STIMULATING SME INVOLVEMENT IN FP6 IN NEW MEMBER STATES & CANDIDATE COUNTRIES
1 October 2004 - 1 October 2004
Slovakia
In Europe, SMEs generate the majority of radical innovations and technological breakthroughs. Yet, several factors still tend to curb SME innovation/R&D activities and their participation in EC RTD SMEs do not have the necessary in-house knowledge and skills to manage the RTD process. They are predominantly inward looking and have short term vision. There is a lack of awareness-raising activities about the benefits and opportunities for SMEs in RTD and innovation. As a consequence there is a subsequent lack of human resources allocated to RTD activities in. Those SMEs who do participate in EC RTD projects are ill prepared for the administrative and financial burden relating to participation in EC programmes.
DETECT-IT is a European project which aims to tackle some of the problems faced by SMEs in participating in EC R&D projects. The project involves forty-two partners from sixteen countries and hundreds of SMEs from across Europe. A particularly innovative element of DETECT-IT is the involvement of leading corporates from the private sector. Companies like Procter&Gamble, BT and Gaz de France recognise the innovative capabilities of SMEs and through DETECT-IT, they are working to identify and establish collaborative research opportunities. ,DETECT-IT is supported within the framework of the Stepping up Economic and Technological Intelligence actions of the Sixth Framework Programme.
Programme:,SESSION 1: FP6 & SMEs STRATEGY & OPPORTUNITIES,- Welcome & Introduction - Jan Hudazky, MEP & Member of SME Committee (SK),- Introduction to FP6 SME Strategy - Barend Verachtert, Head of Sector: Collective research and promoting SME participation, DG Research (EU),- Building research co-operation with Industry - Ing. Peter Kollarik, Siemens (SK),- Using FP6 to build relationships with multinationals - Martin Jahn, Managing Director of Czech Invest (CZ)
SESSION 2: HOW TO DECODE NEW FP6 INSTRUMENTS & MAKE,THEM MORE ACCESSIBLE TO SMES,- DETECT-IT A transnational clustering approach to support SME - Siobhán McQuaid, DETECT-IT Project Manager, EBN (EU),- Co-operation between EC Networks in FP6 (NCP-IRC-BIC-EIC) - Stefan Vratny, BIC Bratislava (SK),- Case Study: Challenges facing SMEs from new member states in FP6 - Edward Someus, TERRENUM (HU)
SESSION 3: HOW TO SUCCEED IN FP6,- NCP experiences in facilitating FP6 success - Dr. Aleksander Bakowski, Polish SME-NCP (PL),- Building a successful consortium in FP6 - Balázs Bodo, Geonardo (HU),- The secrets of Framework 6 success - Dr. Sean McCarthy, Hyperion Ltd (IRL)
PARALLEL WORKSHOPS SESSION (OPTIONAL): PARTICIPATING IN SPECIFIC PROJECTS/CLUSTERS,In these workshops, the FP6 Experts who are animating transnational clusters in IST, Food Safety & Quality and Environment/Energy will discuss in an interactive format the profile of SMEs involved in these clusters, activities being organized and FP6 projects submitted or under construction. Organisations who may have SME clients interested in participating in these clusters should attend the most,relevant session. Also open to SMEs.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND ON 1ST OCTOBER ?, NCPs, IRCs, regional support structures with responsibility for SME involvement in RTD;, Incubators and BIC Managers;, Research organizations, both public and private, in particular those involved in IST, Food,Safety and Quality and Environment and Energy;, Academic institutions involved in research in IST, Food Safety and Quality and Environment,and Energy;, EC, national and regional policy makers in the area of innovation and R&TD;, FP6 Project Leaders in particular IP Project Leaders in the area of IST, Food Safety and,Quality and Environment and Energy;, Other ETI Project Leaders in the area of IST, Food Safety and Quality and Environment and, EC Project Officers responsible for co-ordination of FP6 research activities, in particular,concerning SMEs and IST, Food Safety and Quality and Environment and Energy;, R&D Managers of leading corporate players in IST, Food Safety and Quality and,Environment and Energy sectors;, SME support instruments and regional development players;, Chambers of Commerce;, Sectoral representative associations in IST, Food Safety and Quality and Environment and, Financial instruments supporting early-stage SMEs.
DETECT-IT is a European project which aims to tackle some of the problems faced by SMEs in participating in EC R&D projects. The project involves forty-two partners from sixteen countries and hundreds of SMEs from across Europe. A particularly innovative element of DETECT-IT is the involvement of leading corporates from the private sector. Companies like Procter&Gamble, BT and Gaz de France recognise the innovative capabilities of SMEs and through DETECT-IT, they are working to identify and establish collaborative research opportunities. ,DETECT-IT is supported within the framework of the Stepping up Economic and Technological Intelligence actions of the Sixth Framework Programme.
Programme:,SESSION 1: FP6 & SMEs STRATEGY & OPPORTUNITIES,- Welcome & Introduction - Jan Hudazky, MEP & Member of SME Committee (SK),- Introduction to FP6 SME Strategy - Barend Verachtert, Head of Sector: Collective research and promoting SME participation, DG Research (EU),- Building research co-operation with Industry - Ing. Peter Kollarik, Siemens (SK),- Using FP6 to build relationships with multinationals - Martin Jahn, Managing Director of Czech Invest (CZ)
SESSION 2: HOW TO DECODE NEW FP6 INSTRUMENTS & MAKE,THEM MORE ACCESSIBLE TO SMES,- DETECT-IT A transnational clustering approach to support SME - Siobhán McQuaid, DETECT-IT Project Manager, EBN (EU),- Co-operation between EC Networks in FP6 (NCP-IRC-BIC-EIC) - Stefan Vratny, BIC Bratislava (SK),- Case Study: Challenges facing SMEs from new member states in FP6 - Edward Someus, TERRENUM (HU)
SESSION 3: HOW TO SUCCEED IN FP6,- NCP experiences in facilitating FP6 success - Dr. Aleksander Bakowski, Polish SME-NCP (PL),- Building a successful consortium in FP6 - Balázs Bodo, Geonardo (HU),- The secrets of Framework 6 success - Dr. Sean McCarthy, Hyperion Ltd (IRL)
PARALLEL WORKSHOPS SESSION (OPTIONAL): PARTICIPATING IN SPECIFIC PROJECTS/CLUSTERS,In these workshops, the FP6 Experts who are animating transnational clusters in IST, Food Safety & Quality and Environment/Energy will discuss in an interactive format the profile of SMEs involved in these clusters, activities being organized and FP6 projects submitted or under construction. Organisations who may have SME clients interested in participating in these clusters should attend the most,relevant session. Also open to SMEs.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND ON 1ST OCTOBER ?, NCPs, IRCs, regional support structures with responsibility for SME involvement in RTD;, Incubators and BIC Managers;, Research organizations, both public and private, in particular those involved in IST, Food,Safety and Quality and Environment and Energy;, Academic institutions involved in research in IST, Food Safety and Quality and Environment,and Energy;, EC, national and regional policy makers in the area of innovation and R&TD;, FP6 Project Leaders in particular IP Project Leaders in the area of IST, Food Safety and,Quality and Environment and Energy;, Other ETI Project Leaders in the area of IST, Food Safety and Quality and Environment and, EC Project Officers responsible for co-ordination of FP6 research activities, in particular,concerning SMEs and IST, Food Safety and Quality and Environment and Energy;, R&D Managers of leading corporate players in IST, Food Safety and Quality and,Environment and Energy sectors;, SME support instruments and regional development players;, Chambers of Commerce;, Sectoral representative associations in IST, Food Safety and Quality and Environment and, Financial instruments supporting early-stage SMEs.