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Join CyberForum projects at WIRE 2017 conference  WIRE' 2017 'Socially responsible, creative and trusted regional innovation in the digital era'.

The 8th European Commission's Annual Event -  Week of Innovative Regions in Europe (WIRE) conference is supported by the European Commission DG Research & Innovation, Spreading Excellence and Widening Participation Programme and hosted by Technical University Kosice.

The conference will be accompanied by several side events (field visits, city walks) and open space presentations, networking and workshops (Creativity of rising generation - presentation and visualization of digital creativity, start-ups by Slovak and creatives, Posters/billboards about visionary approaches with interactive presentations, planned Hackathon on Digital Social Innovation and other).

The ambition of the WIRE VIII conference is to enable a deeper understanding of the role and the needs of research and innovation focused on DIGITISATION FOR achieving a GREATER SOCIETAL IMPACT and the digital responsible future for urban and rural development and related societal challenges, e.g. poverty and income inequalities, social inclusion, regional/local growth, data economy, be closer to the people and other. We also believe that the timing of the conference is very relevant since the discussion about the next EU research and innovation programming period has started and we have to take the opportunity to help and support building of our responsible digital future.

TOPICS:

  • DIGITAL Innovation for Greater Societal Impact: Role and experiences of digital innovation, transparency and data economy to face societal needs in EU regions. The role and potential of digital social innovation for regional development.
  • POLICY and WIDENING: Widening participation. What are the experiences with existing instruments? How to further spread excellence and widen participation in post-H2020 period? Discussion about POST 2020 AGENDA.
  • CREATIVITY for innovation: What is the potential of creative arts to support innovation up-take and regional development? Examples of synergies between artists, creative people and technologists in the way how to communicate results to the public and the end users for a more successful uptake.
  • VISIONS and trends FOR the RESPONSIBLE DIGITAL FUTURE or what’s beyond 2020: Socially responsible digital future with a greater societal impact – how can digitization fight against poverty and fulfil greater societal needs?

Register for WIRE 2017 conference on its official web page http://wire2017.eu/ as the number of its participants is due to venue space limited to 250. The participation is free of charge. Relevant information and additional details about the event, venue, travel, programme/focus are published also on the conference website.

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