1st Virtual Forum of Global Research Communities

Tomorrow (July 12, 2007, 4:00 p.m. Manila time) I will make a short presentation during the 1st Virtual Forum of Global Research Communities an event coordinated from Brussels, Belgium using the collaborative tool ISABEL. The Philippine site is being coordinated by ASTI (Advanced Science and Technology Institute) of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST).

My presentation will be on our internationally funded project called ONCO-MEDIA (See the website at http://www.onco-media.com for details.)

Below are details about virtual forum:

1^st Virtual Forum of Global Research Communities
12 July 2007, an event coordinated from Brussels ( Belgium) using collaborative tool ISABEL

( Website: http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/ict/programme/events-20070712_en.html )

OBJECTIVES

• To promote the participation of international partners in European activities in the area of e-Infrastructures, especially in the 7^th Framework Programme for Research and Development.

• To increase the visibility of regional projects in order to create synergies in the area of e-Infrastructures.
• To create opportunities for new collaborations between European and international partners, thus contributing to building up transnational scientific communities.

TARGET AUDIENCE

All interested stakeholders willing to collaborate in global research communities. The event is particularly targeting both European and international stakeholders in order to promote cooperation between scientific communities.

AGENDA

• Session 1: Europe, Africa and Asia-Pacific (10:00-12:45, Brussels time: GMT +2)
• Session 2: Europe and Latin America (16:00-18:45, Brussels time: GMT +2)