ACTIVITIES :: Sustainable Growth :: Info Day - FP7 Research

Information Day – FP7 Research on ICT for Sustainable Growth

>12 September, Brussels
 FP7 INFORMATION DAY on Smart Grids, ICT for Water Management and Smart Cities

Organised by the European Commission, Information Society and Media Director-General

Event Presentations

• How to write a proposal
  Colette Maloney, Head of Unit, DG INFSO, ICT for Sustainable Growth
• Objective ICT-2011.11.1 Pre-Commercial Procurement
  Lieve Bos, DG INFSO, Strategy for ICT Research and Innovation
• Objective ICT-2011.6.1 Smart Energy Grids
  Patricia Arsene, DG INFSO, ICT for Sustainable Growth
• Activity Energy.7 Smart Energy Networks
  Patrick van Hove, DG RTD, Energy Conversion and Distribution Systems
• Objective ICT-2011.6.3 ICT for efficient water resources management
  Antonios Barbas, DG INFSO, ICT for Sustainable Growth
• Overview of water related research priorities
  Philippe Gourbesville, @QUA Project Coordinator,
• Objective ICT-2011.6.5 ICT for energy-positive neighbourhoods
  Mercè Griera I Fisa, DG INFSO, ICT for Sustainable Growth
• Smart Cities & Communities in the Energy WP 2011
  Jean-Marie Bemtgen, DG ENER, Energy Technologies and Research Coordination

Participants' Ideas

Find below the presentations given by some InfoDay participants. Please note that these slides concern ideas of the proposal makers only and do not reflect the official position of the Commission.

• Standardization An asset for your FP7 project
  Luc Van den Berghe, CEN-CENELEC
• Securing the Smart Energy Grid Infrastructure
  Orestis Tsigkas, Informatics and Telematics Institute
• SMART-ISLAND
  Enrico Macii, Politecnico di Torino
• PROJECT IDEA
  Stefano Tomasin, DEI, Università di Padova
• Project Idea: SEEBUR
   Joe Dowling, Georgia Tech Ireland
• Wattics Smart Metering
  Antonio Ruzzelli, Wattics
• SPB: Sustainable Public Buildings
  Ester Sola, Andago
• PT strategy and proposed collaboration with partners
  Bruno Conde Tomás, Portugal Telecom
• ICT for IWRM
   Chrysi Laspidou, University of Thessaly
• ICT-SWAN Integrated ICT Suite for Participative Water Resources Management
   Soha Maad, IGROW

Background Information

[Agenda]

If you are about to write a proposal or looking for partners this was the place to be!

The European Commission organised this event in order to better support the preparation of proposals for the 8th FP7 call for proposals concerning the following objectives:

• ICT-2011.6.1 Smart Energy Grids 
  Call 8: FP7-ICT-2011-8
  Funding schemes: STREP and CSA
  [direct link to the WP]
• ICT-2011.6.3 ICT for efficient water resources management
  Call 8: FP7-ICT-2011-8
  Funding schemes: STREP
  [direct link to the WP]
• EEB-ICT-2011.6.5 ICT for energy-positive neighbourhoods
  Call 3: FP7-2012-NMP-ENV-ENERGY-ICT-EeB
  Funding schemes: STREP
  [direct link to the WP]
   

Venue

The Info Day was held in Brussels in Room 0/A at the Centre Albert Borschette

How to get there

Address: Rue Froissart 36, 1049 Brussels, Belgium
Map

>From the Zaventem-Brussels Airport , transfer by

• Bus: there is a cheap (approx 3 Euros) shuttle bus (Line 12) from the airport to the City, get off at Schuman. See the STIB website for further information.
• Taxi: A taxi from the Airport takes about 20 minutes.
• Train: Take the shuttle from the airport to the Centre of Brussels to Central Station (Gare Centrale). The trains leave at intervals of approx. 15 minutes. Then follow the instructions from the Train Station, via the Metro to Schuman.

>From the Train Station (Central Station - Gare Centrale)

• By metro to Schuman: take the underground (Metro) in the direction of Stokkel or Herrmann-Debroux; 5 stops on, leave the metro at Schuman.