Seminar: Web Tools for EU Research Projects

EU research projects share lots of information and involve joint working amongst organisations from many different countries. There are many software tools which can support them, from shared workspaces to resource planning and reporting tools, from electronic meetings to web content management. But which tools are effective for FP6 projects? Management tools for coordinating a construction project are rarely suitable for the more uncertain world of research. Software which requires extensive adaptation or web-authoring skills are poorly suited to short duration EU projects, where the emphasis must be on the research, not the support tools. Electronic meetings which can work in a highly structured environment may not lend themselves to creative collaboration amongst researchers.
At this seminar, several project coordinators and participants in FP6 projects will explain how they use these tools for a range of functions and what gave their consortia the greatest benefits. They will share their experiences of simple tools for sharing files and discussion fora, to more complex ones for research community building, for reporting project progress to the EU, and web-based video conferencing.
There will be additional speakers describing shared workspaces, and six suppliers of web tools will also present their products and services.
For more information, please contact:
Sue Kerr,Singleimage Limited,3 Foundry Walk St Ives Cambridge PE27 5FW UK,ph +44 1480 497712 fax +44 1480 497714,http://www.singleimage.co.uk