NEWS 2014   Invitations to the lectures   17.11.2014 Knowledge Expo 2014 India The biggest international meeting and fair Knowledge Expo 2014 organized by India industry association (CII) will be held in Greater Noidi, India 20-22, November 2014. Slovenian delegation will be leading by dr. Peter MaÄŤek, general secretary at Ministry of Education, Science and Sport. Prof. Janez Trontelj will present CoE NAMASTE achievements and from UNI-FE. Slovenian group is consisting of members of Ministry of Education, Science and Sport, Public agency SPIRIT, Slovene competence centres association (CoCoSi), Slovenian Centres of Excellence, Technology Park Ljubljana and some high-tech Slovenian companies. Further: News   25.9.2014 Slovenian Chamber of Commerce (GZS): Smart specialization strategy should be coordinated with framework programme GZS Board members agreed documents as Slovene framework programme prepared and smart specialization strategy which are the basis for the disbursement of funds in the next EU financial framework are uncoordinated. Therefore Slovenia needs to upgrade smart specialization strategy by the end of the year to take operational program and sign a partnership agreement the also added. Further: News   23.9.2014 Balkan Venture Forum Hey startuper, show up ! Pitch your business idea at Balkan Venture Forum: COINVEST Edition from 12-13 November 2014 in Nova Gorica, Slovenia, EU. more than 60+ international business angels and VCs in two days the Award winners (top 25%) get direct access to pitch at European Venture Summit free tickets for "investment readiness" workshops prior the event and Venture Academy Deadline for registration: Sunday, 28. September 2014. Register here for free. COBIK - Centre of Excellence for Biosensors, Instrumentation and Process Control, Tovarniška 26, 5270 Ajdovščina, Slovenia, Martin Bizjak, co-organizer, Laboratory for Open Innovation Systems   19.9.2014 Workshop R&D projects – partnership and funding opportunities Dr. Alenka RoĹľaj Brvar presented CoE NAMASTE on workshop R&D projects – partnership and funding opportunities held at INTERA technology park in Mostar on 19th September, 2014. She presented »Experiences from R&D projects / cooperation of academia and industry« within CoE NAMASTE. Further: Workshop programme   17.9.2014 Chamber of Commerce granted national awards for innovation, awarded also NAMASTE consortium partners Chamber of Commerce reward innovative companies and innovators from business and public research institutions on Brdo pri Kranju., has received 8 bronze, 28 silver and 7 gold awards. Among the recipients of the silver awards for the innovation are the partners of the consortium NAMASTE: Letrika d.d.: Elektromotor z rotorjem za obratovanje v tekoÄŤih medijih ETI d.d.: Robotizirana justirno-merilna celica KZS-ROBO RC eNeM Novi Materiali d.o.o., PodruĹľnica Steklarna Hrastnik ter Nanotesla Institut Ljubljana d.o.o. : Nove recepture obarvanja transparentnega stekla z eco materiali, ki jih najdemo v naravi ETI d.d.: Nova generacija talilnih vloĹľkov »Battery Fuse« ETI d.d.: Nova generacija talilnih vloĹľkov »Railway Fuse« Congratulation! Further: News   17.8.2014 Biophysics Days Cordially invited to the Biophysics Days hold in Terme ZreÄŤe, Slovenia from September 4th to 5th, 2014. Official language is Slovene. Further: About Biophysics Days   19.8.2014 Centre of Excellence NAMASTE and Chamber of Craft and Small Business of Slovenia (OZS) at the International Trade Fair (MOS, Celje) International Trade Fair (MOS) is being held in Celje, September, 10.-15., 2014. Centre of Excellence NAMASTE and Committee on Science and Technology and section mechatronic engineers and electronic engineers of the Chamber of Craft (lead by Mr Janez Ĺ krlec) and Small Business of Slovenia (OZS) will be presented at the fair. We would truly appreciate and thank Mr Janez Ĺ krlec for his efforts. Further: About fair   17.7.2014 Honorary membership to Prof. Slobodan Ĺ˝umer awarded by the International Liquid Crystal Society Prof. Slobodan Ĺ˝umer (Full Professor at the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, University of Ljubljana) was awarded honoured member of the International Liquid Crystal Society on 25th International Liquid Crystal Conference in Dublin. Prof. Ĺ˝umer with more than four decades of pioneering and highly productive work in the field of liquid crystals has become one of the founders of the physics of liquid crystals. Honoured membership is dedicated to scientists who are achieved remarkable successes widely in the field of physics, chemistry and technology of liquid crystals.   8.7.2014 Glenn H. Brown Prize to Simon ÄŚopar, PhD for the best doctoral dissertation Simon ÄŚopar, PhD, assistant at University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, research associate at Jozef Stefan Institute has been awarded the 2014 Glenn H. Brown Prize by the International Liquid Crystal Society for the outstanding PhD dissertation entitled Topology and geometry of defects in confined nematics, mentored by prof. Slobodan Ĺ˝umer. He received the award at 25th International Liquid Crystal Conference in July in Dublin. Most of his PhD dissertation has been published in article: Simon ÄŚopar, Topology and geometry of nematic braids, Physics Reports 2014 (IF ~ 23). Congratulations!   9.6.2014 Consortium Building Event, Brussels Dr. Alenka RoĹľaj attended the ECSEL consortium building event in Brussels. The calls to be issued by the ECSEL JU will be based on a Multi Annual Strategy Plan (MASP) composed of the MASRIA and upon a Work Plan (WP). The preparation of the ECSEL MASP and WP2014 is now ongoing. The 2014 call(s) shall be open for research and innovation actions, innovation actions, but also possibly for support and coordination and other actions, within the meaning of the rules of participation and dissemination in Horizon 2020. Timetable: 23 May, Invitation to submit an Expressions of Interest issued 5 June, Consortium Building Event, Brussels 24 June, Deadline for Expression of Interest 30 June, European Commission communicating ECSEL strategy 9 July, Official launch of the first ECSEL Call(s) for Proposal 10 September, ECSEL Full Project Proposal submission deadline Further: About event Further: Presentations   26.5.2014 Enterpreneurship in Life Sciences On Thursday, 5th of June, COBIK and Genialis are organizing an event "Entrepreneurship in Life Sciences", which will be held at COBIK premises in Ajdovščina, Tovarniška 26, Slovenia, starting at 15.00. The purpose of "Entrepreneurship in Life Sciences" event is to bring together life scientists, biotech entrepreneurs, bioinformaticians and others interested in entrepreneurship in life sciences. We will discuss various aspects of entrepreneurship in life sciences, biotechnology and health area. Speakers: Prof. Maja Ravnikar, Ph.D., Sara Cantone, Ph.D., Nejc Ĺ koberne, Ph.D. Discussion panel: Prof. Maja Ravnikar, Ph.D., Sara Cantone, Ph.D., MatjaĹľ Peterka Ph.D., Nejc Ĺ koberne Ph.D., Moderated by Hermina Ogric, COBIK. Further: Registration to the event   12.5.2014 11th Nanotechnology Day Gospodarsko razstavišče, Ljubljana 11th Nanotechnology Day was held on Friday, 9th May 2014 at Gospodarsko razstavišče Ljubljana. Event was organised by Science and Technology Council at OZS. CoE NAMASTE was sponsor of the event. The event was one of the most successful professional events so far, with more than 270 participants. Further: Report in Slovene   12.5.2014 CoE NAMASTE on Ljubljana Trade Fair (LOS 2014, 7.–10.5.2014) The Chamber of Craft and Small Business of Slovenia (OZS) a member of the CoE NAMASTE consortium together with CoE were presented at the Ljubljana Trade Fair (LOS).   22.4.2014 Smart strategy specialization Within the Slovenian smart specialization strategy a public debate was held on 16.-17.4.2014 at the creative centre Poligon. Creation of an agreement on the establishment of a comprehensive supportive environment, and identification of priority areas of research and development, innovation application and industrial policy as key objectives of smart specialization strategies were discussed. The panel discussion Research and technology-intensive areas also participated director Alenka RoĹľaj Brvar, PhD who presented achievements of the CoE NAMASTE and activities that continue in 2014. Further: Presentations   4.4.2014 Excellence approved Two CoE and LMFE (Laboratory for microelectronics, University of Ljubljana) achievements artificial nose and THz field detection are presented in Glas gospodarstva magazine (Economy Voice magazine) Further: Article in Slovene language   29-31.1. 2014 IFAM & INTRONIKA 2014 IFAM & INTRONIKA Slovenia are specialized B2B Trade Fairs for Automation, Robotics, Mechatronics, Professional and Industrial Electronics, measurement, etc., held in Celje. CoE NAMASTE were presented by the Committee of Science and Technology at the Chamber of Craft and Small Business of Slovenia (OZS) on the University of Maribor, Faculty of electrical engineering and computer science exhibition place.
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