The Network of the Future : an essential infrastructure for our society

2^nd Concertation Meeting of ICT-FP7-FP6 The Network of the Future
Brussels. 30-09, 1-10 and 2-10-2008

Schedule

• 30 September: Cluster meetings
• 1 October: Plenary meeting
• NEW!! 2 October: possibility to organize Project Workshop. 8 rooms available. Project Coordinator can contact Pierre Chastanet or Miguel Montarelo for workshop proposals (room will be booked on a first-come first-served basis).
• Registration due to 19^th September 2008.
• Privacy statement
• Both FP6 and FP7 projects are invited to join
• Practical information
• Any comment or suggestion about this meeting or agenda, please send it to Pierre Chastanet or Miguel Montarelo

30 September 2008 Cluster Meetings - Overview of meetings

Venue: Our premises of Av. de Beaulieu 25 - Room BU25 0/S

Each cluster will book a slot to discuss and make some inputs about specific topics to be dealt with in the  Future Internet (FI) Assembly in Madrid in December.

Acronym	Agenda	Room	Cluster	Coordinator	Project Officer
FI	9:00-18:00	BU25 0/S1	Future Internet Technologies Presentations	Henrik Abramowicz	Remy Bayou
					Paulo de Sousa
					Pertti Jauhiainen
RAS	9:00-18:00	BU33 0/54	Radio Access and Spectrum	Jossy Sayir (chair)	Peter Stuckmann
				Sven Zeisberg (co-chair)	Francisco Guirao
					Jorge Carvalho
CaON	9:00-18:00	BU25 0/S9	Converged and optical Networks(72KB)	Mikhail Popov (chair)	Andy Houghton
				Peter Vandaele (co-chair)	Pierre Chastanet

(*) Converged and Optical Networks Cluster Meeting:   [NB will conclude with an (optional) visit to the Exhibition at the Broadband World Forum Europe. Separate registration is necessary.

 

18:00-20:00 Networking Cocktail

1 October 2008 Plenary Meeting - Agenda

Venue: Our premises of Av. de Beaulieu 25 Room 0/S1

09:00 - 09:30

Welcome coffee

09:30 - 10:00

Commission Update and Announcements (81KB) - Pierre Chastanet, European Commission

Collective review March'09 (2.026KB) - Francisco Guirao, European Commission

COST (European COoperation in S&T) - Information & Communication Technologies (1.968KB) - Dr. Gian Mario Maggio, Head of Cluster (SSO)

10:00 - 10:30

Patenting ICT in Europe (81KB) - Keynote speech by Koen Lievens, European Patent Office.

For more information regarding the European Union IPR policies please visit the following websites:

IPR Helpdesk

InnovAccess (IP National Info)

OHIM - The Trademarks and Design Registration Office of the European Union

Internal Market - Protection of Rights

European Portal for SME's

10:30 - 11:00

Coffee Break

11:00 - 11:15

Radio Access and Spectrum Cluster Meeting Conclusions (309KB)

11:15 - 11:30

Converged and optical Networks Cluster Meetings Conclusions (46KB)

11:30 - 11:45

Future Internet Cluster Meeting Conclusions (6.802KB)

11:45 - 12:00

Madrid Future Internet Assembly Preparation: Introduction to afternoon sessions.

12:00 - 13:00

Lunch

13:00 - 15:00

Madrid Future Internet Assembly Preparation: Presentation by FI caretakers, open discussion and inputs from the clusters (647KB)

15:30-17:30

Technical Program Committee (TPC) Preparation meeting for 2009 Mobile Summit.(with invitation)

2 October - WorkShops

 

WORKSHOP	INFO	AGENDA	PLACE
4WARD BirdWorkshop	Info & registration here	Agenda (94KB)	Borschette center - Room 3C
E3 Workshop	more info	Agenda (61KB)	BU33 0/54
UWB Workshop	more info	Agenda (107KB)	BU25 0/S10

Project's coordinators interested in organizing a Work-Shop, please contact Pierre Chastanet or Miguel Montarelo