FET-Febr2013

Dear FET colleagues,

We are happy to inform you that the latest edition of the FET Newsletter can be found at: http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/ict/programme/docs/fp7-fet-nl-12_en.pdf

In this newsletter we want to inform you about ongoing and future activities and present some key results and achievements of ongoing projects and initiatives in Future and Emerging Technologies.

This time we particularly want to bring to your attention the following topics:

  *   The selection of the two initial Flagships: GRAPHENE and HUMAN BRAIN PROJECT

  *   The consultation on Directions for FET

  *   The creation of a FET Advisory Group

  *   The public consultation to improve the performance of DG CONNECT

  *   Funding opportunities

  *   New projects launched in FET

 *  Information about FET projects in our "La vie des projets" section, featuring FOCUS, OCTOPUS, PHORBITECH and CG LEARNING

We are also launching our first annual reader survey to hear from you and what you think about this newsletter. It should not take more than 5 min for you to complete, and we would greatly appreciate your feedback!

http://ec.europa.eu/yourvoice/ipm/forms/dispatch?form=FETReaderSurvey2013

We welcome your input for future editions of this newsletter - please send any items that could be published in future editions to our infodesks:

FET:  cnect-ictfet@ec.europa.eu

Flagships: cnect-flagship@ec.europa.eu

On behalf of

Ales Fiala - Head of Unit FET

Wolfgang Boch - Head of Unit Flagships

Communications Networks, Content and Technology Directorate General

European Commission