8:00            Registration & Coffee


8:30            Welcome
                    Tim McTiernan, Executive Director, Innovations and Assistant Vice-President Research, University of Toronto


8:45            FP7 and ERA-Can (European Research Area - Canada) Overview
                    Janet Panford, Director, ERA-Can
   

9:15            EU’s COST (Cooperation in Science & Technology) Program
                    Dr. Afonso Ferreira, COST ICT Scientific Officer


9:45            CANARIE (Canada's Advanced Internet Development Organization) and how it’s Infrastructure Works in Europe
                    Bill St. Arnaud, Sr. Director, Advanced Networks


10:10          Health Break


10:30          Canadian Funding Organizations

• Ontario Centres of Excellence (OCE) Bharat Rudra, Business Development Manager
• NRC/IRAP, Doug Colley, Industry Technology Advisor
• Going Global, Jim Burt, Trade Commissioner, DFAIT
• Ontario Ministry, Director, Research Branch, Ministry of Research & Innovation, Allison Barr
  

11:45            Q&A’s


12:15            Lunch
 

13:15          Canada – EU ICT National Contact Point
                    eInfrastructure Info Day Report
                    Eric Tsang, Business Development Director, CRC   


13:40           ICT and its 7 Challenges
                    Corinna Flock, Ecole Centrale Paris


14:00           IST-EC2 Project Overview
                    Mounib Mekhlief, IST-EC 2 Project Coordinator


14:20          Ideal-ist, The Worldwide ICT Support Network
                   Concettina Larosa, Italian Ideal-ist Representative and Technical Officer

14:45          Q&A’s and Wrap-Up




Location:

MaRS Centre, Heritage Building
101 College Street