The SEA-EU-NET 2 project will organise the next ASEAN-EU Science, Technology & Innovation Days (STI Days) on 24-25 April 2017 in Brussels, Belgium as a bi-regional forum for cooperation activities between Europe and Southeast Asia.

The conference will include plenary sessions on ASEAN-EU STI cooperation with high-level keynotes, a brokerage session focusing on the Southeast Asia – Europe Joint Funding Scheme for Research and Innovation (Joint Call), as well as a Closing Event of the SEA-EU-NET 2 project.

Young researchers from the 10 ASEAN countries are invited to submit papers or posters on the scientific topics of the event, more concretely

Health with specific focus on

• Anti-microbial drug resistance (new drug candidates (preclinical), Diagnostics, Transmission, antibiotic use and resistance in livestock, Surveillance);
• Emerging infectious diseases (New drug and vaccine candidates (preclinical), diagnostics, epidemiology, public health preparedness) in the context of EU and ASEAN partnerships.

Climate Change/Environment with specific focus on

• Adaptation/Resilience of food production systems (including varietal improvement of (plantation) crops);
• Impacts of Climate Change on Ecosystems/Biodiversity (including analysis of diversity-stability relationships and ecosystems productivity) in the context of EU and ASEAN partnerships.