15.01.12 Stimulating growth and employment: an action plan for doubling the volume of e-commerce in Europe by 2015

The development of electronic commerce and online services offers enormous potential for beneficial economic, social and societal change. The Internet economy creates 2.6 jobs for every "off-line" job lost, and offers a...

15.01.12 Europeans ready for 'active ageing', new survey says

To mark the start of the 2012 European Year of Active Ageing and Solidarity of Generations, the Commission presented today a new Eurobarometer survey showing that 71% of Europeans are aware that Europe's population is getting...

09.01.12 News about India

Follow the European Business and Technology Centre's journey through our bi-monthly newsletter which gives the reader a snapshot of our activities over two months. The newsletter brings you up-to-date on some our key activities...

30.11.11 Applied Materials joins Irish Strategic Research Cluster on advanced materials for electronics

Applied Materials, Inc., the global leader in providing equipment to enable the manufacture of advanced semiconductor devices, has joined the Science Foundation Ireland-funded Strategic Research Cluster FORME (Functional Oxides...

04.11.11 The role of research and innovation in building the smart cities of the future

Máire GEOGHEGAN-QUINN

European Commissioner for Research, Innovation and Science:

"Mr O Neill, Dr Kelly, ladies and gentlemen,

Thank you very much for the invitation to address IBM's Science of Cities Colloquium.

It is...

28.10.11 Smartphones find niche in human behaviour tests

Researchers are using innovative tools to perform psychological experiments a lot faster than they used to. Experts believe the number of smartphone users worldwide will top the 1 billion mark by 2013. Now an international team...

24.10.11 Connecting Europe Facility: Commission adopts plan for €50 billion boost to European networks

Brussels, 19 October 2011 - The European Commission has today tabled a plan which will fund €50 billion worth of investment to improve Europe's transport, energy and digital networks. Targeted investments in key infrastructures...

24.10.11 Digital Agenda: Commission proposes over €9 billion for broadband investment

The European Commission has proposed to spend almost €9.2 billion from 2014 to 2020 on pan-European projects to give EU citizens and businesses access to high-speed broadband networks and the services that run on them. The...

14.10.11 Intel locates global Energy and Sustainability Lab in Ireland

Intel has located its new Energy and Sustainability Lab at the major Intel campus in Leixlip. The lab will drive Intel’s research agenda in the application of information technologies to enable a ‘High Tech, Low Carbon’ economy...

15.07.11 Digital Agenda: addressing the challenges of an ageing population

Brussels, 15 July 2011 – The European Commission calls on EU Member States to develop and pursue a common vision on how to coordinate research at EU level in the field of ageing. This was the message of a Recommendation just...