[ie-announce] ECSS 2020 - Diversity in Informatics Research and Education - Register Now!

Wed Sep 16 16:02:57 CEST 2020

*Dear Colleagues,*

After the summer break, time for the ECSS 2020, to be held via Zoom on 
26-28 October, is approaching fast. You are therefore welcome to 
register for the ECSS 2020 
<https://www.informatics-europe.org/ecss/registration/how-to-register.html>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 15 October 2020

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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.

We are proud to announce that the conference will be opened on Monday, 
26 October, with a speech by *Mariya Gabriel,* *European Commissioner 
for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth*. She will be 
opening the first session, on the topic Informatics Education,**of the 
*Workshop for Leaders of Informatics Research and 
Education*<https://www.informatics-europe.org/ecss/program/leaders-workshop.html>*. 
*The session will include also presentations and discussions on the 
*Informatics for All initiative*<https://www.informaticsforall.org/>and 
the *European Commission Digital Education Action Plan*.

The following sessions of the Leaders Workshop will focus on the central 
theme: *“Post-Pandemic Ways for Learning and Researching in 
Informatics”*. It will feature sessions in which renowned speakers will 
share their expertise with the audience in a webinar-style including 
virtual breakout rooms for a deeper Q&A.

On the morning of 27 October, two high-profile keynote speakers, *Ewan 
Birney* Director from the *European Molecular Biology Laboratory - 
European Bioinformatics Institute* and *Vivian Lagesen* from the 
*Norwegian University of Science and Technology* will be addressing two 
different aspects of *“Diversity in Informatics Research and 
Education”*, interdisciplinarity and gender balance. The session will be 
highly interactive, allowing attendees to pose questions and discuss 
with the speakers.

The afternoon session on 27 October will include presentations by the 
winners of the two *Informatics Europe Annual 
Awards*<https://www.informatics-europe.org/ecss/program/awards.html>, 
*Best Practices in Education* and *Minerva Informatics Equality*. 
Rounding up Tuesday’s program a*Dialogue with Members 
Session*<https://www.informatics-europe.org/ecss/program/ie-session.html>including 
the *Informatics Europe Annual General Assembly* 
<https://www.informatics-europe.org/ecss/program/ie-session.html> will 
take place, where key topics of relevance to the community and the 
development of the organisation will be actively discussed.

The ECSS 2020 closes on Wednesday, 28 October, with two special workshops:

In the morning, the *National Associations 
Workshop*<https://www.informatics-europe.org/ecss/program/national-associations-workshop.html>on 
"Interdisciplinarity and Informatics" will address how the increasing 
emphasis on interdisciplinarity in science affects the Informatics 
community in different European countries.

Closing the ECSS 2020, the***WIRE 
Workshop*<https://www.informatics-europe.org/ecss/program/wire-workshop.html>**will 
take place joining together Academia, Industry and Policy (European 
Commission) for an afternoon debate dedicated to the key topic of gender 
diversity in Informatics research and education.

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
  * Vivian Anette
    Lagesen<https://www.ntnu.edu/employees/vivian.lagesen>, Norwegian
    University of Science and Technology
  * Martin
    Zachariasen<https://pure.itu.dk/portal/en/persons/martin-zachariasen(a724e33f-baa0-4f29-a68e-99593fbbe5e3).html>,
    IT University of Copenhagen
  * Paola Inverardi<http://people.disim.univaq.it/inverard/>, University
    of L’Aquila
  * Bashar Nuseibeh<http://www.open.ac.uk/people/ban25>, The Open University

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***Registration*

Registrations are open until 15 October 2020.

_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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