Brussels, 04/10/2004 (Agence Europe) - The list of seminars, symposia and other events for October 2004 is as follows:
EU's Intellectual Property Regime - Helping to make Industry more competitive), 4 October in Brussels, half day conference organised by the British Chamber of Commerce in Belgium. Info: http://www.britcham.be
"the Mid-term strategy of the Lisbon strategy: a challenge for the EU", 5 October in Brussels, "lunch meeting" with Nicolas Schmidt, Luxembourg Permanent Representative to the EU (Luxembourg will be in the presidency of the EU for the first half of 2005). Info: http://www.britcham.be
" Bolkestein Directive on services in the internal market of the EU", 5 October in Luxembourg-Kirchberg, conference organised by the Conseil syndical interrégional de la Sarre, Lorraine, Luxembourg, Trier and western Rhineland. For more information, call +352/29 68 94 24 or fax: +352/40 63 61
"South East Europe five years on: Can the Western Balkans make it to the EU?", 6 October in Brussels, debate-conference organised by European Policy Centre (EPC) and the Fondation Roi Baudouin, attended by Serbian President Boris Tadic and the Director of the Stability Pact for South East Europe, Erhard Busek. Info: EPC, fax: +32/2/230.74.72
"European Integration and football as a source of regional and national identities", 6 October in Brussels (office of the Committee of the Regions), conference organised by the Alsace Promotion Association (APA), attended by Arsène Wenger (Manager of Arsenal London) and Marc Keller (Director General of RC Strasbourg). The debate will be chaired by Daniel Cohn-Bendit. Info: abrusselmans@kernnet.com / tel: +32/2/289.26.00 / http://www.kernnet.com
EUCOMED (European Medical Technology Industry Association) is organising its annual general meeting 7/8 October in Prague. Further info: on http://www.eucomed.org or ask for information at eucomed@eucomed.be
"Moving East: Changing the Automotive Logistics Infrastructure in an enlarging EU", 8 October in Berlin, conference organised by "European Car-Transport Group of Interest" (ECG). Info: ECG, tel.: +32 2 706 82 80 / info@eurocartrans.org / http://www.eurocartrans.org
State Aid in the European Union, 13 October in Brussels, international colloquium organised by the Institute of European Studies at the Free University of Brussels (in collaboration with the Belgian Permanent Representative of the EU. Further information: +32 2 650.30.93 / jdeligne@admin.ulb.ac.be
Gala Dinner of the "American Club of Brussels" and the "American Chamber of Commerce of Belgium", 19 October at the Conrad Hotel in Brussels attended by the Ambassador of the USA to Belgium, Tom C.Korologos. Info: AmCham, tel.: +32 2 513.67.70
"The Civil Code and Europe: Influence and modernity), colloquium organised by the Council of Europe in partnership with the in partnership with the Court of Appeal and the ministry of justice in France. 21/22 October in Strasbourg at the Palais de l'Europe. Dominique Perben will be speaking (the Keeper of the Seals at the French ministry of justice) and the German minister for justice, Brigitte Zypries. Work will be organised in different workshops, covering themes such as: law on responsibility, contract law, development of family structure, property law, protection of the individual and legal rules for codification. Further information: Fax: +33(0)3 88 4137 45 / e-mail: elisabeth.heurtebise@coe.int