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INFODAYS 2011: New opportunities for scientific cooperation between Europe and Latin America and the Caribbean
2011 work programmes of the Seventh Framework Programme (FP7) invite collaborations under the EU-LAC (European Union, Latin America and the Caribbean) Joint Initiative for Research and Innovation.
In this sense, two videoconferences are scheduled to alert researchers and research managers in Latin American countries about the collaborative opportunities included in the 2011 work programmes in addition to recalling that all of FP7 is open to international cooperation. 
INFODAY 1
Date: 20 July 2011
Media: by videoconference from Brussels
Time: 13:00 - 15:30 GMT
Presentation of cooperation opportunities in the Cooperation for the Work Programme 2012 in the following topics:
- Information and Communication Technologies
- Food, Agriculture, Fisheries and Biotechnologies
- Environment (including climate change)
Test Session: Tuesday July 19 from 17:00 to 19:00 GMT
INFODAY 2
Date: 25 July 2011
Media: by videoconference from Brussels
Time: 13:00 - 15:40 GMT
Presentation of cooperation opportunities in the Cooperation for the Work Programme 2012 in the following topics:
- Health
- People Programme
- Transport, including aeronautics
- Social Sciences and Humanities and 'Science in Society'
Test Session: Friday July 22 from 17:00 to 19:00 GMT
Requirements for participation:
1. Each institution wishing to participate in any of the meetings via videoconference, must be connected to the academic network (NREN) in the local country and this, must be connected with RedCLARA. (See the list of connected NRENs HERE)
2. Once verified the connection to the national academic network and RedCLARA, interested institutions to participate by videoconference must send an email to info-alice2@redclara.net expressing interest in participating and specifying:
- Full name, email and the belonging institution of the participants of the videoconference.
- InfoDay to participate (if only one, indicate whether it corresponds to the 20 or 25 of July or if there are intentions to be part of both. If you want to participate in both InfoDays it is indispensable to be part of the two test sessions).
- IP of the H.323 videoconferencing equipment from which will be established the connection.
- Full name, email and Skype user of the technical contact responsible for the videoconference room from where the participants will be connected.
3. Those wishing to be part in any of the InfoDays must participate in the test sessions established for each day, which will be inform by RedCLARA through an e-mail communication.
| IMPORTANT - Only those institutions that express interest in participating before 13:00 GMT on Wednesday, July 6, 2011, will have a reservation in the activity. - For test sessions should be use the same room that will be use to establish connection during the InfoDays. - In the videoconference will have the opportunity to participate only those involved in the test sessions. - For any questions about the local times, please refer to: http://www.worldtimeserver.com/convert_time_in_UTC.aspx |
