[ie-announce] ECSS 2025 – Registration Now Open

[Informatics Europe Office]

*Dear colleagues,*

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Registration is now openfor the European Informatics Leaders Summit 
(ECSS) 2025, Europe’s only summit dedicated to strategic and managerial 
aspects of Informatics research and education.

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    Date: 27–29 Oct 2025 Location:Rennes, FranceRegister now: ECSS
    Registration<https://www.informatics-europe.org/ecss/registration.html?mtm_campaign=ParticipationCall&mtm_source=MailingList>*Early-bird
    offer:* Until 15 Sep 2025

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Co-hosted by Informatics Europe and IRISA, and part of IRISA’s 50th 
anniversary events, ECSS 2025 brings togetheracademic and research 
leaders across Europe to transform shared challenges into collective 
progress. Over three days of high-leveldialogue, inspiring talks and 
hands-on workshops,you’ll connect with peers to tackle leadership 
challenges, exchange policy perspectives, and develop strategies that 
advance both your institution and the wider community. Watch the video 
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gXZfibJ5mDk> to hear regular and past 
participants say why ECSS is the place to be!

Programme highlights:**

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    _Keynote_:*Integrating Quantum Technologies into European
    Informatics Departments*– in line with the UN’s International Year
    of Quantum Science 2025 Prof. Manuel Wimmer, Johannes Kepler
    University Linz (Austria)

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    _Leaders Workshop Opening Talk_:*Moore’s Law Calls for the
    Next-Generation University*Prof. Maarten Steinbuch, Eindhoven
    University of Technology (Netherlands)

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    _Leaders Workshop Panel Discussion_:*Adapting to Change – Best
    Practices from Informatics Leaders*Prof. Hans-Joachim Bungartz,
    Technical University of Munich (Germany)Prof. Nicola Gatti,
    Politecnico di Milano (Italy)Prof. Guillaume Gravier, IRISA
    (France)Prof. Dimka Karastoyanova, University of Groningen (Netherlands)

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    _Early Career Researchers Workshop_:practical guidance on *nurturing
    next-generation talent*, for emerging and established leaders.

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    **_Community Sessions_on *ICT for Green, Open Science & Open Source,
    Diversity & Inclusi*on, and *Ethics*, led by IE Working Groupswith
    invited panellists. National Informatics Associations contribute to
    the */Engaging Society and Youth with Informatics/* and the
    */Upskilling for a Rapidly Evolving Future/ *workshop sessions.**

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    _Poster Session_for community exchange and *visibility*. Submit your
    poster by 22 Sep. Full details here
    <https://www.informatics-europe.org/ecss/program/poster-session.html?mtm_campaign=ParticipationCall&mtm_source=MailingList>.

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    _Annual General Assembly_:Shape the direction of Informatics Europe
    and*ensure your institution’s voice is heard.*

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*Explore the full programme 
<https://www.informatics-europe.org/ecss/program/schedule.html?mtm_campaign=ParticipationCall&mtm_source=MailingList>and 
social events 
<https://www.informatics-europe.org/ecss/program/social-events.html?mtm_campaign=ParticipationCall&mtm_source=MailingList>,including 
a guided visit to Mont Saint Michel, a renowned UNESCO World Heritage 
site, and a gala dinner at a historic Breton château.*

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Help us extend this invitation to your colleagues and network, including 
early-career researchers poised to lead the future of our discipline.

We look forward to welcoming you to Rennes this October.

Warm regards,*
*Informatics Europe*

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