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FP7 Info Days in Canada

IST-EC2 partners with the Canadian National Contact Point and ERA-Can participated in a series of Information Days in Toronto on March 12th 2007, Ottawa on March 14th 2007 and Montréal on March 16th 2007.

The Final Agendas for each of the three cities hosting FP7 Info Days can be found below.

At the Information Days the audience was provided with information outlining the:

  • 7 ICT Challenges
  • EU COST Programme
  • EU FIRE Programme
  • ERA-Can initiative covering information relating to the other thematic areas of FP7, including life sciences, health, biotechnology, agriculture, environment and food
  • Program information from key Canadian federal and provincial funding agencies
  • Two initiatives providing support in the establishment of partnerships (IST-EC2 and Ideal-ist)

Opportunities for networking and meeting other researchers have been a key component of these sessions.

The FP7 Info Days have been attended by a total of 195 people.


View the Presentations held during the FP7 Info Days:


PRESENTATIONS FROM EU FUNDING PROGRAMMES AND INITIATIVES WITH CANADA:

FP7 Overview - ERA-CAN Initiative : Janet Panford

ICT and its 7 Challenges : Corinna Flöck

EU COST Programme: Afonso Ferreira

EU FIRE Programme: Fabrizio Sestini


PRESENTATIONS OF INITIATIVES & SERVICES SUPPORTING PARTNERSHIP BUILDING:

Ideal-ist - the worldwide ICT Support Network: Concettina Larosa

IST-EC2 Overview: Mounib Mekhilef


CANADIAN SUPPORT ORGANISATIONS:

Canada-EU Information Communication Technologies, NCP ICT: Eric Tsang and Debbie Kemp

CANARIE: Bill St. Arnaud & René Hatem


CANADIAN FUNDING ORGANISATIONS:

NSERC: Jean-Pierre Rodrigue & Sandra O'Connor

NRC/IRAP: Doug Colley & Richard O'Shaughnessey

MDEIE: Richard Dupont

DFAIT Going Global Programme: Jim Burt

PRECARN: Graham Taylor

Ontario Centers of Excellence: John MacRitchie

Ontario Centers of Excellence: Bharat Rudra

Ontario Ministry: Allison Barr

PROMPT: Francois Borrelli



View the Final Agenda of the FP7 Info Days:

View the March 12 - Toronto Info Day

View the March14 - Ottawa Info Day

View the March 16 - Montréal Info Day


 


- Information Society Technologies Europe Canada -

IST-EC2 is supported in Europe by the European Commission
DG Information Society and Media - under FP6
IST-EC2 is supported in Canada by key Federal Government Departments and Agencies,
and the Computer Research Institute Montreal