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<strong>“Informatics Transforms and Renews” <br>
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<b><a href="http://www.informatics-europe.org/ecss/workshop.html"
data-mce-href="index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=423&Itemid=908">Pre-Summit
Workshop for Deans and Department Heads</a></b></p>
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The <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.informatics-europe.org/ecss/home.html">14th
European Computer Science Summit</a> – ECSS 2018 – is the meeting
place for anyone interested in issues of research, education and
policy in Informatics. This is a unique opportunity to meet some of
the prominent decision makers in the Informatics research and
education and discuss critical issues for the discipline.
<p>ECSS 2018 will be held in Gothenburg, Sweden, October 8-10, 2018
and will be hosted by the Department of Computer Science and
Engineering, joint between Chalmers University of Technology and
University of Gothenburg. The summit is co-chaired by <a
href="http://www.ivica-crnkovic.net/" target="_blank"
rel="noopener noreferrer"
data-mce-href="http://www.ivica-crnkovic.net/">Ivica Crnkovic</a>
and <a
href="https://www.chalmers.se/en/staff/Pages/gordana-dodig-crnkovic.aspx"
target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"
data-mce-href="https://www.chalmers.se/en/staff/Pages/gordana-dodig-crnkovic.aspx">Gordana
Dodig Crnkovic</a>, Department of Computer Science and
Engineering, Chalmers University of Technology and University of
Gothenburg, and <a href="http://www.mat.uniroma2.it/%7Enardelli/"
target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"
data-mce-href="http://www.mat.uniroma2.it/~nardelli/">Enrico
Nardelli</a>, Informatics Europe President, Università di Roma
"Tor Vergata". The Program Chairs are <a
href="https://www.ntnu.edu/employees/letizia" target="_blank"
rel="noopener noreferrer"
data-mce-href="https://www.ntnu.edu/employees/letizia">Letizia
Jaccheri</a>, Department of Computer Science, Norwegian
University of Science and Technology and <a
href="https://people.aalto.fi/pekka.orponen" target="_blank"
rel="noopener noreferrer"
data-mce-href="https://people.aalto.fi/pekka.orponen">Pekka
Orponen</a>, Department of Computer Science, Aalto University.</p>
<div>
<p>The Summit is devoted to important and timely strategic issues
and trends regarding all aspects of Informatics, including
research, education, entrepreneurship, funding, career
development, management and policies. The ECSS 2018 will bring
together:</p>
<ul>
<li>Heads (deans, chairs) of academic Informatics / Computer
Science / IT departments (schools, faculties, institutes);</li>
<li>Research directors and managers of research centres,
institutes and laboratories, both in public institutions and
in industry;</li>
<li>Faculty members and researchers from both academia and
industry;</li>
<li>Members of funding and governmental agencies at European,
national regional and local level;</li>
<li>Experts, advisors and thinkers of numerous key issues like
ethics, the relation between Informatics and other sciences,
the discipline’s future and its influence on the academic
world and society</li>
</ul>
</div>
<div>The main theme of the 2018 Summit is: <strong>Informatics
Transforms and Renews.</strong> Informatics has become a
pervasive element of our reality that is transforming essentially
all areas of science, technology and society, bringing with it new
insights and new opportunities, yet also new risks and challenges.
The ECSS 2018 aims to explore this continuing process of
transformation and renewal set in motion by Informatics, and its
future outlook, from three perspectives:</div>
<ul>
<li><em>Informatics transforms science and technology</em>: What
radical changes are being brought about by Informatics in other
sciences, and even in the scientific process itself? How is
Informatics transforming our fundamental technologies and
industries, e.g. through digitalisation and artificial
intelligence?</li>
<li><em>Informatics transforms society and life</em>: Is an open
society ideal sustainable in a world of big data and social
media? What is the effect of artificial intelligence on the
future of work? The reciprocal relationship between art and
Informatics. The technics and ethics of autonomous systems.</li>
<li><em>Informatics in transformation:</em> What are the radical
Informatics ideas emerging now and impacting the future? How to
maintain the momentum in Informatics research and education,
especially in Europe?</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Invited Speakers</strong></p>
<p>ECSS 2018 will gather a selection of distinguished speakers to
address the opportunities and challenges that the Informatics
transformation brings about; it will feature talks on selected
“hot” topics, panel discussions and examples of successful
stories.</p>
<p>A list of speakers includes:</p>
<ul>
<li><a
href="https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/people/luca/"
target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"
data-mce-href="https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/people/luca/">Luca
Cardelli</a>, Microsoft Research</li>
<li><a
href="https://www.chalmers.se/en/staff/Pages/Per-Delsing.aspx"
target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"
data-mce-href="https://www.chalmers.se/en/staff/Pages/Per-Delsing.aspx">Per
Delsing</a>, Chalmers University of Technology</li>
<li><a
href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/georgi-dimitrov-65aa113/?ppe=1"
target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"
data-mce-href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/georgi-dimitrov-65aa113/?ppe=1">Georgi
Dimitrov</a>, Deputy Head of Unit Innovation and EIT, European
Commission</li>
<li><a href="https://www.oru.se/english/employee/amy_loutfi"
target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"
data-mce-href="https://www.oru.se/english/employee/amy_loutfi">Amy
Loutfi</a>, Örebro University</li>
<li><a href="https://www.lri.fr/%7Emackay/" target="_blank"
rel="noopener noreferrer"
data-mce-href="https://www.lri.fr/~mackay/">Wendy Mackay</a>,
INRIA</li>
<li><a
href="https://www.inf.uni-hamburg.de/en/inst/ab/eit/team/simon.html"
target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"
data-mce-href="https://www.inf.uni-hamburg.de/en/inst/ab/eit/team/simon.html">Judith
Simon</a>, University of Hamburg</li>
<li><a href="http://www.zbw.eu/en/research/klaus-tochtermann/"
target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"
data-mce-href="http://www.zbw.eu/en/research/klaus-tochtermann/">Klaus
Tochtermann</a>, ZBW – Leibniz Information Centre for
Economics.</li>
</ul>
<p>More speakers will be announced soon. Follow the ECSS 2018
website and <a href="https://twitter.com/informatics_eu"
target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"
data-mce-href="https://twitter.com/informatics_eu">our Twitter</a>
with hashtag <a
href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ECSS_2018?src=hash"
target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"
data-mce-href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ECSS_2018?src=hash">#ECSS_2018</a>
for up to date information.</p>
<p><strong>Pre-Summit Workshop for Deans and Department Heads</strong></p>
<hr>
<p>Every year, jointly with the ECSS main Summit, Informatics Europe
organises a special Workshop for Deans and Heads of Informatics
Departments to address specific challenges they encounter in their
role. The workshop is a unique networking forum for leaders of
Informatics institutions, and focuses on concrete issues and
practical solutions.</p>
<p>The workshop will be held on Monday, October 8, co-chaired by <a
href="http://www-i2.informatik.rwth-aachen.de/i2/eab/"
target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"
data-mce-href="http://www-i2.informatik.rwth-aachen.de/i2/eab/">Erika
Abraham</a>, Computer Science Department, RWTH Aachen
University, <a
href="https://cs.uni-paderborn.de/en/dbis/staff/arbeitsgruppe/associates/prof-gregor-engels/visit-card/"
target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"
data-mce-href="https://cs.uni-paderborn.de/en/dbis/staff/arbeitsgruppe/associates/prof-gregor-engels/visit-card/">Gregor
Engels</a>, Department of Computer Science, Paderborn
University, and <a href="http://www.inf.usi.ch/faculty/jazayeri/"
target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"
data-mce-href="http://www.inf.usi.ch/faculty/jazayeri/">Mehdi
Jazayeri</a>, Faculty of Informatics, University of Lugano.</p>
<p>The theme of the 2018 Pre-Summit Workshop is <strong>personal
development</strong>, with main focus on deans and professors on
the one hand, and PhD students on the other hand.</p>
<p>Deans need a variety of special skills to lead and represent a
Computer Science faculty or department, but they usually do not
get any special training before they start their term. They must
be able to unite and lead professors who are leaders themselves,
students and other faculty/department members, and represent their
opinions and interests within and outside their university. In the
first half of the workshop we offer a platform for inspiration,
exchange and discussion of problems and best practices, covering
topics like:</p>
<ul>
<li>How to be a leader of leaders?</li>
<li>How to organize management structures in
faculties/departments? How to create a collaborative support
culture? What environments enable people to do good work?</li>
<li>How to represent Computer Science to the outside? How to
strengthen it strategically inside the university?</li>
<li>Which typical problems do deans face and which solutions
exist?</li>
<li>How to handle the multiple demands/stress of being a leader?</li>
</ul>
<p>The contents and forms of PhD education in Europe are diverse.
The second half of the workshop will be devoted to the discussion
of different approaches and strategies:</p>
<ul>
<li>How to recruit good PhD students?</li>
<li>What are the forms and contents of the PhD training? Do
lectures need to be visited? Secondments and internships?
English required? Paid or unpaid? Besides research, which skills
should be trained, how and who pays for it? Thesis or cumulative
dissertation? Exams at the defence? External examiners?</li>
<li>How to train PhD students for different career paths?</li>
<li>How to deal with increasing interdisciplinarity?</li>
<li>What is the role of industry in doctoral training?</li>
<li>How to organize and lead training networks (like the European
Marie Curie Networks)?</li>
</ul>
<p>Confirmed Speakers:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://igw.tuwien.ac.at/hci/people/gfitzpatrick"
target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"
data-mce-href="http://igw.tuwien.ac.at/hci/people/gfitzpatrick">Geraldine
Fitzpatrick</a>, Vienna University of Technology</li>
</ul>
<p>The workshop will be a mixture of talks, discussions/knowledge
sharing/exchange in smaller groups and a consolidation and
presentation of the results to all participants. <br>
</p>
<p>A detailed program and more speakers will be announced soon.
Follow the <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.informatics-europe.org/ecss/workshop.html">Pre-Summit
Workshop</a> website for up to date information. <br>
</p>
<p><strong>Venue/travel</strong></p>
<hr>
<p><strong>ECSS 2018 Venue Location</strong></p>
<p>ECSS 2018 and the Pre-Summit Workshop for Deans and Department
Heads will be held at <a
href="https://www.google.ch/maps/place/Chalmers+Conference+Centre/@57.6892333,11.9718387,17z/data=%213m1%214b1%214m5%213m4%211s0x464ff35aa1bf62a7:0x549d48f9b461fc26%218m2%213d57.6892333%214d11.9740274"
target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"
data-mce-href="https://www.google.ch/maps/place/Chalmers+Conference+Centre/@57.6892333,11.9718387,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x464ff35aa1bf62a7:0x549d48f9b461fc26!8m2!3d57.6892333!4d11.9740274">Chalmers
Conference Centre</a>. Chalmers Conference Centre is a modern
conference facility made for creative meetings in an inspiring
venue. It is centrally located in Gothenburg within the Campus
Johanneberg of the Chalmers University of Technology, just a few
minutes away from the Avenue and Götaplatsen.</p>
<p>ECSS 2018 is hosted by the <a
href="https://www.chalmers.se/en/departments/cse/Pages/default.aspx"
target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"
data-mce-href="https://www.chalmers.se/en/departments/cse/Pages/default.aspx">Department
of Computer Science and Engineering</a>, joint between <a
href="https://www.chalmers.se/en/Pages/default.aspx"
target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"
data-mce-href="https://www.chalmers.se/en/Pages/default.aspx">Chalmers
University of Technology</a> and <a
href="https://www.gu.se/english" target="_blank" rel="noopener
noreferrer" data-mce-href="https://www.gu.se/english">University
of Gothenburg</a>. With about 70 teachers/researchers and about
as many PhD-students from 30 different countries, the Department
has gained highest international recognition. It creates a dynamic
research environment with several world renown research groups.
Research spans the spectrum from theoretical underpinnings to
applied systems development.</p>
<p><strong>How to reach ECSS 2018 Venue</strong></p>
<p>The nearest airport is <a
href="https://www.swedavia.com/landvetter/" target="_blank"
rel="noopener noreferrer"
data-mce-href="https://www.swedavia.com/landvetter/">Gothenburg
Landvetter Airport</a> which is conveniently located close to
the center.</p>
<ul>
<li><em>By public transportation: </em></li>
</ul>
<p>To reach the conference venue from the Airport, you can take <a
href="https://www.flygbussarna.se/en/landvetter" target="_blank"
rel="noopener noreferrer"
data-mce-href="https://www.flygbussarna.se/en/landvetter">the
airport bus</a> to <strong>"Nils Ericsson terminal</strong>" in
the centre of Gothenburg. Then, take <strong>bus 16</strong>, <strong><em>destination
Högsbohöjd</em></strong>, from the stop Nordstan, just outside
the terminal, to stop <strong>Chalmers</strong>. From
Drottningstorget, also just outside the central station, you can
take <strong>tram 13</strong>, <strong>heading “Sahlgrenska”, to
Chalmers. </strong>From Brunnsparken, approximately 500 meters
from the central station there are additional tram lines that go
to Chalmers. Please visit <a href="https://www.vasttrafik.se/"
target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"
data-mce-href="https://www.vasttrafik.se/">Västtrafik</a> for
details. </p>
<ul>
<li><em>By taxi: </em></li>
</ul>
<p>The taxi costs approximately SEK 420 (around 40 EUR) to/from
Landvetter Airport. It’s recommended to ask for a fixed price and
avoid unlicensed taxis. The driver should have a taxi ID card
clearly displayed in the vehicle. Service is included in the
taximeter price.</p>
<p>Recommended taxi:<br>
Taxi Göteborg: +46 (0)31 650 00 <br>
VIP Taxi: +46(0)31 27 16 11<br>
Taxi Kurir: +46 (0)31 27 27 27</p>
<p><b>Accommodation</b></p>
<p>You can check the following hotels close to the conference venue
recommended by the local organising committee:</p>
<ul>
<li><a
href="https://www.scandichotels.com/hotels/sweden/gothenburg/scandic-rubinen"
target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"
data-mce-href="https://www.scandichotels.com/hotels/sweden/gothenburg/scandic-rubinen">Hotel
Scandic Rubinen</a>****</li>
<li><a
href="https://www.elite.se/en/hotels/gothenburg/park-avenue-hotel/"
target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"
data-mce-href="https://www.elite.se/en/hotels/gothenburg/park-avenue-hotel/">Elite
Park Avenue Hotel</a>****</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Special Offer for Prospective Members</strong></p>
<hr>
<p>If your organisation is planning to join <a
href="http://www.informatics-europe.org"
data-mce-href="http://www.informatics-europe.org">Informatics
Europe</a>, we have a special offer in combination with ECSS
2018: your conference registration fee(s) will be discounted from
the annual membership fee of your institution when joining
Informatics Europe.</p>
<p>The offer includes the discount of one individual registration
fee per institution (ECSS main Summit and/or Pre-Summit Workshop)
up to the value of maximum one annual membership.</p>
<p>For details about membership, please visit our <a
href="http://www.informatics-europe.org/membership/why-join.html"
data-mce-href="membership/why-join.html">Membership page</a>.</p>
<p>For further information about this offer, please contact <a
href="mailto:administration@informatics-europe.org"
data-mce-href="mailto:administration@informatics-europe.org">administration@informatics-europe.org</a><br
data-mce-bogus="1">
</p>
<p><strong>Registration to ECSS 2018 will open by end of June. <br>
</strong></p>
<p><strong>Join us in Gothenburg and connect to the community! </strong></p>
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