At the Space Elevator Reference, Dr. Brad Edwards announces;

“EuroSpaceward was just awarded funding by The National Research Fund of Luxembourg to hold a workshop on space elevator climber and tether design primarily focusing on systems for entry in the US and German competitions. The tentative dates are Nov. 14-16, 2007 and the workshop will be held in a yet to be announced venue in Luxembourg.”

This is very cool and is yet another sign that the Europeans are getting serious about this idea.  Read Dr. Edward’s full post here.