On December 16th 2011, Agoria and Sirris organise a Horizon 2020 forum targeted at stakeholders with an interest in the future European science and research area.
During this event, the outline of the new Horizon 2020 programme will be presented, with a special focus on ICT aspects.
Horizon 2020 is the future Framework Programme for Research and Innovation that builds upon the success of the three current programmes
- The Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development (FP)
- The Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Programme (CIP)
- The European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT)
For more information and free registration, see here
The Innovation centres from Oost- and West-Vlaanderen together with the IWT NCP-cell are organising an event on Wednesday, 23rd of November where Flemish companies will talk about their experiences in European R&D programs. The aim is to clear up misconceptions about participating in such programs and about performing collaborative research.
Besides a presentation by IWT on the different funding possibilities and presentations from company representatives on their experiences, participants are also given the opportunity to ask specific questions during a round table session.
You can find more information about this event here.
On Friday October 14th, 2011 Innovatiecentrum Oost-Vlaanderen organises an “Innovationlunch” where PiCToR will be introduced. See here for more information and registration details.
We will present an overview of PiCToR’s goals and working, explain the support PiCToR provides for SMEs who are interested in European R&D, and discuss emerging project opportunities.
The ITEA-2 PO Preparation Days in Paris saw more than 50 ideas being presented, resulting in 20 concrete project proposals, centered around 3 to 4 important trends.
What happens during these days?
In order to prepare for their project calls, ITEA-2 organises PO Preparation Days aimed to help organisations form consortia and generate preliminary outlines for projects by bringing together interested companies, research institutes, universities etc. with innovative ideas for projects.
Initially, more than 50 ideas were presented during an informal poster session and pitched in two parallel presentation sessions. Afterwards, these ideas were clustered and discussed in small groups, in order to form a rough first description of a project and gather an initial consortium of interested partners. In the end, 20 project ideas were presented in the last plenary session.
What trends were observed?
Observing the project proposals presented during the last plenary sessions, we could identify the following important trends:
- Social solutions and services, such as involving users for product development & evaluation, personal & professional match-making at events using online services, and exploiting knowledge originating from social networks in business environments.
- Smart products and solutions, considering low-level technological components (e.g. sensors, cameras, image recognition) as well as high-level personalised multi-modal interaction (e.g. based on user- and context-aware models) in diverse applications domains such as healthcare and gaming.
- Emergency management and dispatching, such as dynamic risk assessment, and interactive training and coaching.
What does this mean for you?
If any of these topics are of interest to you and your company, or if you’re interested to know other topics that were discussed, do not hesitate to contact the PiCToR advisers, who can introduce you to the consortia and can help you in preparing the Project Outline.
If you would like to know more about what it means to participate in an ITEA-2 project, you can consult this page.
On Friday February 25th, 2011 Innovatiecentrum Vlaams-Brabant organises a “Vrijdag VISdag” session where PiCToR will be introduced. See here for more information and registration details.
We will present an overview of PiCToR’s goals and working, explain the support PiCToR provides for SMEs who are interested in European R&D, and discuss emerging project opportunities.
ITEA 2 will open its 6th Call for Projects on 15 February 2011. In order to prepare for this 6th Call, a two-day brokerage event is organised in Paris on 15 & 16 February 2011. The aim of this two-day meeting is to help organisations form consortia and generate preliminary outlines for projects by bringing together interested companies, research institutes, universities etc. with innovative ideas for projects in ITEA 2.
PiCToR advisors will be present at this event, to represent Flemish companies from its network, identify interesting emerging project ideas & trends, and network with international partners to form consortia.
After the brokerage events, interesting project ideas will be distributed to interested Flemish partners. If you would like to be kept up to date, do not hesitate to contact the PiCToR advisors.
The international ARTEMIS JU Information Day will take place in Nuremberg on 1 March as part of the ARTEMIS Spring Event . It is open to everyone who is interested in the ARTEMIS programme. The Programme Officers of the ARTEMIS Joint Undertaking will inform you about the process, procedures, submitting tool, and the research context. Are you curious about the do’s and don’ts ? Please feel welcome to visit the event. For information and registration go to: http://www.artemisia-association.org/se2011
