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During his speech in the Parliament in Strasbourg on 14 March, EC President Jean-Claude Juncker advocated for doubling the seven-year spending on research from €77 billion to €160 billion after 2020 so that “the EU would become one of the world’s leading players in research and innovation”.
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During the 6th Conference of EIP-AHA held on 27-28 February, emphasis was placed on the future Commission Communication on Digital Transformation of Health and Care.
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On 31 January, the EC published a proposal for a Regulation on Health Technology Assessment (HTA). Since then, the European Parliament’s Committees, which are going to be involved in the legislative process, have been appointing their rapporteurs and shadow rapporteurs.
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On 23 March, Digital Europe (organisation representing the digital technology industry in Europe) organised an event on “Healthcare 4.0: A new way of life”.
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On 27 March, the Big Data Value Association (BDVA) signed two declarations with the European Factories of the Future Research Association (EFFRA) and the Alliance for Internet of Things Innovation (AIOTI) respectively to join forces towards accelerating the digitalisation of the European industry.
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| | | The VPH related call SC1-HCO-02-2018 will close soon. Don't miss the opportunity to participate. The submission deadline is 18 April 2018.
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| The VPH Institute is open to the participation to in silico medicine related EC calls for projects offering dissemination and community engagement services. Contact us for further information.
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| On 29 March 2018, the FDA and Siemens co-organized a webinar on “FDA Perspectives on Computer Simulations in the Evaluation of Medical Devices”. For those of you who missed the webinar, the recorded presentation is available on line.
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| On 29 March 2018, the FDA and Siemens co-organized a webinar on “FDA Perspectives on Computer Simulations in the Evaluation of Medical Devices”. For those of you who missed the webinar, the recorded presentation is available on line.
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| A recent publication in Nature Biotech explains how genome-scale network reconstructions have helped uncover the molecular basis of metabolism.
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| New research from MultiSim’s academics based at Insigneo and Sheffield Children’s hospitals looks into the strength of children’s bones, which could help in the design of safer car seats.
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All VPHi student members bringing a poster to the VPH Summer will be considered for the VPHi Best Poster Award that consists in a 1.000 € grant for the participation to scientific conferences or workshop from September 2018 to December 2019.
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18 - 22 June 2018, Barcelona. Registration now open |
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Application deadline: 9 April 2018
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Application deadline: 21 April 2018
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18 April 2018, Sofia - Bulgaria; Registration deadline: 9 April 2018 |
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2 - 6 July 2018, Nottingham - UK; Registration deadline: 9 April 2018 |
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4 - 6 July 2018, Bremen -Germany; Registration deadline: 22 April 2018 |
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17 - 20 September 2018, Sheffield - UK; Registration deadline: 19 August 2018 |
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4 - 6 December 2018, Vienna - Austria |
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| "The Virtual Physiological Human will revolutionise the way health knowledge is produced"stored and managed as well as the way in which healthcare is currently delivered." European Commission |
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