Subject: VPH Newsletter: July 2014

_________VPH News__________
Monthly newsletter of the Virtual Physiological Human 
for Integrative Biomedical Research
Don't miss out the VPHi General Assembly
9.30/11.30, Sept 12th 2014 - Trondheim  
You are all invited to attend the forthcoming GA of the Institute, which meets every second year and it is the most important meeting of the VPH community. We have plenty of interesting news in store for you! 
POLICY NEWS
Commission urges national governments to embrace 
potential of Big Data
In a recent press release (July 2nd, 2014) the European Commission further reiterated 
its support for Big Data Read more
Jean-Claude Juncker elected President of the European Commission 
Council publishes Chapter VI draft of the Medical Devices Regulation
New document on Data Protection released by the Council Presidency
VPH COMMUNITY

VPHi announces the winners of the VPH2014 travel award
The VPH institute is happy to announce the winners of the 5 bursaries of €400 that will be assigned to cover part of the travelling expenses to attend the forthcoming VPH2014 conference. Read more
Apply for the VPHi student membership
It is now much easier to become a VPHi student member: it only costs €10 and it gives you access to plenty of interesting initiatives. Read more
The VPH Tianhe-2 Challenge: Vote for the Code - Deadline Aug 18th
VPH-Share and VPH-DARE@IT working together
The Avicenna project’s 3rd Event will take place in Lyon
on the 30th and 31st October 2014
J-BHI Special Issue on "Big‐Data for Health"
VPH EVENTS
§ IMI 2 Open Information day
 30 September 2014 - Brussels (Belgium)
 20-24 October 2014 - University of Sheffield (UK)
§ ICT Proposers' Day
  9-10 October 2014 - Florence (Italy)
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