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COST Information Day
September 7
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Topic: COST information day
Time: 7. September 2018, at 10-14.00
Place: Estonian Academy of Sciences (Kohtu 6, Tallinn)
COST (European Cooperation in Science and Technology) is Europe’s oldest research and technology cooperation programme. Estonia is a COST member country since 1997 and more than thousand Estonian researchers have participated in diferent activities.
Presentors on the information day will be COST president Professor Sierd Cloetingh, Chair of the ERC Working Group on Widening European Participation prof Eva Kondorosi, Professor of Tallinn University Anu Toots and Professor of the University of Tartu Jaanus Harro.
The information day is organized in cooperation with the EURAXESS Estonia network.
The information day is in English.
Agenda:
| 9:30 – 10:00 | Registration |
| 10:00 – 10:20
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Welcome Professor Tarmo Soomere, Eesti Teaduste Akadeemia president Professor Sierd Cloetingh, President of the COST Association |
| 10:20 – 10:50 | Promoting and Spreading Research Excellence: Perspectives from COST Prof. Sierd Cloetingh, President of the COST Association |
| 10:50 – 11:05 | Impact through networking Mr. Bart Veys, COST Policy Officer |
| 11:05 – 11:35 | Coffee break |
| 11:35 – 12:20 | What are COST Actions and how to participate. How to prepare a proposal? Mr. Christer Halen, COST Senior Administrator Science Operations |
| 12:20 – 13:15 | COST Experience in Estonia
– National participation in COST – Examples of experience and best practice from |
| 13:15 – 13:25 | EURAXESS Hanna Raig, EURAXESS Estonia |
| 13:25 – 13:45 | Discussion |