Discussions will include the role of FP7 in Ireland's Strategy for Science, Technology & Innovation as well as the impact of the current economic environment.

The discussion will be chaired by Mark Little, RTE, current affairs reporter, broadcaster and author.

Panel members will include Ireland's leading industrial and academic FP7 participants:

• Professor Martin Curley, Director, Intel Labs Europe
• Professor Roger Whatmore, CEO, Tyndall Institute
• Dr Patrick Hartigan, FP7 Project Director, Wavebob
• Mr. Martin Shanagher, Assistant Secretary, Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment and Chair of the Interdepartmental Committee on Science, Technology and Innovation
• Prof. Stefan Decker, Director, Digital Enterprise Research Institute
• Dr. Willie Donnelly, Head of Research and Innovation, Waterford Institute of Technology
• Professor Dermot Diamond, Director, National Centre for Sensor Research, Dublin City University
• Dr. Frank O'Mara, Director (Acting) of Agriculture Research, Teagasc
  

Hear about FP7 from the perspective of multinational corporations, small medium enterprises and publicly funded research institutes.
Discussions will include the role of FP7 in Ireland's Strategy for Science, Technology & Innovation as well as the impact of the current economic environment. click here to access the webcast

Programme

8.30 - 9.15 REGISTRATION
9.15 – 9.30 Welcome Mr Feargal Ó Móráin, Director, Innovation Commercialisation & Investment, Enterprise Ireland
9.30 – 10.00 Opening Address Conor Lenihan, TD, Minister for Science, Technology, Innovation and Natural Resources
10.00 – 10.45 Panel Discussions Chaired by Mark Little, RTE Current Affairs Reporter, Broadcaster and Author

And web cast to an international audience including European Commission contacts
"The Importance of FP7 to Ireland’s Researchers"

Panel members:
Professor Martin Curley, Director, Intel Labs Europe
Professor Roger Whatmore, CEO, Tyndall Institute
Dr Patrick Hartigan, FP7 Project Director, Wavebob
Mr. Martin Shanagher, Assistant Secretary, Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment and Chair of the Interdepartmental Committee on Science, Technology and Innovation

Q&A Session

10.45 – 11.15 BREAK

11.15 – 12.00 "Strategic Approaches to Maximising FP7 Participation"

Panel members:
Prof. Stefan Decker, Director, Digital Enterprise Research Institute
Dr. Willie Donnelly, Head of Research and Innovation, Waterford
Institute of Technology
Professor Dermot Diamond, Director, National Centre for Sensor
Research, Dublin City University
Dr. Frank O’Mara, Director (Acting) of Agriculture Research, Teagasc

Q&A Session

12.00 – 1.30 Networking and New FP7 Opportunities

LUNCH

NCP access: current Call information
Poster display: success stories
Flash presentations: partner search

1.30 CLOSE

NB: An information session on three Public-Private Partnerships being launched
by the Commission on 30th July as part of the European Economic Recovery Plan
will take place from 2 – 4pm on the same day in the same venue.

More information available at:  www.fp7ireland.com