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Presentation and Discussion of the Proposals Submitted for the CoLAB title

Following the clarification sessions on Collaborative Laboratories that FCT has facilitated over the last few months and as reported in the sessions held on October 23 and 24 in Lisbon, FCT confirms that the International Panel for Monitoring and Evaluation of Collaborative Laboratories will begin its work on November 14 and 15, 2017, in Lisbon. This first meeting will begin the evaluation of the applications submitted by November 8, 2017. 

The proposers of the applications submitted by that date will be invited to take part in a Public Session to present and discuss their proposals with the International Monitoring and Evaluation Panel, to be held on November 15, between 10 a.m. and 1:30 p.m., at the Portuguese Communications Foundation. In this session, each proposal can be presented for around 10 minutes by a representative of the proposers, followed by a period of discussion with the members of the Panel. Prior registration is required to attend this session.

Agenda for the presentation of proposals:

 
Presentation time CoLAB Name Proposing Institution Responsible Coordinator
10:00-10:10 CoLAB Atlantic Collaborative Laboratory for the Atlantic WavEC Offshore Renewables António José Nunes de Almeida Sarmento
10:30-10:40 CoLAB Vines&Wines  Portuguese vineyards and wines, competitiveness and sustainability Association for the Development of Douro Viticulture Tim Hogg
11:00-11:10 GreenCoLAB Collaborative Laboratory of Green Ocean Technologies and Products  Algarve Marine Science Center (CCMAR) Luísa Maria Gouveia da Silva
11:30-11:40 DTx Digital Transformation CoLab - Experiencing the Future University of Minho António Augusto Magalhães Cunha
12:00-12:10 MORE Mountains of Research Polytechnic Institute of Bragança Isabel Cristina Fernandes Rodrigues Ferreira
12:30-12:40 ForestWISE Collaborative Laboratory for Integrated Forest and Fire Management Institute of Systems and Computer Engineering, Technology and Science José Manuel de Araújo Baptista Mendonça
13:00-13:10 LOWCO2CEM Cement Sustainable Technologies ATIC - Technical Association of the Cement Industry Gonçalo Salazar Leite

 

FCT also informs that the International Collaborative Lab Monitoring and Evaluation Panel will meet at least twice a year, preferably in April and October, to evaluate new applications. The application submission process is still open. 

FCT also informs that a new information session on Collaborative Laboratories will be organized by the end of March 2018.