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Dear Colleague,

I would like to draw your attention to the "European Forum for Early Career Researchers" which will take place in Otocec/Slovenia on 6-7 May 2005 (see conference announcement below). The event is jointly organised by the Slovenian public foundation "Ad Futura" and the Marie Curie Fellowship Association. If you know of anybody who might be interested in the event, we would be grateful if you could pass on the information.

Thank you very much in advance!

Kind regards,

Dagmar M. Meyer (Chair, Marie Curie Fellowship Association)

PS: Apologies if this information is of no interest to you, or if you have already received the announcement through a different channel.

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European Forum for Early Career Researchers

Otocec, Slovenia

6-7 May 2005

Jointly organised by Ad futura, Science and Education Foundation of the Republic of Slovenia (www.ad-futura.si) and the Marie Curie Fellowship Association (www.mariecurie.org).

The idea of the Forum is to bring together early career researchers and more experienced colleagues from across Europe, from across disciplines, and from a broad range of professional backgrounds. The event will also be of particular interest to people involved in science policy at national or European level.

The Forum will essentially consist of a number of workshops, covering a broad range of topics. Half of these will be of a practical nature, providing participants with training in transferable skills, the other half will be more science policy oriented.

Participants will also have the opportunity to present posters for sharing information about their research projects and other topics of interest to early career researchers.

The organisers expect about 150 participants. Marie Curie fellows (past or current) are especially invited to attend.

More information about the programme, registration procedure etc. can be found on the website of the event at www.ad-futura.si/EuroForum.

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