“Smart Communities” in a broader term Japan-Europe workshop for sharing ideas and experiences towards strategic partnership building

Thursday, 13^th of November 2014, Lingotto Fiere, Turin, Italy

Background and Objectives
The FP7 project, “Japan-EU Partnership in Innovation, Science and TEchnology (JEUPISTE; Grant Agreement No. 609585) is engaged in various activities to reinforce Europe-Japan cooperation in science, technology and innovation (STI), including contribution to STI policy dialogues, information services, organization of seminars, workshops and training courses. A series of “Innovation Workshops”, has been launched as part of the project activities, aiming at active partnership building through a broad, overarching theme of “Smart Communities”. This workshop No.2 is twinned with the No.1 in Brussels on 13 October 2014. While Workshop No.1 focused on the upstream side of the innovation value chain, identification of issues, ideation, and team building, Workshop No.2 will look at the downstream side, getting funding and bringing research results into market, especially in the ICT related fields.

Target audience: 50 managers both from academia and industry and multipliers including policy makers

Date: Thursday, 13^th November 2014 09:15 – 13:30 (registration starts at 9:00)

Venue: Lingotto Fiere (Turin, Italy)

Language: English

Contact:
Christin Pfeiffer, INSME
E-mail: pfeiffer@insme.it Tel: +39-06 68806803
Toshiyasu ICHIOKA, EU-Japan Centre for Industrial Cooperation
E-mail: jeupiste-s@eu-japan.gr.jp Tel: +81-3-6408-0281
Website: http://www.jeupiste.eu/

Registration:
Participation is free with advanced registration. Please send an email by the 1^st of November 2014 to eu-japan@insme.it with the following details:

• Name and Surname
• Position and Organization
• Country
• E-mail address