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ScanBalt Campus –Kick off meeting in Lund, June 14, 2005

Introduction

Oliver LindqvistDirector, GMV – Centre för Environment and Sustainability,

Chalmers and Göteborg University

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Chalmers and Göteborg University Cooperation via GMV – Centre for Environment and Sustainability

about 50,000 students2,500 faculty and PhD students3,000 staff

10,600 students1,600 faculty and PhD students 800 staff

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GMV is

• a networknetwork of ca 400 environmental scientists from Göteborg University and Chalmers University of Technology, Göteborg.

• a joint venturejoint venture between Chalmers and Göteborg University

• a meeting pointmeeting point for activities.

• a platform platform for projectsfor projects.

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GMV’s network

Chalmers Science

Economics and commercial law

ArtsSahlgrenska academy (Medicine)

Fine and applied arts

Social Sciences

EducationCooperation

ResearchResearch schools

EducationOutreach

Funding

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Examples of GMV networks/projects

• GAME, Göteborg Action for Management of the Environment– A cooperation between universities, research institutes, industry and

regional authorities in West Sweden

• EPSD, European Panel for Sustainable Development– A university network for analyses and proposals on the European

policy on sustainable development

• AGS, Alliance for Global Sustainability– A university and industry network for global SD projects (Chalmers, ETH, MIT and TU; ABB, Dupont, Ford, STENA, Vattenfall)

ScanBalt Campus

A model for a trans-national and trans-sectorial institution based on education, research

and development

Project objectives: • Provide a concept for ScanBalt Campus

• Initiate the build up of ScanBalt Academy

• Create examples of shared curricula

• Catalyse the initiation of transnational Knowledge Centers

• Establish a media database

• Establish a one-stop-entry to SBC

• Host a number of workshops and meetings

The strategic challenge of ScanBalt Campus

• Reduction of compartmentalisation

• Clustering for excellence

• Improving university collaboration with industry, hospitals an regional authorities

• Attraction of resources for research and education

• Improving the balance between demand and present supply and output of education

Work packages and responsibles

WP 1: ScanBalt Campus Concept and Curricula (Bo Samuelsson, Göteborg University)

WP 2: Knowledge Centers (Carita Martin, BioTurku)

WP 3: Information platform (Heinrich Cuypers, BioCon Valley)

WP 4: Dissemination (Jens Gran, MedCoast Scandinavia)

Coordinator: Oliver Lindqvist, GMV - Centre of Environment and Sustainability, Chalmers and Göteborg University

Project manager: Katarina Gårdfeldt, Göteborg University

Project Economy

Interreg lll B co-financing 462.405 EuroPartner co-financing 354.945 EuroTotal budget 817.350 Euro

Start date: 1 May 2005Project period: 18 monthsReports: 3 monthsTotal: 21 months

Project ends: 30 Jan 2007

Centre for Environment and Sustainability (SE)University of Copenhagen (DK)Copenhagen Business School (DK)Danish University of Pharm. Sciences (DK)BioMedicoForum (DK)Øresund Environment Academy (SE/DK)Aalborg University (DK)Novo Nordisk(DK)Turku BioValley (FI)University of Oulu (FI)Aabo Academy (FI)Helsinki University (FI)Turku School of Economics (FI)Steinbeis Transfer Center (DE)Norgenta (DE)TuTech Innovation (DE)

BBB Management (DE)BioConValley (DE)University of Rostock (DE)Göteborg University (SE)MedCoast Scandinavia (NO/SE)University of Kalmar (SE)Öresunds University (SE/DK)Center for IP studies (SE)Norwegian School of Vet. Sci. (NO)Estonian Genome Foundation (EE)P. Stradins University Hospital (LV)Fermentas (LT)Medical University of Gdansk (PL)University of Gdansk (PL)Research Inst. of Exp Medicine (RU)

31 Partners

Planned Key Events to now

14 June 2005 Kick off meeting

14 June 2005 Round table discussion WP 1 (Concepts)

14 June 2005 Workshop WP 2 (Knowledge Centers)

17 Oct 2005 Presentation of SBC at the Baltic Development Forums Stockholm summit 3 Nov 2005 Plenary presentation of SBC at 4th ScanBalt Forum 4 Nov 2005 SBC workshop 1 at 4th ScanBalt Forum (Concepts) 4 Nov 2005 SBC workshop 2 at 4th ScanBalt Forum (Knowledge Centers)

XX Nov (?) 2006 Final presentation at 5th ScanBalt Forum

In between Key Events: WP meetings, meetings of project management, etc.