Meetings and Courses

Network wide training courses

Bi-annual courses will supply an important component of the training of the Network fellows and provide focus and cohesion to the network as a whole. The courses will be arranged so that each provides:

• Courses on research issues (objective: To improve the scientific competences and to enlarge the expertise of the fellows, addressing scientific excellence, multidisciplinarity).
• Presentation of the fellows' work (objective: To improve the communication skills of the fellows; to disseminate the scientific results; to share the best practices between the researchers; addressing dissemination, transfer of knowledge).
• Connection with the industrial world (objective: To fill the gap between the industrial and the academic world; to improve the knowledge of fellows on industrial possibilities; fostering an intersectorial approach, transfer of knowledge).
• Complementary skills (objective: to provide knowledge & tools that equip the fellows to address personal career development plans).

Each course will be hosted by a different partner to maximise the international exposure. These occasions will also be used to invite experts from related domains to present new approaches and comment on the research work presented by the fellows. Where possible these courses will be held in conjunction with established relevant international scientific conferences.

In order to maximise the opportunity for the interaction of the Network fellows with the academic and industrial partners of the Network, the participation in these training courses are limited to about 30 people from the Network and about 10 other doctoral students invited from the partner institutions and from outside organisations, particularly those in the new member states.

The last technical meeting held in conjunction with the International Symposium on GDS held in Albi, August 2010.

The sixth Gladnet training course has been held in March 2010 in Oviedo.

The fivth Gladnet training course has been held in August 2009 in Budapest, together with the CSI

The fourth Gladnet training course has been held in January 2009 in Thun, in concjuction with the mid-term meeting.

The third Gladnet training course has been held in August 2008 in Belgrade, Serbia, together with SPIG

The second Gladnet training course has been held in April 2008 at IFW in Dresden, Germany.

The first Gladnet training course has been held in September 2007 in Antwerp and Brussels, together with ECASIA and Euroanalysis.

The GLADNET kick-off meeting has been held on Sunday, 18th of February 2007 in Taormina! More news on this meeting are available on the "kick-off" page.

This section also provides scientific meetings and events Gladnet members have participated at to promote and dissiminate the work produced during the project.