France-Ireland Cooperation on Beyond 5G and 6G Research and Innovation is a two part online event dedicated to exploring research and innovation cooperation opportunities between Ireland and France in the Smart Network and Services Joint Undertaking.
Day 1 session was held on 8th November 2023 starting at 9.30 am GMT (10.30 am CET) and finishing at 12.10 pm GMT (13.10 pm CET). Day 1 was a high level session introducing the collaboration and presenting the capabilities and opportunities for collaboration between Ireland and France in the SNS-JU calls, including the traditional RIAs, IA, and other opportunities available in Stream C and D Financial Support to Third Party (FSTP) open calls. SNS OPS partners, Olivier Audouin of Bell labs France, Nokia gave a presentation on Nokia 5G/6G R&I and Ecosystem and Jim Clarke of SETU made a presentation on all the upcoming opportunities of the Stream C and Stream D FSTP open calls for the participants.
Day 2 session is being held on 15th November 2023 starting at 9.30 am GMT (10.30 am CET) and finishing at 12.15 pm GMT (13.15 pm CET). Day 2 is dedicated to allowing researchers and innovators to conduct networking, pitching sessions and brainstorming discussions on future proposals. The goal is for French and Irish researchers and innovators to meet up and connect in relevant breakout rooms to discuss and initiate France – Ireland cooperation on Beyond 5G and 6G research and innovation calls, especially cooperation in the Smart Networks and Services Joint Undertaking (SNS JU) 2024 Call and in other relevant French/Irish Calls that were presented during the Day 1 webinar on 8th November. Prior to opening the breakout rooms, a presentation on the SNS JU 2024 Call topics will be given by a senior SNS JU representative to kick off the discussions.
The full agenda can be found at AGENDA- EVENT FRANCE-IRELAND – Google Docs.