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1. - meeting 08 July – 12 July 2013 Ghent (Belgium) Host: Ghent University – iMinds

2. Host – • 1817 • State University • Latin-speaking • William I, King of the Netherlands • 1830 • Belgium independence • Owned by Belgian State • French was the new official academic language • 1930 • the first Dutch-speaking university in Belgium

3. Host – • Eminent scientists studied and worked at Ghent University • Joseph Plateau (physicist, considered as a pioneer in the development of motion pictures) • Leo Baekeland (inventor of Bakelite) • Corneel Heymans (Nobel Prize winner in Medicine) • Joseph Guislain (pioneer in psychiatry)

4. Host – … in numbers • 36.000 students • 11 faculties • 8.622 staff members

5. Host – iMinds • Independent research institute • Founded in 2004 by Flemish government (IBBT) • Focus on ICT • Funding through research projects • Industrial partners • Research groups  multidisciplinary • > 1000 researchers from 5 research departments • Research domains including ‘Culture & media’, ‘Healthy Society’ & ‘ICT & energy’

6. Location - Ghent • Capital of East Flanders • Statistics • 248 242 inhabitants (01/01/2012) • 156,18 km2 • Altitude: 8m • Medieval architecture • Delicacies • Cuberdons • Stoverij / waterzooi • Chocolates

8. Venue Monasterium ‘PoortAckere’ • Poort (gate) & Akker (field) • Purpose • Beguine house • Orphanage • Student residence • Neogothic

9. Practical arrangements Coffee breaks • 8:00 am (Welcome coffee) • 10:15 am • 15:00 pm Wireless • SSID: hotel Lunches • 11:45 am – 13:00 pm • Restaurants in city center • Own expenses • Door will be closed

10. Practical – Lunches

11. Practical – Lunches

12. Practical – Social event • Dinner @ Graslei • Wednesday, 7:00 pm • Monasterium departure 6:45 pm

13. Practical – Social event • Sponsored by Ghent University – iMinds • Dinner + drinks (up to the coffee) • 3 menus + vegetarian • See handout bundle • Make choice by Monday evening!

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