ETFA2016 offers a high quality technical program featuring keynotes and plenary sessions, interesting and important satellite events to include the Industry Day, and an attractive social program with the banquet dinner and a boat trip through the center of Berlin.

The theme of this edition of the forum is “Technologies&for&smarter& societies.” In fact, research and innovation are the keys for a structural change towards a more sustainable economy able to create new job opportunities, as well as to fuel productivity and growth. Countries investing in research and innovation are more resilient to the economic crisis, react promptly to the great societal challenges of our time, and perform better in the strong global competition that continuously shapes economies and societies.

The Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) is a federal research funding agency in Canada that promotes and supports postsecondary-based research and research training in the humanities and social sciences.ERA-Can+ invites European researchers, research managers, as well as representatives from universities, colleges, government agencies and the private sector to participate in a live webinar to learn about the many research opportunities open to Europeans through SSHRC.

The "Vienna Workshop on Functional Electrical Stimulation" was held the first time in 1983 in Vienna, Austria. Since then it is organised by the Center for Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering (former: Center for Biomedical Engineering and Physics) / Medical University of Vienna and the Austrian Society for Biomedical Engineering every three years in Vienna or locations close to Vienna.

The ECNP Congress is Europe's largest meeting on applied and translational neuroscience. Annually it brings together between 4,000 and 6,000 psychiatrists, neuroscientists, neurologists and psychologists from around the world to discuss the latest developments in the science and treatment of disorders of the brain.

The conference aims to enable researchers build connections between different digital applications. The event will be held over three days, with presentations delivered by researchers from the international community, including presentations from keynote speakers and state-of-the-art lectures.

ICT Proposers' day 2016 in Bratislava, Slovakia on 26 and 27 September is a networking event promoting European ICT Research & Innovation and focusing on the Horizon 2020 Work Programme for 2016-17.

Whilst technology-driven innovation has been a fundamental contributor to the prosperity of Europe, the recognition is emerging that design-driven, non-technological innovation is now also a route to competitiveness. In this context, the 25th EBN Congress intends to be a strong support to design-driven innovation across Europe and the Action Plan for Design-Driven Innovation, as well as to contribute to achieve the following Commission aims:- increase the use of design for innovation and growth across Europe;- raise awareness of how design-driven innovation increases efficiency in public services and drives business growth;- create capacity and competencies to deliver these policies.