January 18th, 2011
INSPIRE Conference 2011: Call for papers

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The INSPIRE Conference 2011 will take place from 27th June to 1st July 2011 in Edinburgh, Scotland. The theme of this year’s edition is “INSPIREd by 2020 – Contributing to smart, sustainable and inclusive growth”

In 2010, the European Union renewed its commitment to ‘knowledge-based’ sustainable development by putting forward three mutually reinforcing priorities in the Europe 2020 Strategy:

• Smart growth: developing an economy based on knowledge and innovation;
• Sustainable growth: promoting a more resource efficient, greener and more competitive economy;
• Inclusive growth: fostering a high-employment economy delivering social and territorial cohesion.

This edition of the INSPIRE Conference offers an opportunity to explore INSPIRE’s contribution to Europe’s 2020 strategic goals and to root it’s further implementation and development in the EU 2020 follow-up programmes.

More information: http://inspire.jrc.ec.europa.eu/events/conferences/inspire_2011/?page=call_for_papers