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ACCESS Kick-Off Meeting
The ACCESS Kick-Off Meeting took place at the Bagolyvár Hotel in Pécs, Hungary, on 20th and 21st April 2010. The agenda and the presentations of the meeting are to be found below.
20th April 2010
9.30 – 10.00 Press release
10.00 Welcome speeches
- Mr. Tamás Kocsis, Managing director of STRIA
- Mr. György Márton, Managing director of South Transdanubian Regional Development Agency
10.30 1st session: Partners presenting institution
- Lead Partner (LP): South Transdanubian Regional Innovation Agency (STRIA)
- Project Partner 2 (PP2): Theodore Puskas Foundation
- Project Partner 3 (PP3): CATT Innovation Management Ltd.
- Project Partner 4 (PP4): Clusterland Upper Austria Ltd.
- Project Partner 5 (PP5): European Development Agency
- Project Partner 6 (PP6): AREA Science Park
- Project Partner 7 (PP7): CNA Regional Association of Emilia Romagna
- Project Partner 8 (PP8): Regional Development Agency
- Project Partner 9 (PP9): Slovak Chamber of Commerce and Industry
- Project Partner 10 (PP10): Pomurje Technology Park Ltd.
- Project Partner 11 (PP11): Virtual Dimension Center (VDC)
13.00 Lunch
14.30 2nd session – formal issues and dissemination activities
- Timetable of the project
- Discussion of the WPs and responsibilities
- Presenting project implementation rules
16.30 3rd session
- project design – proposals by PP10
- project website – proposals by PP11
- Set up Steering Committee
- Set up the Managing board
- Set up Transnational Steering Group
18.00 Conclusions
21st April 2010
9.30 4th session – starting up WP3: sector-related knowledge integration
- Ms. Aleksandra Krumpak (Institute for Applicative Biotechnology): Overview and trends of the food industry sector in relation with ACCESS
- Dr. György Lustyik (Soft Flow Hungary Research and Development Ltd.): Presenting how to develop and operate a biotech SME in Hungary and USA
11.30 5th session – starting up WP3: sector-related knowledge integration
- Ernő Duda (President of SOLVO Biotechnology Ltd., President of Hungarian Biotechnology Association): Overview of the biotech sector in the world and in Hungary
12.30 Discussion, conclusions and closing, setting up the date for the Steering Committee meeting in Slovakia




