18 May 2006, 9.00 a.m. Registration of participants

9.30 a.m. First session: Preparing for FP7: EU policy and national policies

- Ion Pop, Director for Strategy and Interdepartmental cooperation, Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Romania: Welcome speech. - Dr. Stephan Pascall, Advisor, Information Society and Media Directorate- General, European Commission, “The development of the knowledge society in the new member states of the EU, Romania and Bulgaria” [abstract presentation]
- Andrei Ionel, Director General National Authority for Scientific Research, Romania "Overview on Romanian RTDI policy" - Prof. Ioan Dumitrache, President of the National Council for University Research and Prof. Adrian Curaj, Director of UEFISCSU, Romania “Developing the strategy for the Romanian RTDI system”

11.00 Coffe break

• 11.30 Timothy Harper, Cientifica, UK “The economics of nanotechnology” [abstract presentation]

12.00 Panel discussion (including the above speakers, as well as Prof. Robert Plana, LAAS and University Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France; Gisele Roesems, European Commission; Elena Maria Gaspar, Advisor, Ministry of Economy and Commerce; and general discussion (questions and comments from the audience). Moderators: Prof. Dan Dascalu (MINOS-EURONET coordinator)

Hall “Al. I. Cuza”, during the Forum

From left to right: A. Curaj, D. Dascalu, I. Andrei, S. Pascall, I. Pop;

Note: A poster exhibition will be available through the first day. The posters will display info about participation to EU programmes, national and regional infrastructures for research and innovation etc. Supplementary information will be available in a package of printed documents (in English) distributed to the participants.  

18 May 2006, 2.00 p.m.  Second session:
Micro- and nanotechnologies: infrastructures for research and for innovation
Moderated by Dr. Cornelia Rotaru, Secretary General, Chamber of Commerce an Industry (CCIR)

• Gisele Roesems, Unit of nanoelectronics, Directorate Components and Systems, INFSO/G, European Commission
  

  "Eco-zones and European Technological Platforms in Nanoelectronics (ENIAC) and Photonics (Photonics21)" [abstract presentation]

  
  
• Ana Almansa, ARC Seibersdorf research, GmbH, Austria
  "Towards an European Technology Platform on Micro- and Nanomanufacturing" [abstract presentation]
• Wacław J. Białkowski, STTPE, Poland
  "Science and Technology Park Poland - East: activities for Regional Development"  [abstract presentation]
• Henne van Heeren, Enabling  MNT “Success factors for MNT-Clusters – A Dutch perspective” [abstract presentation]
• Valentinas Snitka,  Kaunas University of Technology “National Innovation System in Lithuania - hidden threats” [abstract presentation]
• Dan Dascalu, IMT-Bucharest “From networking to technology transfer: infrastructures in Romania” [abstract presentation]
• Piotr Dumania, Piotr Grabiec, Institute of Electron Technology, Poland
  "Micro- and Nanotechnology Scientific Networks in Poland" [abstract presentation]
• Frantisek Uherek, Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava
  “Current Status of Micro- and -Nano-technology R&D Activities at STU Bratislava and Trends in Slovakia” [abstract presentation]

Friday 19 May 2006 The second day of the Forum will be devoted to the potential of integrating/converging technologies (micro-nano-bio-info) for economic growth. Examples of applications will be given (at this event there is no particular focus on a certain field).
The MINOS partners will play an essential role in this part of the Forum.
The output of the foresight exercise performed in Romania will provide the basis for a “case study”.

19 May 2006, 9.00 a.m.  Third session:
Applications of converging (mixing) technologies.
Moderator: Dan Dascalu

1. Griet Van Caenghem, Unit Micro- and Nanosystems, Directorate Components and Systems, INFSO/G, European Commission: " Micro-nano technology and microsystems: A decade of European progress and outlook for the future" (30 minutes, all the other presentations 15 minutes)[abstract presentation]
2. Joan Ramon Morante, University of Barcelona “Material and devices for energy and power MEMS applications” [abstract presentation]
3. Denis Hodgins, ETB Ltd, UK “Applying micro- and nanotechnologies in the health sector: opportunities and barriers” [abstract presentation]
4. Tauno Vaha –Heikkila, VTT Finland, "Microsystems for telecommunication applications" [abstract presentation]
5. Carles Cane, CNM, Barcelona " MNT for food industry" [abstract presentation]
6. Timothy Harper, Cientifica, UK, "Nanotechnologies and the environment: balancing the (potential) risks and rewards"
7. Helen Hailing Yu, Centre for  Technology Management, Innovation and Entrepreneurship
   Department of Materials at Queen Mary, University of London, UK, “The impact of nanotechnolo-gies on traditional  industries: How Nanotextiles became an $11 billion dollar market  within five years” [abstract presentation]
8. Hakan Urey, Koç University-Istanbul, Turkey, “Industrial Collaborative Research at Koç University:
   MEMS Spectrometers and Scanners" [abstract presentation]
9. Petr Louda, Technical University of Liberec, Czech Republic, "Application of nanotechnology at automotive industry"

11.30 Cofee break

12.00 Forum (debate): a case study. Output of the Romanian foresight study in advanced technologies. Moderated by Prof. Adrian Curaj, Director of UEFISCSU and director of the strategy project ROST.

13.00 End of Forum