FP7 info Days in Western Canada: ERA-Can

Events :: FP7 info Days in Western Canada

As the European Union rolls out the FP7 Program, it is critical to have the knowledge and information disseminated to Canadian researchers in order to take advantage of opportunities available to Canadians.

FP7 Info Days held in March in Toronto, Ottawa and Montreal were very successful due to the participation from the Canadian research community. We will now hold similar sessions in Vancouver and Edmonton in May and plans for Atlantic Canada will be in the Fall.

ERA-Can, in partnership with the Communications Research Centre (CRC) as the ICT Canadian National Contact Point, and the IST-EC 2 project will be organizing the following sessions:

Thursday, May 10
Vancouver, B.C.
University of British Columbia Campus

Monday, May 14
Edmonton, Alberta
Telus Centre
located on the University of Alberta Campus

The FP7 program which runs from 2007-2013, has a budget of $53.2 Billion Euros, and the ICT component is the largest with 9.1 Billion Euros.

During the Info Sessions, the 7 Challenges of the ICT program will be presented and officials from the ICT Operations Unit of the European Commission will be available to answer your questions on any relevant issues, for both ICT and FP7 in general. The Ideal-ist project which is a research support network, will be outlined. Since Canada is an Associate Partner in the Ideal-ist project, the benefits and how Canadians can participate will be presented. As well, other thematic areas under FP7, ie: Life Sciences, Energy, Nanotechnology will be summarized.

Federal and provincial funding agencies will also be on hand to provide up-to-date information on current programs. Opportunities for networking and meeting other researchers will also be a key component of these sessions.

For complete information and registration details to any of these events, please log onto: www.crc.ca/ncp and then to the FP7 Info Days box and register to the location of your choice.

If you have any questions, please contact one of the following:

Janet Panford, Director ERA-Can Initiative
613-949-3041
janet.panford@era-can.ca

Debbie Kemp, Canadian ICT National Contact Point
613-998-4287
Debbie.kemp@crc.ca

Jim Burt, DFAIT, IST-EC 2 Canadian Coordinator
613-996-4292
Jim.burt@international.gc.ca

Programs for FP7 Info Days

May 10 - Vancouver, Board & Senate Room, UBC Campus

May 14 - Edmonton, Telus Centre, University of Alberta Campus

FP7 Info Day
Vancouver - May 10, 2007 Board & Senate Room, UBC Campus

Program

8:30
Welcome
John Hepburn, VP Research, University of BC

8:40
FP7 Overview
Pat Ockwell, S&T Counsellor

9:00
ICT and its 7 Challenges
Debbie Kemp, Communications Research Centre

9:20
Directorate General Information Society & Media—Q & A’s
- Tom Mckinlay, Planning & Programming Officer, ICT Operations Unit
- Eric Badiqué, Research Programme Officer, Strategy for ICT Research & Development

10:10
Health Break

10:30
Canada-EU Information & Communications Technologies (ICT)
National Contact Point (NCP)
Debbie Kemp, Business Development Manager
Communications Research Centre Canada (CRC)

10:45
IDEAL-IST, The Worldwide ICT Support Network
Concettina Larosa, Italian IDEAL-IST Representative and Technical Officer

11:00
CANARIE (Canada’s Advanced Internet Development Organization) and How it’s Infrastructure Works in Europe
Bill St. Arnaud, Sr. Director, Advanced Networks

11:20
EU’s COST (Cooperation in Science & Technology) Program
TBC

11:45
Q&A’s

12:00
Lunch

13:00
ERA-Can (European Research Area-Canada) Overview
Janet Panford, Director, ERA-Can

13:20
Canadian Funding Organizations

NRC/IRAP, Industry Technology Advisor
NSERC, Life Sciences & Special Research Opportunities Division
Going Global, Anne-Marie Mosey, Trade Commissioner, DFAIT
Western Diversification (TBC)
BC Economic Development (TBC)

14:30
Q&A’s and Wrap-Up

FP7 Info Day
Edmonton - May 14, 2007 Telus Centre, University of Alberta Campus