EVITherM WP 2 EVITherM Kick-off meeting Phill Giles THTC1 Workpackage 2 To develop and market EVITherM WP Leader: Phill Giles (Thermal Technology Consulting)

EVITherM WP 2 EVITherM Kick-off meeting Phill Giles THTC2 members are the WP leaders + 4 new from industry (ARC, CNR-IMGC, IKE, LNE,PLG, PTB, RGU and TC) effectively a sub-committee of WP1 WP members

EVITherM WP 2 EVITherM Kick-off meeting Phill Giles THTC3 Introduction Web-site: - main activities - issues - timescales Marketing: - strategy - activities

EVITherM WP 2 EVITherM Kick-off meeting Phill Giles THTC4 Web-site: main activities define the web-site specification - technical issue (other VIs) select the software vendor and host get platform on line by early 2004 for communication, data trials and level 1 enable technical and other WPs to inject data ASAP

EVITherM WP 2 EVITherM Kick-off meeting Phill Giles THTC5 Web-site: issues understanding the form of the data in the technical WPs - (WP1) understanding the available technology - other VIs? choosing the right software vendor determining how we will insert data into the web platform intellectual property and privacy

EVITherM WP 2 EVITherM Kick-off meeting Phill Giles THTC6 Web-site: timescale web-site specification by month 6 appoint software vendor and host by month 9 web-site on line (vestigial) month 13 enough data on web-site to attract paying membersmonth 18 final testing complete month 24

EVITherM WP 2 EVITherM Kick-off meeting Phill Giles THTC7 Marketing: strategy build up library of addresses of interested people from day1 (questionnaire) use web-site from month13 to provide information and log interested parties write articles for technical and industrial press throughout Europe on EVITherM - timed with web-site presentations and displays at all relevant conferences encourage providers of thermal equipment and services to promote EVITherM to their customer base

EVITherM WP 2 EVITherM Kick-off meeting Phill Giles THTC8 The result? EVITherM Welcome to EVITherM level 1 The European resource in thermal metrology On Line News  The much-anticipated European Virtual Institute for Thermal Metrology EVITherM is about to be launched in late It will become the much needed focus of information exchange on all matters thermal between industry and research institutions – watch this space!  A research consortium based in three community states has at last solved the problem of measuring high temperatures by non-contact thermometry against intense radiation backgrounds  NPL finally moves to new building more News What EVITherM can do for you Directory of European thermal metrology Institutions Membership Information Directory of suppliers of thermal services and equipment EVITherM Member – Log on Conference and Training directory About EVITherM

EVITherM WP 2 EVITherM Kick-off meeting Phill Giles THTC9 How, when and where will it be set up? EVITherM will be set up as a legal entity in 2004 Aim to have web-site on line by early 2004 It needs to be self supporting by the end of the EU contract - December 2005 VI club is beginning to provide a pool of knowledge

EVITherM WP 2 EVITherM Kick-off meeting Phill Giles THTC10 How, when and where will it be set up? VI club is beginning to provide a pool of knowledge We will generate a web-site specification ASAP Select software sub-contractor and host Aim to have web-site on line by early 2004 Data input over following 2 years It needs to be self supporting by the end of the EU contract - December 2005