The 16th Annual Conference of the European Association of Research Managers and Administrators (EARMA) took place at the University of Ljubljana during the 20th - 23rd of June 2010.

16th EARMA Annual Conference

”Grand Challenges in Research Management and Administration in Europe”

University of Ljubljana, 20 – 23 June 2010

Introduction 

The 16th Annual Conference of the European Association of Research Managers and Administrators (EARMA) took place at the University of Ljubljana (link to Uni. Ljubljana) during the 20th - 23rd of June back in 2010. The main Conference workshops and sessions took place on a Monday the 21st and Tuesday 22nd of June. A welcome reception was planned for 20th June, and the Conference Dinner took place on the evening of 21st June.

Draft Programme 

Although still in the early stages of planning, the Conference programme consisted of plenary and keynote lectures, as well as a wide variety of parallel workshops and sessions dealing with many practical aspects of research management and administration. The programme in later years was divided into three subject ‘tracks’, and aims to cover the following:

• FP7 management and Finance: 7 financial rules, full costing, certification, timesheets, and audits


• Research Office Services – models of research office support structures, project management, and adding value to proposals


• Research Strategy & Policy – funding strategies, industry-university collaborations, and building research capacity

Further details concerning the Conference programme, exhibition, social events, and registration process were released in weeks later and will became available on the EARMA conference website.

Please note, that the conference is open to the members of EARMA. If you are not already a member, you are encouraged to become a member either as an individual or as an institutional member:see the application form.