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</span><a href="http://www.informatics-europe.org/ecss/home.html"><b><span
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Computer Science Summit - ECSS 2016 </span></b></a><span
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<b>"Informatics Driving the Digital World"</b></span><span
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<p style="text-align: justify;" align="left">Dear Colleagues, <strong><br>
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<p style="text-align: justify;" align="left">The ECSS 2016 in
Budapest, hosted by the Faculty of Informatics, Eötvös Loránd
University, Budapest, is less than two months away. To take
advantage of the <b>early bird registration fee,</b> please don't
forget to register by <b>15 September</b>! <br>
<br>
Everything is lined up to make this once more an inspiring event,
with prominent speakers and distinguished academics sharing their
insights on this year's central theme: <em><strong>"Informatics
Driving the Digital World"</strong></em>. </p>
<p style="text-align: justify;" align="left">Worldwide, efforts are
multiplying towards digitising all aspects of life and work in
modern society. The world simply becomes digital. People
communicate and connect over social digital media; economic and
political decisions are based on analysing digital data; mobility
is supported by digital devices; manufacturing is based on
cyber-physical systems; health systems are using globally
interconnected knowledge bases, etc. Informatics and Information
Technology are at the core of all these endeavours. New insights
in theory and practice of Informatics are fueling the innovative
progress in each of these application areas. With progress also
come heightened expectations. Stakeholders expect systems to
become safer, more complex, more performing, more affordable, and
more easily accessible. This opens a rare and remarkable
opportunity for Informatics -as a basic science and as an
application field- to leverage its in-depth knowledge to advance
theory and practice, and policy. Although existing information
technologies have tremendous potential to drive the digital world,
significant challenges will need to be overcome for them to fully
realize this potential. <br>
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<p style="text-align: justify;" align="left">ECSS 2016 will focus on
the challenges for the Informatics discipline in driving the
digital world. We are proud that the following keynote speakers
will address the topic, offering food for thought in state of the
art lectures and engaging panel discussions:</p>
<ul>
<li>Erika Ábrahám, RWTH Aachen University, Germany<br>
</li>
<li>Jan Bosch, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden</li>
<li>Manfred Broy, TU Munich, Germany</li>
<li>Anthony Finkelstein, The Alan Turing Institute, UK</li>
<li>Roland Jakab, Ericsson, Hungary</li>
<li>Willem Jonker, EIT Digital, Belgium</li>
<li>Laura Kovács, Vienna University of Technology, Austria</li>
<li>Domenico Laforenza, ERCIM, Italy</li>
<li>Patricia Lago, VU Amsterdam, The Netherlands<br>
</li>
<li>László Palkovics, Ministry of Higher Education, Hungary</li>
<li>Alexander Wolf, University of California Santa Cruz, USA</li>
</ul>
For more details on the program, please visit <a
href="http://www.informatics-europe.org/ecss/program/program.html"
target="_self"><strong>ECSS 2016 Program. <br>
</strong></a>For speakers` bios and abstracts, please visit the <b><a
href="http://www.informatics-europe.org/ecss/program/speakers.html">ECSS
2016 Speakers</a></b> webpage.<br>
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<strong>PRE-SUMMIT WORKSHOP<br>
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</strong> <strong> </strong>On Monday, 24 October 2016, 9:30 -
17:30, the traditional Pre-Summit Workshop<strong> </strong>for
Deans and Department Heads will take place, chaired by Mehdi
Jazayeri, University of Lugano. This year's focus is on <b>"Working
in a multidisciplinary environment: opportunities and pitfalls"</b><br>
<ul>
<li> Visit the <b><a
href="http://www.informatics-europe.org/ecss/pre-summit-workshops.html">workshop's
webpage.</a></b></li>
</ul>
<a
href="http://www.informatics-europe.org/ecss/program/preliminary-program.html"
target="_self"> </a>
<hr><strong>REGISTRATION</strong>
<p>To learn more about the different events & fees, and to
register please visit <strong><a
href="http://www.informatics-europe.org/ecss/register.html">
ECSS 2016 Registration.</a></strong></p>
<ul>
<li>The early bird deadline for discounted fees ends <strong>15
September, 2016</strong>.</li>
</ul>
<hr size="2" width="100%"><b>ACCOMMODATION</b>
<p>Preliminary block bookings have been made at a number of hotels
close to the conference venue for the period of 23-26 October.
The Organising Secretariat has negotiated favourable prices for ECSS 2016 participants.
Please make reservations directly with the hotels, using the
reservation link or booking forms provided on the <a
href="http://www.informatics-europe.org/ecss/venue/accommodation.html"><b>ECSS
website</b>.</a></p>
<p>Please note that October is a peak tourist and business season in
Budapest, so please make your reservation as early as possible
considering the reservation deadline. <br>
</p>
<ul>
<li>To make use of the block bookings, the <b>reservation
deadline is 14 or 23 September,</b> depending on the hotel.
Passed the deadline, the hotel reserves the right to confirm
bookings subject to availability. <br>
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</ul>
<p><strong>For more practical information </strong><strong>about
the venue, traveling and accommodation, p</strong><strong>lease
visit the <a
href="http://www.informatics-europe.org/ecss/home.html">ECSS
2016 website</a>.</strong></p>
<hr size="2" width="100%">The ECSS 2016 is co-chaired by Lynda
Hardman, President of Informatics Europe, and Zoltán Horváth, Dean
of Faculty of Informatics, Eötvös Loránd University.<br>
The Program Chairs are Gregor Engels, University of Paderborn, and
<span lang="EN-GB">László Monostor, </span><span lang="EN-GB">MTA
SZTAKI, Hungarian Academy of Sciences.</span>
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