Bringing together selected articles from the daily CORDIS News service, the CORDIS focus Newsletter is published in six languages (Spanish, German, English, French, Italian and Polish) and, for the time being, on a monthly basis.
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Research Infrastructures - GÉANT and grids
Unit F3 "Research Infrastructure" supports the provision of computer and communications infrastructures of the highest quality and performance to Europe's researchers, namely by establishing a high-capacity and high-speed communications network for all researchers in Europe (GÉANT) and specific high performance Grid- enabled advanced test-beds, exploiting the benefits of a strong co-ordination between Research Infrastructures and the IST and an enlarged co-operation with corresponding national and international initiatives.
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i2010 High Level Group
European Union Member States met for the first time to discuss the future of the i2010 strategy. The i2010 High Level Group held its inaugural meeting on 20 April 2006. The Group was established following a Commission Decision and is composed of one representative per Member State at Director General level. The Group decided to work, as a priority, on Convergence and content issues and on Trust and confidence, and to delegate the continuation of the work on eGovernment, eHealth and eInclusion to specific sub-groups.
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Revolutionize patient care with information on demand
The convergence of life sciences, healthcare, and information technology is revolutionizing the discovery of new treatments and the practice of medicine. This new paradigmâinformation based medicine-improves existing pharmaceutical and medical practices with the knowledge generated from the integration of diverse clinical and biomedical data. Accelerate new research discoveries into clinical practice. Access a patient's complete, digitized history and medical records in near-real time. Prescribe targeted medications and treatments based on each patient's complete medical profile, while avoiding medications that might cause adverse effects.
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UK outlines medium-term technology strategies
The UK is setting up 'innovation platforms' in areas identified in a recent report as key to developing the UK's position in the international arena.
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Europe INNOVA goes public
Europe INNOVA, the flagship initiative driving European innovation, is placing its activities in the spotlight with a new web portal. This will provide policy makers, innovation intermediaries and enterprises with an insight into sectoral innovation analysis and networking in Europe.
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What is FP7?
The Framework Programme (FP) is the European Union's main instrument for funding research and development. The FP is proposed by the European Commission and adopted by Council and the European Parliament following a co-decision procedure. FPs have been implemented since 1984 and cover a period of five years with the last year of one FP and the first year of the following FP overlapping. The current FP is FP6, which will be running up to the end of 2006.
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