Final EURASIAPAC Workshop

November 30, 2011
The Radisson Blu Royal Hotel – Brussels, Belgium
Event report | Speakers’ biography | Attendee list | Photo Gallery

• 8:00	Welcome of participants

• 9:00	Opening session Chaired by Kay Matzner, EURASIAPAC project coordinator, Fraunhofer IFF

• Welcome address - Cooperation on ICT research between Europe and Asia-Pacific

• Maria Carbone, Deputy Head, International Relations Unit, DG Information Society and Media, European Commission, Belgium

• Overview of S&T cooperation activities in APAC countries

• Karla Falloon, S&T Counsellor, New Zealand Mission to the European Union in Brussels Karla_Falloon_.pdf

• Jun Inoue, First Secretary, Japan Mission to the European Union in Brussels Jun_Inoue_.pdf

• Martin Gallagher, Counsellor, Department of Innovation, Science and Research, Australian Embassy and Mission to the European Union Martin_Gallagher.pdf

• Dr. Chun Yoonjong, Commercial Counsellor, Republic of Korea Mission to the European Union Chun_Yoonjong.pdf

• 10:30

  Tea-coffee break

• 11:00

  Cooperation status and perspectives between Europe and Asia-Pacific Chaired by Gary Morgan, Director Business and International, Digital Productivity, ICT Centre, CSIRO, Australia

• Presentation of the EURASIAPAC Project (including the EU-Asia-Pacific Cooperation Strategy and the Cooperation Portal)

• Kay Matzner, EURASIAPAC project coordinator, Fraunhofer IFF, Germany Kay_Matzner_.pdf

• Perspectives for cooperation on ICT research for 2012-2013 under FP7

• Carlos Oliveira, Policy Officer, DG Information Society and Media, European Commission, Belgium Carlos_Oliveira.pdf

• S&T Cooperation beyond the ICT theme

• Panel discussion with other European initiatives focusing on Asia-Pacific (Inconet, Bilat, Access4-EU, Eranet)

• Dr. Toshiyasu Ichioka, J-BILAT project manager, EU-Japan Centre for Industrial Cooperation, Japan Toshiyasu_Ichioka.pdf

• Hans-Jörg Stähle, AU-ACCESS4EU project manager, DLR, Germany Hans-Joerg-_Staehle.pdf

• Dr. Rado Faletic, Executive Director, FEAST, Australia Rado_Faletic.pdf

• Karla Falloon, New Zealand Mission to the European Union in Brussels representing ACCESS4EU:NZ and PACENET projects Karla_Falloon_2.pdf

• Gerd Ruecker, Senior Scientific Officer, ACCESS4EU:NZ project, International Bureau of the BMBF, Germany Gerd_Ruecker.pdf

• 12:30

  Lunch

• 14:00

  Cooperation priorities in ICT research between Europe and Asia-Pacific Moderated by Roger Torrenti, CEO Sigma Orionis

• EU-Japan Cooperation: current directions

• Bernard Barani, Policy Co-ordinator, Converged Networks and services, DG Information Society and Media, European Commission, Belgium Bernard_Barani.pdf

• Panel discussion of experts

• Dr. David Skellern, former CEO, National ICT Australia, Australia

• Dr. Markus Eisenhauer, Future Internet Enterprise Systems Cluster (FInES), Germany Markus_Eisenhauer.pdf

• Hiroyuki Hishinuma, Director, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT) - Europe Center, Japan Hiroyuki_Hishinuma.pdf

• Jim Clarke, BIC Project Coordinator, Telecommunications Software and Systems Group, Ireland Jim_Clarke.pdf

• Dr. Young Whan Cho, Principal Researcher, Market Research Team, Electronics & Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI), Korea Young-Whan_Cho.pdf

• Q&A session

• 15:30

  Tea-coffee break

• 16:00

  Roadmap & opportunities Moderated by Fernando Kraus Sanchez, Foreign Affairs Manager, ATOS Origin

• Panel discussion of experts

• Georg Melzer, SECAS project, Eutema, Austria Georg_Melzer.pdf

• Nuria De Lama, Representative of ATOS Research & Innovation to the EC, ATOS, Spain Nuria_De_Lama.pdf

• Gary Morgan, Director Business and International, Digital Productivity, ICT Centre, CSIRO, Australia Gary_Morgan.pdf

• Satoshi Sekiguchi, National Insitute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Japan Satoshi_Sekiguchi_.pdf

• Dr. Christoph Bartneck, University of Canterbury, New Zealand Christoph_Bartneck_.pdf

• Bryan Sungjin Baik, Principal Researcher and European Representative, KIAT, Korea Bryan-Sungjin_Baik.pdf

• Q&A session

• 17:30

  Wrap-up session Moderated by Gareth Davies, FP7 Project Officer, KIAT, Korea

• Kay Matzner, EURASIAPAC project coordinator, Fraunhofer IFF, Germany

• Alvis Ancans, Project Officer, International Relations Unit, DG Information Society and Media, European Commission, Belgium

• 18:00

  Networking cocktail