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INVITATION TO PRESENTATION CEREMONY FOR INNOVATION PRIZE FOR WOMEN FARMERS

Copa-Cogeca

INVITATION TO PRESENTATION CEREMONY FOR INNOVATION PRIZE FOR WOMEN FARMERS

Copa would like to invite journalists to a Presentation Ceremony on October 15 where the Innovation Prize for Women Farmers and Special Achievement Award will be presented by EU Farm Commissioner Mariann Fischer Boel and Esther de Lange from European Parliament.

MEPs Britta Reimers will also be speaking at the Conference. This will be followed by a buffet
lunch.

ENEL GREEN POWER STARTS OPERATING ITS FIRST WIND FARM IN BULGARIA

Enel

• With an installed capacity of 21 MW, the Kamen Briag wind farm will be able to generate over 56 million kWh, thus meeting the energy needs of 19,000 households and avoiding the emission of 50,000 tonnes of CO2 per year.

Telomeres: where the end is just the beginning - Three share Nobel Prize for groundbreaking genetic discovery

EuropaBio

Brussels 6 October 2009

Today, Europabio joins in congratulating the three Nobel Prize winning scientists who have discovered that the key to successful DNA replication is in the caps at the ends of chromosomes - the telomeres - and in the enzyme that forms them - telomerase.

European Copper Institute turns its spotlight on contemporary design

European Copper Institute

Copper has designs on the Internet

Brussels, October 6th 2009 – In its second new Internet initiative in four weeks, The European Copper
Institute (ECI) has launched a showcase and meeting space for contemporary designers and their followers.

Online gaming and betting: French MPs to decide over viability of French law

EGBA - European Gaming and Betting Association

The European Gaming and Betting Association (EGBA) re-iterates its concerns over some of the key provisions of the French draft law to be debated on 7, 8 and 9 October in the French National Assembly. Seven months after its notification to the European Commission, EGBA considers that the French proposal still conflicts with the EC Treaty.

“Several key restrictions in the draft do not serve any general interest purpose, whether consumer or public order protection” says Sigrid Ligne, Secretary General of the EGBA.

REMINDER: PRESS CONFERENCE ON INTERNATIONAL SHEEP FORUM

Copa-Cogeca

Copa-Cogeca would like to remind journalists that we are holding a press conference at 13.15 – 13.30 h on results of the first International Sheepmeat Forum being held in Brussels on October 9. The Forum brings together producers and industry from all over the world, to discuss ways to
improve the viability of the sector and to make it more sustainable. This will be followed by a buffet lunch by Agneau Presto. Please let us know as soon as possible if you can come.

For further details of the Forum, please see www.copa-cogeca.eu

Innovation in existing biotech medicines to benefit patients

EHFG - European Health Forum Gastein

Some biologics are being explored to address unmet medical needs in more than 20 indications

Biotechnology medicines have a high potential for application across additional therapeutic indications, offering the promise to address currently unmet medical needs. This potential stems from the targeted mode of action of biotechnology medicines, which involve molecules or pathways that are common in many seemingly different diseases.

EGEC - European Geothermal Energy

EGEC, the European Geothermal Energy Council, was founded in 1998 as an international non-profit association in Brussels. Its office is based nearby the European Institutions in the Renewable Energy House.

EGEC has now more than 110 members from 22 European countries: private companies, national associations, consultants, research centers, geological surveys and other public authorities.

Industry welcomes the European Commission’s Communication on key enabling technologies

EUREKA

Industry welcomes the European Commission’s Communication on key enabling technologies – ‘Industry is ready to play its role’ but concrete measures are needed to restore European competitiveness now.

European Commission confirms: Microelectronics and semiconductors are “indispensable” for Europe’s future.

European Paper Week: ‘Building on paper’s values’

CEPI - Confederation of European Paper Industries

New Venue, New Sponsor, Register Now!

Registration for this year’s European Paper Week has started. The networking event of the year within the pulp and paper industry will take place in Brussels at a new venue the Marivaux Hotel and the Palais de la Bourse under the theme ‘Building on paper’s values’. From 17-19 November more than 300 participants will come together to discuss and debate the latest key issues and challenges facing the industry.

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