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Mapping new ways for ICT R&D collaboration between Europe & India
This edition of the Euro-India ICT Co-operation news update includes:- ICT experts meet in Paris to discuss the India ICT Innovation Knowledge Mapping Study
- What will the EuroIndia India ICT Innovation Mapping produce and what will the impact be?
- Tools to support you to get involved in joint RTD collaborative projects
- Involved in a Euro-Indian co-operation project or initiative? Find out how to be featured in our special newsletter
- eIndia2009 - 25-27 August 2009 ... Dates for your Diaries
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Euro-India ICT Co-operation
Driving Forward ICT Research Co-operation between Europe & India
“’Technology is Power’, if I paraphrase Alvin Toffler. This statement is true today more than at any time in history, and it will continue to be so in the future. International Co-operation is also a must for any modern country. India must go for international co-operation on an equal partner basis”. Dr. R. Chidambaram, Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government of India. Source: e-Infrastructures across Europe & India Keynote Introduction
- to systematically map the ICT RTD competencies’ of India;
- to support EU-India policy dialogue using the data generated;
- to disseminate European funding opportunities for Indian ICT players through info days.
eIndia2009, Hyderabad, India 25-27 August 2009
Watch out for India's Largest ICT Event, eIndia2009, being held in Hyderabad, India, 25-27 August 2009. EuroIndia-ICT is a proud supporting partner promoting event objectives of bringing together ICT experts, practitioners, business leaders and stakeholders of the region onto one platform
eIndia2009 will focus on six emerging application domains of ICT for Development:
* eGov India
* Digital learning India
* eHealth India
* Indian Telecentre Forum
* mConnect India
* eAgriculture India
For more information contact us at info@euroindia-ict.org
EuroIndia ICT Co-operation Event, 10 - 11 December 2009, New Delhi, India
The main objectives of the EuroIndia ICT Cooperation event are to:
- Raise awareness of core EuroIndia activities, specifically the EuroIndia ICT Innovation road mapping findings;
- Discuss road mapping findings in thematic sessions through presentations from best practice cases as well as examples of regional strengths for potential collaboration between European & Indian ICT players;
- Promote joint collaboration opportunities for joint Euro-Indian collaboration (e.g. FP7 programme, specifically ICT programme, People - Marie Curie, FP7 Expert Programme);
- Engage EuroIndia actors and continue to develop a community around EuroIndia's mission.
Technology Brainstorming
The EuroIndia technology brainstorming events, taking place in India, aim to bring together experts from specific ICT domains to debate, discuss and validate research areas identified in the knowledge mapping process for joint Euro-Indian collaboration. The brainstorming schedule will be posted shortly.