The conference will be held this year in Budapest, between 4-8 July. The School is open for PhD students from all over Europe but particularly for students from Central and Eastern Europe and Southern Europe. The school will address the challenges for research, innovation and higher education (HE) policies in old and new members and candidate countries resulting from the enlargement of the European Research Area. Best regards, Dr. Annamaria Inzelt

In data de 2 Aprilie 2005, intre orele 10:00 – 18:00, va avea loc la Sala Palatului, in Bucuresti, ROMANIAN INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY FAIR - RIUF 2005. Targul educational are ca scop facilitarea interactiunii intre tinerii romani interesati de programele de studii internationale (studii universitare, master, MBA, doctorat) si reprezentantii universitatilor de top din SUA, Marea Britanie, Italia, Franta, Irlanda, Grecia, Ungaria, Bulgaria, Croatia,

The aim of the conference is to bring together computational scientists from several disciplines in order to share methods and ideas. Topics of general interest are: Computational Mathematics, Theoretical Physics and Theoretical Chemistry, Computational Enginering and Mechanics, Computational Biology and Medicine, Computational Geosciences and Meteorology, Computational Economics and Finance, Financial Forecasting, Scientific Computation, High Performance

On 6-7 May 2005 the "European Forum for Early Career Researchers" will take place in Otocec, Southern Slovenia. The event is jointly organised by the Marie Curie Fellowship Association and the Slovenian public foundation "Ad Futura". The idea of the Forum is to bring together early career researchers and more experienced colleagues from across Europe, from across disciplines, and from a broad range of professional backgrounds.

Science's NextWave is organising a Round table event on Women in Science, to take place in Paris on 2 March 2005 within the framework of the L'Oreal-UNESCO week "For women and Science". http://nextwave.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/2005/02/10/12