1. NANOSTRUCTURED AND FUNCTIONAL POLYMER- BASED MATERIALS AND NANOCOMPOSITES NANOFUN-POLY, NETWORK OF EXCELLENCE WP14 : Spreading of Excellence - Communication and Linking to Society Leader: 13. FORTH / ICE-HT, Hellas

2. Leader: FORTH / ICE-HT (C. Galiotis) Responsibility : To develop/organize/apply communication tools to improve the NoE’s efficiency and relate to the JPS Committee. Table of Partitipants

3. Objectives of WP14 To develop and apply a set of communication tools that will allow the Network to improve its efficiency in: Integrating partner knowledge and development plans Spreading knowledge generated inside the network Link the Network to society to continuously monitor needs and regulations Link the Network to industries to continuously monitor needs and opportunities Link the Network to other scientific institutions and/or Networks to continuously monitor new scientific and technological developments. Main Activities in WP14 1.WEB related activities 2.Newsletters, creation of a scientific journal 3.Interactions with the society

4. WP Progress Reports Periodic workshops for specific topics (in collaboration with WP 4-7) Annual Network workshop Assistance to international conference organization for young scientists NANOFUN-POLY website providing different communication functions : Forum, discussion groups, Filing of reports and publications Public and restricted sections, Advertising for courses and conferences Positions available in Network partners, Virtual learning, etc. NANOFUN-POLY newsletter Edition of a scientific journal Communications to general public Input to regional, national and EU policy committees Common logo Main Deliverables of WP14

5. WP14 : Spreading of Excellence - Communication and Linking to Society First 18 months Tasks Development of a dual-use WEB-based portal (www.nanofun.net) at three levels : Simplified, Advanced and Restricted. Advanced level will include : Summaries of Joint Research projects and Transfer Technology programmes, Publications Advances in Ph.D activities, Conferences/ workshops proceedings Articles in newspapers, Links to other related web pages Online technology database available only to project partners. Major operation : Establish opportunities for virtual distance learning Simplified level will include Multimedia presentations On-line articles available to the public. Announcements.

6. Tasks ( continued ) Establish outreach staff at FORTH / ICE-HT Help to organise Europe-wide ‘generic’ introductory workshops/training Design, construct and populate web-portal (in collaboration with JPI and JPR) Maintenance –Updating of web portal with info-emerging techs Design, distribute and support outreach articles/releases for European media The core of this task will be the establishment of a new scientific Journal targeting to Nanostructured Polymers and Polymer-based Nanocomposites WP14 : Spreading of Excellence - Communication and Linking to Society First 18 months

7. Activities in WP14 supported by NANOFUN (First 18 months)

8. List of Deliverables in WP14 (First 18 months)