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ECTP Conference 2007 - AMSTERDAM -
19 & 20 November 2007

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Day one (November 19)
10:30 Opening session: Ad VAN LUIJN, Deputy Director General, Dutch Ministry of Housing ; Michel COTE, Deputy CEO Bouygues Construction, Chairman of ECTP High Level Group A vision of a European Research Area in Construction, Christophe LESNIAK, EC DG Research, RTD-G.2;
11:00 Report on main ECTP Achievements: Achievements and New Goals, Luc BOURDEAU, ECTP secretariat/CSTB, acting Support Group Chairman;
11:15 Proposal for a Joint Technology Initiative on Energy Efficient Buildings: JTI E2B, Claude LENGLET Bouygues/Norpac, Javier MARDARAS, Acciona
12:00 The Construction Sector in FP7: Christophe LESNIAK, EC DG Research NMP, Dominique PLANCHON, EC DG Research Environment, Adèle LYDON & Michel CHAPUIS, EC DG Research ICT, Brice LEPAPE, EC DG ISM The Building Construction Sector and the last developments in energy policy, Gonzalo MOLINA, ex-Head of Unit, EC DG TREN
14:30 Brokerage event on FP7 proposals: Session 1: Industrialization (conveners: Arup, VTT) Session 2: Materials & SMEs (conveners: Heidelberg, Università Politecnica delle Marche, BBRI, LABEIN) Session 3 (until Coffee Break): Environment (conveners: Solétanche-Bachy, Hochtief) Session 4 (after Coffee Break): Infrastructures (conveners: Autostrade per l'Italia, DWW) Session 5: Energy (conveners: Acciona, St Gobain, Bouygues) Session 6: Cultural Heritage (conveners: VINCI, GI ZRMK)
18.00 Closing of the first day
Day two (November 20) - morning session
8:30 Opening: New era for Eureka - Relations with European Technology Platforms, Ales MIHELIC, Eureka Chairman
8:45 Synergy between national & regional strategies: Eurostars, a programme for SMEs, Jan ASKEROÏ, Eureka Secretariat The ERA-NET scheme, Christophe LESNIAK, EC DG Research Eracobuild: an ERA-NET on national programmes in the field of construction and operation of buildings, Luc BOURDEAU, co-ordinator The UK Platform: progress and potential synergies, Peter CUNNINGHAM, Constructing Excellence Views of the Nordic Region Platforms, Åke SKARENDAHL, BIC The Spanish Platform, Elena MARTIN DIAZ, Dragados
11:15 Brokerage event on « Clustering for trans-national projects »: Session 1 - Svein Danielsen: Italy - Denmark - Belgium - Cyprus - Austria - Norway - Portugal Session 2 - Jelena Bleiziffer: Czech Republic - Finland - Croatia - France - Greece Session 3 - Bas Hemmen, Maaike Blauw: Spain - Sweden- Turkey - Switzerland - United Kingdom - Hungary Session 4 - Dorota Paprocka: Netherlands - Poland - Romania - Slovenia - Germany - Lithuania
14:00 World-wide initiatives on construction: Energy Efficiency in Buildings: a WBCSD initiative, Jacques LUKASIK, Lafarge The 3rd Industrial Revolution,Jeremy RIFKIN, Foundation on Economic Trends in Washington, DC - The reference document is available in English, French, Italian, Spanish Challenges to a sustainable society in Japan,Yasumitsu WATANABE, Shimizu Corporation Encouraging collaboration: applied research in the context of Dongtan eco-city in China, Anne-Marie GRIBNAU, Arup
16:10 Closing session: Observation and closing remarks, Ger MAAS, Director Strategy of Royal BAM Group, Chairman of DeltaNeth, the Dutch National Technology Platform