Invitation to ERIP IPC work shop 19 -20

Invitation to ERIP IPC work shop 19. -20. March 2009 in Trondheim (and ERIP Steering Group meeting, 18. March 2009 in Trondheim)

Welcome to ERIP work shop in Trondheim in March!

Agenda Steering group meeting 18. March Place: SINTEF Technology and society, S. P. Andersens veg 5, Trondheim • • • 12. 00 -13. 00 Lunch 13. 00 -18. 00 Steering Group meeting – Helen will distribute detailed agenda 19. 00 -22. 00 Dinner at Tavern – Traditional Norwegian cuisine in a restaurant from 1739

Agenda IPC work shop Thursday 19. March Place: SINTEF Technology and society, S. P. Andersens veg 5, Trondheim • • 09. 00 -10. 30 Introduction to WS 10. 30 -14. 00 World cup Biathlon – Transport to Granåsen, World cup Biathlon – World cup Biathlon sprint Men 14. 00 -18. 00 Work shop part I – Detailed agenda will come 19. 00 -22. 00 Dinner

Agenda IPC work shop Friday 20. March Place: SINTEF Technology and society, S. P. Andersens veg 5, Trondheim • • • 08. 30 -10. 30 Company visit – Details will come 11. 00 -15. 00 IPC work shop part II – Detailed agenda will come 15. 00 -16. 00 Summing up and good bye

Content IPC work shop Thursday-Friday The IPC work shop is part of ERIP WP 3 Establish Transnational Network of Innovative Productivity Centres (IPC) In the work shop we will discuss: – National IPCs – structure, content and activities – Knowledge distribution to IPC members – Transnational cooperation possibilities Detailed agenda will come. Wishes and requests for topics are welcome!

Practical details TRAVEL: Flights can be booked to Trondheim Airport Vaernes by – Star Alliance partners such as SAS (www. sas. no) or Lufthansa via Oslo – Wideroe via Copenhagen (www. wideroe. no) – KLM directly from Schipol (www. klm. com) – Norwegian Air Shuttle via Oslo (www. norwegian. no low-fare point-to-point airline) Shuttle bus to/from the hotel and the airport ACCOMODATION: We have reserved 15 rooms at Rica Nidelven Hotel (Tel. : +47 73568000) in the city centre. Booking and payment of rooms is done directly to the Hotel. Use the booking code “erip 180309. grp”. Rooms must be booked before 18 th of February 2009! Price 1. 075 NOK (~120€) per room per night incl. the hotel’s world famous breakfast buffet Web: www. rica-hotels. com/index. cfm? oa=hotel. display&con=685&gclid=CMK 0 wdu. Sopg. CFd. CS 3 wodz. Tuhmw

Location SINTEF Place: SINTEF Technology and society, S. P. Andersens veg 5, Trondheim Nearby Lerkendal stadium (Rosenborg F. C. ) Link to map: http: //maps. google. no/maps? f=d&source=s_d&saddr=rica+nidelven&daddr=S. +P. +Andersens+ve g+5, +7031+Trondheim&hl=no&geocode=&mra=ls&sll=63. 410833, 10. 407143&sspn=0. 007587, 0. 0 21243&ie=UTF 8&ll=63. 423181, 10. 442505&spn=0. 030951, 0. 175095&z=13

World Cup Biathlon 19. -22. 3. 09 • • • The first World Cup Biathlon ever in Trondheim is held March 19. -22. We wish you all a warm welcome to the e. on Ruhrgas IBU World Cup Biathlon events in Trondheim! More information at the website http: //english. biathlon-trondheim. no NB! If you’d like to stay for the World Cup Saturday and Sunday it’s possible!

Contact details Any questions can be directed to the SINTEF ERIP-team: - Jorunn Auth (project secretary), jorunn. auth@sintef. no, tlf +47 73590219 - Torbjörn Netland, torbjorn. netland@sintef. no - Katrine Jakobsen - Ola Strandhagen SINTEF Technology and society Department of Industrial management Operations Management group S. P. Andersens veg 5 N-7465 Trondheim Web: www. sintef. no/erip