Venue: Hotel Tatra, Bratislava, Slovakia (50 km from Vienna airport)

Date: 12th of September, 2006

This event is organised jointly under the IDEAL-IST and EPISTEP projects and is aimed to provide up-to-date information on:

-          FP7 objectives and participation rules

-          European Technology Platforms (ETPs)

-          Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Programme (CIP)

Agenda: (as of 07.12.06 – to view updates, please click here.)

Morning session:  FP7, ETPs and CIP - general information

08:30  Registration

09:00  Welcome Address

09:15  Towards “Seventh Framework Programme”, Jean-Pierre Euzen, EC, DG Information Society and Media, Brussels, Belgium

10:15  Basic information on “Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Programme”, Robert Sanders, EBN, Brussels, Belgium

10:40  Coffee Break

11:15  Introduction to European Technology Platforms, Myer W. Morron, EFP Consulting Ltd,

12:00  IPR-Helpdesk - free of charge service for project partners, Lukasz Ptak, IPR-Helpdesk Project, Intellectual Property Law Institute, Cracow, Poland

12:15  SSA projects and services, Ivan Filus, BIC, Bratislava, Slovakia

12:30  Snack Lunch

Afternoon session: ICT in the future

13:15  eContentplus – Call 2006 is open, Hans-Peter Ritt, Milestones Management GmbH, Vienna, Austria

13:30  ETPs in the Field of ICT, Myer W. Morron, EFP Consulting Ltd.,

14:15  EPISTEP Project Helping to Join ICT ETPs, Bedrich Weber, STU FEI, Bratislava, Slovakia

14:25  Coffee Break

14:50  Information and Communication Technologies in 7FP, Jean-Pierre Euzen, EC, DG Information Society and  Media, Brussels, Belgium

15:30  Mission of the Ideal-IST Project, Maria Buciova, STU, Bratislava, Slovakia

15:40  Supporting the first steps into ICT Theme in FP7, I. Filus, F. Jakab, B. Weber, 16:00  Closure

Brokerage event

16:15 - 18:00   Pre-selected meetings of registered organisations

You are welcome to contact event organiser bedrich.weber@elf.stuba.sk for further information.