8:00           Registration & Coffee

8:30          Welcome
                  Dorian Prince, EU Ambassador to Canada


8:45           FP7 Overview
                  Luigi Scarpa de Masellis, S&T Officer EU Mission to Canada


9:05           ERA-Can (European Research Area - Canada) Overview
                  Janet Panford, Director, ERA-Can


9:15           Canada – EU ICT National Contact Point
                  Debbie Kemp, Business Development Manger, CRC    


9:30           ICT and it’s 7 Challenges
                  Corinna Flock, Ecole Centrale Paris


9:55           IST-EC2 Project Overview
                  Mounib Mekhlief, IST-EC 2 Project Coordinator


10:15         Health Break


10:30          Information Day Briefings
                  - eInfrastructure    Eric Tsang, CRC
                  - Challenge 1        Andrew Cameron, Maplehurst Consultants


11:50         Ideal-ist, The Worldwide ICT Support Network
                  Concettina Larosa, Italian Ideal-ist Representative and Technical Officer


11:15         EU’s COST (Cooperation in Science & Technology) Program
                  Dr. Afonso Ferreira, COST ICT Scientific Officer


12:00 – 13:00    Lunch


13:00        CANARIE and how it’s Infrastructure Works in Europe
                 Bill St. Arnaud, Sr. Director, Advanced Networks


13:20         Canadian Funding Organizations

• Ontario Centres of Excellence (OCE), Bharat Rudra, Business Development Manager
•  PRECARN, Graham Taylor, VP External Relations
• NSERC, Jean-Pierre Rodrigue, International Relations Analyst
• NRC/IRAP, Doug Colley, Industry Technology Advisor
• DFAIT- Going Global, Jim Burt, Trade Commissioner
• Ontario Ministry of Research & Innovation, Allison Barr
  

14:30        Questions and Wrap-Up


Location:
Communications Research Centre
3701 Carling Avenue, Auditorium, Bldg. 2C