EBN Spring Conference
21 March 2007
Austria
This conference on “FP7: opportunities for SMEs & Business Support Organizations” is an essential introduction for any SME or SME support organisation to the role of SMEs in FP7 and the support measures in place to increase their participation. High level speakers will address some of the following issues:
• supporting SMEs in preparing successful proposals
• Detecting the right SMEs for FP7
• Tools and support services in FP7
Conference Objectives
• Clarify the EC policy objectives regarding SMEs
• Provide specific examples of how these policy objectives have been translated into specific support measures for SMEs in the themes of ICT, Health, Energy, Biotechnology, Food, Agriculture and Fisheries.
• Present methodologies and tools to support SMEs in preparing successful FP7 proposals
• For SME support organisations, specific advice is providing on identifying SMEs who would most benefit from EC research projects.
Important:
this is a first hand opportunity to lobby your proposal with relevant FP7 project officers, and to listen to presentations from well known and successful practitioners e.g. PERA, EBN, Oracle, Procter & Gamble, and many others.
During the coffee and lunch breaks, participants will have the opportunity to network with EC representativeslink to the conference website
http://www.ebn.be/content/main.asp?PageID=206&MenuGroup=0&MenuNum=0&logout=true(opens in new window)
• supporting SMEs in preparing successful proposals
• Detecting the right SMEs for FP7
• Tools and support services in FP7
Conference Objectives
• Clarify the EC policy objectives regarding SMEs
• Provide specific examples of how these policy objectives have been translated into specific support measures for SMEs in the themes of ICT, Health, Energy, Biotechnology, Food, Agriculture and Fisheries.
• Present methodologies and tools to support SMEs in preparing successful FP7 proposals
• For SME support organisations, specific advice is providing on identifying SMEs who would most benefit from EC research projects.
Important:
this is a first hand opportunity to lobby your proposal with relevant FP7 project officers, and to listen to presentations from well known and successful practitioners e.g. PERA, EBN, Oracle, Procter & Gamble, and many others.
During the coffee and lunch breaks, participants will have the opportunity to network with EC representativeslink to the conference website
http://www.ebn.be/content/main.asp?PageID=206&MenuGroup=0&MenuNum=0&logout=true(opens in new window)