Subject: special offer : eu workshop

* esslli 98 novelty * for the first time the european summer school in logic , language and information to be held from august 17 - 28 , 1998 in saarbruecken , germany , offers a special eu workshop : " preparation and management of eu - funded projects " transnational r&d funded by the european commission has become one of the foremost sources for advanced technology and application development in information technology . for the participating research centers such projects offer a unique opportunity for joint r&d in international consortia bringing together partners from industry , academia , contract research , and public administration . our workshop will provide the participants with information , advice and guidelines for the definition , application and management of eu - projects , both on the administrative and technical level . we will discuss concrete questions concerning available funding programmes , hints for finding or building consortia , advice on the structuring of projects , rules for handling many types of forms , and an overview of relevant financial regulations . a special section will be dedicated to a preview of upcoming opportunities and challenges in the fifth framework program ( first call for proposals in january 1999 ) . the speakers of the workshop are highly experienced managers of eu - projects and a representative of the eu language engineering programme , giovanni b . varile , dg xiii of the european commission . there is no extra charge for this workshop once you have registered for esslli 98 . * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * do n't miss our big esslli 10th anniversary party on friday , august 21 , with life music and surprises and other social gatherings . * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * hope to see you in august ! best regards , hans uszkoreit p . s . for further information on esslli 98 and the eu workshop please check the following homepage : http : / / www . coli . uni-sb . de / esslli / or contact sabine klingner , esslli 98 organization : klingner @ dfki . de * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * registration is still possible until august 16 , 1998 . * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ german research center for artificial intelligence ( dfki ) & univ . of saarbruecken , dept . of computational linguistics d-66123 saarbruecken , germany www : http : / / coli . uni-sb . de / ~ hansu / univ . phone + 49 ( 681 ) 302-4115 fax + 49 ( 681 ) 302-4700 dfki phone + 49 ( 681 ) 302-5282 fax + 49 ( 681 ) 302-5338 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ k
