Conference Name

Event programme

9:30 - 10:00	Registration
	Opening
10:00 - 10:10	Enterprise Europe Network services in the Czech Republic Adéla Hradilová, South Moravian Innovation Centre Jaroslav Sobotka, BIC Plzeň
	Keynote speech
10:10 - 10:30	General trends in nanotechnologies and advanced materials Anit Shukla, Practice director, Frost & Sullivan
	Presentation of recent funding opportunities
10:30 - 10:50	Advanced materials and nanotechnologies in Horizon 2020 Petr Pracna, NCP for NMP, Technology centre ASCR
10:50 - 11:15	Eureka and Eurostars - innovation across border Svatopluk Halada, Eureka Deputy HLR
11:15 - 11:35	SME Instrument - opportunity for innovative SMEs with global ambitions Michaela Vlková, NCP for Innovation in SMEs, Technology Centre ASCR
11:35 - 11:45	Discussion
11:45 - 12:00	Coffee break
	Potential of nanotechnologies in the Czech Republic
12:00 - 12:15	CEITEC - Central European Institute of Technology Radimír Vrba, Director of CEITEC BUT, CEITEC
12:15 - 12:30	Czech is Nano Jiří Kůs, Chairman, Czech Nanotechnology Industries Association
12:30 - 12:45	Nanostructured titanium for medical applications Pavel Šuchmann, Technical sales representative, COMTES FHT
12:45 - 13:00	Discussion
13:00 - 13:30	Lunch
	Networking
13:30 - 14:30	Networking I. - get to know each other
14:30 - 16:00	Networking II. - brokerage event
16:00 - 17:30	CEITEC visit (optional)

About CEITEC

CEITEC is a scientific centre in the fields of life sciences, advanced materials and technologies whose aim is to establish itself as a recognized centre for basic as well as applied research. CEITEC offers a state-of-the-art infrastructure and great conditions to employ excellent researchers. CEITEC was approved by the European Commission on 6th June 2011. It is a consortium whose partners include the most prominent universities and research institutes in Brno, and it benefits from the support of the Region of South-Moravia and the City of Brno. The following participate in the setting up of the centre of excellence: Masaryk University, Brno University of Technology, Mendel University in Brno, University of Veterinary and Pharmaceutical Sciences in Brno, Veterinary Research Institute and Institute of Physics of Materials of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic.

Multi-field Centre

Multi-field CEITEC is in fact the first type of a scientific centre in the Czech Republic to integrate research and development in the fields of life sciences, advanced materials and technologies in such a large range. The research is divided into 61 groups and 7 programmes: