October 26, 2010

Organized by the EURASIAPAC project

Venue: Four Points by Sheraton Hotel, Brussels – Belgium

Event objectives: see the webpage

Event Attendee list: see the webpage

• 8:30	Welcome of participants

• 9:00	Opening session

• Session chair

• Kay Matzner, International project manager, Fraunhofer IFF - EURASIAPAC project coordinator

• Welcome addresses

• Maria Carbone, Acting Head of Unit, International Relations, Directorate-General Information Society and Media (DG Infso), European Commission

• Pierrick Fillon-Ashida , Asia-Pacific Desk Officer, International Cooperation, Directorate-General for Research (DG Research), European Commission Pierrick_Fillon.pdf

• Opening addresses - Overview of S&T cooperation activities in Asia-Pacific countries

• Bryan Baik, KIAT, Korea/European representative Bryan_Baik.pdf

• Karla Falloon, S&T counsellor, New Zealand Mission to the European Union in Brussels, Belgium

• Nicola Watkinson, Senior Trade and Investment Commissioner, Australian Trade Commission, Germany

• Naoko Okamura, S&T counsellor, Mission of Japan to the European Union, Belgium

• 10:30

  Tea-coffee break

• 11:00

  Cooperation status and perspectives under the ICT theme of FP7

• Session chair

• Alvis Ancans, Policy officer, International relations Unit, DG Information Society and Media, European Union

• EURASIAPAC Project presentation

• Kay Matzner, Project coordinator, EURASIAPAC project Kay_Matzner.pdf

• SECAS Project presentation

• Erich Prem, Project coordinator, SECAS project

• Update on the ICT Theme of FP7

• Eric Badiqué, Strategy for ICT Research & Innovation Unit, DG Information Society and Media, European Commission Eric_Badiqué.pdf

• 12:30

  Lunch break

• 14:00

  Other European initiatives to foster international cooperation

• Panel discussion moderated by Lydia Montandon - Area Manager, Atos Origin, Spain - EURASIAPAC project partner

• Simon Craig Gray, Deputy director, EU-Japan Centre for Industrial Cooperation, J-BILAT Simon_Craig_Gray.pdf

• Marion Steinberger, DLR, KORANET Marion_Steinberger.pdf

• Ki Cheol Kim, KIST Europe, KORRIDOR Kicheol_Kim.pdf

• Karla Falloon, New Zealand Mission to the European Union in Brussels representing the following projects: ACCESS4EU-NZ, FRENZ , PACE-NET Karla_Falloon.pdf

• 15:30

  Tea-coffee break

• 16:00

  Wrap-up session. Recommendations and suggestions to generate successful ICT research cooperation.

• Introductory Speech

• Satoshi Sekiguchi, AIST, Japan/European representative Satoshi_Sekiguchi.pdf

• Session chairs

• Alvis Ancans, Policy officer, International relations Unit, DG Information Society and Media, European Commission

• Roger Torrenti, CEO Sigma Orionis, France - EURASIAPAC project partner

• 17:00

  End of meeting followed by a Networking Cocktail

• 18:30

  End of day