The ECSS 2013 will be held at the CWI located at Science Park Amsterdam, 123, in the east of Amsterdam, Netherlands.

How to arrive

Public transport:

If you are travelling by plane, the most convenient way of connecting between the Schiphol Airport and Amsterdam city center is by train.  Four direct trains per hour are offered, for details and timetable see:

http://www.iamsterdam.com/en/visiting/touristinformation/gettingaround/arrival-and-departure/arrival-by-plane

The nearest train station is Amsterdam Science Park, a 6-minute walk from CWI. The 2nd closest train station is Amstel Station. From there bus 40/240 goes to Science Park, but you can also take a taxi or rent a bicycle at the station.

Two direct trains per hour run between Schiphol Airport and Amsterdam Science Park.

To find your best connection, check the Dutch Rail (NS) train planner:

http://www.ns.nl/en/travellers/home

Tickets can be purchased at any ticket machine in the stations, more information and prices can be found at the Dutch Rail website.

Taxis:

Always an option, but relatively expensive. For details see:

http://www.iamsterdam.com/en/visiting/touristinformation/gettingaround/taxi

If you need a taxi from the CWI you can ask directly at the reception for a reservation. If reception is already closed call +31 20 690 58 58; the address is Science Park 123. Please, note that after 19:00 taxis cannot come to the entrance door so you will have to meet them outside the gates.

Cars:

Please be aware that parking space in Amsterdam is very scarce and hence very expensive. You can park your car on the Science Park area where CWI is located.

To enter the parking area by car, take a ticket from the machine at the gate. To leave collect an exit ticket from CWI reception.

Getting around:

Details about the metro, trams and busses, including the electronic ticket system ("OV-chip card") can be found at:

http://www.iamsterdam.com/en/visiting/touristinformation/gettingaround/publictransport

Visitors can use the disposable cards. Tickets for a single ride and 1-day (24 hour) passes can be purchased from the driver/conductor on trams and busses (cash only) and from vending machines in the metro stations.

Multi-day (up to 7-days/168 hours) passes can only be purchased from the vending machines or from the ticket office opposite of central station. For details see:

http://www.gvb.nl/english/travellers/tickets-and-fares/ov-chipkaart-travel-products/Pages/ov-chipkaart-travel-products.aspx

and

http://www.iamsterdam.com/en/placestogo/public-transport-gvb-tickets--info-desks/6688b9b9-7dba-4b3e-a01e-e7076c4d7831

Arriving at CWI:

When arriving at CWI go to the reception and inform that you are attending the ECSS 2013 summit. You will receive a visitors pass that allows you to enter and leave the building.

General Information

For directions to CWI, please see: http://www.cwi.nl/general/Address

Conference Chairs

• Carlo Ghezzi, Politecnico di Milano, President of Informatics Europe
• Lynda Hardman , CWI, Board Member of Informatics Europe

Program Chair

• Arie van Deursen,  Delft University of Technology

 Program Committee

• Georg Gottlob, University of Oxford
• Marh Harris, Innovaventures
• Lynda Hardman, CWI
• Hans-Ulrich Heiss, TU Berlin
• Bertrand Meyer, ETH Zurich
• Manfred Nagl, RWTH Aachen University
• Enrico Nardelli, Università di Roma "Tor Vergata" and GRIN
• Leszek Pacholski, University of Wroclaw
• Antoine Petit, INRIA
• Heikki Saikkonen, Aalto University

Organizational Committee

• Cristina Pereira, Informatics Europe
• Martine Anholt Gunzeln, CWI
  

Deadline Paper Submissions: August 1, 2013

Notifications of Acceptance: August 15, 2013

Deadline Early Registrations: September 6, 2013

Workshop for Deans, Department Chairs and Research Directors: October 7, 2013

Workshop Innovation Management & Technology Entrepreneurship for Faculty: October 7, 2013

Informatics Europe General Assembly: October 8, 2013

Because October is a busy month for the Amsterdam Hotels we already booked some hotel rooms for you. To benefit of the discounted prices negotiated with the hotels, please use the link when you make your reservation. These hotels are close to the venue.

If you need help with the reservation, please contact Ms. Martine Anholt-Gunzeln (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.)

• NH Tropen Hotel

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You can use this link to make your reservation before 6th of September 2013

http://www.nh-hotels.com/events/en/event-detail/16972/cwi.html

• Hampshire Hotel Lancaster

Plantage Middenlaan 48 - 1018DH - Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Phone: +31(0)205356888

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You can use this link to make your reservation (use the  promo code ECSS 27/8)  before 27th of August 2013:

www.hampshire-hotels.com

•  Hotel Casa400 Amsterdam

Eerste Ringdijkstrat 4, 1097 BC, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Phone: +31(0)206651171 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

www.hotelcasa400.com

You can mail Ms. Anholt-Gunzeln (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) and ask for a reservation form. This form has to be returned to the hotel before the 6th of September 2013.

8–9 October 2013, Amsterdam, Netherlands
With Pre-Summit Workshops on October 7, 2013

The ECSS 2013 was successfully held in Amsterdam!

The slides of the talks, kindly shared by the speakers, are now available for download in the Conference Program page. Speakers from the two pre-summit workshops also gently shared their slides, to dowload them visit the pages of the two workshops (acess from righ menu box).

ECSS 2013 is the 9th Summit of deans, department chairs and senior faculty of leading European Computer Science and Informatics faculties, departments, research institutes and laboratories.

Like its previous editions, ECSS 2013 is the meeting place for anyone interested in issues of research, education, and policy in Informatics. It is a unique opportunity to meet some of the leading decision makers in informatics research and education, and discuss the critical issues of the discipline.The Summit is devoted to important and timely strategic issues and trends regarding all aspects of informatics: education, research, funding, entrepreneurship, management, career development, and policies.

This year's speakers have been selected in connection to the ECSS 2013 theme "Informatics and Innovation". We are proud to announce that the following thought leaders in research and education in informatics and innovation have agreed to deliver a keynote presentation:

• François Bancilhon, Data Publica, France
• Carl-Christian Buhr, European Commission, Belgium
• Frank van Harmelen, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Netherlands
• Heleen Kist, Independent Strategy Consultant, United Kingdom
• Erik Meijer, Delft University of Technology, Netherlands and Applied Duality Inc., USA
• Anka Mulder, Delft University of Technology, Netherlands
• Pamela Zave, AT&T Laboratories, USA

Traditionally, ECSS conferences are organized by Informatics Europe in collaboration with a host institution, active member of the association. The ECSS 2013 is hosted by the Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica (CWI), the national research institute for mathematics and computer science in the Netherlands, and will be held in Amsterdam, Netherlands, October 7-9, 2013.

The ECSS 2013 is co-chaired by Carlo Ghezzi, President of Informatics Europe, and Lynda Hardman, Research Cluster Leader at CWI and Board member of Informatics Europe. The program chair is Arie van Deursen, professor at Delft University of Technology.

Summit Theme

The special theme is this year's summit is Informatics and Innovation. As stated by Peter Denning, "an idea that changes no one's behavior is only an invention, not an innovation." Thus, ECSS 2013 will be devoted research and education in informatics that is aimed at societal impact. ECSS 2013 aims to enable educators, researchers, managers, and other experts in the field to assess and discuss organizational matters that are needed to stimulate innovation in computer science education and research. Therefore, specific attention will be devoted to such topics as entrepreneurship, impact via open source, publishing via open access, impact via patents, and online learning and massively online open courses (MOOCs).

Our Program

As for the previous Summits, the program consists of special invited talks, workshops, panels and other interactive sessions devoted to common issues, problems and proposals in the area of Informatics (Computer Science/Computing/ICT). Special features of the 2013 Summit are as follows:

• Special focus on "Informatics and Innovation"
• Pre-summit Workshop for Deans, Department Chairs and Research Directors on October 7, 2013
• Pre-Summit Workshop onWorkshop on Innovation Management & Technology Entrepreneurship for Faculty on October 7, 2013
  
• Invited talks from key players in the field
• Submitted talks by colleagues from all over Europe and beyond
• Award Ceremony of the 2013 Best Practices in Education Award

Pre-Summit Workshops

On October 7, two special workshops will be organized as part of the ECSS 2013 events:

Pre-summit Workshop for Deans, Department Chairs and Research Directors

Chair: Mehdi Jazayeri, founding dean of the Faculty of Informatics at the University of Lugano

This already traditional workshop provides a forum for best practices exchanges and is a unique opportunity to build relationships among department heads at European Informatics research institutions, strengthening their leadership and management competencies. See more details here.

Pre-Summit Workshop on Innovation Management & Technology Entrepreneurship for Faculty

Chairs: Mark Harris, Innovaventures, Jeroen Klijs, TU München

This workshop covers in a distilled fashion the theory of innovation management and technology entrepreneurship as well as gives practical advice and examples to build an efficient European technology transfer system. See more details here.

Audience

The ECSS audience includes anyone with a stake in the future of Information and Communication Science and Technology in Europe. Traditionally, many department heads, directors of both industrial and academic labs, and other decision makers make up a substantial share of ECSS participants.

 What is the purpose of the European Computer Science Summit?

• To expand the international network of deans, heads of departments, and research directors in Informatics.
• To provide a forum for discussion and the exchange of solutions and best practices on common issues.
• To examine ways in which deans, department heads, and research directors in Informatics can work together to improve teaching and research, implement the Bologna process, can influence the policies of their universities, governments and the EU, and take joint initiatives on many other issues.
• To provide opportunities for liaisons with other groups pursuing relevant interests.

More information and details about the conference will be incrementally added to this website, keep following us in the coming months for up-to-date information.

Organization