Profiles of Speakers and Project Coordinators

Programme

Wednesday, 29 April 2009 - Czech Innovation Day

09:00 - 09:30 Registration and arrival refreshments
09:30 - 09:35 Introductory Remarks
Zlatuše NOVOTNÁ, Coordinator of ICT Brokerage 2009 and Moderator of Czech Innovation Day, Masaryk University, Czech Republic
09:35 - 09:40 Opening and Welcome Speech
Michal HAŠEK, Governor of the South Moravian Region and Chair of Association of Regions of the Czech Republic
09:40 - 10:00 Key Note Addresses
Karel RAIS, Rector of Brno University of Technology
Jane GILSON, General Manager, Microsoft, Czech Republic
10:00 - 11:00 Plenary I: Priorities of Research, Development and Innovation Strategies towards a Knowledge-Based Economy in Regional, National and European Scope
10:00 - 10:15 Regional Innovation Strategy of the South Moravian Region for 2009-2013 (RIS3)
Milan VENCLÍK, Chair of Steering Committee of the South Moravian Innovation Strategy and member of Council of the South Moravian Region
10:15 - 10:30 Czech National Reform of Research, Development and Innovation for 2009-2015
Miroslava KOPICOVÁ, 1. Vice-chair of the Council of Czech Government for Research and Development
10:30 - 10:45 Innovation with Microsoft
Jiří KARPETA, DPE Lead, Microsoft, Czech Republic
10:45 - 11:00 ICT Industrial Research, Knowledge Transfer and Innovation - Barriers, Trends and Needs
Jaroslav DOLEŽAL, National Executive of Honeywell and Vice-Chair of the Council of Czech government for Research and Development
11:00 - 11:30
Coffee break
11:30 - 13:00
Plenary II: Meeting Challenges and Objectives of ICT Theme of the 7th Framework Programme
11:30 - 11:45 Better Integration of New Member States in European Research and Technology Development
Stephan PASCALL, Adviser International Cooperation, Integration of New Member States and Regional Aspects for RTD, Directorate C - Lisbon Strategy and Policies for the Information Society, DG INFSO, European Commission
11:45 - 12:15 7th Framework Programme of European Communities for Research, Technological Development and Demonstration Activities for 2007-2014 and ICT Work Programme 2009-2010
Morten MØLLER, Acting Director, Directorate C - Lisbon Strategy and Policies for the Information Society, DG INFSO, European Commission
12:15 - 13:00 ICT Research Excellence and Regional Capacities according to FP7 ICT Challenges and Objectives
Antonín KUČERA, Vice-Dean for Research, Faculty of Informatics, Masaryk University
Radimír VRBA, Dean, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Communication, Brno University of Technology
Jaroslav ZENDULKA, Dean, Faculty of Information Technology, Brno University of Technology
13:00 - 14:00
Lunch break
14:00 - 15:30
Plenary IIIA: Understanding FP7 ICT Work Programme & Learning Good Practice
14:00 - 14:15 Key Note: Neil SANDFORD, Putting People Before Computers, United Kingdom
14:15 - 14:45 Challenge 3 - Call 5, Components, systems, engineering
3.1 Nanoelectronics Technology
3.7 Photonics
3.9 Microsystems and Smart Miniaturised Systems
Henri RAJBENBACH, Scientific Officer, Unit G2 - Micro- and Nanosystems, DG INFSO, European Commission
14:45 - 15:15 3.5 Engineering of Networked Monitoring and Control Systems
Challenge 6 - Call 6, ICT for mobility
6.2 ICT for Mobility of the Future
Jorge PEREIRA, SO 3.5 Coordinator, Principal Scientific Officer, Unit G3 - Embedded Systems and Control, DG INFSO, European Commission
15:15 - 15:30 Questions and Answers
15:30 - 16:00 Coffee break
16:00 - 17:30 Plenary IIIB: Understanding FP7 ICT Work Programme & Learning Good Practice
Moderator: Neil SANDFORD, Putting People Before Computers, United Kingdom
Presentations of selected ongoing projects and panel discussion of project coordinators and representatives of the European Commission
Thomas BAK, Professor, Intelligent Autonomous Systems, Section head, Automation & Control, Co‐director, CISS, centre for embedded software system, Aalborg University, Denmark             Bianca FALCIDIENO, Director of the National Research Council (CNR), Italy
Hrjehor MARK, Senior Research Manager, GWT-TUD GmbH, Germany
Vincent C. MÜLLER, Associate Professor of Philosophy, ACT/Anatolia College, Greece
Jorge PEREIRA, SO 3.5 Coordinator, Principal Scientific Officer, Unit G3 - Embedded Systems and Control, DG INFSO, European Commission
Henri RAJBENBACH, Scientific Officer, Unit G2 - Micro- and Nanosystems, DG INFSO, European Commission
Jan H. van SCHUPPEN, Senior Researcher, Centrum Wiskunde en Informatica (CWI), Netherlands
Petr STLUKA, Lead Research Engineer, Honeywell Prague Laboratory, Czech Republic
Markus TAUMBERGER, Research Team Leader, VTT - Technical Research Centre of Finland, Finland
19:30 - 23:00
Social Evening hosted by the South Moravian Region
Augustinian Abbey and Mendel Museum in Brno Old Town

Thursday, 30 April 2009 - Brokerage Day

09:00 - 09:30 Registration and arrival refreshments
09:30 - 09:35
Opening and Welcome to Brokerage Day
Neil SANDFORD, Facilitator of Brokerage Event, Putting People Before Computers, United Kingdom
09:35 - 09:50 Opportunities and Threats of the ICT market in Central Europe
Günther KRUMPAK, CEconsult GmbH, Vienna, Austria
09:50 - 10:10 Elevator Pitches
Short 3 slides-presentations of new project intentions
Brokerage Event participants
10:10 - 13:30 Parallel Thematic Round Tables - discussions and brainwriting
Round table 1: Future Network and Service Infrastructure
Chair: Petr ŠEBESTA, Siemens, Czech Republic
Round table 2: Trustworthy ICT
Chair: Václav MATYÁŠ, Faculty of Informatics, Masaryk University
Round table 3: Cognitive Systems, Interaction, Robotics
Chair: Jan ČERNOCKÝ, Faculty of Information Technology, Brno University of Technology
Round table 4: Embedded Systems and Control
Chair: Pavel ZEMČÍK, Faculty of Information Technology, Brno University of Technology
Round table 5: Digital Content and Intelligent Information Management
Chair: Günter KRUMPAK, CEconsult GmbH, Vienna, Austria
Round table 6: ICT for Mobility, Environmental Sustainability & Energy Efficiency
Chair: Ivan FENCL, Cluster Innovation in Transport, Czech Republic
10:10 - 10:15 Explanation of round table work organization
Neil SANDFORD, Facilitator of Brokerage Day, Putting People Before Computers, United Kingdom
10:15 - 11:15 Introduction of round table participants, their projects, expertise and current research and development priorities
Participants of each round table

11:15 - 11:25 Overview of successful FP6 / FP7 projects implemented by the respective Unit of DG INFSO
European Commission and Chairs of each round table

11:25 - 11:30 FP7 ICT Challenges and Objectives called in 2010
European Commission and Chair of each round table
11:30 - 12:00 Coffee Break
12:00 - 12:45 Structured discussion on called FP7 ICT Challenges and Objectives and possible project topics
Participants of each round table

12:45 - 13:00 Consolidating conclusions of the round table discussion
Chair and participants of each round table
13:00 - 13:30 Presenting conclusions to all participants
Chair of each round table
13:30 - 14:30 Lunch break (re-arrangement of tables for bilateral meetings)
14:30 - 16:00 Bilateral meetings
Rotation of meetings according to prepared schedule based on profiles and interest of registered participants (duration max. 15 minutes each)

Participants will receive a schedule prepared by organizers according to their profiles and interest. However, requests for bilateral meetings will be accepted also during the ICT Brokerage Event.
16:00 - 16:30 Coffee break and networking
16:30 END

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