Presentation and Discussion of Proposals Submitted for the CoLAB Title Award
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Following the information sessions on Collaborative Laboratories that the FCT has facilitated over the last few months and as reported in the sessions held on 23 and 24 October in Lisbon, the FCT confirms that the International Monitoring and Evaluation Panel for Collaborative Laboratories will begin its work on 14 and 15 November 2017, in Lisbon. In this first meeting, the evaluation of applications submitted until November 8, 2017 will begin.
Proponents of applications submitted by this date will be invited to participate in a Public Presentation and Discussion Session of their proposals with the International Monitoring and Evaluation Panel, to be held on November 15, between 10 am and 1:30 pm, at the Portuguese Communications Foundation. In this session, each proposal may be presented for approximately 10 minutes by a representative of the proponents, followed by a period of discussion with the Panel members. To attend this session, you will need to register in advance .
Proposal presentation schedule:
| Presentation time | CoLAB | Designation | Proposing Institution | Responsible Coordinator |
| 10:00-10:10 | Atlantic CoLAB | Collaborative Laboratory for the Atlantic | WavEC Offshore Renewables | Antonio Jose Nunes |
| 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 Sciences Center (CCMAR) | Maria Gouveia da Silva |
| 11:30-11:40 | DTx | CoLab Digital Transformation – Experiencing the Future | University of Minho | Antonio Augusto Magalhães Cunha |
| 12:00-12:10 | MORE | Research Mountains | 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 | Jose Manuel de Araujo Baptista Mendonca |
| 13:00-13:10 | LOWCO2CEM | Cement Sustainable Technologies | ATIC – Technical Association of the Cement Industry | Goncalo Salazar Leite |
The FCT also informs that the International Monitoring and Evaluation Panel for Collaborative Laboratories will meet at least twice a year, preferably in April and October, to evaluate new applications. The application submission process is open on an ongoing basis.
The FCT also informs that a new clarification session on Collaborative Laboratories will be organized in due course by the end of March 2018.