2004-07-15
Workshop "Funding and Investment Opportunities in Poland and Central Europe -a European and International Perspective".

The workshop will be a part of the EMRS FALL MEETING, held in Warsaw,
5-9.09.04, http://www.e-mrs.org/meetings/fall2004/nano/

*Dates:* Sunday 5.9.04 and Monday 6.9.04

*Venue:* Warsaw University of Technology

* Who should attend:*Technology end-users (academics, SMEs)
* Technology suppliers (SMEs, large enterprises)
* Service organizations (IPR, legal, investors)


Programme

This two-day event is organized by Nanoforum and the E-MRS Fall meeting
organizers and will be held at the Warsaw University of Technology. Its
purpose is to explore funding and investment opportunities from a Polish
and Central European perspective but in a wider European and
International context.

Invited speakers will discuss the opportunities available for both
national and European funding, and the mechanisms by which to secure
this, investment from the private sector including venture capital, how
to secure the intellectual property rights on technologies through
patenting, partnering with industry and the management of large
collaborative projects.

This is an essential event for SMEs and academic researchers with
marketable technologies to learn more about the mechanisms behind
successful commercialisation of their ideas and for investors to meet
the future success stories from Poland and other Central European
countries. The event has been carefully designed to have ample time for
discussion and networking.

Further information will be available soon. However as spaces are
limited please register your interest by contacting either of the
following organisers:


Organisers

Workshop is organised by:

* Dr Mark Morrison <mailto:mark@nano.org.uk>, (Nanoforum
coordinator), mark@nano.org.uk
Tel. +44 (0)141 330 2145
Fax. +44 (0)141 330 2144
* Prof. Witold Lojkowski <mailto:wl@unipress.waw.pl>, (E-MRS Fall
organizer), wl@unipress.waw.pl
Tel. + 48 22 6324302
Fax. +48 22 6324218