53 cases have been selected as finalists for the third successive European eGovernment Awards, organised by the European Commission. All applicants have been invited to exhibit at the Ministerial eGovernment Conference 2007 on 19-21 September in Lisbon. In addition the 53 selected cases are invited to participate in the Workshop for Finalists on 26-27 July hosted by the European Commission in Brussels and organised by the European eGovernment Awards Consortium.

The European Commission has launched a consultation on responsible research in nanosciences and nanotechnologies.

The consultation is part of the Commission's plan to suggest that the EU Member States sign up to a Code of Conduct for this emerging area of science. A broad spectrum of society is addressed by the consultation, from the scientific community and industry to civil society, policy-makers, media and the general public.

The main aim of the SINCERE Project is to involve SMEs to be active in the eHealth sector by providing them with knowledge, networking and sharing knowledge with other players, future roadmaps and innovation strategies.

SINCERE will bring SMEs closer to researchers in the eHealth field, all with the objective of preparing them for participation in Framework Programme or other research projects supported by the European Commission.

Expert Systems seeks original manuscripts for a Special Issue on Advances in Medical Decision Support Systems scheduled to appear in October 2008.

The foundation for any medical decision support is the medical knowledge base which contains the necessary rules and facts. This knowledge needs to be acquired from information and data in the fields of interest, such as medicine.

eHealthNews.EU Portal offers a unique opportunity for all European/International eHealth initiatives, organisations and institutions by promoting the published/accepted CORDIS Profiles. The offered service is free of charge and has been designed as a tool for partnership development in the frames of the current FP7 Open Calls.

The essential approach of CASCOM is the innovative inter-disciplinary combination of intelligent agent, Semantic Web, P2P, and mobile computing technology. Conventional peer-to-peer computing environments are extended with components for mobile and wireless communication. Semantic Web services are provided by peer software agents which exploit the CASCOM coordination infrastructure to efficiently operate in highly dynamic environments.

The Research Training Network INTACT is a multi-disciplinary network of 9 partners from 8 European countries (Germany, France, Czech Republic, UK, Hungary, Portugal, The Netherlands, Switzerland) which aims to improve health care for women with eating disorders.

INTACT will research and develop individually tailored treatment and stepped care interventions based around risk and maintaining factors, and the processes of getting well and staying well. The network will use a wide range of methodologies spanning genetics, neurobiology, psycholinguistics, psychotherapy process and mental health service research to internet and communication technology.