SITC - Security Innovation & Technology Consortium

Venue:  Paris Regional Economic Development Agency (ARD), 3 rue des Saussaies, Paris 8

Background:

Timed to coincide with PRIT 2009 (see 30 November event), the Paris-based System@tic ICT and Complex Systems Cluster are inviting SITC Members (and several other international clusters) to participate in a Workshop in Paris which is intended to support 'matchmaking' in order to form international consortia to bid for EU Eurostars funding.  The intention is to submit these proposals by the next call deadline of 25 February 2010.

The Eurostars Programme is a European innovation programme managed by EUREKA.  Its purpose is to provide funding for market-oriented research and development specifically with the active participation of R&D-performing small and medium-sized enterprises.

In the United Kingdom only research-performing SME’s are eligible to claim up to 350,000 Euros (on the basis of 50% of eligible costs) as part of a Eurostars consortium.  Eurostars consortia must be led by a research-performing SME and have a balance of international partners that can include large companies and universities. 

The eligibility criteria for a research-performing SME’s is 10% of turnover or 10% of staff time dedicated to R&D activities.  There are specific accountancy rules for Sole Traders and Micro Companies, for more details on UK eligibility costs and funding please look at the Technology Strategy Board website.

Project Themes for this Workshop include:

• RFID
• Power Management
• Energy Harvesting
• MEMS
• Parallel Java
• Mobile Banking
• Mobile Technology
• Design for Test
• Test Strategies
• Intelligent machines
• Traceability solutions
• System monitoring & alarm over IP

More themes are being added as new project templates are received.

Agenda:

Futher details on the Workshop, Participants and Agenda is available on the System@tic website.

Booking:

For further information and to register to attend this workshop please email Isabelle de Sutter - i.desutter@systematic-paris-region.org

If you have a project idea you would like to propose as a Eurostars project and would like to use this workshop to identify and recruit international consoitium members, please complete a project proposal template (attached below) and email it to Isabelle de Sutter.

If you are unable to attend this workshop personally and would like SITC to attend the workshop and seek project partners for your project on your behalf, or if you wish to discuss this opportunity further, please contact Paul Osborne - posborne@securityintech.com