Information day Thursday 21 October, 09:30-18:00, at the Main Library Building, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Lomonovskiy prospect 27, Moscow, Russia.

This is a one-day event that is focused on the FP7 ICT Work Programme 2011-12 Call 7 and how Russian stakeholders can participate in the EU Programme. Call 7 is currently open and proposals can be submitted until 18 January 2011.

Find out about the current Work Programme, the rules of participation and how to structure your proposal. 
Hear how they did it, a presentation from a FP7 Project with EU and Russian partners.
Take part in the panel discussion on the theme "How to Improve EU-Russia cooperation in the FP7 ICT Theme: Barriers and Opportunities".

Participants among others:

Viktor Rusakov, Director, Department on ICT Development, Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation (tbc)
Stephan Pascall, Adviser, European Commission, DG INFSO, Directorate C "Lisbon Strategy and Policies for the Information Society"
Morten Møller, Head of Unit, European Commission, DG INFSO, Unit C5 "Operations for ICT Research and Innovation"

We seek members to the afternoon panel discussion. Each member will be asked to speak 5-10 minutes about the barriers to EU-Russia cooperation in ICT and how to improve participation of Russian partners in the Framework Programmes and vice versa of EU partners in the Russian funding Programmes. If you feel that you have something to contribute to this discussion, please do not hesitate to contact me as soon as possible. To register for this event please send an email to stephan.pascall@ec.europa.eu. Please forward this invitation to others who may be interested. Welcome! Stephan Pascall

DRAFT AGENDA

Thursday 21 October 2010

09:30 – 10:00 Arrival and Registration

10:00 – 10:15 Welcome

By name tbc, Moscow State University

10:15 – 10:30 Introductory Remarks

By Stephan Pascall, Adviser, European Commission, DG INFSO, Directorate C "Lisbon Strategy and Policies for the Information Society"
By name tbc, (co-chairman)

10:30 – 10:50 EU-Russia Cooperation in ICT – The Ministry Perspective
By Viktor Rusakov, Director, Department on ICT Development, Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation (tbc)

10:50 – 11:00 Questions and answers

11:00 – 11:30 Coffee Break

11:30 – 12:15 A Short Guide through the FP7 ICT 2010-12 Work Programme: Focus on Call 7

By Morten Møller, Head of Unit, European Commission, DG INFSO, Unit C5 "Operations for ICT Research and Innovation"

12:15 – 12:30 Questions and answers

12:30 – 12:45 EU-Russia Cooperation in the FP7 ICT Theme and the EU-Russia Coordinated Call in ICT

By Morten Møller, Head of Unit, European Commission, DG INFSO, Unit C5 "Operations for ICT Research and Innovation"

12:45 – 13:30 Lunch

13:30 – 14:15 How to Participate to the FP7 ICT Theme - Rules of the Programme

By Morten Møller, Head of Unit, European Commission, DG INFSO, Unit C5 "Operations for ICT Research and Innovation"

14:15 – 14:30 Questions and answers

14:30 – 14:50 How we did it – Project with EU and Russian participants

By AlekseiZheltikov, Professor, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Physics Department, International Laser Centre

14:50 – 15:00 Questions and answers

15:00 – 15:30 Coffee Break

15:30 – 16:45 Panel Discussion - How to improve EU-Russia Cooperation in the FP7 ICT-Theme: Barriers and

Opportunities

Lev Shchur, Deputy Chairman of the RAS Science Center in Chernogolovka, Russia

Irina Efimenko, Head of Semantic Technologies Department, Avicomp Services

Nadya Andreeva, Project manager, Monitor Soft

Alex Shafarenko, University of Hertfordshire, Department of Computer Science (participating via Skype)

16:45 – 17:00 Closing

By Stephan Pascall - Adviser - Lisbon Strategy and Policies for the Information Society - European Commission, DG INFSO, Directorate C (Co-chairman)

17:00 – 17:30 Bilateral meetings with European Commission officials at request

ADDRESS

FP7 ICT Information day will take place in “Transformer” hall, 1^st floor, MSU Main Library Building, Lomonosov Moscow State University.

MSU Main Library Building, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Lomonosovskiy prospekt, 27, Moscow, Russia