Announcing the WINDS-Caribe Seminar - Fostering EU-Caribbean cooperation in ICT research
This event, the first of its kind, will take place in Brussels on the 20 October 2009 in the ACP Secretariat.
For the first time key ICT research leaders from the Caribbean will gather in the capital of Europe to inform EU researchers and research stakeholders about outstanding ICT research initiatives from the region and to discuss future strategies to foster EU-Caribbean cooperation in ICT research.
The event will feauture presentations from the University of the West Indies (UWI), the Universitè de les Antilles de de la Guyane (UAG) and the Universidad de las Ciencias Informaticas de Cuba (among the most important research universities in the region), as well as from other key actors such as the Jamaican Research Council, the CKLN (Caribbean Knowledge and Learning Network), the Dominican Republic national Information Society Programme, the Commonwealth Secretariat.
The event has been designed as a one-day seminar that will be able to allow participants:
- to get an overview of the ICT research capacities and dynamics present in the Caribbean;
- to meet research partners and research "hubs" from the Caribbean for new projects;
- to participate in an open discussion with key stakeholders on how to shape the future of EU-Caribbean Cooperation in ICT research;
- to be informed on future support schemes for EU-Caribbean research cooperation.
Programme, registration, and more information can be found at http://www.winds-lac.eu/brussels_seminar.
The seminar aims at gathering around 50 key European research stakeholders, therefore if you are interested please register as soon as possible.
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