State of the EASTWEB project Beijing, Sept 4, 2006

Welcome in Beijing Thanks for being here! AGENDA: State of the project Actions to be taken Discussion of problems

The Lights: Achievements Budget and contracts Project Web Site ASWC06 Workshops at ASWC Master mobility started! Two successfully quarterly reports

The Shadows We’re a bit late Communication and Interaction should be more effective

What should be done immediately PhD mobility should start asap (all partners) Set up a plan for technology transfer network and for industrial exhibition (mostly Asian partners) Set up a plan for summer school. We have to start the activity related to the definition of a Master Curriculum on the Semantic Web (Asian Partners + Italy and Austria) Start the e-learning portal (involves mostly Trento, Innsbruck should contribute course material) start accounting (time sheets, expenses reports) – all partners

What should be done soon plan and start young faculty and faculty mobility (all partners) start the technology transfer network and the industrial exhibition (mostly Asian partners) set up a plan for the knowledge management portal (Ireland + Italy).

What should be done on a longer run set up a plan for shared Master instances set up a plan for shared PhD

IMPORTANT: Accounting! We expect by the end of September (end of 3° quarter): -Expenses with original receipts -(“this receipt is issued in two originals, one of internal accounting and one for the European Union”) -Time sheets (annex 11) -(average of 1/36 of the coordinator time per month over first 6 months) -“A person in the position of Prof. X would receive a salary of Y”

Time sheet – annex 11 a on handbook

Internal report sheet – annex 11 - b

Travel + subsistence – annex 16

For EACH invoice – annex 14

Open discussion: PhD mobility Do you envision any problem? Can you find a suitable number of students? 6 months is a problem? Student(s) to Poland: 1 or 3 part time? Are our research topics close enough to actually exchange students? How can we make them closer if they are not?

Open discussion: Technology transfer network and industrial exhibition The workshop on Industrial Application was cancelled due to insufficient response How should this activity be organized? Do you have hints?

Reminder on the budget 5+1 Areas: –Human resources –Travel –Equipment –Other cost, services (sponsorships) –Other (grants) –Administrative (max 7% of above) 3+1 Payments

Reminder on cofinancing All non-EU projects can be used! –E.g.: Additional student grants Additional professor mobility grants Local support to the project activities (e.g. hosting)

Open discussion: Summer School Two options: –Join SSSW07 –Create an Asian Summer School (cofinancing opportunity!)

Open discussion: Master Do you envision any problem? Can you find a suitable number of students? What is our model? How can we start defining a Master Curriculum? Can we take as a model the Shared Master of EASE ? Do you have learning material that you could contribute for a Master Curriculum repository ? (cofinancing opportunity!)

Open discussion: More effective communication Communication has been a problem. 1.Slow direct communication 2.Indirect communication You have suggestions?