19th European Computer Science Summit

ECSS 2023 was held from 23 to 25 October 2023 in Edinburgh, UK, with the main theme "Informatics: Shaping the Future". The conference was hosted and co-organised by the School of Informatics of the University of Edinburgh.  

ECSS is the flagship summit for the leadership of the Informatics research community in Europe.

The only summit devoted to crucial and timely strategic issues and trends regarding all aspects of informatics in Europe. It covers subjects such as education, research, funding, entrepreneurship, management, and career development. The high calibre of the speakers, since the very first Summit in 2005, has established ECSS as one of the most prominent meetings of the European informatics community. A must-go event for research and education leaders and change-makers at all levels, in informatics and related disciplines.

ECSS 2023: activities organised by our Summit Committee:

ECSS2023 overview

Why attend

Speakers

ECSS speakers are always among the world`s most distinguished academics, industry leaders, and decision-makers in the field. The event never fails to inspire and stimulate the audience.

Workshops

Learn directly from your peers. Share best practices, common challenges, and proven strategies for improving the quality of research and education in Informatics at the ECSS workshops.

Network

Meet some of the leading decision makers in Informatics research and education and discuss the critical issues of the discipline. Build valuable relationships with department heads, deans, policy makers, industry, and other leaders in the field.

ECSS 2023 in a Nutshell

 

Diversity and Inclusion in a Multicultural World

Leaders Workshop

Professional Development for Early Career Researchers

Early Career Researchers Workshop

Social Activities

Networking and exchange time during coffee breaks, welcome cocktail, and official dinner

 

Informatics: Shaping the Future

ECSS 2023 Main Theme

Plugging the Informatics Skills Gap & The Journey from Higher Education to Entrepreneurship

Academia-Industry Sessions

AI and the Future of Informatics Education

Workshop co-organized with National Informatics Associations 

Green ICT and ICT for Green Workshop

Green ICT WG Workshop

Analysis of Data in European Informatics Higher Education Landscape

Data Analysis and Reporting WG Workshop

Informatics Europe Sessions

 

 

 

 

 

 

The above mentioned workshops and sessions are open to all ECSS participants.

Thank you for your support at ECSS 2023. We look forward to meeting you at our next Summit in Malta on 28-30 Oct, 2024!

Read more about ECSS:

ECSS, from 2005 to date

The European Computer Science Summit has been organised annually by Informatics Europe since 2005. In fact, the origins of Informatics Europe date back to the first ECSS held at ETH Zurich in 2005, when for the first time, heads of Informatics departments throughout Europe met to discuss critical issues and common concerns related to their discipline. Informatics Europe continues to organize the summit since then.

Today, ECSS still gathers deans, department chairs, and heads of research groups of leading European Computer Science and Informatics faculties, departments as well as public and private research institutes. Additional workshops and sessions in recent years have broadened the scope of the discussions to include all leaders and decision-makers in Informatics in Europe, both from academia and industrial research labs.

The Summit is devoted to all aspects of Informatics: education, research, funding, entrepreneurship, management, career development, and policies.

The high calibre of the speakers, since the very first Summit in 2005, has established the ECSS as one of the most prominent meetings of the European Informatics community.

 

Purpose of ECSS

  • Debate the future of informatics, its role and influence in both academy and society.
  • Expand the international network of deans, heads of departments, and group-leading researchers in informatics.
  • Provide a forum for discussion and exchange of solutions and best practices on common issues.
  • Examine ways in which deans, department heads, and group-leading researchers 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 common issues.
  • Provide opportunities for liaisons with other groups pursuing common interests.