The
FuturICT flagship project will align the research of hundreds of the best
scientists in Europe through a 10 year, €1 billion research programme to
develop new methods which integrate different scientific models, data and
concepts. It is worth noting that FuturICT will be the largest Big Data
research project globally and is well positioned to play a very influential
role in the development of academic research and commercial applications across
the world.
FuturICT
have scheduled two Industry Alignment events and are interested in engaging
with suitable delegates from commercial organisations, industry associations,
policy makers, regulators. Suitable delegates will be invited to attend one of
the FuturICT Industry Alignment events that are scheduled for:
- London on Tuesday, February 21st at The Royal Society (directions to the location are here http://royalsociety.org/venue-hire/location/ ).
- Zurich on Wednesday, March 7th in ETH Zurich (directions and a map of the ETH campus: http://www.ethz.ch/about/location/zentrum/index_EN).
The goal of
these events is for the FuturICT leaders (Prof. Dirk Helbing – Scientific
Coordinator, Prof. Steven Bishop – Management Coordinator and Prof. Paul
Lukowicz – ICT Coordinator) to meet and engage with representatives from industry
who are interested in FuturICT activities and explore how FuturICT and industry
can align their research agendas as well as discuss in-kind / cash or other contributions
to support the research agenda. We already have attendees from several large
technology and service companies as well as industry associations and others.
If you are
interested in attending one of these events, please email jb.mccarthy@ucc.ie as soon as possible as space is
limited. If help is needed to cover travel costs, please let JB know as we have
some capacity to help with flight/hotel costs for delegates.
We look
forward to seeing you there.
Regards,
