FP7UK
Cognitive Systems and Robotics: Forthcoming EU research funding
An Informative event to be held at Department for Business Innovation and Skills Conference Centre 1 Victoria Street, London
Friday 2nd December 2011 from 10:00 to 16:00
This Information day will address the Cognitive Systems and Robotics research challenge described in the FP7 ICT Workprogramme, Objective 2.1, which is scheduled to open with an 80M€ budget in ICT Call 9 on 18 January 2012.
The principal speaker will be Libor Kral, Head of Unit “E5″ of the European Commission’s DG INFSO based in Luxembourg which is responsible for the Cognitive Systems and Robotics research challenge in the current ICT Workprogramme.
The agenda for the day will address the three sub objectives featured in this call:-
Cognition and control in complex systems;
Gearing up and accelerating cross-fertilisation between academic and industrial robotics research;
Speeding up progress towards smarter robots through targeted competitions.
Delegates will obtain a good briefing on these research opportunities, guidance on finding partners and support in proposal creation. Speakers from Commission funded projects in this domain will share their experiences and future aims. In addition early views of future Commission plans will be voiced.
Delegates from the UK, all Member States and beyond are welcome. There will be ample opportunity for networking, information gathering and one to one dialogues.
This workshop takes place on the Friday of EU Robotics week during which a major wide appeal event will be taking take place at The Science Museum in Kensington, which is just 30 mins away on the underground.
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About Today |
Lee Vousden |
Department for BIS |
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Collaborative research Call 9 and its environment |
Peter Walters |
NCP for ICT |
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Cognitive Systems and Robotics in call 9 |
Libor Kral |
DG INFSO HoU E5 |
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Questions and Answers |
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Coffee |
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Directions in Artificial Cognition: new thoughts on thinking |
Alan Winfield |
Bristol Robotics Lab |
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Our experience in FP and ECHORD |
Rich Walker |
Shadow Robot Ltd |
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Participation Collaboration and Application |
Neil Sandford |
Putting People Before Computers |
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Lunch |
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Real Robots in the real world |
Rodolphe Gelin |
Aldebaran Robotics |
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Cognitive techniques for Autonomic Control of Large-Scale Communication Systems |
Phil Bull |
BT Innovate and Design |
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Whatever Next |
Geoff Pegman |
EUROBOT |
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Summary and Close |
Peter Walters |
NCP for ICT |
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One to Ones as required |
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Registration
To register for this free event please click the following link which will take you directly to the event registration page on Survey Monkey:
https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/CLP6LM5
Please note that spaces are limited. Following receipt of your completed registration form, confirmation of your booking will be provided.
The event is presented and organised by: The UK ICT National Contact Point, BIS, and the
Technology Strategy Board
Further copies from http://tinyurl.com/ict-2dec11
