Events

On the 2nd and 3rd of March in Hilversum (Netherlands) first hackaton organized by Europeana took place. Hackaton is an informal workshop to show (in this case) possibilities of Europeana API usage. During two days developers had opportunity to create an interesting projects – sketches, prototypes or even complete applications. Workshop was held in the Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision (Beeld en Geluid).

In what direction should Poznań agglomeration develop, what may attract investors and whether the capital of Wielkopolska is a place for innovative projects. These and many other issues were discussed by the participants on the Fourth Economic Forum of the Poznań Agglomeration – representatives of local governments, researchers and entrepreneurs.

In the part of the festival dedicated to physics, astronomy and IT fans PSNC presented the KIWI platform.

MCG, Multimedia City Guide, again proved to be the best. During the International Conference V4DiS/ISSS LORIS in Hradec Kralove, Poznan received a Euro Crest Aw@rd for the best website in 2011 in the contest of the best site of the city.

„Invest in the best” – is the motto of 4th Economic Forum of the Poznań Agglomeration. This year’s conference, which will be held on 6th April 2011, will be devoted to the issue of the future of investments planned in the Poznań agglomeration.

Mateusz Drygas and Marcin Jerzak from PSNC Security Team will participate in an online chat about digital security in business activity. Virtual meeting will be organised next Thursday by the Enterprise Europe Network, operating at the Lower Silesian Regional Development Agency.

On 29th and 30th March 2011 an exhibition of Celtic-Plus initiative in Heiderberg will take place. During the exhibition, PSNC will present a prototype for a telemedicine platform developed in HIPERMED project.

3rd Brain Awareness Week will be held in Poznan from 14th to 18th March. Co-organizers of the event are the Department of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Poznan and Poznan Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry of Polish Academy of Sciences. Live broadcast of the event will be prepared by Poznan Supercomputing and Networking Center.

Marcin Jerzak and Jerzy Mikołajczak from PSNC represented Microsoft Innovation Center during a workshop for representatives of ICT sector organized on February by Lower Silesian Regional Development Agency in Lower Silesian Technology Park (in Szczawno Zdrój).

The residents of cities belonging to the Association of Polish Cities will only tomorrow be able to watch the proceeding of the Association without having to leave their houses. Three-hour broadcast online on the internet will be provided by the Poznań Supercomputing and Networking Center.

On 23rd and 24th February at the headquarters of PSNC was held a meeting on a new project called Silhouette. The meeting was devoted to the preparation of a detailed timetable of the first phase of the project. Meeting was chaired by representatives of PSNC – a lead participant of the project.

We invite companies interested in the implementation of the ideas awardeded in “The Practice of Computer Science Specialist” competition.