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European Research Chief to Address Research Issues & Funding
From: David Farber <farber () central cis upenn edu>
Date: Tue, 22 Nov 1994 06:40:16 -0500
European Research Chief to Address Research Issues & Funding Opportunities at MIT Forum Roland Hueber, Director of the European Commission's Advanced Communications, Technologies and Services (ACTS) program will speak on future European Union funding for international cooperation on basic research in telecommunications at a public forum on Wednesday, November 30th, from 4:30 to 6 pm, in Bldg. 9, Room 150, 105 Massachusetts Avenue, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Mass. A press conference will be held from 6 to 6:30 pm at the same location, summarizing the ACTS program and introducing the USA National Host. The USA National Host is a newly formed consortium consisting of MIT's Research Program on Communications Policy, the University of Pennsylvania's Distributed Systems Lab, the University of Illinois' National Center for Supercomputing Applications, and the National Media Lab. The USA National Host is coordinating proposals in the United States for the EC's ACTS program. At the MIT Forum, Dr. Hueber will describe the ACTS effort recently announced by the EC. ACTS is a $1.5 billion, 4-year program for pre-competitive research to aid implemention of the global information infrastructure. This is the first time that projects in an EC research program are open to third country participation. Where there is mutual interest in international collaboration, ACTS has the authority to match funds for work done in EU member countries with funds from external entities. Dr. Hueber, who is visiting the U.S. as a member of an EC delegation, will be meeting next week with Washington officials on coordination policies -- including arrangements for the forthcoming meeting of the G7 countries in February on the global information infrastructure. The MIT Research Program on Communications Policy is hosting the public forum, open to all interested parties. Further Information call: Julia Malik or Gill Cable-Murphy at 617-253-4138, or e-mail fred () farnsworth mit edu
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