The next meeting of the TII Brussels Group will take place on Thursday 16 November at our Brussels office at m-Brussels Village, 44 rue des Palais 1030 Brussels. It is a good opportunity for New Accessing Countries involved in the INNOVATION COACH project and in the implementation of their Regional Innovation Strategy (RIS), to network with West European universities, research centres, regional development agencies and consultants for beeing involved in future EU R&DT projects.

With the launch of Framework Programme 7 in sight, our meeting comes at an appropriate moment to take stock of latest developments, such as the updated work programmes for each thematic programme, the role and impact of the Technology Platforms, the new application procedures for FP7 and the 2007 timetable of calls....