BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ERAdiate | Enhancing Research and innovAtion dimension of the University of Zilina - ECPv6.15.18//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:ERAdiate | Enhancing Research and innovAtion dimension of the University of Zilina X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://www.erachair.uniza.sk X-WR-CALDESC:Events for ERAdiate | Enhancing Research and innovAtion dimension of the University of Zilina REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/Paris BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:CEST DTSTART:20140330T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:CET DTSTART:20141026T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:CEST DTSTART:20150329T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:CET DTSTART:20151025T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:CEST DTSTART:20160327T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:CET DTSTART:20161030T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:CEST DTSTART:20170326T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:CET DTSTART:20171029T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:CEST DTSTART:20180325T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:CET DTSTART:20181028T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:CEST DTSTART:20190331T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:CET DTSTART:20191027T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:CEST DTSTART:20200329T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:CET DTSTART:20201025T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:CEST DTSTART:20210328T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:CET DTSTART:20211031T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:CEST DTSTART:20220327T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:CET DTSTART:20221030T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:CEST DTSTART:20230326T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:CET DTSTART:20231029T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:CEST DTSTART:20240331T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:CET DTSTART:20241027T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:CEST DTSTART:20250330T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:CET DTSTART:20251026T010000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20240219T080000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20240426T170000 DTSTAMP:20260422T185349 CREATED:20231222T054728Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240116T075735Z UID:8917-1708329600-1714150800@www.erachair.uniza.sk SUMMARY:Sustainable Mobility Innovation Course DESCRIPTION:The University of Žilina (UNIZA) in collaboration with the InCITIES project partners are organizing the Sustainable Mobility Innovations course. The course is taking place between the 19th of February and the 26th of April 2024 with 9 weekly online modules and 1 week of on-site seminars. Upon completion of this course\, you will walk away with: \n\n\n\n\n\nPractical skills and strategies applicable to real-life urban mobility challenges\nAnalytical frameworks for critically thinking about mobility\, inclusion\, sustainability and resilience\nTools and methods for planning and assessing urban mobility innovations\nEffective communication and teamwork skills among experts\, stakeholders\, and peers\nAn invaluable experience and professional connections\nA certificate of competence from the University of Žilina\, a world-leading transportation science university\, equivalent to 3 ECTS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAs the number of course students that can be accommodated is limited\, the registrations will be reviewed after the registration deadline and attendance confirmations will be sent to the selected participants. Should you have any questions regarding the course and its organization\, don’t hesitate to contact the UNIZA InCITIES project team at circular.incities@uniza.sk. \n\nMore About Event : Register here URL:https://www.erachair.uniza.sk/event/sustainable-mobility-innovation-course/ LOCATION:University of Zilina\, Univerzitná 8215/1\, Žilina\, 01026\, Slovenská republika CATEGORIES:Training Schools/Lecture Series,Workshops ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.erachair.uniza.sk/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/mobility-event-flyer__012_cropped-Front-page_16.1.23.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20181127T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20181127T130000 DTSTAMP:20260422T185349 CREATED:20181112T112541Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190121T060223Z UID:3514-1543312800-1543323600@www.erachair.uniza.sk SUMMARY:ERAdiate Lecture Series #4: Smart Cities for People DESCRIPTION:ERAdiate Lecture Series: Smart Cities for People \n27 November 2018\,10am \nScientific Board Room\, Nová Menza \nRegistration \nABSTRACT \n‘Smart City’ and ‘Smart Mobility’ approaches promise technology-based opportunities to build more efficient\, better connected and more creative cities. Real-time ICT infrastructure and recent technological developments on Big Data\, the Internet-of-Things and Artificial Intelligence bring new opportunities for flexible parking services\, intelligent traffic signalling for buses or cyclists\, dynamic road pricing\, real-time traffic information and management\, multimodal mobility planning and ticketing etc. Realtime analytics are also expected to enhance the accountability in urban service provision and enable enhanced public participation. Overall smart urbanism is emerging at the intersection of visions for the future of urban places\, infrastructures\, new technologies\, entrepreneurship and the governance of cities. Despite positive expectations\, the smart transition brings several socio-technical challenges. What is ‘smart’? Is smart the same as sustainable? Is smart for everyone? Critiques have argued that emphasis on market-led technological solutions risk prioritising growth and the economy while disregarding the social\, the environmental and the political – and in some cases it could lead to technological lock-ins and a corporatisation of city governance. This lecture series will explore from academic and practitioners’ perspectives what a Smart City transition means for people\, and how the Smart City concept can contribute to enhanced quality-of-life. \nThe first presentation\, entitled “Slovak Smart Cities – Opportunity or Fake?”\, will bring a provocative question whether and to what extend is “smart city concept” a realistic approach for Slovak cities. \nThe second presentation has three main goals: to increase awareness of the smart transformation impact in society\, to provide a framework for understanding this transformation that outlines the core issues and possible responses and to provide a couple of recommendations for future based on lessons learnt and past experiences in United Nations University. \nThe third presentation concerning an interesting case of study. Cities around the world are growing rapidly.  In 2050\, 70% of the world’s population will live in cities. Already today big cities face enormous challenges when it comes to handling traffic and at the same time being a sustainable\, attractive and healthy city for people. New technology and big data brings a new perspective on possible solutions in the Smart City agenda. But often cities take a top-down approach to the smart solutions and implement new big systems to solve transport issues. Often the end-user is forgotten in the top-down approach and the true effect on the user behaviour will most likely be small. Therefore\, working with a user-centred design process for shaping future solution is essential to fully understand the user’s needs and scope investments. \n\nProgramme overview\n10.00: Opening by Prof. Tatiana Kovacikova\, ERAchair Holder\, Univ. of Žilina (Slovakia) \n10.10: Introduction by Dr. Yannick Cornet\, ERAdiate Team Member\, Univ. of Žilina (Slovakia) \n10.20:  Slovak Smart Cities\, opportunity or Fake? by Erika Horanská\, Ministry of Transport and Construction of the Slovak Republic \n10.50: Smart Cities: a social perspective by Nuno Vasco Lopes\, United Nations University (Portugal) \n11.20: Smart solutions for sustainable mobility – Examples from Copenhagen by Maria Wass-Danielsen\, UrbanCreators  (Denmark) \n11.50: Panel Discussion  \n13.00: Closing \n\nPresentationsVideo\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n Slovak Smart Cities - Opportunity of Fake?\n Erika Horanská \n\n Download\n \n \n \n \n \n 54 downloads2.70 MB\n\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n Smart Cities: a social perspective\n Nuno Vasco Lopes \n\n Download\n \n \n \n \n \n 44 downloads7.46 MB\n\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n Smart Solutions for Sustainable Mobility - Examples from Copenhagen\n Maria Wass-Danielsen \n\n Download\n \n \n \n \n \n 55 downloads8.03 MB URL:https://www.erachair.uniza.sk/event/eradiate-lecture-series-4-smart-cities-for-people/ LOCATION:Scientific Board Room\, Nová menza\, Vysokoškolákov\, Žilina-Vlčince\, Žilina\, 01001\, Slovakia (Slovak Republic) CATEGORIES:Training Schools/Lecture Series ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.erachair.uniza.sk/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Lecture-Series-4-picture.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20181008T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20181008T130000 DTSTAMP:20260422T185349 CREATED:20180910T120038Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190121T054146Z UID:3282-1538992800-1539003600@www.erachair.uniza.sk SUMMARY:ERAdiate Lecture Series #3: Connected and Autonomous Driving DESCRIPTION:ERAdiate Lecture Series: Connected and Autonomous Driving \n8 October 2018\,10am \nScientific Board Room\, Nová Menza \nABSTRACT \nDigitalisation has created the technological conditions for the development of Connected and Autonomous Vehicles (CAV). It will have impacts on safety and traffic management\, but also\, more widely\, on mobility behaviour\, the environment\, employment and social inclusion. The development CAV will\, in turn\, generate an increasing amount of data. This is providing greater quantities and quality of the data available for transport planning and management\, as well as for new features and services to transport users\, including innovative business models. \nVehicle platooning is part of a suite of features that CAVs might employ. A platoon is a group of vehicles that can travel very closely together\, safely at high speed. Each vehicle communicates with the other vehicles in the platoon. There is a lead vehicle that controls the speed and direction\, and all following vehicles (which have precisely matched braking and acceleration) respond to the lead vehicle’s movement. \nIn the first presentation Vehicular Communications for Platooning – platooning as an emergent vehicular application with collaboratively and co-ordinately controlled connected vehicles will be addressed. First\, the state-of-the of this technology will be explained and related recent R&D projects in Europe will be referred. Then\, the up-to-date ETSI ITS-G5 vehicular communications protocols concerned with the inter-vehicular information exchange for automatic control will be addressed. Finally\, performance evaluation results for Cooperative Awareness Messages triggering protocol which couples messages generation with vehicular mobility will be presented. \nSince two decades V2X (Vehicle to everything) communication is expected to progress driving safety and provide smarter and cleaner mobility. The driving environment in the first generation of automated driving vehicle will rely on internal sensors. However\, it is widely acknowledged that elaborating and maintaining thorough real time representation of the driving environment will require collecting significantly more information from connected devices. IoT is addressing the critical challenge to manage the virtual representation of the different driving environment actors\, in particular creating and maintaining their virtual representation in Cloud computing platform. \nIoT will provide a new V2X paradigm based on a standardised middleware to manage the automotive Big Data for the Cooperative Automated Mobility. In the second presentation – IoT pushing a new V2X paradigm for progressing Connected and Automated Driving – will demonstrate how the H2020 Innovation Action “AUTOPILOT” will progress automated driving with IoT. \nConnected and Autonomous Vehicles are expected to have an overall positive impact on our economy and society. It is anticipated that sectors like automotive\, electronics and software or freight transport will be positively affected while other sectors like insurance or maintenance and repair will face significant challenges. Important labour changes lie ahead for professional drivers\, decreasing driving tasks towards new more technical roles. Some of these jobs will disappear in the long-term. In the third presentation – An analysis of possible socio-economic effects of a Cooperative\, Connected and Automated Mobility(CCAM) in Europe – the discussion will focus on the possible effects of automated driving on the economy\, employment and skills and is integrated into the definition of an EU approach towards CCAM by strengthening the Commission’s understanding of the societal aspects linked to it. \nOrganised by the ERAdiate project at the University of Žilina\, the Training School will provide comprehensive information and advice on academic writing and communication\, including how to write and present scientific papers\, how to effectively communicate and maximise the impact of scientific results. \nThe event is open to the research community (Postdocs\, PhD students and researchers). Young researchers in particular will benefit from attending the Training School to develop their competences and knowledge for producing and delivering high-quality scientific publications and presentations. \n\nProgramme overview\n10.00: Opening by Prof. Milan Dado\, ERAdiate Project Coordinator\, Univ. of Žilina (Slovakia) \n10.10: Introduction by Prof. Tatiana Kovacikova\, ERA Chair Holder\, Univ. of Žilina (Slovakia) \n10.20: Vehicular Communications for Platooning by Prof. Alexey Vinel\, Halmstad University (Sweden) \n10.50: IoT pushing a new V2X paradigm for progressing Connected and Automated Driving by Francois Fischer\, ERTICO – ITS Europe (Belgium) \n11.20: An analysis of possible socio-economic effects of a Cooperative\, Connected and Automated Mobility (CCAM) in Europe by Maria Alonso-Raposo\, JRC Ispra (Italy) \n11.30: Panel Discussion  \n13.00: Closing \n\nPresentations\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n The European Commission´s science and knowledge service\n María Alonso Raposo \n\n Download\n \n \n \n \n \n 46 downloads3.35 MB\n\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n Environment perception for Autonomous Driving\n François Fischer \n\n Download\n \n \n \n \n \n 36 downloads4.52 MB URL:https://www.erachair.uniza.sk/event/eradiate-lecture-series-connected-and-autonomous-driving/ LOCATION:Scientific Board Room\, Nová menza\, Vysokoškolákov\, Žilina-Vlčince\, Žilina\, 01001\, Slovakia (Slovak Republic) CATEGORIES:Training Schools/Lecture Series END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180918 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180921 DTSTAMP:20260422T185349 CREATED:20180608T074648Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190121T090157Z UID:2492-1537228800-1537487999@www.erachair.uniza.sk SUMMARY:UNIZA Training School DESCRIPTION:Maximise your chances of success in the Academic Career\nOrganised by the ERAdiate project at the University of Žilina\, the Training School provided comprehensive information and advice on academic writing and communication\, including how to write and present scientific papers\, how to effectively communicate and maximise the impact of scientific results. \nThe event was open to the research community (Postdocs\, PhD students and researchers). Young researchers in particular will benefit from attending the Training School to develop their competences and knowledge for producing and delivering high-quality scientific publications and presentations. \n\nProgramme overviewSpeakersRegistrationVenueAccommodationDocumentsPresentationsPhotosVideos\nDay 1 – Tuesday 18 September (9am – 5.30pm)\n \n\nRole of soft skills in unlocking R&D potential in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE)\nScientific publishing in Slovakia compared to international standards\nAcademic publishing in transport science\nPeer review: meeting reviewer’s expectations\nStructuring an academic paper\nReception at UNIZA\n\nDay 2 – Wednesday 19 September (9am – 5.30pm)\n \n\nPublishing research outputs in attractive ways\,\nResearch impact and research ethics\nHow to get words on paper: successful academic writing habits\nHow to get published in high-impact journals\nNetworking dinner\n\nDay 3 – Thursday 20 September (9am – 4pm)\n \n\nHands-on workshops to enhance writing and oral skills\nPanel discussion: enhancing the quality and impact of scientific publishing at UNIZA\n\nPlease note that the event was in English. \n\n\n\n\n\nProf. Tatiana Kovacikova \n \nSession: \n\nDAY 1: Opening and Session Chair (morning session)\nDAY 2: Session Chair (afternoon session)\nDAY 3: Closing\n\n\nTatiana Kovacikova is ERA Chair Holder of the ERAdiate project on Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) at the University of Zilina\, Slovakia. \nIn 2016\, she was nominated a National delegate for H2020 PC on Smart\, Green and Integrated Transport. She has been active in standardisation for many years\, currently she represents Slovakia in CEN TC 278 on ITS. \nFrom June 2013 till October 2015\, she hold the position of the Head of Science Operations at the COST Association in Brussels. \nIn 2013\, she was appointed Full Professor in the Applied Informatics. From 2009 to 2013 she was the Head of the Department of InfoCom Networks at the University of Zilina\, Slovakia. Her research interests include Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) and Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS)\, in particular network architectures\, services and applications. She has been involved in a number national and international research projects including COPERNICUS\, INCO-COPERNICUS\, EURESCOM and EC FP projects. \nFrom 2002 to 2013\, she was involved in the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) as a leader or member of Specialist Task Forces for CLOUD\, TISPAN (Telecommunications and Internet converged Services and Protocols for Advanced Networking) and ITS Technical Committees. In 2003\, she got the SIEMENS AWARD for leading the research group in the field of IP telephony. \nIn 1996\, she received her PhD in telecommunication systems from the University of Transport and Telecommunications in Zilina\, former Czechoslovakia. She received her diploma in telecommunication engineering from the same university.\n\n\nProf. Milan Dado \n \nSession: \n\nDAY 1: Opening\n\n\nMilan Dado is Full Professor at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering (Department of Telecommunication and Multimedia). He is former dean of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering\, former rector of the University of Zilina and former president of the Slovak rectors’ conference. \nHe had the opportunity to develop international activities in research and education abroad\, e.g. at the York University Canada\, Northern Telecom and Bell Canada in 1993\, at the Royal Institute of Technology Stockholm in 1990 and at the Vienna University of Technology in 1981-1982. He has visited many other foreign institutions during the last 25 years. \nProf. Dado has been actively involved in European research and education programmes (TEMPUS\, COST\, LEONARDO\, Socrates\, 5th\, 6th and 7th Framework Programme\, Horizon 2020\, European University Association projects…) and has managed national projects related to information and communication technologies\, intelligent transportation systems\, regional innovation strategies and e-learning. \nHe has been a member of several international committees and is currently COST programme national coordinator\, member of COST Committee of Senior Officials as well as Executive Board member of COST. \nAs project coordinator of ERAdiate\, Prof. Dado is responsible for the project implementation as foreseen in the Grant Agreement with the European Commission (EC). He chairs project meetings and is responsible for progress and final reports to the EC.\n\n\nMarkus Dettenhofer\, Ph.D. \n \nSession: \n\nDAY 1: Keynote speaker\n\n\nMarkus Dettenhofer\, Ph.D. is the Executive Director of the Central European Institute of Technology (CEITEC). CEITEC is a scientific consortium of 6 universities and research institutes in Brno\, Czech Republic\, which has up to 550 scientists working in the fields of life sciences\, advanced materials and technologies. \nPrior to joining CEITEC\, Dr. Dettenhofer was Project Leader in pre-clinical development for viral vaccine and antibody discovery at Crucell (Johnson & Johnson). His previous work at Harvard Medical School was in the field of genetics and developmental biology\, including studies on genes which control bone development and memory function. He led a study analyzing the development of the biomedical economy in Panama. His most recent work is on governance practices in higher education institutions and their contribution to performance. \nDr. Dettenhofer was a visiting scholar at the Institut de Biologie Molécularie et Cellularie in Strasbourg\, France\, and is frequently a Visiting Scientist with the Joint Research Centre of European Commission. He received his Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins University\, and a B.S. from UC Berkeley.\n\n\nDaniel Straka \n \nSession: \n\nDAY 1: Keynote speaker\n\n\nDaniel Straka is Executive director of SOVVA since 2017 with more than 12 years of experiences in the area of creation and implementation of research and innovation policies at the national and European level. In years 2014 to 2017 he founded and led the Slovak Liaison Office for Research and Development in Brussels. \nHe also has experience with the preparation and implementation of international projects\, organization of several international conferences in Slovakia and Belgium. Since 2011 till 2013 he worked as an analyst and executive director for the Slovak Organization for Research and Development Activities (SOVVA). He coordinated support of the FP7 in Slovakia and was a member of several programme committees and national contact point for SSH and Research infrastructures. \nHe worked at the Ministry of Education of the Slovak Republic and at the Government Office of the Slovak Republic in the field of research\, innovation and knowledge society. He has experience from working with EU affairs\, R&D policy analyses and science communication. He is member of Horizon 2020 Strategic Configuration Program Committee. Daniel was also in charge of organizing Researcher´s Night in Slovakia in 2012 and 2013 and Kick-off Conference of Horizon 2020 in Slovakia. Daniel holds M.A. from the Comenius University in Bratislava\, Slovakia.\n\n\nProf. Elisabetta Cherchi\nSessions: \n\nDAY 1: Keynote speaker on “Academic Publishing in Transport Science” and training on “Peer review process”\n\n\nElisabetta Cherchi is Professor of Transport at University of Newcastle. She has a broad international experience\, having worked also at the Department of Transport of the Technical University of Denmark\, for the Department of Transport of the Polytechnic University of Madrid and at the University of Cagliari\, in Italy. \nHer areas of expertise include: discrete choice analysis\, decision making process\, bounded rationality\, user benefits\, data collection (revealed and stated preference data\, panel data\, virtual reality experiments)\, mode choice\,  electric vehicles\, autonomous vehicles. \nShe is member of several transport research committees including Area Editor of Transportation (Springer) and member of the Editorial Board of Transportation Research Part B (Elsevier)\, Transport Policy (Elsevier) and Transportation Letter (Francis & Taylor). Elisabetta has an extensive experience as a leader of research projects and as a reviewer for international conferences and journals. \nFrom 2011 to 2015 she has held a course on “Publishing Research in Transportation Science” to PhD students of the Department of Transport a the Technical University of Denmark (DTU).\n\n\nDr. Giuseppe Lugano \n \nSession: \n\nDAY 1: Session Chair (afternoon session)\nDAY 2: Session Chair (afternoon session)\nDAY 2: Session Chair (morning session)\n\n\nGiuseppe Lugano joined the ERAdiate team in September 2016 as a Senior Researcher in Intelligent Transport Systems. He is leader of ERAdiate WP7 Dissemination and Project Manager of H2020 “Mobility and Time Value” (MoTiV) project (www.motivproject.eu). Previously\, he worked from 2011 to 2016 as a Science Officer at COST (European Cooperation in Science and Technology) where he gained extensive experience in the management of trans-disciplinary Science and Technology networks across Europe. \nAs a researcher\, Giuseppe contributed to the R&D activities of ICT multinationals such as TeliaSonera (2004-2008) and Nokia (2010). His scientific interests span a wide range of topics in conceptual and application-specific areas of social computing such as digital community design\, mobile social networks\, social robotics\, educational technologies\, green ICT and smart mobility solutions. \nSome of his publications received broad international attention: “Mobile social networking in theory and practice” is one of the reference publications in its area and the ~5.000 downloads of his PhD thesis on “Digital Community Design” make this dissertation one of the most popular ones from the series “Jyväskylä studies in computing”. In 2009 he received an Award nomination as best Early Stage Researcher in the COST Action 298 “Participation in Broadband Society”. \nGiuseppe holds a PhD in Cognitive Science from the University of Jyväskylä\, in Finland\, and a MSc in Computer Science from the University of Bologna\, in Italy. \n \n\n\nLenka Môcová \n \nSession: \n\nDAY 1: Training on Structuring an academic paper\n\n\nLenka Môcová is a faculty member at the Institute of Lifelong Learning attached to the University of Žilina\, formerly known as the Institute of Foreign Languages\, the post that she has held since 2004. Lenka obtained her credentials as English teacher at the Catholic University in Ružomberok and in Passau University\, Germany. She has more than twelve years of experience in technical translation\, course design and teaching English for Specific Purposes. In 2008 she obtained a degree of Doctor of Pedagogy from the Catholic University in Ružomberok. \nTo support scientific development of PhD students at the University of Žilina\, in 2015 Lenka began instruction of academic writing courses. She is an active member of the Technical Board of the Crisis Management Journal at the Faculty of Security Engineering. \nCurrently\, she is expanding her education by taking doctoral classes at the Department of Journalism\, Catholic University in Ružomberok. Her interdisciplinary research explores the image of Slovakia in the British press. \nHer other professional fields of interest include Information Communication Technology support of academic writing and blogging as a tool for building relationships with students.\n\n\nMgA. Paulína Böhmerová \nSession: \n\nDAY 3: Session Chair (morning session)\n\n\nPaulína Böhmerová has been co-organiser and project lead for several initiates ranging in subject from international partnering\, current societal challenges\, to the arts. She served as a National Contact Point for Horizon 2020 and was also  operating as the Slovak representative in Nanotechnologies\, Advanced Materials\, Biotechnology and Advanced Manufacturing and Processing with the Slovak Centre of Scientific and Technical Information (CVTI SR). She was charged with heading the Re-Industrialisation of the EU 2016 conference during the Slovak Presidency of the Council of the European Union.\n\n\nDr. Mario Malicki MD\, PhD\, \n \nSession: \n\nDAY 2: Keynote speaker\n\n\nMario Malicki MD\, PhD\, is a research fellow at the University of Split School of Medicine. He also holds an MA in Literature and Medicine\, and is a member of Cochrane Croatia. He is currently involved in two projects related to themes that will be addressed in the UNIZA Training School: \n1) COST Action PEERE\, a European-wide scientific collaboration network which aims to assess and improve the current state of scientific peer review; \n2) ProHealth \, a project which aims to define and improve teaching of professionalism in biomedicine. \nHis other interests include publication ethics\, psychology of hope and medical education.\n\n\nDr. Olena Hundarenko \nSession: \n\nDAY 2: Training on successful writing habits\nDAY 3: Workshops on “Dos and Don’ts of academic writing” and “delivering an attractive presentation”\n\n\nOlena Hundarenko graduated from the Department of Foreign Languages\, the Faculty of English and German of the Kirovohrad State Pedagogical University in Kirovohrad\, Ukraine\, 2001. In 2010\, she defended her PhD paper in Public Speaking in Kherson State University\, Ukraine. \nShe was awarded a Fulbright grant (2012-2013) to do her research in Academic Writing and Public speaking fields at Monterey Institute of International Studies\, CA\, USA. In 2013\, she published a book on Academic writing for EFL learners. \nIn 2014-2015\, Dr Hundarenko was conducting a research on Positive Discourse Analysis: Language for Peace at Vienna University\, Austria\, as a part of OeAD scholarship. It was followed by the grant from Slovak Academic Information Agency (SAIA) to proceed with the project on Building European Scholarly Cooperation through Effective Writing Discourse (August 2015-July 2016). Since June 2017\, Dr Hundarenko has been working as an assistant professor at the faculty of Humanities\, at the University of Zilina\, Slovakia. \nDr. Hundarenko’s research areas include but not limited to the fields of English text and discourse analysis\, stylistics and academic writing areas. She also offers courses of Russian for A1-C2 levels for both school and university teachers as well as general public.\n\n\nAssoc. Prof. Ľuboš Buzna \nSession: \n\nDAY 2: Training on “Publishing in high-impact journals”\n\n\nĽuboš Buzna is Senior Researcher in the ERA Chair Team at the University Science Park of the University of Zilina and he is affiliate of the Faculty of Management Science and Informatics at the University of Zilina as Associate Professor of Applied Informatics. \nHe worked as researcher for several academic institutions: University of Barcelona (2014-2015) ETH Zurich (2007-2009) and TU Dresden (2005-2007)\, where he participated in FP6 project IRRIIS and FP7 project LASAGNE. He attained his PhD degree in 2003 from the University of Zilina in the doctoral study program “Transportation and Communication Technology”. \nHis research is focused on the development of optimization algorithms and simulation models that are applicable in transportation networks\, and more generally\, in complex systems. \nHe coauthored more than 40 publications\, among them 15 in peer-reviewed international scientific journals. In 2013\, he received award from Literarny fond for the response to his publications.\n\n\nCaroline Kyzek \nSession: \n\nDAY 3: Workshop on “Structuring an academic paper”\n\n\nCaroline Ann Kyzek is a lecturer at the Department of English Language and Literature\, Faculty of Humanities at the University of Žilina.  She received her Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in English and History at Rutgers University\, New Jersey\, and her Master of Arts (M.A.) in English at Monclair State University\, New Jersey\, U.S.A.  She is currently an external doctoral student at Pavol Jozef Šafarik University in Košice. \nHer academic interests include academic writing\, history\, gothic literature and 19th century British and American literature.\n\n\nProf. Ing. Pavol Rafajdus\, PhD. \n \nSession: \n\nDAY 3: Panel Discussion\n\n\n\nPavol Rafajus received the MSc. degree in electrical engineering and the PhD from University of Žilina\, Slovakia\, in 1995 and 2002\, respectively. At present he is professor at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering\, University of Žilina. \nHis research is focused on the electrical machines\, mainly switched reluctance motors and other electrical machine properties. He is devoted in the design of individual types of electrical machines\, especially the type of reluctance\, which was also the principal investigator of the several projects in this field. He is the author or coauthor of more than 150 scientific publications published in national or international conferences and symposia and national and international journals. A detailed list of all publications of the responsible person referred to in (http://www.kves.uniza.sk). He is the author of a scientific monograph: Switched reluctance motor\, which is also closely related to his professional topic. He is co-author of 4 university textbooks\, dealing with issues of modern electrical machines\, measurement and modeling of electrical machines and the theory and examples of electrical machines. \nHe is a supervisor of undergraduate and Master’s theses\, as well as PhD supervisor of two students who successfully completed their doctoral dissertation. He cooperates closely with businesses and companies in projects or through active consultation and training employees. He regularly visits several foreign European universities (including University of Helsinki in Finland\, University of Catania and Roma La Sapienza in Italy\, and TU Cluj in Romania). He regularly participates in the Erasmus+ project\, lecturing at various European universities in the field of electrical machines. \nHer academic interests include academic writing\, history\, gothic literature and 19th century British and American literature. \n  \n\n\n\nProf. Ing. Ladislav Janoušek\, PhD. \n \nSession: \n\nDAY 3: Panel Discussion\n\n \n\nLadislav Janoušek is a head of the Department of Electromagnetic and Biomedical Engineering at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering. He finished his master and PhD. degrees at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering\, University of Žilina\, in the field of Power Electrical Systems. His professional career started at the Electrotechnical Research and Projecting Company in Nová Dubnica\, Slovakia. Later he took a chance to join a research company IIU Int. in Tokyo\, Japan\, where he worked as researcher in the field of non-destructive evaluation of materials for three years. After returning back to Slovakia in 2005 he joined the Faculty of Electrical Engineering. \nHis current research and innovation activities focus on electromagnetic non-destructive evaluation of conductive materials and impact of electromagnetic filed on living organisms. He is author/co-author of three patents and more than 150 research articles published in scientific journals and conference proceedings. He has been principal investigator of seven research projects and actively contributed to implementation of another ten projects funded from national and international resources. He got several prestigious awards for his achievements and innovative solutions. \n  \n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegistration is open here until 15 June 2018. \n\n\nThe UNIZA Training School will be held at the University of Žilina. \nIt will take place in the following meeting rooms: \nDAY 1 (18/9) and DAY 2 (19/9): UNIZA Menza – Scientific Board Meeting room (Univerzitná 8215/1\, 010 26 Žilina). \nDAY 3 (20/9): \n\nMorning workshops took place in the Rectorate Building (meeting rooms AF104\, AF106)\, Panel Discussion took place in AF104.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHotel Dubna Skala****\nHurbanova 8\n010 01 Žilina\nThe Hotel Dubna Skala\, the only “boutique” hotel in the city\, is situated right in the historic centre of Zilina. The hotel’s exclusive environment is characterized by its unique design\, modern comfort and intimate atmosphere.\nRate: 95 EUR double room single use\, per night\, excluding breakfast 10 EUR\n\n\nPalace Hotel Polom**** Hviezdoslava 22\n010 01 Žilina\n \nThe exclusive Palace Hotel Polom is the entrance gateway to the Žilina city centre. The stunning building situated at the beginning of the pedestrian zone draws attention not only with its appearance\, but also with its history. Possibility of parking on the attended hotel´s car park.\nRate: 69 EUR single use\, per night\, breakfast included\n\n\nPenzión Central Park***\nSad SNP 663 / 18\n010 01 Žilina\nPenzión Central Park is a real oasis of peace and relaxation in the centre of Žilina. A welcome drink\, breakfast buffet\, entry to the wellness centre and parking on the guesthouse´s premises are extra bonuses for the guests.\nRate: 55 EUR single use\, per night\, breakfast excluded\n\n\nHotel Grand***\nMarianske square\nNa priekope 29\n010 01 Žilina\nHotel Grand\, dating from 1910\, is situated in a car-free zone right in the historic centre of Zilina. It offers a modern spa area.\nRate: 44 EUR single use\, per night\, excluding breakfast 5 EUR\n\n\nEcono Hotel***\nV. Spanyola 43F\n010 01 Žilina\nEconoHotel is located in a quiet part of Žilina next to the town’s parks. It is 10 minutes walk from the historical center and 15 minutes walk from the University.\nRate: 45 EUR single use\, per night\, including breakfast\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n UNIZA Training School 2018 - Programme overview\n \n Download\n \n \n \n \n \n 63 downloads916.66 KB\n\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n UNIZA Training School 2018 - Practical information\n \n Download\n \n \n \n \n \n 44 downloads1.35 MB\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n The role of soft skills in unlocking the R&D potential in Central and Eastern Europe\n Markus Dettenhofer \n\n Download\n \n \n \n \n \n 68 downloads2.01 MB\n\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n Academic publishing in trancport science\n Prof. Elisabetta Cherchi \n\n Download\n \n \n \n \n \n 31 downloads558.24 KB\n\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n Peer review process:meeting reviewers’ expectations\n Prof. Elisabetta Cherchi \n\n Download\n \n \n \n \n \n 49 downloads336.22 KB\n\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n Academic Paper Structure How to write a quality abstract\n Lenka Môcová \n\n Download\n \n \n \n \n \n 63 downloads652.96 KB\n\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n Scientific publishing in Slovakia compared to international standards\n Daniel Straka \n\n Download\n \n \n \n \n \n 20 downloads3.16 MB\n\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n Publishing in high-impact journals\n Ľuboš Buzna \n\n Download\n \n \n \n \n \n 46 downloads2.23 MB\n\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n How to get words on paper\n Olena Hundarenko \n\n Download\n \n \n \n \n \n 58 downloads320.18 KB\n\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n Science communication\n Mario Malički \n\n Download\n \n \n \n \n \n 34 downloads7.19 MB\n\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n Dos and don´ts of academic writing\n Olena Hundarenko \n\n Download\n \n \n \n \n \n 46 downloads404.20 KB\n\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n Delivering an attractive presentation\n Olena Hundarenko \n\n Download\n \n \n \n \n \n 51 downloads1.68 MB\n\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n Structuring an academic paper\n Caroline Kyzek \n\n Download\n \n \n \n \n \n 37 downloads862.34 KB\n\n\n\nPhoto Gallery \n\n\nTraining School Day 1 \nRole of soft skills in unlocking R&D potential in CEE by Markus Dettenhofer\, Executive Director of CEITEC Brno\, CZ \nScientific publishing in Slovakia compared to international standards by Daniel Straka\, Executive Director of SOVVA\, SK \nAcademic publishing in transport science by Elisabetta Cherchi\, University of Newcastle\, UK \nPeer review process: meeting reviewers’ expectations by Elisabetta Cherchi\, University of Newcastle\, UK \nAcademic Paper Structure- How to write a quality abstract by Lenka Môcová\, Institute of Lifelong Learning\, University of Žilina\, SK \nTraining School Day 2 \nPublishing research outputs in attractive ways: analysis\, findings\, outputs by Mario Malički\, University of Split\, HR \nResearch impact and Research Ethics: strategy\, channels and key steps by Mario Malički\, University of Split\, HR \nHow to get words on paper by Olena Hundarenko\, University of Žilina\, SK \nPublishing in high-impact journals by Ľuboš Buzna\, ERAdiate / University of Žilina\, SK \n  \n\n  URL:https://www.erachair.uniza.sk/event/uniza-training-school/ LOCATION:University of Zilina\, Univerzitná 8215/1\, Žilina\, 01026\, Slovenská republika CATEGORIES:Training Schools/Lecture Series ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.erachair.uniza.sk/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Training-school2.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180517 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180518 DTSTAMP:20260422T185350 CREATED:20180628T075354Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190121T060954Z UID:2759-1526515200-1526601599@www.erachair.uniza.sk SUMMARY:ERAdiate Lecture Series #2 ”Opportunities for research collaboration with Hosei University (Japan)” DESCRIPTION:Abstract and ProgrammePresentationsReportVideo\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n ERAdiate Lecture Series 2\n \n Download\n \n \n \n \n \n 20 downloads558.59 KB\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n Presentation prof. 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Capi\n \n Download\n \n \n \n \n \n 8 downloads5.82 MB\n\nScholarship program for Slovak graduate \n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n Opportunities for research collaboration with Hosei University (Japan) - Report\n \n Download\n \n \n \n \n \n 9 downloads388.99 KB\n\n/su_tab]\n\n\n \n\n  \n  \n  URL:https://www.erachair.uniza.sk/event/eradiate-lecture-series-2-opportunities-for-research-collaboration-with-hosei-university-japan/ LOCATION:Žilina\, Univerzitná 8215\, Žilina\, Slovakia (Slovak Republic) CATEGORIES:Training Schools/Lecture Series END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180314 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180315 DTSTAMP:20260422T185350 CREATED:20180628T075519Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190121T061244Z UID:2763-1520985600-1521071999@www.erachair.uniza.sk SUMMARY:ERAdiate Lecture Series #1 ”Currents Trends and Future Perspectives on Sustainable and Smart Mobility” DESCRIPTION:Abstract and ProgrammePresentationsReportPhoto gallery\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n ERAdiate Lecture Series 1\n \n Download\n \n \n \n \n \n 18 downloads1.08 MB\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n Introduction – The ERAdiate project\n Dr. Ghadir Pourhashem\, ERAdiate Team member \n\n Download\n \n \n \n \n \n 11 downloads860.06 KB\n\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n ITS and ethical design in terms of ecological and social sustainability: the new transport systems\n Dr. Floridea Di Ciommo\, Chair of Behavioural process Transport Research Board Committee\, cambiaMO \n\n Download\n \n \n \n \n \n 9 downloads2.93 MB\n\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n Reasonable Travel Time\, The Traveller’s Perspective\n Dr. Yannick Cornet\, ERAdiate Team member \n\n Download\n \n \n \n \n \n 10 downloads2.79 MB\n\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n Outlook on Value of Travel Time: Futures Study and Related Hypotheses\n Dr. Giuseppe Lugano\, ERAdiate Team member\, H2020 MoTiV \n\n Download\n \n \n \n \n \n 32 downloads2.52 MB\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n Current Trends and Future Perspectives on Sustainable and Smart Mobility - Report\n \n Download\n \n \n \n \n \n 11 downloads385.42 KB\n\n\n\nPhotos \n\n  URL:https://www.erachair.uniza.sk/event/eradiate-lecture-series-1-currents-trends-and-future-perspectives-on-sustainable-and-smart-mobility/ LOCATION:Žilina\, Univerzitná 8215\, Žilina\, Slovakia (Slovak Republic) CATEGORIES:Training Schools/Lecture Series END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20170919T080000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20170921T200000 DTSTAMP:20260422T185350 CREATED:20180628T100753Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180628T100935Z UID:2822-1505808000-1506024000@www.erachair.uniza.sk SUMMARY:UNIZA Grants Week DESCRIPTION:  \nUNIZA Grants Week\nMaximise your chances of success in research applications!\n\n19-21 September 2017\n \nUNIZA Grants Week 2017 portal \nOrganised by the ERAdiate project at the University of Žilina\, in cooperation with the Slovak Scientific and Technical Information Centre (CVTI SR)\, the Grants Week provided comprehensive information and advice on how to find the most relevant European and Slovak funding programmes and how to write professional and competitive grant proposals. \nThe event was open to the research community (Postdocs\, PhD students and research support staff). Young researchers in particular benefited from attending the Grants Week to develop their competences and knowledge to get their research ideas turned into successful proposals. \nThe results of the feedback survey can be found here.\n \n  \nProgrammeSpeakersReception with companies RegistrationVenueAccommodationPractical information\nDay 1 – Tuesday 19 September\n \n\nWriting a competitive H2020 proposal.\nHorizon 2020 (H2020) collaborative projects with focus on “Smart\, Green and Integrated Transport”\, “Information and Communication Technologies” and “Secure\, Clean and Efficient Energy”.\nGeneral overview and focus on Dissemination\, Protection and Exploitation of research results.\nSightseeing tour of Zilina.\nReception with Slovak companies.\n\nDay 2 – Wednesday 20 September\n \n\nImpact in H2020 projects.\nProject Management: how to successfully manage a consortium? Tips from successful grant holders.\nIndividual funding opportunities: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowships and European Research Council (ERC) grants.\nFostering opportunities for young researchers: COST.\nNetworking dinner.\n\nDay 3 – Thursday 21 September\n \n\nHands-on training to enhance researchers’ skills.\nEthics requirements in H2020.\nProviding support for academics at all stages of their career at UNIZA: panel discussion.\nSlovak funding programmes: APVV\, VEGA\, KEGA. Insight from project evaluators and successful grant holders.\n\nPlease note that the event will be in English\, except the session on Slovak funding programmes (Day 3) which will be held in Slovak. \n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n Grants Week Programme\n \n Download\n \n \n \n \n \n 11 downloads668.39 KB\n\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n Grants Week Programme - Full\n \n Download\n \n \n \n \n \n 17 downloads733.73 KB\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n  Dr Sean McCarthy \n \nSessions: \n\nDAY 1: How to write a competitive H2020 proposal?\nDAY 2: Impact in H2020 proposals\n\n\nSean McCarthy has been involved in all aspects of European Research since 1980. He has been active as a researcher\, research manager\, research group leader\, and company director. Today he specialises in helping organisations design and implement their European Research Strategies. In 2011 the European Commission published a list of the top 100 research organisations participating in Framework 7. Dr. McCarthy provides training courses in 48 of these research organisations. \nSince 1995 more than 55\,000 participants have attended his training courses. Dr. McCarthy has presented training courses in 290 different research centres in 29 countries throughout Europe. A complete list of these research centres can be found on www.hyperion.ie/clients.htm \nSince 1980 Dr. McCarthy has been involved in over 150 EU R&D Proposal\, over 50 contracts and managed 16 of these.\nHe has acted as scientific evaluator for 10 different EU R&D Programmes.\nHe was an external evaluator of the following networks; Innovation Relay Centres\, OPET Network (Energy) and the 50  Regional Innovation Strategies. \nTwitter: https://twitter.com/seanmccarthyhyp \ne-Learning Material: http://www.hyperion.ie/videoconference.htm\n\n\n Prof. Martin Klimo \nSession: \n\nDAY 1: Collaborative Projects in H2020 – focus area Information and Communication Technologies\n\n\nMartin Klimo received his diploma in telecommunication engineering from the University of Transport and Communication Zilina in 1973. Since 1990 he worked as an Associated Professor\, and in 2003 he was appointed a professor of Applied Informatics. \nHis research interests include communication theory\, queuing theory and fuzzy logic implementation by nanotechnology. He focused on these disciplines mainly from speech point of view: packet networks performance for voice transmission (VOIP quality)\, text-to-speech systems\, and speech recognition. His actual interest is memristor-based fuzzy computing. \nHe participated in the projects: COPERNICUS #62\, COST 242\, COST257\, EURESCOM P1112\, COST 279 COST 290\, VEGA 1-2039-5\, and he was a reviewer of the EURESCOM projects P603\, P806-GI and P 906-GI. He participated in ETSI Speech Transmission Quality group\, and he was the national delegate in ICT Committee FP7. Currently he works in projects APVV-14-0560 “Resistive switching structures for pattern recognition“ and ICT COST Action IC1401 Memristors – Devices\, Models\, Circuits\, Systems and Applications (MemoCiS). He is the national delegate in H2020-ICT Committee. \nResearchGate\n\n\nProf. Tatiana Kovacikova \n \nSession: \n\nDAY 1: Collaborative Projects in H2020 – focus area Smart\, Green and Integrated Transport\n\n\nTatiana Kovacikova is senior researcher in the ERA Chair project on Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) at the University of Zilina\, Slovakia. \nIn 2016\, she was nominated a National delegate for H2020 PC on Smart\, Green and Integrated Transport. She has been active in standardisation for many years\, currently she represents Slovakia in CEN TC 278 on ITS. \nFrom June 2013 till October 2015\, she hold the position of the Head of Science Operations at the COST Association in Brussels. \nIn 2013\, she was appointed Full Professor in the Applied Informatics. From 2009 to 2013 she was the Head of the Department of InfoCom Networks at the University of Zilina\, Slovakia. Her research interests include Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) and Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS)\, in particular network architectures\, services and applications. She has been involved in a number national and international research projects including COPERNICUS\, INCO-COPERNICUS\, EURESCOM and EC FP projects. \nFrom 2002 to 2013\, she was involved in the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) as a leader or member of Specialist Task Forces for CLOUD\, TISPAN (Telecommunications and Internet converged Services and Protocols for Advanced Networking) and ITS Technical Committees. In 2003\, she got the SIEMENS AWARD for leading the research group in the field of IP telephony. \nIn 1996\, she received her PhD in telecommunication systems from the University of Transport and Telecommunications in Zilina\, former Czechoslovakia. She received her diploma in telecommunication engineering from the same university.\n\n\nAssoc. Prof. Peter Bracinik \n \nSession: \n\nDAY 1: Collaborative Projects in H2020 – focus area Secure\, Clean and Efficient Energy\n\n\nPeter Bracinik received his M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Žilina\, Faculty of Electrical Engineering\, in 2002 and 2008\, respectively. He is currently Associate Professor at the Department of Power Electrical Systems\, Faculty of Electrical Engineering of the University of Žilina. Since 2016\, he has been holding the position of Vice-Dean for Education at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering. \nHis research interests include control and management of power transmission and distribution systems\, application of Smart Grid concept to the MV networks and power management of intelligent buildings. \nHe has been working as a National Expert for “Secure\, Clean and Efficient Energy” for Horizon 2020 since 2014.\n\n\nJUDr. Viera Petrášová \n \nSession: \n\nDAY 1: Protection and exploitation of research results\n\n\nViera Petrášová graduated at the Faculty of Law at Matej Bel University in Banská Bystrica. \nIn 2006\, she joined the College of Europe in Belgium\, where she was involved in the project of harmonization of EU law as well as the assessment of the state of transposition of the EU directives into the Slovak national law. Following her return to Slovakia\, she worked in the law firm and became member of the Slovak Bar Association. \nCurrently\, she is the national contact point for Legal and Financial Affairs\, European Research Infrastructure and Innovation in SMEs\, Access to Risk Financing at the Slovak Center for Scientific and Technical Information. \nShe is also an external PhD student at the Pan-European University drafting the thesis: Comparative study of foreign and domestic jurisprudence to enforce intellectual property rights.\n\n\nKatarina Svitkova \n \nSession: \n\nDAY 1: Protection and exploitation of research results\n\n\nKatarina Svitkova is a graduate of the Secondary School of Library Studies in Bratislava and has approximately 17 years of experience in the field of library and information science. \nShe has been working in the Scientific Library of the Slovak Centre of Scientific and Technical Information (SCSTI) since 2004 and at the Open Access Contact Office within the Open Science and Research Support Department in this institution since 2016.She addresses issues of Open Science and Open Access to the scientific research results\, as well as providing support to researchers in open publishing. \nShe is a member of NOAD (National Open Access Desk) for OpenAIRE 2020 project in Slovakia. The role of the NOADs representatives is to provide assistance and support to stakeholders involved in Horizon 2020 project in publishing of the research results and projects outputs through Open Access and also to support the Research Data Management. \nhttps://www.openaire.eu/72-noads/121?lang=en\nhttp://openaccess.cvtisr.sk/o-nas/kontaktna-kancelaria-pre-open-access-cvti-sr/\n\n\nRoman Behul \n \nSession: \n\nDAY 2: Project management: how to successfully manage a consortium?\n\n\nMr. Roman Behul is senior consultant at Atos Slovakia and coordinator of international projects. \nHe graduated from the University of Economics in Bratislava (Faculty of National Economy) in 1978 (Dipl.Ing.)\, from the Banking Institute in Luxembourg in 1993 and did Postgraduate studies at the Banking Academy in Frankfurt am Main\, Germany\, from 1994 to 1997.\nIn 2005 he moved from banking into the IT industry as an independent consultant. In 2010 he was nominated in Slovakia for the project epSOS-2 (e-health). \nSince 2011\, Roman has been working for Atos Slovakia.\nRoman was involved in more e.Government as well as in e-Justice projects in Slovakia. He was Researcher in the project from the Operational programme Research and Development in Slovakia: “International Center of Excellence for Research on Intelligent and secure information & communication technologies and systems” (acronym RI SK). \nRoman is the Coordinator in H2020 “C2NET” (FoF-01-2014\, Number -639909-C2 NET: Process Optimisation of Manufacturing Assets)\, project manager in H2020 “MONICA“ and expert the project „NEWTON“ (in all those H2020 projects\, Atos Slovakia is a partner). He is also the appointed LEAR (Legal Appointed representative) for Atos Slovakia.\n\n\nNataša Hurtová \n \nSession: \n\nDAY 2: H2020 Individual funding opportunities – Session 1: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowships\n\n\nNataša Hurtová has been working as a National Contact Point and National Expert for Bioeconomy and Euratom for HORIZON 2020 since 2014. \nBefore she was involved in many projects implemented with the financial support of the EU Structural Funds\, Cohesion Fund and Framework program as a Head of the Project management and implementation department. \nShe also has experience as a Project consultant\, Expert adviser in the domain of agri-environment\, agriculture\, project activities and National Contact Point for cooperation with the COPA and COGECA.\n\n\nRNDr. Soňa Ftáčniková \n \nSessions: \n\nDAY 2: H2020 Individual funding opportunities – Session 2: European Research Council (ERC) grants\nDAY 3: Ethics Requirements in H2020\n\n\nSoňa Ftáčniková graduated as RNDr. (Rerum Naturalium Doctor) from the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics\, Department of Biophysics of Comenius University\, Bratislava in 1982. In 1991\, she obtained her PhD in the field of Radiation Biophysics at the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics at Comenius University\, Bratislava. \nShe has been Vice director of the Slovak Research and Development Agency (SRDA) from 2001 to 2006\, building new established SRDA and organizing domestic and international scientific projects evaluation in Slovakia. From 2006 to 2011\, she held the position of Executive Secretary of Ethics Committee at SRDA. From 2007 to 2009\, RNDr. Ftáčniková was the National Contact Point for IDEAS under FP7 EU\, Brussel. She chaired the working group of European Science Foundation Member Organization Forum on Research Integrity (ESF MOF RI) for 2 years\, from 2009 to 2011. \nShe is the head of bi- and multilateral international collaboration in SRDA; the National Contact for the European Science Foundation\, Strasbourg; Slovak representative in European Network on Research Integrity (ENRIO); the National Contact Point for ERC grants – Excellent Science in H2020 and the National Contact Point for Ethics in H2020. \nShe is author of 9 publications on the theme of Ethics\, including Fostering Research Integrity in Europe: Executive Report by ESF Member Organization Forum on Research Integrity\, 2010 and Ethics in H2020 (in SK)\, 2014.\n\n\nProf. Milan Dado \n \nSession: \n\nDAY 2: COST – Fostering career opportunities of young researchers\n\n\nMilan Dado is Full Professor at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering (Department of Telecommunication and Multimedia). He is former dean of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering\, former rector of the University of Zilina and former president of the Slovak rectors’ conference. \nHe had the opportunity to develop international activities in research and education abroad\, e.g. at the York University Canada\, Northern Telecom and Bell Canada in 1993\, at the Royal Institute of Technology Stockholm in 1990 and at the Vienna University of Technology in 1981-1982. He has visited many other foreign institutions during the last 25 years. \nProf. Dado has been actively involved in European research and education programmes (TEMPUS\, COST\, LEONARDO\, Socrates\, 5th\, 6th and 7th Framework Programme\, Horizon 2020\, European University Association projects…) and has managed national projects related to information and communication technologies\, intelligent transportation systems\, regional innovation strategies and e-learning. \nHe has been a member of several international committees and is currently COST programme national coordinator\, member of COST Committee of Senior Officials as well as Executive Board member of COST. \nAs project coordinator of ERAdiate\, Prof. Dado is responsible for the project implementation as foreseen in the Grant Agreement with the European Commission (EC). He chairs project meetings and is responsible for progress and final reports to the EC.\n\n\nDr Giuseppe Lugano \n \nSession: \n\nDAY 2: COST – Fostering career opportunities of young researchers\n\n\nGiuseppe Lugano joined the ERAdiate team in September 2016 as a Senior Researcher in Intelligent Transport Systems. Previously\, he worked from 2011 to 2016 as a Science Officer at COST (European Cooperation in Science and Technology) where he gained extensive experience in the management of trans-disciplinary Science and Technology networks across Europe. \nAs a researcher\, Giuseppe contributed to the R&D activities of ICT multinationals such as TeliaSonera (2004-2008) and Nokia (2010). His scientific interests span a wide range of topics in conceptual and application-specific areas of social computing such as digital community design\, mobile social networks\, social robotics\, educational technologies\, green ICT and smart mobility solutions. \nSome of his publications received broad international attention: “Mobile social networking in theory and practice” is one of the reference publications in its area and the ~5.000 downloads of his PhD thesis on “Digital Community Design” make this dissertation one of the most popular ones from the series “Jyväskylä studies in computing”. In 2009 he received an Award nomination as best Early Stage Researcher in the COST Action 298 “Participation in Broadband Society”. \nGiuseppe holds a PhD in Cognitive Science from the University of Jyväskylä\, in Finland\, and a MSc in Computer Science from the University of Bologna\, in Italy.\n\n\nDr Peter Počta \n \nSession: \n\nDAY 2: COST – Fostering career opportunities of young researchers\n\n\nPeter Počta received his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from University of Žilina\, Faculty of Electrical Engineering\, Slovakia in 2004 and 2007\, respectively. During his Ph.D. study\, he was awarded a number of fellowships. Firstly\, he spent 3 months as an Erasmus student in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology\, Chair of Telecommunications of the Dresden University of Technology\, Germany where he collaborated on testing principles over ADSL access lines. Secondly\, he was with Alcatel-Lucent\, R&D center\, Network Integration department\, Stuttgart\, Germany where he investigated some impacts on speech quality in WiMAX system. \nHe is currently an Associate Professor at the Department of Multimedia and Information-Communication Technology of the University of Žilina and is involved with International Standardization through the ETSI TC STQ as well as ITU-T SG12. His research interests include speech\, audio\, video and audiovisual quality assessment\, speech intelligibility\, multimedia communication and QoE management. \nHe has published over 60 refereed papers in international journals and conferences including Acta Acustica united with Acustica\, Advances in Multimedia (Hindawi)\, AEÜ – International Journal of Electronics and Communications (Elsevier)\, Speech Communication (Elsevier)\, IEEE Transactions on Broadcasting\, MESAQIN and QoMEX conferences. He serves as an external reviewer for the Journal of Systems and Software (Elsevier)\, Computer Standards&Interfaces (Elsevier)\, Speech Communication (Elsevier)\, Telecommunication Systems (Springer)\, Quality and User Experience (Springer) and IEEE/ACM Transactions on Audio\, Speech and Language Processing and several conferences in area of multimedia quality and communication networks\, e.g. QoMEX\, QCMan.\n\n\n MSc Ömer Ceylan & M.A. Valentina Zuri \n \nSession: \n\nDAY 3: Hands-On Training to Enhance Researchers’ Skills (Part I and II)\n\n\nÖmer Ceylan\, Trainer and Senior Expert at Europa Media\, has more than 10 years of direct experience in developing and implementing EU-funded projects and managing EC contracts. He has a thorough knowledge of the European Union’s funding system and a sound understanding of the programming and implementation of various EU funding schemes and programmes and their interrelations. In particular\, his knowledge spans across the EU’s energy\, environment\, sustainable development\, competitiveness\, research and innovation\, enlargement and external policies and the associated funding schemes and programmes such as FP6/7\, Horizon 2020\, CIP Eco-innovation\, LIFE/LIFE+\, Structural Funds and EuropeAid. \nÖmer is involved on a daily basis in the conceptualisation and development of new Horizon 2020 proposals\, while at the same time overseeing the implementation of 10 ongoing Horizon 2020 projects. He is an environmental engineer from Istanbul Technical University (ITU) and holds an MSc in Environmental Management from Aalborg University (AAU). \nValentina Zuri\, Trainer and Project Manager at Europa Media\, has been managing projects under FP7 and Horizon 2020 and developing and submitting proposals under various EU programmes such as Erasmus+\, Daphne and Horizon 2020\, specifically in the areas of ICT\, Entrepreneurship\, Security\, Energy Efficiency and Social Sciences and Humanities. Currently she is involved in the management of the H2020 PLANHEAT project and contributing to the management of other ongoing H2020 projects. Earlier\, she was responsible for the dissemination and exploitation activities in the FP7 project PlasCarb\, and contributing to the implementation of the Horizon 2020 project MY-WAY\, for which Europa Media was the coordinator. Valentina holds a Bachelor of Art in Media and Journalism and a Master of Art in International Relations and European Studies\, both from the University of Florence\, Italy.\n\n\nProf. Ing. Peter Brida \n \nSession: \n\nDAY 3: Panel discussion: Providing support for academics at all stages of their career at UNIZA\n\n\nPeter Brida obtained his M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in Telecommunications from University of Zilina\, Faculty of Electrical Engineering\, in 2002 and 2006\, respectively. He spent 3 months as researcher at the Wireless Telecommunications Laboratory\, University of Patras\, Greece\, where he worked in the field of positioning algorithms for wireless networks. In 2006\, he participated in the Summer School for Ph.D. students on Highlights in Microtechnology in Neuchâtel\, Switzerland. \nSince November 2016\, he has been holding the position of Vice-dean for Development and International Co-operation at Faculty of Electrical Engineering\, University of Zilina. His research interests include wireless positioning in mobile radio networks\, satellite navigation systems\, location based services and intelligent transport systems. Peter Brida is full professor from 2017. \nHe is the author or co-author of more than 60 scientific papers published in scientific journals and presented at international conferences. He has been a member of Technical Programme Committees for several conferences such as IPIN (Indoor Positioning and Indoor Navigation)\, ACIIDS (Asian Conference on Intelligent Information and Database Systems) and ICCCI (International Conference on Computational Collective Intelligence). In the past\, he was chairman of several invited and special sessions at various conferences. He was guest editor of the special issue titled “Enabling Technologies for Smart Mobile Services” in impact factor journal Mobile Information Systems (Hindawi).\n\n\nVeronika Mešková \n \nSession: \n\nDAY 3: Panel discussion: Providing support for academics at all stages of their career at UNIZA\n\n\nVeronika Mešková has been working as a R&D coordinator at the Research Centre\, University of Žilina since January 2014. She provides support to researchers in the area of funding opportunities search\, consultations on project proposals writing\, review of project proposals\, writing of non-scientific project parts (project management\, dissemination and communication)\, communication management in project implementation phase. She is specialised in European funding programmes\, mainly Horizon 2020 scheme but have also got experience with others (e.g. Interreg\, Visegrad Fund\, etc.). Before joining the Research Centre\, she worked in the commercial sector and is currently trying to transfer this experience to her daily job at the University. She graduated from the Faculty of Economics of Matej Bel University in Banská Bystrica (study programme: economics and management).\n\n\nIng. Peter Beňo \n \nSession: \n\nDAY 3: Panel discussion: Providing support for academics at all stages of their career at UNIZA\n\n\nPeter Beňo graduated at Faculty of business management at University of Economics in Bratislava. He has gained his experiences in preparation of project proposals and implementation of the projects including setting the processes for successful project implementation in the last 11 years during which he worked as NCP for legal and financial issues and NCP for Security in FP7 and H2020. \nPeter previously worked for 4 years as a teacher at the Faculty of business management (University of Economics) and for 3 years as a head of Unit of framework programmes in the Slovak research and development agency\, where he was responsible for preparation and implementation of competitive calls related to support the SK participation in the framework programmes.\n\n\nMgr. Dominika Kacejová \n \nSession: \n\nDAY 3: Panel discussion: Providing support for academics at all stages of their career at UNIZA\n\n\nDominika Kacejová is a Programmes Coordinator at SAIA\, n.o. (Slovak Academic Information Agency) and EURAXESS Centre Coordinator for Žilina and Trenčín regions. Using her international working experience in the United Kingdom as a community interpreter\, she is currently assisting international researchers coming to Žilina and Trenčín regions and providing assistance in matters related to their mobility. She graduated from the Faculty of Humanties of Matej Bel University in Banská Bystrica (study programme: translation and interpreting).\n\n\nDr.h.c. mult. prof. Ing. Juraj Sinay\, DrSc. \n \nSession: \n\nDAY 3: Research Funding in Slovakia\n\n\nJuraj Sinay is the President of the Automotive Industry Association of the Slovak Republic and head of the Department of Safety and Quality\, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering\, Technical University in Košice.\nFrom 2000 to 2007\, he was the Rector of the Technical University in Košice; from 2003 to 2005\, the President of the Slovak Rector’s Commission and from 2007 to 2015 the Vice-Rector of the Technical University in Košice for Marketing and External Relations.\nHe was advisor to the Minister of Education\, Science and Research from 2008 and 2010\, and to the Secretary of State at the Ministry of Education\, Science\, Research and Sport between 2012 and 2014.\nIn 2015\, he was elected President of the Automotive Industry Association of the Slovak Republic.In the field of science and research\, he deals with systems of risk management of technical systems in integrated security systems in the context of the Intelligent Industry Strategy. He is the author and co-author of 15 monographs and 35 scientific articles in foreign sources. Scientific and professional recognition abroad can be documented by the awarding of Honorary Doctor degrees at the University of Bergen in Wuppertal (NSR)\, University of Miskolc (Hungary)\, University of Uzhgorod (Ukraine) and the Technical University of Ostrava\, Czech Republic.\n\n\nprof. Ing. Róbert Hudec\, PhD. \n \nSession: \n\nDAY 3: Research Funding in Slovakia\n\n\nRóbert Hudec received his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from the Technical University in Košice\, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Informatics\, Slovakia\, in 1998 and 2003\, respectively. From 2016\, he has been Full Professor at the Department of Multimedia and Information-Communication Technology (MICT)\, Faculty of Electrical Engineering\, University of Zilina\, Slovakia. Nowadays\, he is head of Department MICT\, head of Laboratory of Digital Video Processing\, and head of Laboratory of Health Applications. \nAreas of his research include digital image filtration\, segmentation\, combined low-level description\, image/video object classification\, video concealment\, 3D object description and 3D reconstruction. From 2005 his research interests have been covering also systems\, services\, terminals and intelligent textile sensors for e-/m-health applications. He is author or co-author of more than 125 research papers. \nHe received Werner von Siemens Excellent Award and Jozef Murgas Award for his research on image filtration in 2003 and 2007\, respectively\, and Award of „Vice premier and minister of school for science and research“ in the category: celebrity of research and development till 35 years old for his research on e/m-heath systems and terminals in 2006. \nHe led or partcipated in more than 35 EU or national projects granted by EDA (European Defence Agency)\, EUREKA\, FP6\, FP7\, COST\, APVV\, VEGA\, etc. including industry oriented projects of applied research. \nHe is a member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE\, Signal Processing Society\, Piscataway\, USA) and since 2015 he has been a member of the advisory board for technic sciences of the Slovak Research and Development Agency (APVV\, Slovakia). \nResearchGate\n\n\n\n\n\nThe organisation of the Reception has been supported by . \n\n\n\n  \n \nCo-Founder: Peter Stražovec \n \nBeeSafe\, s.r.o. is a successful Slovak startup company from Zilina that has been on the market since May 2015. BeeSafe develops innovative B2G and B2B solutions which seek to solve problems related to personal safety\, employee safety\, and safety monitoring; both inside and outside the GSM coverage. Currently\, our product has more than 7000 downloads from more than 108 countries\, we run three corporate pilots and actively support NGOs. \nBeeSafe. s.r.o. was founded by Peter Stražovec and Michal Kačerík and was officially registered in the Commercial Register in 2015. Immediately after\, it was selected as one of the finalists in the Slovak Startup Awards and was invited to such prestigious conferences as TechCrunch Disrupt in London or Slush 2015 in Helsinki. Since then\, BeeSafe received numerous updates and grew into a mature security platform that meets the most demanding criteria of dependability. \nToday\, the company works with corporations and municipalities on improving occupational health and safety as well as personal safety of citizens in public spaces. In the case of the former\, BeeSafe provides cities with a security platform\, thanks to which each citizen’s BeeSafe app is connected directly to the municipal police. In the case of the latter\, BeeSafe supplies corporations with a smart security platform for employee monitoring and incident reporting. \nAt the same time\, BeeSafe works with multiple NGOs while being one of the most active Slovak companies in promoting occupational and personal safety standards. Together with the International Organisation for Migration\, BeeSafe educates people on how to avoid falling prey to human trafficking. Since 2016\, the app is also being used by doctors and medics on several humanitarian missions in Africa and Asia.\n\n\n  \n \nVice President – Shared development center: Pavol Eliáš \n \nDescartes is the global leader in providing on-demand\, software-as-a-service solutions focused on improving the productivity\, performance and security of logistics-intensive businesses. Customers use our modular\, software-as-a-service solutions to route\, schedule\, track and measure delivery resources; plan\, allocate and execute shipments; rate\, audit and pay transportation invoices; access global trade data; file customs and security documents for imports and exports; and complete numerous other logistics processes by participating in the world’s largest\, collaborative multimodal logistics community. Our headquarters are in Waterloo\, Ontario\, Canada and we have offices and partners around the world. Learn more at www.descartes.com.\n\n\n  \n \nCountry Manager: Zdenko Bohmer \n \nDXC Technology is the world’s leading business transformation company\, helping clients harness the power of innovation to thrive on change. Born of the merger of CSC and the Enterprise Services business of Hewlett Packard Enterprise\, DXC serves nearly 6\,000 private and public-sector enterprises across 70 countries. DXC’s technology independence\, global talent\, expertise\, and extensive alliance of partners combine to deliver the most powerful end-to-end next-generation IT services and solutions. We are an experienced hand who has met the challenges of innovation many times before\, and has a clear and confident vision for navigating the future. We work with you\, at your side\, to solve complex challenges in ways that minimize business risk and maximize opportunity. We operate differently: Our world-class talent becomes part of your team\, innovating with you and putting the right technology to work for your organization. We bring along the industry’s best technology partners as integral members of our team. And we invest in building collaborative client relationships that flex and grow to help meet new challenges with confidence\, speed and agility.\n\n\n  \n \nHead of Research and Development: Mario Paroha \n \nGreenWay operates the most comprehensive network of electric vehicle charging stations in Slovakia. Our network enables users to enjoy the use of their electric vehicles comfortably throughout Slovakia and abroad. \nOur vision is Central & Eastern Europe cleaner\, healthier and less dependent on oil thanks to the widespread use of electric vehicles. We are dedicated to making the widespread use of electric vehicles realistic and the preferred transportation option for all people. We build and manage electric vehicle charging infrastructure throughout Central and Eastern Europe and work with people\, companies\, organizations\, and governments to develop and expand the electromobility ecosystem. We aim to be the largest EV charging infrastructure operator in the region. \nWe offer charging services for EV drivers\, and also to those looking to install a publicly accessible EV charger on their premises. We can help plan\, install\, operate\, and maintain these chargers.\nWe currently operate an interconnected network of 20 public fast charging stations in Slovakia\, and are building 10 more. We are also building the first comprehensive\, nationwide network of publicly accessible fast charging stations in Poland. We deploy the latest technologies in AC charging\, DC fast charging\, ultra-fast charging\, and battery assisted fast charging. Thanks to our roaming partnerships with operators around Europe members of our network can travel seamlessly abroad.\n\n\n  \n \nCEO & Co-funder: Martin Adámek \n \nInloop is an award-winning\, customer oriented\, product driven and cost effective organisation. Once people get in touch with Inloop\, they stay for a long time. Customers are returning and recommending Inloop to others. Company’s professional team has almost zero employee turnover. Inloop is a chosen partner of international enterprises such as Intel and Mercedes-Benz as well as Silicon Valley startups. The company was founded by Android industry veterans\, who built great apps since Android’s day one. Technical\, design and management excellence are the core skills that drive the success of Inloop’s customers.\n\n\n  \n \nHead of the organizational unit: Ondrej Chrappa \n \nSiemens is a global technology powerhouse that has stood for engineering excellence\, innovation\, quality\, reliability and internationality for more than 165 years. The company is active in more than 200 countries\, focusing on the areas of electrification\, automation and digitalization. \nOne of the world’s largest producers of energy-efficient\, resource-saving technologies\, Siemens is a leading supplier of efficient power generation and power transmission solutions and a pioneer in infrastructure solutions as well as automation\, drive and software solutions for industry. The company is also a leading provider of medical imaging equipment – such as computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging systems – and a leader in laboratory diagnostics as well as clinical IT. In fiscal 2016\, which ended on September 30\, 2016\, Siemens generated revenue of €79.6 billion and net income of €5.6 billion. At the end of September 2016\, the company had around 351\,000 employees worldwide.\n\n\n  \n \nProduct development specialist: Milan Herman \n \nTowercom\, a.s. is a business company focused mainly on the provision of terrestrial and satellite television and radio broadcasting services throughout the whole territory of the Slovak Republic.\nTowercom\, a.s. is the successor of Rádiokomunikácie\, o.z.\, company and has over a 60-year-long history of the provision of broadcasting services behind it. In addition to the broadcasting services\, the company also provides services including the distribution of modulation signals\, mobile relays\, consulting services and frequency planning for the field of broadcasting.Towercom also owns extensive transmission mast-infrastructure in the territory of the whole of Slovakia and offers its leasing\, projection\, building and both technological and non-technological maintenance services for the devices of clients. In addition to the above\, Towercom\, a.s. offers data transfer and the leasing of data circuits services and also for data centre services. Rent of the FTTH optical fiber access network in Bratislava belongs to the important part of the Towercom’s portfolio.\n\n\n  \n \nBusiness Development Manager: Radovan Hilbert \n \nFor 27 years\, YMS\, a.s. has been a dependable partner creating intelligent technical and geospatial information systems. YMS specialises in meeting the needs of large industrial companies and public service enterprises to manage resources\, maintenance\, to identify and eliminate risks. YMS manages complex forestry\, natural gas\, water or veterinarian information systems. The company team uses modern technologies for collecting and processing data including remote sensing or internet of things. Customers receive a complete service from identification of needs\, through development and implementation of systems to their long-term functional and technological maintenance.\n\n\n\n\n\nRegistrations are closed. \nThe event has no admission fee thanks to the sponsorship of the ERAdiate project. However\, a contribution of 50 euro will be charged to cover the costs of catering and event materials. The registration will be finalised and your place confirmed only following the payment of such contribution. \nCancellation and refund policy\nCancellations must be done in writing (e-mail). 50% of the registration fee will be refunded for cancellations received before 19 August 2017. After 19 August no refund will be made. Participants who cancel after 19 August or do not attend the Grants Week without giving notice are liable to pay the entire registration fee. All refunds will be processed after the event. \n\n\nThe UNIZA Grants Week will be held at the University of Žilina. \nThe Grants Week will take place in the following meeting rooms: \nDAY 1 (19/9) and DAY 2 (20/9): UNIZA Scientific Council Room\, located in Nová Menza (Vysokoškolákov 26\, Zilina). \nDAY 3 (21/9): Aula 2. For the morning session\, participants will then be guided to rooms AF104 and AF106. These 3 rooms are located in the Rectorat of the University of Žilina (Univerzitná 8215/1). \n\n\n\nWe recommend that you arrange your hotel booking as soon as possible. \nPlease see the map with the location of the Grants Week venues and the hotels that are listed below.\n \n\n\n\nHotel Dubna Skala****\nHurbanova 8\n010 01 Žilina\nThe Hotel Dubna Skala\, the only “boutique” hotel in the city\, is situated right in the historic centre of Zilina. The hotel’s exclusive environment is characterized by its unique design\, modern comfort and intimate atmosphere.\nRate: 95 EUR double room single use\, per night\, excluding breakfast 10 EUR\n\n\nPalace Hotel Polom**** Hviezdoslava 22\n010 01 Žilina\n \nThe exclusive Palace Hotel Polom is the entrance gateway to the Žilina city centre. The stunning building situated at the beginning of the pedestrian zone draws attention not only with its appearance\, but also with its history. Possibility of parking on the attended hotel´s car park.\nRate: 69 EUR single use\, per night\, breakfast included\n\n\nPenzión Central Park***\nSad SNP 663 / 18\n010 01 Žilina\nPenzión Central Park is a real oasis of peace and relaxation in the centre of Žilina. A welcome drink\, breakfast buffet\, entry to the wellness centre and parking on the guesthouse´s premises are extra bonuses for the guests.\nRate: 55 EUR single use\, per night\, breakfast excluded\n\n\nHotel Grand***\nMarianske square\nNa priekope 29\n010 01 Žilina\nHotel Grand\, dating from 1910\, is situated in a car-free zone right in the historic centre of Zilina. It offers a modern spa area.\nRate: 44 EUR single use\, per night\, excluding breakfast 5 EUR\n\n\nEcono Hotel***\nV. Spanyola 43F\n010 01 Žilina\nEconoHotel is located in a quiet part of Žilina next to the town’s parks. It is 10 minutes walk from the historical center and 15 minutes walk from the University.\nRate: 45 EUR single use\, per night\, including breakfast\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n Grants Week - Practial information\n \n Download\n \n \n \n \n \n 15 downloads659.44 KB\n\nShould you have any questions regarding your stay in Žilina\, please contact Nathalie Lugano. 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