Exploratory workshops

Early embryonic environment as cues of epigenetics responses for sustainable food production

The key to health and developmental success in wombed (mammalians) and non wombed (Fish and poultry) animals for improved sustainability, welfare and production

Biomedicine and Molecular Biosciences (BMBS)
Food and Agriculture (FA)

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Exploratory workshops

Smart Cities

The COST Exploratory Workshop gathered together city and regional planners, computer scientists, operations researchers, economists, and decision theorists to study how decision sciences and technologies could be used to respond to the challenges posed by the immense growth of cities.

Information and Communication Technologies (ICT)
Transport and Urban Development (TUD)

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Exploratory workshops

Safeguard of Cultural Heritage: A Challenge from the Past for the Europe of Tomorrow

Cultural Heritage is formed by all material and immaterial evidence of the cultural identity of a population. Within this definition, in Europe like in any other part of the world, many values determine a complex relationship between objects, symbols, personal and collective identities.

Materials, Physics and Nanosciences (MPNS)

Registration closed

Exploratory workshops

Biofilms: Friend or Foe?

Researchers and industry representatives from different disciplines such as biochemistry, engineering, microbiology, physics, computer science and surface science were brought together in order to integrate their contribution and thereby to increase the understanding of biofilm development and to explore the potential beneficial applications of biofims.

This event was part of COST's year-long celebration of the International Year of Chemistry.

Chemistry and Molecular Sciences and Technologies (CMST)
Food and Agriculture (FA)

Upon invitation only

Exploratory workshops

Quantitative Nanostructure-Toxicity Relationships (QNTR)

The aim of the workshop was to to bring together leaders in the emerging field of computational nanotoxicology to form an international Community of Practice for accelerated development of the science of QNTR.

This event was part of COST's year-long celebration of the International Year of Chemistry.

Chemistry and Molecular Sciences and Technologies (CMST)
Materials, Physics and Nanosciences (MPNS)

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Exploratory workshops

Biological Testing of Food Contact Materials

The European Commission and the paper industry completed a joint project known as Biosafepaper in 2006. The project developed a number of pre-normative tests for assessing the safety of paper and board intended for food contact.

Forests, their Products and Services (FPS)

Upon invitation only

Exploratory workshops

The Futures of the City: Towards Sustainable Urban Environment and Mobility

80% of European citizens are living in urban areas. The impact and perception of issues regarding environmental, economic or social developments will increasingly have an urban dimension.

Transport and Urban Development (TUD)

Registration closed

Exploratory workshops

Knowledge Management in Contemporary Europe

At the Lisbon meeting in March 2000, the European Council expressed its wish for the European Union to become the most competitive and dynamic knowledge-based society in the world by the year 2010.

Individuals, Societies, Cultures and Health (ISCH)

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Exploratory workshops

Sustainable Production of Transportation Fuels and Chemicals: Challenges and Opportunities

With crude oil reserves decreasing, oil prices soaring and with increasing concerns about climate change, intense research efforts are being developed all over the world to establish alternatives for the production of transportation fuels and chemicals.

Chemistry and Molecular Sciences and Technologies (CMST)

Registration open