Workshop 1 - ICT - Enabling Science
A summary of responses from key Australian scientists, who have had a history of collaboration with European groups, is:
- most important issue ... (common interest, sharing expertise/ideas, finding the right people, personal contact, the necessity of Australian ICT researchers to work with European platform technologies)
- greatest impediment ... (lack of funding support, extremely difficult to locate appropriate industrial contact/support)
- future concrete actions ... (European countries provide balanced support for Australian collaboration, easily accessible platform to handle funding, means to induce European industries into networking with collaborating scientists)
Presentations
Ambient Intelligence A primary focus of IST research - Dr Erastos Filos
Faraday to Pharos – a successful EU collaboration in radio-astronomy - Professor Ray Norris
Experiences with European Projects - Professor Aruna Seneviratne
Overview of the ICT Workshop and ICT in Australia - Professor Arun Sharma & Ms Fieny Reimann-Pijls
Experiences in the 5th Framework - Professor Ross Jeffery
Workshop 2 - Innovative Solutions to Drive Agricultural Sustainability
The general rationale for the organisation of the workshop has been that agricultural sustainability is possible only if farmers adopt sustainable practices. Hence there is considerable emphasis not only on the R&D that develops sustainable practices but also on the development of policy that fosters the adoption of such practices.
Presentations
Innovative solutions to drive agricultural sustainability - Dr Chris Patermann
The agricultural R&D operating environment in Australia - Mr John Harvey
Towards agricultural sustainability - Victoria, Australia - Anna Ridley, Gary Stoneham & Kim Lowe
Sustainable Dryland Farming in the Mallee of South Eastern Australia - John Leys
R&D to address sustainability issues in the Australian cotton industry - Greg Constable
Soil biology and its implications for sustainability - Dr Ulrich Schurr
Workshop 3 - Life Sciences, Genomics & Biotechnology for Health
To discuss practical strategies and outcomes to address (at least) the following questions:
- what are the most important issues that enable successful collaboration between Australian and European scientists?
- what are the greatest impediments to creating successful collaboration between Australian and European scientists?
- what concrete actions would be needed to enhance networking and collaboration between Australian and European scientists?
Presentations
Workshop 3 Life Sciences, Genomics & Biotechnology for Health - Professor Edwina Cornish
Life Sciences, Genomics and Biotechnology for Health - Dr Tim Hall
BioFortification of Foods for Health - Dr Roger Kalla
Stem Cell Sciences - Dr Hugh Ilyine
Australian-European Union Collaborative Grants - Ms Elizabeth Grant
Workshop 4 - Nanotechnologies and nanosciences, knowledge based multifunctional materials and new production processes and devices
One major outcome is to identify concrete actions (eg who and when?) to establish a communication hub between European and Australian nanotechnology groups, aiming to provide a single portal for access into both regions.
Presentations
New Methods For The Synthesis
Of Metal/Polymer Nanocomposites
- Professor Luigi Nicolais
Nanotechnologies & Nanosciences in the Thematic Priority 3 of FP 6 - Dr Nicholas Hartley
ARC Research Networks Seed funding results Program details - Professor Lawrence Cram
Australian Nanotechnology Network - Professor Jagadish
Technology Diffusion Nanotechnology Networking in the UK - Dr Ottilia Saxl
Networking within CSIRO Nanotechnology - Dr Terry Turney