Seminar on Opportunities for Partnerships between Brazil/Latin America & Caribbean and the European Union on Research and Development on Information Society Technologies

- Rio de Janeiro, November 23rd, 2004 -

The Science and Technology Ministry of Brazil and the European Commission organised on 23 November 2004 in Rio de Janeiro the Seminar on Opportunities for Partnerships between Brazil/Latin America and Caribbean and the European Union on Research and Development on Information Society Technologies.

The main objectives of this seminar were:

• Foster capabilities in the domain of Information Society Technologies (IST) in order to establish collaborative projects/networks between the Brazilian/Latin American and Caribbean and European research communities in the context of the European Union research framework programmes
• Create awareness on Brazilian/Latin American and Caribbean researchers of the funding possibilities in the context of the European Union (EU) research framework programmes.

Participation List

Final Agenda

13:30 -  14:30	Registration
14:30 - 15:15	Opening Session	Guilherme Patriota - Head of International Affairs of the Ministry of Science and Technology of Brazil Thales Pontes Luz - Representative of the Governador of State of Rio de Janeiro Fabio Colasanti - Director General for Information Society of the European Commission Speech at the Opening Session (36 Kb) Nelson Simões - Director General of Rede Nacional de Pesquisa (RNP) of Brazil João Gabriel Ferreira - Chargé d’Affaires a.i. of the European Commission delegation in Brazil
15:15 - 16:00	Presentation of the activities under the Sixth Framework Research Programme of the European Community	Simon Bensasson - Head of International Relations Unit, Directorate General for Information Society, European Commission Opportunities for Partnerships between Brazil/Latin America & Caribbean and the European Union on Research and Development on Information Society Technologies (618 Kb)
16:00 - 16:30	Coffee Break
16:30 - 17:45	Parallel Thematic Sessions on Cooperation Opportunities	Room 1: Theme 1 – Appealing Services for Citizens to foster Social Cohesion Vaggelis Ouzounis - Administrator, Directorate General for Information Society, European Commission Appealing Services for Citizens that promote Social Cohesion (1512 Kb) Room 2: Theme 2 –  Mobile and Audiovisual Platforms Augusto de Albuquerque - Head of unit, Directorate General for Information Society, European Commission Broadband Communications, Networks and Services Challenges (4667 K) Laércio Aniceto Silva - Director, Foundation Centros de Referência em Tecnologias Inovadoras (CERTI) Digital TV and Mobile Communications (10724 Kb) Raphael Balabanian Neto - Manager of Research Center on Telecommunication - CPQd Research Areas: Mobile Platforms and Multimedia Applications (301 Kb)
17:45 - 19:00	Parallel Thematic Sessions on Cooperation Opportunities (Cont.)	Room 1: Theme 3 – Free/Open Source Software, Software Technologies and Distributed Systems Jesus Villasante - Head of unit, Directorate General for Information Society, European Commission Free/Open Source Software, Software Technologies and Distributed Systems (1195 Kb) Antenor Corrêa - General Coordinator of Software, Services and Applications and Incentives, Science & Technology Ministry of Brazil Room 2: Theme 4 – eInfrastructure: Grid empowered next generation networks for Resarch and Education Mário Campolargo - Head of unit, Directorate General for Information Society, European Commission e Infrastructure: Grid empowered next generation networks for Research and Education (7610 Kb) Michael Stanton - Director of Innovation of Rede Nacional de Pesquisa of Brazil