SUSPRISE Towards the sustainable enterprise Berlin workshop 24-25 October 2006 1 Laurens Meijering SenterNovem Co-ordinator SUSPRISE
Overview Welcome SUSPRISE, in a few words Set up of SUSPRISE Mission Why? Project database Preliminary announcement joint call Introduction to the workshop Agenda Objectives Expectations 2 The sustainable enterprise workshop SUSPRISE 23-24 October 2006
Welcome to Berlin Link to FONA forum: Fona - Research of Sustainability is important programme in SUSPRISE SUSPRISE is mentioned in the German High Tech Strategy Research agenda R&D for sustainable innovations leads to market opportunities Emphasis on role / participation of SMEs
SUSPRISE Consortium Network of ministries and agencies 16 partners from 9 countries still growing Target groups Industry, especially SME s Research infrastructure Focus on industrial processes product development non-technical aspects of business development SUSPRISE started in 2004 Preparation phase is over Time to involve the outside world
SUSPRISE Mission Stimulating sustainable development in European industry Sustainability of European industry Making Europe world leader in the field of sustainable technology. Cooperation is the key word: cooperation between national governments and programmes cooperation between industrial enterprises and research institutes of different countries
SUSPRISE Why? Joining forces to reach joint goals Opening up of national programmes: go beyond national geographic borders Let s work together No double work Learning from each other s experiences Transnational approach of transnational problems Sharing experience and knowledge between industry Cooperation of research and industry across borders following industry demand Better access of industry (SME) to international funding
Step by step approach 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Step 4 Follow up 7
SUSPRISE Network is growing DK B S FIN D E F IRL CH 8 GB A NL
Benefits of SUSPRISE SUSPRISE offers European industry and research: new opportunities for transnational collaboration to use sustainability as an international business opportunity Joint programme Joint calls Opening up of national calls Opening up of national programmes better and easier access to international knowledge application procedures, well-known from the common national subsidy programmes Partnering events Internet Platform Networking of programmes Workshops Knowledge exchange Clustering of national projects
Project database Projects 441 Projects (7 countries) 163 million (total grant) 259 million (total costs) Number of projects per country Grants per country [million ]
Preliminary announcement joint call Subjects Efficient use of raw materials Water technologies Participating countries (most likely / to be decided) Austria Germany Belgium (Flanders) The Netherlands Basque country Others Application The call will be published early 2007 Virtual common pot At least 2 companies from at least 2 participating countries/regions Industrial research and pre-competitive research SME s are especially encouraged to apply
Workshop Day 1 24 October 2006 13:15-14:30 Start of the workshop: - Welcome by BMBF (Mr. Oliver Diehl) - Welcome by coordinator SUSPRISE (Mr. Laurens Meijering) - Keynote presentation Ms. Maj Munch Anderson (Riso National Laboratory) - Keynote Mr. Marian Mours (Cefic) - Introduction to the workshops (Mr. Laurens Meijering) 14:30 15:00 Coffee 15:00 16:45 Session 1: exchange of knowledge - experiences of past projects and ideas on future projects and themes - focusing on the specific topic 16:45 17:15 Coffee 17:15 18:00 Conclusions day 1: statements for inspiration and discussion 18:00 20:00 Dinner Buffet
Workshop Day 2 25 October 2006 09:00 09:15 Summary day 1 / kick of day 2 09:15 10:30 Funding fair 10:30 10:45 Coffee 10:45 12:00 Session 2: exchange of knowledge and experiences on organisation - running of international projects: advantages, barriers and solutions 12:00 13:00 Lunch 13:00 14:30 Session 3: future perspectives of European cooperation - based on a relevant future theme or project idea - discuss lifecycle from idea to succesful implementation - how SUSPRISE may support bottlenecks you may encounter 14:30 15:00 Coffee 15:00 16:00 Plenary session 16:00 Closure of the workshop
Workshop objectives To bring together national funded projects and stakeholders from research and industry. To provide an overview of funding instruments suitable for European cooperation. To provide the opportunity for you to: get to know company and research representatives from countries participating in the ERA-Net SUSPRISE gain new business contacts build networks exchange your experiences in European/International collaboration.
Workshop expectations We expect you: To have fun To have fruitful discussions with your colleagues To have creative sessions To expand your current network To come up with new ideas for international collaboration What are your expectations? What would you like to bring home from this workshop?
People behind SUSPRISE More Information: Internet: WWW.SUSPRISE.net E-mail: l.meijering@senternovem.nl a.meijer@senternovem.nl phone: + 31 (0)30 2393582... and many more 16