8:30          Welcome,  Dr. Veena Rawat, CRC President

8:35          FP7 Overview,     Dorian Prince, EU Ambassador to Canada

9:05          ICT and it’s 7 Challenges
                  Corinna Flöck, Ecole Centrale Paris

9:20          Canada-EU Information & Communications Technologies (ICT) National Contact Point (NCP)
                  Eric Tsang, Business Development Director, Communications Research Centre Canada (CRC)

9:40           Directorate General Information Society & Media—Q & A’s
                   Tom Mckinlay, Planning & Programming Officer, ICT Operations Unit
                   Michael Arentoft, Deputy Head, Strategy for ICT Research & Development      
 
10:30         FIRE (Future Internet Research and Experimentation)
                   Fabrizio Sestini, Scientific Officer   

10:50         CANARIE and how it’s Infrastructure Works in Europe
                   Bill St. Arnaud, Sr. Director, Advanced Networks

11:10         EU’s COST (Cooperation in Science & Technology) Program
                   Dr. Afonso Ferreira, COST ICT Scientific Officer

11:45          ERA-Can (European Research Area-Canada) Overview
                    Janet Panford, Director, ERA-Can

12:00          Q&A’s

13:15          IST-EC 2 Project Overview
                    Mounib Mekhilef, IST-EC 2 Project Coordinator

13:30          Ideal-ist, The Worldwide ICT Support Network
                    Concettina Larosa, Italian Ideal-ist Representative and Technical Officer

13:50          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, Industrial Technology Advisor

                    -    DFAIT- Going Global, Jim Burt, Trade Commissioner

14:45        Questions and Wrap-Up