1. ”The Baltic Sea” euroCRIS membership meeting 5/2007 proposal University of Helsinki / Baltic Sea / Vikingline 10.-12.5.2006 Markku Niemi Project Manager Central administration Research affairs

2. My background Worked for University of Helsinki since 1986 Master of social sciences, 1989 ”IS biased” studies and work history Since 2004, project manager of development of reseach management information systems Project administration guidance for researches and project managers/administrators PROMIS – project management information system for research projects R-EDI – electronic data interchange between university and funding agencies MediCRIS – a research group leader and researcher oriented CRIS pilot for the faculty of medicine In charge of two cruise ship seminaars for 70 software engineering association members University of Helsinki euroCRIS member since 5/2006

3. Meeting arrangement summary 1/2 University of Helsinki center campus as location not possible 10.-11.5.2007 because of Eurovision song contest: all hotels fully booked! Next week is available if rescheduling the meeting is an option Initial reservation for 50: Hotel night 150€ (single room) Total cost 400€/person Cruise option Helsinki-Stockholm-Helsinki 10.-12.5.2007 booked initially for 50 persons (maximum) on Vikingline Cost 300€/person 2 nights in single cabins 1 lunch, 2 sea breakfasts, 2 dinners, coffees 15 hours of meeting room time Start on Thursday 10th at 13:00 on board the ship (departure 16:45), end on Saturday 12th at 10:00

4. Meeting arrangement summary, 2/2 Two sponsors committed for totalling 4000 eur Cerion ltd, a small consulting company Solenovo ltd, a small software vendor sompany Both are our vendors, expecting visibility and giving a presentation Proposed workshop theme: project management Project is one of the fundamental demensions of CERIF ”traditional” project management with the idea of ”strict supervision of the road to well-defined goals” criticized by academia Emerging new agile project thinking UH’s research management development program to converge traditional CRIS, project management and EDI between research funding agencies and university

5. Your choice! Land or sea? Land: 10.-11.5. not possible in Helsinki, next week feasible Total ´cost 400€/person in a good hotel, with current sponsoring: 250€/person (30 attending). Sea: 10.-12.5.2007. Total cost 300€/pers, with current sponsoring level: 150€/person (30 attending).