1 octobre: EurActiv Workshop -The carbon footprint of European cities (by invitation only)

2 - 3 octobre: Bravo/Nuit Blanche

5 octobre: Copa Cogeca Press Conference - Copa Cogeca - Residence Palace

5 octobre: Welcome reception to the new European Parliament - RICS

6 octobre: EurActiv Workshop - Raw materials for economic growth – towards a sustainable policy (by invitation only)

6 octobre: Thinking Across Disciplines – Shaping our Future Welfare Together - EUREKA

7 octobre: Le montage de projets européens de recherche - Interface Europe

7 octobre: ETNO 2nd Innovation Day - ETNO

5 - 6 octobre: Conference "From the European Charter for Small Enterprises to the Small Business Act" - Stockholm, Sweden

1 - 2 octobre: Informal Meeting of Finance Ministers - Göteborg, Sweden

2 octobre: Second Irish referendum on Lisbon Treaty - Ireland

6 - 7 octobre: Cross-Border Healthcare in Europe: A Gateway to Fraud and Corruption - EHFCN - European Healthcare Fraud & Corruption Network - Edimburgh, Scotland

7 octobre: ENISA's 5th Anniversary: An Interview With the Executive Director, Mr. Andrea Pirotti - ENISA - Heraklion , Crete, Greece

8 octobre: Les contrats européens de recherche : module financier - Interface Europe

8 octobre: EURELECTRIC Conference: Integrated Implemention of Air Pollution & Climate Policies in the European Union: Power Sector Perspective - EURELECTRIC

9 octobre: THE STATE OF EUROPE - Friends of Europe’s sixth annual High-Level Roundtable - Friends of Europe - The Concert Noble Hall, Brussels. For more information: Malin Myhrmam +32 (0)2 737 9158

9 octobre: PRESIDENT’S DINNER - Friends of Europe annual President’s Dinner - Friends of Europe - The Concert Noble Hall, Brussels. For more information: Jacqueline Hogue +32 (0)2 737 9150

9 octobre: Technical workshop on “Communication of Sustainable Water Management (SWM)” - EWP - European Water Partnership

12 octobre: Towards Basel III? Regulating the banking sector after the crisis - Friends of Europe - Bibliothèque Solvay, Brussels. For more information: Maximilian Rech +32 (0)2 739 15 81

12 octobre: NEXT GENERATION COMPETITION: Driving Innovation in Telecommunications - LIBERTY GLOBAL

13 - 14 octobre: 1st European Innovation Summit - Knowledge for Innovation, The Lisbon Forum

13 octobre: AmCham EU Cloud Computing Expert Seminar - AmCham EU - Attendance free to members and invitees only, please contact Christian Borggreen for more information (tel. +32 2 289 10 36, email: Christian.borggreen@amchameu.be)

13 octobre: COSTEFF Launch Event "Making cost-efficiency in healthcare a reality: the input of the industry" - COSTEFF - alliance for cost-efficiency in healthcare - Renaissance Hotel, Rue du Parnasse 19, 1050 Brussels

14 octobre: Press briefing on the6th European Bus & Coach Forum: “Boosting European coach tourism and travel through business-friendly rules” - IRU - The International Road Transport Union - Meeting centre “Gruzenberg”, Kortrijk Xpo, Belgium

14 octobre: Anticipation of change in the Automotive Industry - CLEPA - The European Parliament

14 octobre: AmCham EU 26th Annual Competition Policy Conference: ‘Private Rights and Public Authorities: What are the Antitrust Limits to the Exercise of IP Rights?’ - AmCham EU - Please see website for latest programme and to attend the conference. For more information, please contact Bernardo Matos (tel. +32 2 289 10 32, email: bernardo.matos@amchameu.be)

13 octobre: EurActiv Workshop - World food security: What role for Europe? (by invitation only) - European Parliament, Brussels

9 octobre: 3rd International Taxi Forum: “Latest car technologies and innovative industry practices for greener taxi services” - IRU - The International Road Transport Union - Copenhagen, Denmark

10 - 17 octobre: European Local Democracy week in Strasbourg - The City of Strasbourg - Strasburg

11 - 14 octobre: 22nd ESICM Annual Congress - ESICM - The European Society of Intensive Care Medicine - Vienna, Austria

15 octobre: 6th Brussels debate: Cultural diversity: Spicing up Creativity? - European Year of Innovation & Creativity

16 octobre: 6th European Bus and Coach Forum - Boosting European Coach Tourism and Travel through Business-Friendly Rules - IRU - International Road Transport Union - Meeting Centre "Gruzenberg", Kortrijk Xpo, Kortrijk, Belgium

21 octobre: Le management de projets européens de recherche - Interface Europe

15 - 16 octobre: DG ECFIN's 6th Annual Research Conference : Crisis and Reform.

19 - 22 octobre: EP Plenary session

19 - 20 octobre: Agriculture and Fisheries Council - Luxembourg

20 octobre: Economic and Financial Affairs Council - Luxembourg

21 - 22 octobre: “Strengthening European small and medium sized enterprises in the defence sector” - European Commission - DG Enterprise & Industry - Berlin

21 octobre: Environment Council - Luxembourg

16 octobre: EU Bookshop Digital Library goes live - All the EU publications in one place - Publications Office of the European Union - Frankfurt Bookfair, Hall 6.2 Press Centre Conference room, Messegelände, Ludwig-Erhard-Anlage 1, 60327 Frankfurt

18 - 21 octobre: 4th World Forum on Energy Regulation 2009 - Organised by RAE in coordination with the CEER - Athens, Greece

18 - 21 octobre: World Forum on Energy Regulation (WFER IV) - CEER Council European Energy Regulators - Athens, Greece

20 octobre: Patient-centred healthcare systems in Europe: what role for biotech? - EuropaBio - European Parliament, Strasbourg

20 - 22 octobre: EuropaBio's European Forum for Industrial Biotechnology 2009 - EuropaBio - Lisbon, Portugal

21 - 24 octobre: MOVE2009 - World Congress on active cities: sport, health & citizenship - Copenhagen

22 octobre: Audits et contrôles de votre contrat européen de recherche - Interface Europe

22 octobre: PV SUNRISE Project Final Forum: "From the Roof to the Grid: Creating new synergies between the PV sector, the building industry and electricity systems operators" - EPIA - Hotel Hilton, Brussels, Belgium

27 octobre: 12th European conference of Local Public Enterprises “LOCAL ENTERPRISES STEPPING UP: FROM GLOBAL CRISIS TO NEW OPPORTUNITIES” - CEEP

27 octobre: Press breakfast to discuss how sustainability is driving business & policy-makers - Ogilvy Brussels – Putterie 20, 1000 Brussels, 02 545 66 00. For more information please contact Barbara Malengeaux, 02 545 65 47, Barbara.malengreaux@ogilvy.com

23 octobre: Justice and Home Affairs Council - Luxembourg

26 - 27 octobre: General Affairs and External Relations Council - Luxembourg

25 - 26 octobre: Seminar on arab and international road transport agreements and their role in developing arab foreign trade - IRU and the Arab Union of Land Transport, in partnership with the League of Arab States - Semiramis Hotel, Cairo, Egypt

29 octobre: Summit of the European Liberal Prime Ministers - ELDR Party - Bibliothèque Solvay - Brussels

29 octobre: EU Policy Conference on Climate Change - EDA - Radisson Blu Hotel (Rue d’idalie 35, Brussels)

4 novembre: 20 Years of Commercial Television in Europe - ACT - Association of Commercial Television in Europe

4 novembre: Second European Logistics Summit - Alliance for European Logistics - The Stanhope Hotel, Brussels

4 novembre: An EU fit for purpose in the global age: defining europe’s value in the next decade - Friends of Europe - Bibliothèque Solvay, Brussels. For more information: Federica Torcoli +32 (0)2 737 9145 federica.torcoli@friendofeurope.org

29 octobre: EU Finance Day for SMEs (Bratislava) - European Commission - Bratislava, Slovakia

29 - 30 octobre: European Council - Brussels

3 novembre: EU-USA Summit - Washington DC, USA

3 novembre: District Energy Climate Summit - Euroheat & Power, Dansk Fjernvarme, DBDH - Danish Board of District Heatingm, IDEA - International District Energy Association, IEA - International Energy Agency - Copenhagen - Denmark

4 - 6 novembre: Highlights of the European Public Sector Award 2009 - EIPA - European Institute of Public Administration - Maastricht, The Netherlands