ACEOLE Kick Off Meeting

Thursday 2 Oct 2008, 00:00 → 19:00 Europe/Zurich

160/1-009 (CERN)

Mike Letheren (CERN), Robert Andrew McLaren (CERN), Seamus Hegarty (CERN)

1st ACEOLE meeting - The Kick Off

1 ACEOLE Kick Off home page

text Invitation.doc Invitation.pdf

2 Before the meeting

Participants are invited to re-read the attached document - Annex I to the grant agreement (“Description of Work”); Please check timescales, deliverables, draft training plan and secondment.

document Annex_I.pdf

3 Welcome and introductions

Slides Welcome.pdf Welcome.ppt

4 Overview of ACEOLE as defined in the grant agreement

i. Annex I (workpackages, timescales, deliverables) ii. Working with partners

Speaker: Mike Letheren

Slides KickOff_MilestonesDeliverables.pdf KickOff_MilestonesDeliverables.ppt

5 Project administration

i. EC contractual requirements ii. Training requirements iii. Status of manpower and finance iv. Admin/finance procedures v. Experience of dealing with the EU vi. Money - What are we paid for? - Who can claim what?

Speaker: Seamus Hegarty

Slides Kick-Off_Admin_Finance.pdf Kick-Off_Admin_Finance.ppt

6 Coffee break

7 Project structure and organisation

People i. Work package leaders ii. Supervisors iii. Researchers Sharepoint site

Speaker: Robert McLaren

Slides People_and_Organisation.pdf People_and_Organisation.ppt

8 Training

i. Career development plans for each ESR/ER ii. Training logs iii. Conferences and workshops iv. Participation in ACEOLE management

Speaker: Seamus Hegarty

Paper

• Kick-off_CDP_FP6.pdf
• Kick-Off_Training.pdf
• Kick-Off_Training.ppt

9 Goals of parallel sessions

i. Agree deliverables; time and content ii. Draw up plan for training and secondment iii. Draw up plan for Visiting Scientists iv. Write brief summary of discussions and decisions

Speaker: Robert McLaren

Slides Goals.pdf Goals.ppt

10 Lunch

11 Parallel Sessions (WP 1-5)

Speaker: Work Package Leaders

12 Wrap up - Questions and answers

13 Wine and Cheese