EuroDocInfo09, to be held in Mons (Belgium) on 22-23 January 2009, is the second transnational gathering of PhD students in computer science and informatics. The first edition of this event was organised in Lille (France) in January 2008 and attracted more than 30 doctoral students from Belgium and France (EuroDocInfo08).

The goal of this event is to get the different actors in the domain closer together.

On the one hand, we want to strengthen the link between academia in industry by
(i) stimulating transfer of knowledge and technology from academia to industry;
(ii) increasing industrial awareness of the added value of a PhD in computer science;
(iii) increasing academic awareness of the practical impact of a Phd (such as industrial validation and valorisation).

On the other hand, we want to increase the visibility and stimulate collaboration of researchers across national boundaries, by gathering PhD students and their advisors from France, Belgium and neighbouring countries.

To attend this two-day event, registration is required (for industry participants as well as researchers). PhD students in computer science are strongly encouraged to submit a summary of their PhD research, which can be presented during the event, and which will be collected in a booklet that will be distributed during the event. All submissions will be peer reviewed by an international programme committee.

The event is supported by
- GRASCOMP, the Graduate School in Computing Science, accredited by the Fonds National de la Recherche Scientifique (Belgium)
- UMH, University of Mons-Hainaut (Belgium)
- FPMS, Faculté Polytechnique de Mons (Belgium)
- EDSPI, Ecole Doctorale régionale Sciences Pour l'Ingénieur Lille Nord-de-France (Lille, France)
- CDE, Collège Doctoral Européen (France)
- Tilda, the association of doctoral students and doctors in informatics from Lille
- INRIA, The Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique (France)
- NUMFLO, Numerical Computation of Internal and External Flows (Mons, Belgium)
- LME, La Maison de l'Entreprise (Mons, Belgium)