1. COGAIN camp 04.09.2008 Prague The COGAIN Association – Possible topics? CTU, Prague

2. Agenda  Presentation of topics  Assignment to groups  Brainstorming on topic  Presentation by groups  Discussion in plenum

3. The COGAIN Association – Possible topics?  3.1 The Association may organize an international conference (hereafter “Conference”) in its field at least every two years.  3.2 The Association may utilize the COGAIN website http://www.cogain.org and corresponding mailing lists.  3.3 The Association may apply for research funding. / 3.8 The Association may exercise fundraising.  3.4 The Association may provide educational services. / 3.5 The Association may provide consultation services. / 3.7 The Association may organise the COGAIN student competition.  3.6 The Association may promote the use of shared infrastructure by setting up a list of shared resources at the disposal of the members.  + Standardisation/Recommendations

4. The COGAIN Association – Possible topics?  3.1 The Association may organize an international conference (hereafter “Conference”) in its field at least every two years. (Howell head of this group) Take over ETRA? (And/or ISAAC?) Or be ourselves? When, who, how? Which companies would be sponsors? Do we want a conference next year?

5. The COGAIN Association – Possible topics?  3.2 The Association may utilize the COGAIN website http://www.cogain.org and corresponding mailing lists. (Paivi head of this group) Public relation strategy for the COGAIN Assoc. Port information from Plone to Wiki?

6. The COGAIN Association – Possible topics?  3.2 The Association may utilize the COGAIN website http://www.cogain.org and corresponding mailing lists. (Paivi head of this group) Public relation strategy for the COGAIN Assoc. Port information from Plone to Wici?

7. The COGAIN Association – Possible topics?  3.3 The Association may apply for research funding. / 3.8 The Association may exercise fundraising. (John is head of this) Industry funding Research funding Private funding (incl. donations: individuals/ COGAIN Assoc. generated funding e.g. software sold, giving talks, generating leads Local funding for users to aquire systems Lobbying for funding

8. The COGAIN Association – Possible topics?  3.4 The Association may provide educational services. / 3.5 The Association may provide consultation services. / 3.7 The Association may organise the COGAIN student competition. (Head: Fiona) COGAIN book – how to utilize the effect of this? Collection of slides and course material How to make an income of selling the book and teaching material Combination with student competition? Student competition could generate

9. The COGAIN Association – Possible topics?  3.6 The Association may promote the use of shared infrastructure by setting up a list of shared resources at the disposal of the members. (Head: Martin Tall, Sarah (ACE), Stina) Software / Hardware Human specialists

10. The COGAIN Association – Possible topics?  3.x? Standardisation/Recommendations (Head: Fulvio) Could COGAIN become the W3C of gaze interaction? APIs Good practice for user triels How to measure equipment performance (users / systems) Assesment of quality of scientific papers

11. Outcome of Brainstorm  A few Powerpoint slides listing your main results