2015 KONNECT Information and Twinning Day STI `KONNECT`ing

2015 KONNECT Information and Twinning Day
STI ‘KONNECT’ing Opportunities for Korean and European Innovators
This session will aim to give an overview of the current status and potential direction of
Korea-Europe R&D collaboration and to provide sufficient information on funding
opportunities available to Korean and European researchers within the KONNECT project
in particular, as part of the wider HORIZON2020 framework. Special attention will be put
on the upcoming mobility joint call and on twinning European with Korean entities,
interested in initiating partnerships in the relevant fields through pitches from several
pre-selected companies.
Organised by
KONNECT Consortium
Date & Time
21 May 2015, 09:45 - 12:00
Venue
Grand BallroomⅠ, Grand Hyatt Seoul
Programme
Presentation Title
09:30-09:45
Registration and Coffee break
09:45-10:00
Korea-EU R&D Cooperation
Presenting organisation
Mr. Myon Jung Kim, Head, EU & International Organization Programs, National Research
Foundation of Korea
10:00-11:30
Twinning event
Dr. John Watson, Senior VP, Institut Pasteur (France)
Dr. Chang Won Ahn, Principal Researcher, ETRI (Korea)
Mr. Javier Valero, Researcher, R&D Center, AMETIC (Spain)
Mr. Jose Antonio Racero, CEO, Omnium Lab (Spain)
Dr. Joohwan Kim, Representative in Korea, Fraunhofer (Germany)
Dr. Hee Yeoum Kim, Head of Department, National Nanofab Center (Korea)
Dr. Wesley DeNeve, University of Ghent(Belgium)
Dr. Stephen Depuydt, Flemish Institute for Biotechnology (Belgium)
Prof. Young Suck Chai, Yeoungnam University(Korea)
Dr. Ahmet Baban, Marmara Research Center (Turkey)
11:30-11:50
Introduction of KONNECT Mobility Joint Call
Ms. Antje Ballentin-Schniering, Senior Scientific Officer, German Aerospace Center
11:50-12:00
Q&A
* The above program schedule will be subject to changes