Conference: EARMA Annual Conference 2006: Successful International Research Collaboration: The Changing Research Funding Climate in Europe.

here is a strong focus on the research management and support issues faced by European research and higher education institutions operating in the current environment. The forthcoming 7th Framework Programme, and its objectives, will feature prominently. The European Commissioner for Science and Research, Janez Potočnik, will open our Conference with a pre-recorded message, to be followed by key note speeches from the head of the OECD Institutional Management in Higher Education Programme and the DG Research.

For further information and a detailed programme please have a look at the EARMA website www.earma.org.