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President's Corner

Dr Ángeles Rodríguez-Peña has been heading the COST Committee of Senior Officials since 22 June 2010. This section is devoted to her work as CSO President.

Dr Ángeles Rodríguez-Peña has been Special Advisor to the Secretary of State for Research and Innovation at the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness since January 2011 and was the Spanish representative of the COST Committee of Senior Officials (CSO) from July 2007 until her election as President. 

Dr Rodríguez-Peña's full profile is available for download.

Calendar of Activities 2013

March

• 5-6 March 2013 - Meeting of JAF – the Executive Group of the CSO – in Brussels, Belgium
• 11-12 March 2013 - 'Young Researchers direct the way to Innovation in the Forest-based sector' a COST Young Researchers' Forum at the 8th FTP Conference, in Barcelona, Spain
• 14-15 March 2013 - Workshop on 'Framework Conditions of Joint Programming Initiatives: Funding Modalities and Peer Review for Joint Programming Initiatives' - in Vienna, Austria
• 14-15 March 2013 - 'Shaping Cities for the New Challenges' - in Vienna, Austria

February

• 14-15 February 2013 - 'Relationship between genome and epigenome' Joint workshop with the European Commission, in Brussels, Belgium

January

• 23 January 2013 - Meeting of JAF (the Executive Group of the CSO) – in Brussels, Belgium
• 29 January 2013 - 'Dinner Debate: How Can Networking in Science and Technology Help SMEs Meet the Innovation Union Goals?', European Parliament, in Brussels, Belgium

Calendar of Activities 2012

December

• 4 December 2012 - COST Science Night - in Brussels, Belgium
• Trip to Poland to participate in the Joint Programming Initiative (JPI) workshop ‘Framework Conditions of Joint Programming Initiatives Governance and Evaluation principles’ and meeting with representatives of the Science Ministry in Warsaw and research and technology funding agencies in Warsaw and Krakow.

November

• 186th CSO meeting in Brussels, Belgium
• ESF General Assembly in Brussels, Belgium
• 29-30 November 2012 - 2nd European Gender Summit – Speaker in the session  ‘Integrating the Gender Dimension in Research and Innovation Landscape’ and kick-off meeting of the genderSTE Targeted Initiative in Brussels, Belgium
• Invitation to the ERC Workshop ‘The ex-post evaluation of the impacts of research projects and funding programmes’ in Brussels, Belgium

October

• COST-ESF High Level Group Meeting in Brussels, Belgium
• Participation as expert in a roundtable session at the 4th European Innovation Summit in Brussels, Belgium
• COST National Coordinator meeting and JAF, the Executive Group of the CSO, meeting in Brussels, Belgium

September

• Meeting of JAF – the Executive Group of the CSO - in Brussels, Belgium
• Annual Progress Conference, Domain Committee meeting and Open Call Hearings of the MPNS Domain in Dublin, Ireland
• Meeting with Mr Robert-Jan Smits, Director-General of DG Research and Innovation in Brussels, Belgium

July

• COST at European Science Open Forum (ESOF 2012) in Dublin, Ireland

June

• Presentation of COST’s International Cooperation at the Strategic Forum for International Cooperation (SFIC) upon invitation of its Chair in Brussels, Brussels
• 185th CSO meeting in Dublin, Ireland
• Presentation of COST at the Scientific Seminar: ‘Women making the difference: Women in science and innovation working towards sustainable natural resources management and governance in the Mediterranean region’ of the European Forest Institute, Mediterranean regional event (EFIMED) in Tunis, Tunisia

May

• Initiative for Science in Europe (ISE) Conference ‘Strengthening the European Research Area: What does science need to flourish?’ in Barcelona, Spain

April

• Meeting of JAF – the Executive Group of the CSO - in Luxembourg
• Participation to ‘International Excellence Conference 2012’ held in connection with the Danish Presidency to the European Union in Aarhus, Denmark.
• Meeting with Mr Robert-Jan Smits, Director-General of DG Research and Innovation in Brussels, Belgium

March

• COST-ESF High Level Group meeting in Brussels: first meeting with the new ESF President Dr Pär Omling and Chief Executive Mr Martin Hynes in Brussels, Belgium
• 184th CSO meeting in Brussels, Belgium
• Lunch break discussion: ‘COST and the Horizon 2020’ at the Permanent Representation of the Federal Republic of Germany to the European Union with scientific counsellors in Brussels, Belgium

February

• Invitation to present COST at the European Medical Research Council (EMRC) in Paris, France
• Meeting of JAF – the Executive Group of the CSO – in Brussels, Belgium

January

• 2nd ERA Conference ‘Fostering Efficiency, Excellence and Growth. From the public consultation to the completion of the ERA’ in Brussels, Belgium
• Meeting with Ms Karla Falloon, Counsellor Science & Innovation, New Zealand Mission to the European Union, in Brussels, Belgium
• Meeting with Mr Daan du Toit, Senior Science and Technology Representative in Europe, Department of Science and Technology for South Africa in Brussels, Belgium

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