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SME Involvement in Research and Development Calls - Topical Seminar
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How to increase SME involvement in R&D calls?
14 January 2008

Hotel Métropole
31, place de Brouckère, B-1000, Brussels, Belgium

Following the seminar a public report will be produced
and made available on this website
Rapporteur: Bob Malcolm, ideo ltd

PRESENTATIONS
(download individual presentations below or full presentation package - zip 18 MB)
 
 
8:45 - 9:15 Welcome
  Session 1: SME-specific barriers to R&D cooperation
9:15 - 9:30

Opening
Alain Brenac - CISTRANA Team

9:30 - 10:00 Keynote speech:
How does a major Company manage its R&D relationships with SME’s?
Gabriel Marquette, Schlumberger Group
10:30 - 11:00 National public support to SME's: the case of Spain
Juan-Tomas Hernani, Pymera
11:00 - 12:00

Feedback from 2 SME experiences in call submissions

 
  • Displays
    Zsuzsa Dobrányi, Holografika
  • Content
    Xavier Marichal, Alterface
12:00-13:15

Round Table: Recommendations to overcome the main barriers to SME’s involvement in calls for proposals
Introduced by a 15 min. presentation on a recent French experience:
"School of Innovation"
Moderator: Alain Quévreux (ANRT)

13:15 - 14:15 Lunch
  Session 2: R&D financing tools for SME’s
14:15-16:00 Typical illustrations of funding schemes
 
  Final round table: Meeting the R&D needs of European SME’s
16:00-17:30 Introduced by a presentation of
The US SBIR system
Thomas Pearsall - EPIC
Moderator: Bob Malcolm - Ideo
17:30 End of the meeting