STI Symposium on Research and Innovation in Horizon2020
- Excellent Science, supporting individuals and collaborative projects carrying out different types of research activities. This type of activities builds upon the success of previous programmes such as the European Research Council, Future and Emerging Technologies (FET), Marie Curie, and Research Infrastructures.
- Industrial Leadership, as a primary instrument to support innovation and indutry-led research, including research for the benefit of SMEs.
- Societal Challenges, addressing the vertical priorities of the Europe 2020 Strategy through a combined aprpoach spanning across different fields, technologies, and discplines. The challenges will include: healthcare, smart transportation, climate change, energy, and food security.
Call for proposal ideas
Participants are welcome to submit ideas for potential collaborative projects addressing specific calls of the Horizon 2020 programme. Submitted research ideas will be invited to the workshop to present to key decision makers in innovative semantic technologies with a view of building a core consortium and first proposal draft as part of the second day of the workshop.
Agenda
Tuesday October 29, 2013 | |
11:00-11:15 |
Welcome, attendee introductions (John Domingue, STI International President) |
11:15-12:30 |
Overview of Horizon 2020, Q&A (Soeren Auer, University of Bonn, Germany) |
12:30-14:00 |
Lunch
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14:00-15:15 |
Presentation of relevant calls, Q&A (Marko Grobelnik, Josef Stefan Institute, Slovenia) |
15:15-15:45 | Coffee break |
15:45-16:30 |
Guidelines for proposal writing, experience reports (Ioan Toma, STI Innsbruck, Austria) |
16:30-18:00 |
Presentations by participating institution (chaired by Soeren Auer, University of Bonn, Germany) |
20:00 | Social dinner |
Wednesday October 30, 2013 | |
09:30-11:00 |
Lightning proposals, brainstorming of new ideas (chaired by John Domingue, STI International President) |
11:00-11:30 |
Coffee break |
11:30-13:00 |
Lightning proposals, brainstorming of new ideas (continued) |
13:00-14:30 |
Lunch |
14:30-15:00 |
Summary and concluding discussions
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Important Dates
Registration closes: October 7, 2013
Submission of proposal ideas: October 14, 2013
Event: October 29-30, 2013
Location
Semantics 2020: the role of semantic technologies in Horizon 2020 will be organized as a two days event, starting at 11:00 am on October 29 and finishing early afternoon on October 30. It will take place at on the premises of the Fraunhofer Institute at Schloss Birlinghoven in Bonn St.Augustin. Host will be Fraunhofer Institute for Intelligent Analysis and Information Systems (IAIS).
Accommodation
Travel Information
http://www.izb.fraunhofer.de/en/besucher/kontakt-anfahrt.html
Registration
All registrations have to be send to office@sti2.org by October 7, 2013.
Registration fee: €100,-
Registration covers the attendance at the event, including the costs of the meeting venue, lunches and coffee breaks during the two days of the meeting, and a dinner on October 29. In addition, the registration gives the attendees the opportunity to participate in the matchmaking and proposal ideas brainstorming sessions in the second day of the events.
Contact
For further information please contact Birgit Juen at office@sti2.org