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11-14 November 2014 R.I.T.A. hosted events organized projects in Baku, Azerbaijan

11-14 November 2014 R.I.T.A. – Regional Innovative Technologies Academy hosted events organized by the European Commission – DG CONNECT, the International Relations Office of the National Academy of Sciences of Azerbaijan, R.I.T.A. and the two EU-funded projects in Baku, Azerbaijan.
During 4 days the following meetings and workshops were held, including
• 11 November 2014: EECA-2-Horizon and East-Horizon projects meetings (cluster and separately ),
• 12 November 2014: The networking event which includes roundtables with representatives of European Technology Platforms and experts from the entire Eastern Europe and Central Asia countries, as well as face-2-face meetings among ICT actors from both regions;
• 13 November 2014: Horizon 2020 Eastern Partnership (EaP) Information Day "Research & Innovation in Information and Communication Technologies”;
• 14 November 2014: Evaluation of projects and Project Proposal Writing Training in the framework of EAST-HORIZON project.

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14 November in ANAS

The last day, Friday 14 November 2014, the training Event on the East-Horizon project took place at the Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences. The training event was co-organised with the assistance of the EECA-2-HORIZON project. More than 15 experts from Industry and Research participated in the event.
The event envisaged presentations on such issues as future calls, how to participate in HORISON2020, write the right proposal and how proposals are evaluated by EC experts. Participants submitted their project ideas beforehand to be preliminary evaluated by EC experts and the East-Horizon coordinators.
Since most of the participants attended the InfoDay, the workshop focused on the discussion of the 12 proposals ideas submitted before the events.

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13 November Horizon 2020 Eastern Partnership in ANAS

On Thursday, 13 November Horizon 2020 Eastern Partnership (EaP) Information Day devoted to Research & Innovation in Information and Communication Technologies was held in Small Hall of the Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences.
The Information Day was opened with welcome speech of Dr. Gulam Babayev, Head of the Foreign Relations Department of the Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences.
More than 80 experts from Industry and Research participated in the event.
Following the detailed presentations of the HORIZON 2020 by the representatives of European Commission DG CNECT Mr. Morten Moller, Head of Unit F3, and Mr. Vassilis Kopanas, Unit D1 representative, an interesting panel session with both European and EECA representatives from Academia and Industry addressed the ways to further enhancing the cooperation between the EU and EECA.

http://www.eeca-ict.eu/usefull-information/events/icalrepeat.detail/2014/11/13/29/-/h2020-eastern-partnership-info-day

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12 November in Kempinski hotel

On 12 November more than 70 experts from Industry and Research participated to the event held in Kempinski hotel:
20 Europeans from Spain, Ireland, Poland Spain, Lithuania, Italy and France;
50 Experts from Belarus, Ukraine, Russia, Moldova, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan.
After a short introduction of the cluster activities and the objective of the event, parallel workshops on each Technology Platform/Community were held.
A strong interest has been shown in all 3 areas.
27 experts participated in the NESSI workshop.
20 experts participated in the NEM workshop.
20 experts participated in the HPC workshop.

At the 3 workshops, the main technical aspects were analysed and the participants elaborated an action plan to further enhance the cooperation among the EU and the EECA.
This includes the creation of sub-groups, NEM-EAST and NESSI EAST and for HPC the organization of a workshop in the framework of the project and focusing mainly on HPC, with the keywords: education, end user, industry, platform infrastructure.

http://www.eeca-ict.eu/usefull-information/events/icalrepeat.detail/2014/11/12/28/-/networking-event-community-building

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Join the EECA Cluster awareness raising and networking activities in Baku, AZ

It is our pleasure to invite you to a 3-days event that is organised by the EECA Cluster in collaboration with the DG CNECT of the European Commission, the International Relations Office of the National Academy of Sciences of Azerbaijan and the Regional Innovative Technologies Academy (R.I.T.A.) on 12-14 November 2014 in Baku, Azerbaijan.

The aim is to foster cooperation among the research and industrial communities of the EU & EECA, in order to exploit emerging opportunities for international partnerships (both under the EU and EECA RTD&I programmes) and jointly address common societal challenges. The event is structured as follows and further information for each day including Agendas can be found by clicking on the links below:

Wednesday, November 12, 2014: 1st EECA Cluster Networking Event, the EU & EECA actors will have the opportunity to participate in an open dialogue on R&I opportunities

http://www.eeca-ict.eu/usefull-information/news/103-eeca-cluster-event-baku

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ICT Proposers’Day 2014 Brokerage Event in Florence

Director of R.I.T.A. Dr. Babayev participated in the ICT Proposers’Day 2014 Brokerage Event was held on 9-10 October 2014 in Florence, Italy. 6 representatives of Azerbaijan researches participated in the event on R.I.T.A.'s initiative:
Dr. Bunyamin Seyidov, head of Department of Relations with the Academic Structures of Foreign Countries, International Relations Office of the Presidium of the Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences;
Dr. Elkhan Sabziyev, senior research officer, Institute of Control System of ANAS;
Narmin Rzayeva, research officer, Institute of Control System of ANAS;
Dr.Ulkar Sattarova, Head of Strategy Planning Department, Azerbaijan University of Architecture and Construction;
Khalida Melikova, Senior adviser at the State Agency on Nuclear and Radiological Activity Regulation, Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Azerbaijan Republic.

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ICT Proposers' Day | 9-10 October 2014

Dear colleagues, you are welcome to take part in the ICT Proposers' Day 2014, which will be held in Florence, Italy, on 9th and 10th October 2014.
The ICT Proposers' Day is a networking event to promote European ICT Research & Innovation, focusing on the Horizon 2020 Work Programme for 2015
This event is free of charge. It will focus on the Horizon 2020 Work Programme 2015 in the field of Information & Communication Technologies. It offers an exceptional opportunity to build quality partnerships as it will connect academia, research institutes, industrial stakeholders, SMEs and government actors from all over Europe.

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