The European Union’s Intelligent Energy – Europe II (IEE) Programme is now open for applications, with budget of €67M to support up to 75% of the costs of eligible projects. To guide prospective applicants to this call for proposals, an information seminar will be held on 21st February 2012.

The 2012 Intelligent Energy Europe call for Proposals seeks projects in the following areas:

- SAVE - Energy efficiency and rational use of resources.

- ALTENER – New and renewable energy resources.

- STEER - Energy-efficient transport.

Registration 9.30am, Seminar 10.00am to 4.00pm light lunch included

For more information on the call click here.

Registered participants will receive the full agenda prior to the event.

Places are limited so please register in advance.

Alternative Energies

Date: 21 February 2012
Time: 08:00-09:30 (networking and registrating starting at 07:30)
Venue: Byrne Wallace's Office, Grand Canal Square, Dublin 2.
Speakers: Mazhar Bari, CEO, SolarPrint and one other speaker, TBC in the coming weeks.

The Dublin Chamber of Commerce Green Economy Forum is kindly sponsored by ByrneWallace, KPMG and Ulster Bank.

For further information or to register please contact international@dublinchamber.ie

ABOUT THE SPEAKERS

Dr. Mazhar Bari is the co-founder and CEO of SolarPrint Ltd. He holds a PhD in Physics from the University of Cambridge (1996) and an MBA Smurfit School of Business, Dublin (2003). He holds patents in energy materials and devices. He is an expert in technology commercialisation and scaling. SolarPrint has raised 4M Euro to date and is currently shipping prototype product to customers. SolarPrint has made huge progress in turning our core printable dye sensitised solar cell (DSSC) technology into a leading energy harvesting product (to enable wireless sensors).

“This event may qualify as CPD for your professional association”

Date: Tuesday, 7^th February 2012

Time: 12.30pm

Venue: Galway Chamber of Commerce

It offers a strong set of templates and project management tools for negotiating and administering framework 7 grant agreements. Please check course overview for further details.

Registration is via FP7 Ireland's online portal only.  Full details of the event and how to register are availabe here.

Registration is via FP7 Ireland's online portal only.  Full details of the event and how to register are availabe here.

This year the main focus will be on the following five themes:

• ICT for “Smart Cities”
• Digital Content, open data, and creativity
• ICT for health, ageing well, and inclusion
• ICT for innovative government and public services
• Trusted e-services and other actions

At the Information Day there will be discussions on:

• The objectives in the above five themes
• Best practices in making an ICT PSP proposal
• Funding instruments
• Tools for partnership
• Networking opportunities for participants, where you will have the opportunity to present a summary of your project idea, using PowerPoint, addressing an objective in this work programme, for about 3-5 minutes, depending on the number of participants requesting this.   

The World Sustainable Energy Days are the largest annual conference in this field in Europe. In the past, the conference attracted more than 10,000 participants from 99 countries!

The topics of the meetings are:

• solar thermal heating
• geothermal energy/heat pumps
• photovoltaic systems
• biomass and biogas
• energy store
• air-conditioning and ventilation technology
• sustainable construction
• energy consulting
• combined heat and power plant (CHP)
• fuel cells, hydrogen, wind

Benefits!
 

• Meet potential co-operation partners in one location on the same day
• Present, discuss and develop new ideas and projects at an international level
• Build up partnerships
• Promote your technologies/products in Austria and the rest of Europe

This event is free of charge! For further information and registration please visit the event website; www.b2match.eu/expoenergy2012

Contact Miss Lisa Madlmayr (Tel.: +43 732 9015-5446, Email: madlmayr@catt.at)

We are delighted to invite you to our National Procurement Day's Conference due to take place on February 16th 2012. This event aims to address the issues faced by businesses in winning tenders in Ireland, the UK and across Europe. This event is part of the 'Are tenders on your radar?' procurement workshops initiative.

Venue: The Alexander Hotel, 41 - 47 Fenian Street, Dublin 2

Price: Free!

08:00 - 09:00: Registration and Networking

09:00: Welcome by Chair, Mr. Peter Brennan, Bid Management Services

09:15: Opening address by Brian Hayes TD, Minister of State at the Department of Finance with special responsibility for the Office of Public Works (OPW)

09:45: Recent Trends in Public Procurement in Ireland, the UK and Europe

Vincent Campbell, Head of the National Procurement Service, Office of Public Works (OPW), “The Irish Procurement Landscape

Alison Riley, Senior Procurement Officer, Hampshire County council, “Learning from the UK Experience”

Richard Hall, Managing Director, EISC Ltd, “The principles of public procurement in Europe”

10:45: Coffee break

11.00: Case studies: The Irish SME experience of public procurement
Speakers (TBC)

12.00: Breakout sessions
- Sessions run simultaneously, 30/35 places per session allocated on a first come, first served basis -

Colin Borland, Director, Bid Management Services – Northern Ireland, Tendering in Northern Ireland

Mary O’Halloran, Senior Procurement Manager, National Procurement Service, OPW, Getting your slice of Irish Public Procurement Opportunities (Full).

John Swords, Assistant National Director Procurement Head of Portfolio & Category Management, HSE, Health Service Executive Procurement

Declan McDonnell, Head of Procurement, Bord na Móna, Bord na Móna Procurement

13:15 Networking Luncheon

14:00 End


To register for this event click here.

The Smart Energy Solutions Partnering Event aims to bring together Irish and international companies to meet potential co-operation partners in one location over two days with a view to developing business links.  This two day business partnering event is suited to innovative companies in the field of sustainable energy who are looking to trade or partner with international companies.

The Partnering Event takes place during the Energy Show 2012 which is the annual showcase for thousands of energy professionals who want to see the latest sustainable energy technologies and each year it grows in quantity and quality.  The theme of the 2012 Show is “Smart Energy Solutions”, highlighting the diversity of energy efficient and renewable energy solutions which are now available to organisations throughout Ireland as we move towards a clean low carbon economy. 

The Partnering Event is FREE – pre registration is required. Following registration participants will have the opportunity to request meetings in advance of the event.  An informal evening networking reception will also allow companies to continue to connect following the meetings.

Further information and registration details go to Smart Energy Solutions Partnering Event