Isis InfraStructure for broadband access in wireless/photonics and Integration of Strengths in Europe
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CNRS
European Commission
Information Society Technologies
Région Rhône-Alpes

Kick-off Meeting of ISIS

Kick-off meeting ISIS January 27, 2006 8:45 - 17:00

Location: Grenoble, France, Novotel Hotel Grenoble city centre

Morning

8:45 - 9:30 Registration

  • Coffee and croissants. Distribution of the programme, ISIS brochure, and participation list.


9:30 Welcome speech by the CNRS

9:30 - 10:15 Plenary session 1: Béatrice Cabon

  • Presentation of Laure Sterchele, ISIS assistant manager.
  • Presentation of the DoW, annual reports and quarterly reports.
  • EC contract modifications required.
  • Presentation of the budget.

10:15 - 10:45 Plenary session 2: Benoît Dardelet and Laure Sterchele

  • Presentation of the web-site database and tools available to the partners.

10:45 - 12:00 Plenary session 3: Jean Pierre Vilcot and Nathan Gomes

  • Presentation of the three ISIS platforms and "Setting-up" partners.
  • Schedule of research works in liaison to the platforms and schedule of reports on the platforms.
  • Discussions.


12:00 - 13:30 Lunch

  • Afternoon

13:30 - 16:10 Thematic sessions: All 16 task leaders

  • Presentation by the 16 Task leaders (3 slides, 5' of presentation + 5' of questions)
  • Starting date of the work on Integration (platforms), Joint research and Spreading.
  • What to do? By whom? Schedule of the works, schedule of the reports (including deliverables and annual reports).

16:10 - 16:30 20'of general discussion


16:30 - 17:00 Conclusion (with drinks) and press information.


Farewell



Novotel Hotel

7 place Robert Schuman
38000 Grenoble




By foot, 3' walking:

From the bus or railway station (Gare SNCF), take the exit Europole (under the railway), walk to « Place Schuman », the Novotel Hotel is on the right at No. 7, next to the World Trade Center building.


By car, 1 hour drive from Lyon or Chambéry :

· From Lyon, take the highway A48 à direction Europole Gare Bastille à exit Polygone scientifique à on the left, rue des martyrs à then rue Félix Esclangon à on the left , rue Pierre Sémard.
· From Chambéry, take the highway A41 à rocade sud à direction Lyon A480 à exit Europole à rue Esclangon à on the right, rue Pierre Sémard.