SME Collaboration Seminar  Castletroy Park Hotel, Friday 9th March Symposium of Collaborating European SMEs Organised in conjunction with: The University of Limerick's Enterprise Research Centre and Enterprise Ireland ------------------------------- NEW - Event Press Coverage - "Innovate or Die" - NEW     Symposium Agenda ('Left click' the Presentation Title to open in a new window, 'Right click' Title and 'Save Target As...' to download) 08.30 Registration and refreshments 09.00   Official Opening Brendan Flood, Divisional Manager, Regions and Entrepreneurship Enterprise Ireland Session 1 – Chair: Liam Brown, Supply Network Shannon & Enterprise Ireland 09.15 Programme for University Industry Interface - Maximising SME benefits Prof. Eamonn Murphy, Research Director, E.R.C., University of Limerick   09.30 Overview - Supply Network Shannon Maurice McLernon, Chairman SNS & Chairman Advanced Innovation Ltd   09.45 Ecolead (FP6 Integrated Project) Martin Ollus, VTT­ Technical Research Centre of Finland   10.05 Collaborative Network in Action Matthias Oswald, Virtuelle-fabrik AG (Switzerland)   10.25 Collaborating in Business - delivering results for small organisations  Denis Kearney, SNS Project Manager, SME Collaborate   10.45 Break Session 2 – Chair: Dick Whelan, Supply Network Shannon & Almir Business Ltd. 11.15 Collaborative Demand and Supply Networks Prof. Agostino Villa, Dept of Production Systems & Economics, Politecnico di Torino, Italy   11.35 Technolgical Research for Industry  Marta Salvador, Knowledge Management, Eidon, Italy,   11.50 Networking in Northern Ireland Bob Barbour, Director and Chief Executive of the Centre for Competitiveness, Northern Ireland   12.10 Framework Programme 7 (FP7) Introduction Liam Brown, SNS Marketing Chairman & FP7 National Contact Point (NMP), Enterprise Ireland   12.15 FP7 - Research for the benefits of SMEs Sean Burke, FP7 National Contact Point (SME), Enterprise Ireland   12.30 Close of Symposium followed by lunch   13.30 Plant Tour of Dell or Vistakon (pre-booked)