October 2016 | INGENIO [CSIC-UPV] - Instituto de Gestión de la Innovación y del Conocimiento

	STI Conference 2016 Valencia: Peripheries, Frontiers and Beyond \| September 2016 Book of proceedings available. [Download here] This conference, organized in cooperation between INGENIO [CSIC-UPV] and ENID, aims to stimulate reflection on the challenges posed to S&T indicator development and use in geographical, cognitive or social spaces that are peripheral or marginal to the centres of economic, scientific or technological activity. The focus is also on emerging areas of research and innovation that are inadequately described by existing, quantitative or qualitative indicators. [STI website]
	6th Global TechMining Conference \| September In conjunction with the 21st International Conference on Science and Technology Indicators, on September 13, 2016 was held the 6th Global TechMining Conference at the Universitat Politècnica de València attended by about 80 people. Tech Mining, a special form of “Big Data” analytics, aimed to generate Competitive Technical Intelligence (CTI) using bibliometric and text-mining software as well as other analytical & visualization applications for analyses of Science, Technology & Innovation (ST&I) information resources. The goal of the conference was to engage cross-disciplinary networks of analysts, software specialists, researchers, policymakers, and managers to advance the use of textual information in multiple science, technology, and business development fields. [Read More]
	Erasmus+ Programme Capacity Building in Higher Education: FOSTERC Focusing on the National priorities fixed by Belarus, the main aim of FOSTERC is to support the modernisation of governance, management and functioning of Belarusian Higher Education Institutions. For that, FOSTERC will: Provide indicators for conceptualize learning outcomes in terms of competencies (knowledge, skills and attitudes) Upgrade and improve innovative training methods and the development of pedagogical creativity Equip Belarusian Higher Education Institutions with the necessary information tool to facilitate the implementation of internal and external quality assurance systems/guidelines Modernize the systems and practices of data collection and analysis in the Belarusian HE system through the development of an integrated 'Management Information System' improving HEIs' management in teaching and learning activities. [Read More]