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General Assembly 2
14 November 2006

Location:
Marriott Hotel
Vangerowstrasse 16, 69115 Heidelberg, Germany
Hotel reservation
 

The second General Assembly of the eMobility Technology Platform will take place 14^th November 2006 in Heidelberg, Germany.  All members and non-members are cordially invited to attend. The eMobility General Assembly is co-located with the 17^th Wireless World Research Forum meeting, which takes place at the same location in Heidelberg from 15^th to 17^th November 2006. 

During the event, the Steering Board will report on the activities of the eMobility Technology Platform during the year and will provide an outline of the work planned for the coming year. 

Since the first General Assembly, eMobility has progressively implemented its workplan and has been very active on many fronts.

The main activities during the year related have been:

1. Enlargement of the Membership, which resulted in a broad and representative involvement of the stake holders. The Membership of the eMobility Technology Platform includes, as of June 2006, 312 organisations from 34 countries, including 88 industry organisations, 95 SMEs and 129 members from research organisations.

2. Further development of the Strategic Research Agenda with the participation of the Membership (Workshop 11th May 06) which contributed to the SRA version 5, which will be released and available on the web site for download around the end of July.

3. Adoption of the Framework Programme and advising on the views of eMobility, as the Proposal of the Commission passed through the EU institutions and was amended. The role was to ensure that all institutions were aware of the views of the eMobility Membership on the content, funding and procedures for FP7.

4. Working with the representatives of the Member States in the framework of the Mirror Group to share information and identify opportunities to relate to nationally funded activities. Two meetings took place and will be followed up by further meetings addressing specific issues as the work under FP7 takes shape.

5. Collaboration with other European Technology Platforms (ETPs) notably ISI, NEM and NESSI as well as with CELTIC (EUREKA) with a view to sharing understanding on common issues and establishing working relations for the future. This resulted in 2 joint Press Releases in the context of meetings with ETPs organised by the Austrian EU Presidency.

6. Exploration of the orientation and timing of the work which might be proposed under FP7 related to SRA. This exercise, undertaken by the Steering Board on June 13th and 30th, showed that work spanning most of the SRA is likely to be considered for inclusion in the 1st Call, although the phasing of work during the full seven year duration of FP 7 was not discussed in any depth.
    

Agenda

A draft agenda is now available for the meeting.  The GA2 will start at 10.30 and end 16.30.

Registration

All participants have to register before the meeting. The registration fee is 130 €. Payment can be made by credit card or bank transfer. Please use the online Registration Form.
Please note that in case of cancellation, no refunds will be made. Substitute participants are welcome.

Hotel Reservation

For GA2 we have made block bookings of a limited amount of rooms at two hotels in Heidelberg (held until 18 September 2006). Please note that there is no guarantee for a room until this date as the blocked capacity might be exhausted before. It is advisable to book rooms early to avoid disappointment!

• Marriott Hotel. This is the meeting hotel. For reservations, please fill in and fax this Hotel Booking Form to the hotel.
   
• Crowne Plaza Hotel: For reservations, please fill in and fax this Hotel Booking Form to the hotel. It takes 5-10 min by taxi to get to the meeting hotel.

For queries please feel free to contact Ellen Tallas