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Meeting Inria/Bologna University 

15 December 2010

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INRIA is the the French  "Institut national de
recherche en informatique et automatique". 

The units of the University of Bologna involved in the meeting are:
- the Faculty of Science
- the Department of "Scienze dell'Informazione" (DSdI) 
- the Department of "Elettronica, Informatica e Sistemistica" (DEIS)
- the Department of "Ingegneria delle Costruzioni Meccaniche, Nucleari,
      Aeronautiche e di Metallurgia" (DIEM)

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VENUE 
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The meeting itself will be held at 
  sala VIII centenario, via Zamboni 33, Bologna
Via Zamboni is the historical street of the university of Bologna. 
Via Zamboni 33 is the location of the main offices of the university. 

The lunch buffet will be served at La Scuderia, in Piazza Verdi 1

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OBJECTIVES
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The meeting is an opportunity for exchange of views, on strategies and
objectives, and discussions for possible cooperation on ICT.
Inria is also one of the leading site in the EIT ICT Labs initiative
(http://www.eitictlabs.eu/), within the European Institute of
Innovation and Technology (a kind of "ICT department" in the "European
MIT" strongly advocated by EU president Barroso). EIT ICT Labs aims at
innovation in research and education. The meeting will thus also be an
occasion for learning about this initiative, and other initiatives with
related goals such as the Bologna ICT Technopole.

During the meeting two conventions, for the exchange of students and
researchers, will be signed: one between INRIA  the
Faculty of Science, the other between 
INRIA and DEIS. 

The University of Bologna and INRIA have already established a
strong link with the creation, in January 2010, 
of the joint Research Team Focus 
(http://focus.cs.unibo.it/bin/view/Main/ProjectNews). 
The activities of Focus, after about a year of existence, 
will be described. 


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SCHEDULE
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10:00 Welcome [I. Dionigi, Rettore (?); 
	       D. Braga, Prorettore Ricerca;
	       D. Sangiorgi, DSdI ]
10:30 Presentation Inria, including:
      its general strategy, positioning in Europe and Italy, EIT,
      the Sophia Antipolis center
      [M.Cosnard, President INRIA;
      J.P. Banatre, resp. EIT and resp. intern. relationship Inria,
      G.Giraudon, director INRIA Sophia  Antipolis ]
12:00 Strategy of the University of Bologna : increasing
      attractiveness of people and resources 
      [D. Braga, Prorettore Ricerca]
12:20 Discussion on EIT including presentation from Bologna of
      the Technopole in ICT [A. Corradi, vice Director DEIS]
12:45:Signing of a convention for the exchange of students and
      researchers between Inria and the Faculty of Science
      [B. Marano, Preside Scienze;
       M.Cosnard, President INRIA ]
13:00 Lunch

14:25:Signing of a convention for the exchange of 
      researchers between Inria and DEIS
      [G.E. Corazza, Director DEIS
       M.Cosnard, President INRIA]
14:30 Presentation Master Ubinet, Inria Sophia Antipolis/Univ. Nice,
      and discussion about its internationalisation
      [J.-C. Bermond, Research Director, CNRS]
15:00 Scientific activities in Bologna:
      Departments of Computer Science 
      [O. Babaoglu, Director DSdI, 20 min]
      DEIS 
      [G.E. Corazza, Director DEIS, 20 min] 
      DIEM 
      [M. Carricato, E. De Angelis, 20 min]
      +
      discussion for collaborations Inria/Bologna
16:00 Discussion on the activities of the Inria/Bologna
      Research Team FOCUS: the language Jolie
      [Claudio Guidi, Focus]
16:30 End meeting


Will be present from Inria also 
C. Kirchner, responsible Inria  for science and technological
transfer, and Y. Bertot, vice-president 
scientific activity INRIA Sophia  Antipolis, and