High Level Seminar on Stimulating SME Participation in FP6
This seminar was organized within the framework of the DETECT-IT project. DETECT-IT is an Economic and Technological Intelligence (ETI) project supported by the European Commission 6th Framework Programme. The project mobilises forty-two partners from 15 European countries to identify opportunities for over 1000 SMEs to participate in EC research projects. IST, Food safety & quality and Sustainable Energy and environment are the main target sectors of DETECT-IT. The seminar DETECT-IT -Stimulating SME participation in FP6 was aimed at FP6 project leaders, large and small companies and researchers active in the IST, Food safety & quality and Sustainable Energy and environment sectors. This high-level seminar, which included presentations from the Commissioner for Research Philippe Busquin and the Senior Vice-President of Procter & Gamble Dr. Nabil Sakkab, was aimed at stimulating industry and intermediary action to increase SME participation in Sixth Framework Research Programmes. In addition to speakers from the European Commission and various support organizations such as the National Contact Points (NCPs) and the EC Business Innovation Centres (BICs), the DETECT-IT seminar heard first hand accounts of SME participation in Fifth and Sixth Framework Research Programmes. The SME experiences was balanced with testimonials from large corporates such as BT and Gaz de France who introduced innovative approaches to working with high tech SMEs. For further information contact: Laura Delgado ,E-mail: laura.delgado@ebn.be,Tel: + 32 2 761 1081 Fax: +32 2 7729574,http://www.ebn.be/ebn07.htm#detect-it
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