PROGRAMME

First day: December 1^st, 2003

Opening session

09:55 Welcoming

Michele Perini, President of Assolombarda

10:00 Opening

Adriano De Maio, Commissioner of National Research Council of Italy

10:15 Welcome address

Ezio Andreta, Director of “Industrial Technologies”, DG Research, European Commission

10:25 Importance of industrial research

Jean-Paul Jacamon, President of EUREKA

1^st session: Set the scenario

Chairmain of the session: Hervé Péro, Head of Unit “Production”, DG Research, European Commission

10:45 Innovating the Future: confronting the structural transformation of manufacturing

Mitchell M. Tseng, Director Advanced Manufacturing Institute, Hong Kong University of Science & Technology

11:15 Coffee break

11:30 European manufacturing industry and the future of manufacturing

Paolo Annunziato, Research and Innovation Director, Confindustria

11:55 Major R&D and innovation challenges

Francesco Jovane, Director ITIA-CNR, Institute of Industrial Technologies and Automation, National Research Council

12:20 Major related Education challenges at EU level

Georges Chryssolouris, Director of Laboratory for Manufacturing Systems & Automation, University of Patras

12:45 Framework conditions for an efficient Action Plan

Elisabeth Jaskulke, Technical Senior Manager for European affairs, Suez - Lyonnaise des Eaux, Chair of CEN-STAR, member of EURAB

13:10 Challenges of European competitiveness: towards an integrated approach

Peter Wragg, Advisor, DG Enterprise, European Commission

13:30 Lunch break

2^nd session: Discussions

Chairman of the session: Claudio R. Boër, Chairman of EUREKA-Factory

14:30 Roundtable: Drivers and obstacles for the EU manufacturing industry

Short presentations, followed by discussion with the floor

Carlos S. Costa, General Manager, Banco Comercial Português

Renè Groothedde, Secretary General CECIMO, European Committee for Cooperation of the Machine Tool Industries

Moderator: Filiep J. Libeert, President EURATEX - European Apparel and Textile Organisation

15:20 Roundtable: Which roadmap for R&D and innovation at EU level ?

Short presentations, followed by discussion with the floor

Mihailo Ristic, Senior Lecturer, Imperial College London

Hendrik Van Brussel, Manager of Division Production Engineering, Machine Design and Automation, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven

Moderator: Hervé Péro, Head of Unit “Production”, DG Research, European Commission

16:10 Coffee break

16:30 Roundtable: Which visions for better Education in manufacturing technology ?

Short presentations, followed by discussion with the floor

Laszlo Monostori, Deputy Director Research, Computer and Automation Research Institute, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, SZTAKI

Serge Tichkiewitch, Professor, Deputy director, Institut National Polytechnique de Grenoble - INPG

Moderator: Jim Browne, Professor, CIMRU of the National University of Ireland, Galway

17:20 Roundtable: Discussion on the need for better coordinated actions at EU level

Short presentations, followed by discussion with the floor

Jesús Rodríguez, President, European Network of Construction Companies for Research and Development, ENCORD

Roeland Smets, Managing Director, European Confederation of the Footwear Industry, CEC

Moderator: Hans-Werner Muller, Secretary General UEAPME

18:00 End of the session

18:30 Reception Cocktail

Second day: December 2^nd, 2003

3^rd session: From Manufacture to Manufuture

Chairman of the session: Francesco Jovane, Delegate of Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research

09:30 Opening

Giorgio Squinzi, Vice President of Confindustria for Technology Development and Innovation

09:40 Main challenges

Ezio Andreta, Director of “Industrial Technologies”, DG Research, European Commission

10:00 Towards more co-ordination, in Europe, for a leadership in manufacturing

Martine Clément, President of Orgalime

10:30 Concluding assessment: roundtable on the main lines of a possible Action Plan

Jim Browne, Professor, CIMRU of the National University of Ireland, Galway

Filiep J. Libeert, President EURATEX - European Apparel and Textile Organisation

Paolo Munini, Co-Head of the R&D Task Force, European Investment Bank

Dennis Tsichritzis, Member of the Executive Board, Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft (FhG)

Questions & Answers

Moderator: Marie Arwidson, Vice Chairman of NMP priority advisory group

12:00 Closing addresses

Guido Possa, Italian Vice Minister of Education, University and Research

Roberto Formigoni, President of Regione Lombardia

Philippe Busquin, European Commissioner for Research

13:00 Closing of the Conference

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