[ie-announce] ECSS 2020: Final Call - only 11 days to go!

[Franziska Hauffe]

*Dear Colleagues,*

The annual European Computer Science Summit - ECSS 2020, is coming up 
very soon. Register 
<https://www.informatics-europe.org/ecss/registration/how-to-register.html>until 
20 October 2020 and benefit from the advantage of the first fully online 
event:

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*ECSS 2020 - 16th European Computer Science Summit* 
<http://www.informatics-europe.org/ecss/home.html>*__*

*“Diversity in Informatics Research and Education”*

26 – 28 October 2020, Online Event

With an opening speech by *Mariya Gabriel, European Commissioner for 
Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth.*

Registration Deadline 20 October 2020 at 23:00 o'clock (CEST)

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The European Computer Science Summit (ECSS) is the meeting place for 
anyone interested in issues of research, education and policy in 
Informatics. As in previous years, the program is very exciting, with 
some of Europe's most distinguished academics on the virtual stage, the 
Summit will not be short of inspiration and stimulation. The central 
theme of this year conference is *“Diversity in Informatics Research and 
Education”*<https://www.informatics-europe.org/ecss/program/diversity-informatics-research-education.html>*.*

The conference will consist of the main Summit of *three days* composed 
of several complementary online events and sessions:

  * Workshop for Leaders of Informatics Research and Education
    <https://www.informatics-europe.org/ecss/program/leaders-workshop.html>
  * Theme: "Diversity in Informatics Research and Education"
    <https://www.informatics-europe.org/ecss/program/diversity-informatics-research-education.html>
  * Informatics Europe Annual Awards Session
    <https://www.informatics-europe.org/ecss/program/awards.html>
  * Informatics Europe
    <https://www.informatics-europe.org/ecss/program/ie-session.html>Session
    <https://www.informatics-europe.org/ecss/program/ie-session.html>
  * National Associations Workshop
    <https://www.informatics-europe.org/ecss/program/national-associations-workshop.html>
  * WIRE Workshop
    <https://www.informatics-europe.org/ecss/program/wire-workshop.html>

Theadvanced conference 
schedule<https://www.informatics-europe.org/ecss/program/schedule.html>is 
available on the ECSS 2020 website.
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*Opening Keynote Speaker:*

  * Mariya
    Gabriel<https://ec.europa.eu/commission/commissioners/2019-2024/gabriel_en>,
    European Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education
    and Youth

*Keynote Speakers:*

  * Ewan Birney<https://www.ebi.ac.uk/about/people/ewan-birney>,
    European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) - European
    Bioinformatics
    Institute<https://www.linkedin.com/in/georgi-dimitrov-65aa113/?ppe=1>
  * Georgi
    Dimitrov<https://www.linkedin.com/in/georgi-dimitrov-65aa113/?ppe=1>,
    European Commission, Directorate General for Education and Culture
  * Paola Inverardi<http://people.disim.univaq.it/inverard/>, University
    of L’Aquila
  * Vivian Anette
    Lagesen<https://www.ntnu.edu/employees/vivian.lagesen>, Norwegian
    University of Science and Technology
  * Arosha K. Bandara <http://www.open.ac.uk/people/akb235>, The Open
    University
  * Bashar Nuseibeh<http://www.open.ac.uk/people/ban25>, The Open
    University & Lero, University of Limerick
  * Martin
    Zachariasen<https://pure.itu.dk/portal/en/persons/martin-zachariasen(a724e33f-baa0-4f29-a68e-99593fbbe5e3).html>,
    IT University of Copenhagen

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*Registration*

Registrations are open until 20 October 2020 at 23:00 o'clock (CEST).

_Benefit for Informatics Europe Members:_We will grasp the opportunity 
of the online format and have a special offer for Departments members of 
Informatics Europe. For member departments we will have a departmental 
registration, i.e. one paid registration per department allowing 
multiple members (Faculty, Researchers, Postdocs, PhD Students) of that 
department to attend the event simultaneously without paying individual 
fees.

For the details of the fees and how to register please visit our 
registration 
page<https://www.informatics-europe.org/ecss/registration/how-to-register.html>.



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