Meetings

Meetings and Workshops

The ERA-NET Plant Genomics brings together administrators and representatives of national genomics programmes.
This network of national funding organisations develops and implements joint strategic actions with the aim to structure plant genomics research into a true European Research Area.

The number of actual meetings, where representatives of the member organisations come together to present and discuss the ongoing work, is kept limited. Two General Assembly Meetings, of which at least one is combined with a meeting of the Network Steering Committee, and three to five additional meetings focussing at the taks at hand (ECT/CCT) per year. An intranets' virtual meeting place supplements the physical meetings. This intranet (a restricted section of the web) is the projects memoboard, the forum for discussion and collaborative work on documents, and the projects archive. It allows all partners to stay fully informed and involved, and invites them to be all actively engaged in the ongoing work.

General Assembly Meetings are meetings where the complete network meets; all network partners; and both the administrators and representatives of the scientific community. These meetings are at the start of the project (Kick-off Meeting), at the end of Workpackages, and as theme workshops organised within the scope of the project.

The Network Steering Committee (NSC) is the official decision making body of the ERA-PG network. Each participating funding organisation has one delegate in the NSC. Their meetings are conveniently organised during the annual Plant Genomics European Meetings.

The Executive Coordination Team (ECT) is a team of administrators from the taskleading countries and the other participating countries. Together with the network coordinator, this team is responsible for the progress of the work as described in the projects contract. This team meets on a three-monthly basis. In addition, specific meetings are planned ad hoc when needed.

After a major information gathering exercise in its first year, the network started the preparation of a common research programme in its second year. At the NSC meeting (September 2005) a Call Coordination team was appointed to prepare and manage the first call for this transnational plant genomics research programme 'Structuring Plant Genomic Research in Europe'. This team of National Call Coordinators will meet when necessary for the call organisation.

The Call Coordination Team (CCT) is a team of the National Call Coordinators of the participating and interested countries. Together with the network coordinator, this team is responsible for the implementation of the joint calls. In this task is also involved the Call Secretariat, set up for handling the administrative aspects of the joint call procedure. This team meets on a three-monthly basis. In addition, specific meetings are planned ad hoc when needed.

ERA-PG Workshops

ERA-PG Round Table session at Plant GEMs 3, 22-25 September, 2004, Lyon
ERA-PG Planning Workshop, 29-30 June 2005, Norwich, UK
ERA-PG IPR Workshop, 13 October 2006, Venice, Italy
First Grantholders Meeting, 2 October 2007, Tenerife, Spain
ERA-PG Forward Look Plant Genomics meets new challenges, 3-4 October 2007, Tenerife, Spain
ISCPG Workshop, 4 October 2007, Tenerife, Spain

ERA-PG Major Project Meetings

Kick-off meeting, 29-30 January 2004, Brussels, Belgium
First General Assembly, 23 September 2004, Lyon, France MEETING SUMMARY
Second General Assembly, 1-2 February 2005, The Hague, The Netherlands MEETING SUMMARY
Third General Assembly, 1 July 2005, Norwich, UK MEETING SUMMARY
Fourth General Assembly, 20 September 2005, Amsterdam, The Netherland MEETING SUMMARY
Fifth General Assembly, 11 October 2006, Venice, Italy MEETING SUMMARY
Sixth General Assembly, 3 October 2007, Tenerife, Spain

ERA-PG Network Steering Committee Meetings

First meeting of the Network Steering Committee, 24 September 2004, Lyon, France MEETING SUMMARY
Second meeting of the Network Steering Committee, 20 September 2005, Amsterdam, The Netherlands MEETING SUMMARY
Third meeting of the Network Steering Committee, 11 October 2006, Venice, Italy MEETING SUMMARY
Fourth meeting of the Network Steering Committee, 29 November 2006, Berlin, Germany
Fifth meeting of the Network Steering Committee, 5 June 2007, Lisbon
Sixth meeting of the Network Steering Committee, 3 October 2007, Tenerife, Spain

ERA-PG Executive Coordination Team (ECT) Meetings & Call Coordination Team (CCT) Meetings

Meeting in preparation of Kick-off, 8 January 2004, The Hague
Workpackage 1 work meeting, 3 June 2004, The Hague
Workpackage 1 work meeting & preparation NSC, 17 September 2004, The Hague
Workpackage 1 and 2 work meeting, 14-15 December 2004, The Hague
Workpackage 1 and 2 work meeting, 18 April 2005, The Hague
Workpacakge 2 and 3 workmeeting & preparation NSC, 1-2 September 2005, Paris
Workpacakge 3 workmeeting / Call Preparation Meeting, 3-4 November 2005, The Hague
ECT meeting and CCT meeting, 18-19 January 2006, The Hague
ECT meeting and CCT meeting, 28-29 March 2006, Brussels
ECT meeting and CCT meeting, 21-22 June 2006, Paris
CCT Meeting, 18-19 September 2006, The Hague
ECT/CCT Meeting, 30 November 2006, Berlin
ECT/CCT Meeting, 1-2 March 2007, Madrid
NSC/ECT/CCT Meeting, 5-6 June 2007, Lisboa
ECT/CCT Meeting, 11-12 September 2007, Helsinki
ECT/CCT Meeting, 14 December 2007, The Hague
ECT/CCT Meeting, 14 April 2008, London

ERA-PG Strategy Meetings (bi- or multilateral meetings between partners of the network)

Bilateral meeting Netherlands and Germany about Workpackage 1, inventories, 20 February 2004, Juelich, Germany
Bilateral meeting Netherlands and UK about Workpackage 1, inventories, 22 March 2004, Swindon, UK
Trilateral meeting Netherlands, France and UK about Workpackage 1, inventories, 6 July 2004, Paris, France
Bilateral meeting Finland and Norway about research programme strategy, 8 December 2004, Helsinki, Finland
Bilateral meeting Netherlands and France about research programme strategy, 18 January 2005, Evry, France
Bilateral meeting Netherlands and Belgium about research programme strategy, 19 January 2005, Brussels, Belgium
Bilateral meeting Netherlands and Germany about research programme strategy, 21 January 2005, Berlin, Germany
Bilateral meeting Netherlands and Finland about research programme strategy, 28 January 2005, Helsinki, Finland
Bilateral meeting Germany and UK about research programme strategy, 8-10 February 2005, Germany
Bilateral meeting Germany and France about GABI-Génoplante programme, 10 February 2005 Bonn, Gerrmany
Bilateral meeting Netherlands and UK about research programme strategy, 14 February 2005, London, UK
Trilateral meeting Germany, France and Spain about GABI-Génoplante-Spain programme, 3-5 March 2005, Weimar, Germany
Multilaterial meeting Scandinavia-Belgium about research programme strategy, 8 April 2005, Oslo, Norway
Bilateral meeting Netherlands and Spain about research programme strategy, 5 April 2005, Madrid, Spain
Funders meeting, an ad hoc meeting of funding bodies that committed budget for ERA-PG common programme, 19 April 2005, The Hague, The Netherlands
Bilateral meeting Netherlands and Sweden about research programme strategy, 27 April 2005, Stockholm, Sweden
Bilateral meeting Netherlands and Switzerland about national plant genomics initiative in Switzerland, ERA-PG and joining the network, 21 July 2005, Zurich, Switzerland
Bilateral meeting Netherlands and Portugal about national plant genomics initiative in Portugal, ERA-PG and joining the network, 28 July 2005, Lisbon, Portugal

Other meetings

Meeting of coordinator with EC commissioner, 25 August 2005, Brussels
Meeting of the Technology Platform Plants for the Future and the ERA-net on Plant Genomics, 24th March 2006, Brussels
Workshop 'The life cycle of ERA-NET projects: form proposal submission to project -contract implementation", 2 May 2006, Brussels
Workshop 'ERA-NET as a tool for facilitating Cooperation and Coordination between Ministries managing RTD Programmes, 23th May 2006, Brussels
Workshop "Networking the European Research Area through Joint Calls", 14th June 2006,Brussels
EC DG Research Workshop 'Meeting of ERA-Nets in the filed of Food, Agriculture and Biotechnology', 15 June 2006, Brussels
1st meeting Platform of IB-related ERA-NETs, 28th November 2006, Berlin
ERA-Net Workshop at SNSF, Best Practice in Implementing ERA-Nets, 24 January 2007, Bern, Switzerland
Information meeting of the coordinators of ERA-Nets and Heads of Technology Platforms in the field of biotechnologies, agriculture, fisheries and food research, 27 February 2007, Brussels
Meeting of the Coordinators ETP Plants for the Future and ERA-net on Plant Genomics, 7th May 2007, Brussels
Launch of the Strategic Research Agenda of the European Technology Platform Plants for the Future. 'Plant technology may contribute to Europe's main societal challenges', 25th June 2007, European parliament, MEP Salon, Brussels
Meeting of the Coordinators ETP Plants for the Future and ERA-net on Plant Genomics, 3rd July 2007, Brussels
Meeting of the Coordinators ETP Plants for the Future and ERA-net on Plant Genomics, 24th August 2007, Brussels
Meeting of ETP Plants for the Future and ERA-PG with Cabinet Potocnik, 20 November 2007, Brussels
Meeting of Commission officers and coordinators ERA-PG, 20th February 2008, Brussels
Meeting of the Coordinators of the ETP Plants for the Future and the ERA-net on Plant Genomics, 12th March 2008, Brussels
Launching event for the ERA-NET Learning Platform and the Netwatch System, 13-14 March 2008, Brussels

Presentations (list is not complete)

Plant GEMs 3, 22-25 September, 2004, Lyon, France. Presentations in the Round Table about ERA Plant Genomics by Marc Zabeau, Laurent Bocherau, Jens Freitag and Willem Stiekema.
FP6: Plants, Genomics and Biotechnology Possibilities in European Funding, 25 January 2005, Kew, UK. Meeting of Beta Technology Limited sponsored by DEFRA. Presentation by Sophie Laurie.
GABI Statusseminar, 15-16 February 2005, Potsdam, Germany. Presentation about ERA-PG by Evert Jacobsen.
Kick-off meeting of ERA-SAGE, 2 June 2005, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Presentation about ERA-PG by Christine Bunthof.
FCT workshop Plants for the Future, 16-17 June 2005, Lisbon, Portugal. Presentation about ERA-PG by Okker van Batenburg.
PlantGEM 4, 20-23 September 2005, RAI Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Presentation in welcome session by Peter Folstar.
CAP reform and building a knowledge-based agriculture in rural areas of the associated countries, 4-5 October 2005, Sofia, Bulgaria. International workshop sponsored by EC. Presentation by Christine Bunthof.
Plant and Animal Genomes Conference, January 2006, San Diego, USA. Presentation about ERA-PG by Michel Caboche.
Networking the European Research Area through joint calls, 14 June 2006, Brussel. EC workshop for network coordinators. Presentation by Bernard de Geus.
Meeting of ERA-Nets in the field of Food, Agriculture and Biotechnolgy, 15 June 2006, Brussels. Presentation by Bernard de Geus/Okker van Batenburg.
XV FESBP Congress Federation of European Societies of Plant Biotechnology, 17-21 July 2006, Lyon, France, Presentation by Okker van Batenburg.
NSF funding award meeting, 7-11 September 2006, Washington, USA. Presentation by Sophie Laurie.
Plant GEMs 5, 11-14 October 2006, Venice, Italy. Presentation in welcome session by Christine Bunthof.
1st meeting Platform of IB-related ERA-NETs, 28 November 2006, Berlin, Germany. Presentation by Bernard de Geus and Christine Bunthof.
ERA-Net Workshop at SNSF, Best Practice in Implementing ERA-Nets, 24 January 2007, Bern, Switzerland. Presentation by Okker van Batenburg.

Events supported by ERA-PG

Plant GEMs 3, 22-25 September, 2004, Lyon, France
Summerschool Plant Genomics and Bioinformatics, 22nd – 31st August 31 2005, Ljubljana, Slovenia, National Institute of Biology (NIB) see newsitem
Plant GEMs 4, 20-23 September 2005, RAI Amsterdam, The Netherlands. PlantGEMs 4
Plant GEMs 5, 11-14 October 2006, Russott Hotel, Venice, Italy. Plant GEMs 5
Plant GEMs 6, 3-6 October 2007, Tenerife, Spain. Plant GEMs 6
Plant GEMs 7, 24-27 September 2008, Albena Bulgaria. Plant GEMs 7