Untitled DOCTORAL CONSORTIUM EVENT - “IDENTITY OF THE MIND, BODY AND SPIRIT”

Doctoral Consortium Event - “Identity of the mind, body and spirit”

Within the 5th Workplan of FIDIS, there was no provision made for a joint IFIP Summer School event (as in previous Workplans, e.g. D15.2 and D15.3) since the time in which these events can run falls out of the end of the project. Instead a larger DC event, jointly held with another FP6 funded project, was chosen (D15.5). This DC event is organised in cooperation with the ACGT project (Advancing Clinico Genomic Trials on Cancer). Researchers and students from this project will also participate, a factor that renders this event even more valuable as it enables the exchange of ideas between researchers from other fields. This cooperation also allows us to ensure the participation of renowned speakers such as Dr. Diana Bowman (Monash University, Australia), Brecht Claerhout (Custodix, Belgium), Prof. Nikolaus Forgo (University of Hannover, Germany), Dr Manolis Tsiknakis (FORTH, Greece).

It was decided that this event will run in June 2008, within the six month overlap period between Workplan 4 and Workplan 5. Following an excellent response to the call for interest (22 replies of interest from FIDIS members) issued in March, it was decided, with resources from the 4th Workplan, to extend this event by an additional optional day which will incorporate more training aspects associated with the smaller DC events which otherwise would not be included. This maximises the number of participants reached, and raises the value of the event altogether.

Because this event is a deliverable in its own right from the 5th Workplan, albeit marginally enhanced through additional resources, the bulk of the reporting will be made in the report which will follow this event after it has run in June 2008.