Working together towards a more sustainable construction industry

Working together towards a more sustainable construction industry - European collaboration and opportunities in R&D

PRESTO Final Conference

PRESTO Final Conference will be the corollary of the activities implemented within the framework of PRESTO. It will serve as well as follow up to previous actions carried out in PRESTO and will summarise a balance of results and lessons learnt. 

In the first session, a brief recapitulation of activities carried out and results achieved throughout the project will be presented. Furthermore, this session will include some presentations which will illustrate the state-of-the-art of collaboration links achieved after the High Level Group Consultation Meeting in Bilbao and the plans ahead.  

The second session will focus on a series of presentations under the motto: "Working together towards a more innovative and sustainable construction sector: European collaboration and opportunities in R&D".  These presentations are aimed at providing the participants with a general overview on collaboration opportunities in Europe and, based on some best practice examples, at fomenting further ideas for cooperation.

Date: 21st January 2010
Building 7 Room F

Draft Programme

   First session

9:15 - 9:30 

9:30 - 9:45 

9:45 - 10:00 

10:00 - 10:30

 

10:30 - 11:00

11:00 - 12:00

(20 to 25 mins. each aprox.)

 

12:00 - 13:30

Registration

Presentation of objectives and agenda of the day
Eduardo Herrmann - Steinbeis-Europa-Zentrum

Participants' Introduction 

PRESTO Project - Brief recapitulation of activities implemented, main results and lessons learnt
Nikolaus Sennhauser - Targeting Innovation Ltd

Coffee break 

Cooperation relationships developed out of Bilbao meeting - Two (or three) Showcases

  • Andrea Scalia - Confartigianato (Italy) "Innovation and Research - European Calls and Initiatives for a sustainable development"
  • David Garcia - NEM European Technology Platform "NEM's SME Activitiy and its relation to PRESTO"
  • To be confirmed

Lunch

 

Second session

13:30 - 13:40

13:40 - 15:30

(20 to 25 mins. each approx.)

Welcome and agenda for the afternoon

Collaboration in Construction - "Working together towards a more innovative and sustainable construction sector"  

  • Joost Wentink - President European Council for Construction Research and Innovation (ECCREDI) "Boosting innovation and supporting collaboration in construction"
  • Dirk Otte - Coordinator Sustainable Construction (SC) Sector Group Europe Enterprise Network (EEN) "SC Sector Group support activities for SMEs and SMEs Associations"
  • Agnieszka Kowalska - Coordinator RegCon project (ASM) "European clusters in construction "
  • Enrico Esposito - Italian National Construction Platform (INCP) "INCP as supporting organisation in the definition of National/Regional Research Plans & the strong network with SMEs Associations"
15:30 End of meeting
20.00 Dinner in Poznan
 
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