The Security Research programme of DG ENTR organizes a one-day Workshop on “Crisis and disaster management: Roadmap for a FP7 Demonstration Programme”, which will be held on 25th January 2012 in Brussels (venue: BAO, rue Rue Félix Hap, 11, B-1040 Brussels - http://www.bao.be/).
The workshop will bring together a wide range of crisis and disaster end-users, security research stakeholders, civil society, first responders, crisis managers, public authorities, academia and industry. Stakeholder participation in this workshop is important.
The objective is to discuss the roadmap and priorities that should be taken into consideration within a future FP7 European demonstration programme on crisis and disaster management (FP7 SEC call for proposal expected in July 2012).

The programme will be divided into the four following sessions:

• Session I: towards a FP7 demonstration programme on crisis and disaster management
• Session II: R&D approaches and solutions of relevance for the demo programme
• Session III: end users involvement
• Session IV: suitable or potential demonstrations

Feel free to forward this information to any organisations or experts that might be interested by this workshop.
Full information about the programme and registration request will be soon available at:: http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/policies/security/index_en.htm.

Please note that the number of participants will be strictly limited. Prior request for registration is obligatory and subject to confirmation.
Only confirmed participants will be able to attend this workshop.