one annual membership.

The ECSS Organising Team is looking forward to welcoming you in Rome!

*Come and join us in this exciting and remarkable event in the field of 
Informatics!*

For further inquiries about your *ECSS 2019 registration*, please 
contact info at registration-ecss-2019.org. 
<mailto:info at registration-ecss-2019.org>

For further requests about *Informatics Europe Membership*, please 
contact franziska.hauffe at informatics-europe.org. 
<mailto:franziska.hauffe at informatics-europe.org>

Best regards,
Franziska Hauffe

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Franziska Hauffe
Communications & Administration Specialist
Informatics Europe
Binzmühlestrasse 14/54
8050 Zurich
Switzerland

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