1. 1 - meeting 08 July – 12 July 2013 Ghent (Belgium) Host: Ghent University – iMinds

2. Host –  1817  State University  Latin-speaking  William I, King of the Netherlands  1830  Belgium independence  Owned by Belgian State  French was the new official academic language  1930  the first Dutch-speaking university in Belgium 2

3. Host –  Eminent scientists studied and worked at Ghent University  Joseph Plateau (physicist, considered as a pioneer in the development of motion pictures)  Leo Baekeland (inventor of Bakelite)  Corneel Heymans (Nobel Prize winner in Medicine)  Joseph Guislain (pioneer in psychiatry) 3

4. Host – … in numbers  36.000 students  11 faculties  8.622 staff members 4 RankingPosition Times Higher Education Ranking93 QS World Ranking148 Shanghai Ranking of World Universities 89

5. Host – iMinds  Independent research institute  Founded in 2004 by Flemish government (IBBT)  Focus on ICT  Funding through research projects  Industrial partners  Research groups  multidisciplinary  > 1000 researchers from 5 research departments  Research domains including ‘Culture & media’, ‘Healthy Society’ & ‘ICT & energy’ 5

6. Location - Ghent  Capital of East Flanders  Statistics  248 242 inhabitants (01/01/2012)  156,18 km 2  Altitude: 8m  Medieval architecture  Delicacies  Cuberdons  Stoverij / waterzooi  Chocolates 6

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8. Venue 8 Monasterium ‘PoortAckere’  Poort (gate) & Akker (field)  Purpose  Beguine house  Orphanage  Student residence  Neogothic

9. Practical arrangements Wireless  SSID: hotel Lunches  11:45 am – 13:00 pm  Restaurants in city center  Own expenses  Door will be closed 9 Coffee breaks  8:00 am (Welcome coffee)  10:15 am  15:00 pm

10. Practical – Lunches 10

11. Practical – Lunches 11

12. Practical – Social event  Dinner @ Graslei  Wednesday, 7:00 pm  Monasterium departure 6:45 pm 12

13. Practical – Social event  Sponsored by Ghent University – iMinds  Dinner + drinks (up to the coffee)  3 menus + vegetarian  See handout bundle  Make choice by Monday evening! 13

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