DRAFT AGENDA
ERA-Can+ Information Session
March 26, 2015
9:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Building TBD
Concordia University, Sir George Williams Campus (Downtown)
Montreal
9:00 – 9:30
Coffee and registration
9:30 – 9:35
Introduction
Danielle Lenarcic Biss, Coordinator, Research and International Relations,
Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada
9:35 – 9:40
Words of welcome
Dr. Graham Carr, Vice-President, Research and Graduate Studies, Concordia
University
9:40 – 10:10
Overview of Horizon 2020 and ERA-Can+
Opportunities for Canadians in Horizon 2020
Getting started: First steps to participation in Horizon 2020
Martina Desole, Head of International Cooperation and Innovation Unit, Agenzia
per la Promozione della Ricerca Europea
10:10 – 10:40
Opportunities for Mobility between Quebec and France
Magali Bricaud, Responsable du Service Scientifique et Universitaire, Consulat
Général de France à Québec
10:40 – 11:00
Question period
11:00 – 12:00
Thematic breakout sessions
Arctic/Polar
Cecilia Sithembile Silundika, Coordinator, External Affairs, Canadian High Arctic
Research Station, National Contact Point
Enterprise Canada Network
Philip Turi, General Counsel & Director, Global Business Services, Canadian
Manufacturers and Exporters
Health, Demographic Change and Wellbeing
Joanne Goldberg, Assistant Director, Institute of Aging, Canadian Institutes of
Health Research, National Contact Point
Marie-Skłodowska Curie Actions
Danielle Lenarcic Biss, Coordinator, Research and International Relations,
Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada, National Contact Point
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Marine and Maritime Research
Karen Davison, Senior Science Advisor, Fisheries and Oceans Canada,
National Contact Point
Smart, Green and Integrated Transport (Focus on Aeronautics)
Alain Aubertin, Vice-President, International Affairs, Canadian Aerospace
Research & Innovation Consortium, National Contact Point
12:00
Session is concluded
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