AURIL ran an event on 27 May 2008 at Woburn House Conference Centre in Central London.

The EU Commission’s Research and Development Programme, Framework 7 (FP7) has been running for almost a year.  Universities and public sector research organisations have submitted proposals for funding and their success rate has been mixed. In addition small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) seem reluctant to participate in FP7 projects and the uptake by SMEs in the UK is lower than in other EU member states such as France and Germany. 

This workshop was an opportunity to share experiences of FP7, understand the challenges and barriers of collaborating in FP7 projects, working with SMEs, the use of model consortium agreements, programme and project management tools on an interactive basis. AURIL will gather and feedback views and results gathered at the event to the Commission.

You can view a copy of the programme here.

Speaker Presentations:

Jane Watkins, FP7UK - Presentation and Case Study

Janet Knowles, Eversheds LLP

Mika Rantakokko, Culmentor