2015 KONNECT Info day STI ‘KONNECT’ing Opportunities for Korean and European Innovators This session will aim to give an overview of the current status and potential direction of Korea-Europe R&D collaboration and to provide sufficient information on funding opportunities available to Korean and European researchers within the KONNECT project in particular, as part of the wider HORIZON2020 framework. Special attention will be put on the upcoming mobility joint call and on twinning European with Korean entities, interested in initiating partnerships in the relevant fields through pitches from several pre-selected companies. Organised by KONNECT Consortium Date & Time 21 May 2015, 10:00 - 12:00 Venue Grand BallroomⅠ, Grand Hyatt Seoul Programme Presentation Title 09:30-10:00 Registration and Coffee break 10:00-10:15 Korea-EU R&D Cooperation Presenting organisation Mr. Myon Jung Kim, Head, EU & International Organization Programs, National Research Foundation of Korea 10:15-11:30 Twinning event Mr. John Summers, Senior VP, Institut Pasteur (France) Dr. Chang Won Ahn, Principal Researcher, ETRI (Korea) Ms. Carlota Gonzalez, Head of International Department, AMETIC (Spain) Mr. Jose Antonio Racero, CEO, Omnium Lab (Spain) Dr. Dr. Joohwan Kim, Principal Researcher, Fraunhofer (Germany) Dr. Hee Yeoum Kim, Head of Department, National Nanofab Center (Korea) Professor Wesley DeNeueve, University of Ghent(Belgium) Dr. Stephen Depuydt, Flemish Institute for Biotechnology (Belgium) Professor Young Suck Chai, Yeoungnam University(Korea) Dr. Ahmet Baba, Marmara Research Center (Turkey) 11:30-11:50 Introduction of KONNECT Mobility Joint Call Ms. Antje Ballentin-Schniering, Senior Scientific Officer, German Aerospace Center 11:50-12:00 Q&A * The above program schedule will be subject to changes