In the December issue of Optics and Photonics News, the Optical Society of America highlighted exciting and significant research findings that characterized the year 2011 in Optics and Photonics. Among these annual highlights (see video), the work of the FORTH-IESL, research group of Dr Stavros Pissadakis, focused on the development of Magnetofluidically Tunable Microstructured Optical Fiber Grating Devices was included.

The ceremony of the Award for Excellence in Academic Teaching "Vassilis XANTHOPOULOS - Stephanos PNEVMATIKOS" will be held at the main Hall of the National Library in Athens on December 13 2011, at 19.00 p.m.

The Representation of the European Commission in Greece in collaboration with the Foundation for Research and Technology - Hellas (FORTH) is pleased to invite you to a one-day workshop in the context of the "Going Local 2011 exercise - Digital Agenda" of the General Directorate of the Information Society and Media of the European Commission on the topic "Strategies of Digital Development" on Tuesday 29 November, at 10:30 hrs at the main amphitheatre of FORTH "Georgios Lianis", Heraklion, Crete (N. Plastira 100)

Eurecca tackles three key questions for the IT industry: Today's multicore processors are not being utilized in a sufficiently intelligent way. They get too hot and run slowly because they are used inefficiently. At the same time, transistors are becoming so small that they will ultimately become unreliable. Major European research organizations are now attempting to create a revolution in computer architecture.

Nursing and Medical Applications (under the product name ICS-M), which are part of the software suite "Integrated Care Solutions" developed by the Institute of Computer Science of the Foundation for Research and Technology - Hellas (FORTH), have been certified with the Seal of Quality Electronic Health Record (EHR) Level 2 (EuroRec EHR Quality Seal Level 2) by the European Institute for Health Records EuroRec (http://www.eurorec.org/).

Heraklion (September, 15 2011) - For the closing event of their second exhibition "Present - Human - Future" the Visual Arts Group of FORTH presents Michela Pelusio with her lecture "ArtScience" this Saturday, 17th of September 2011 at 8pm at the Vitturi Bastion in Heraklion.

Convened by genSET, ESF, COST and STOA, The European Gender Summit is held under the patronage of the Polish Presidency of the Council of the European Union.

The 4th NanoWire meeting "Structural, electronic and transport properties of quantum wires", (NW2011), focusing on nanowire growth, physics and device applications, was successfully organised at the cultural centre of Plomarion Lesvos, with the co-operation of the Prefecture of Lesvos and the community district of Plomari, from June 13th-18th, 2011.

This year Onassis Summer School in Biology is devoted to: "Basic and Applied Virology", FORTH, Heraklion Crete, Greece, 11 - 15 July 2011

Doctors and scientists need to work closer together, according to a new international group working at the forefront of the use of light in medicine.