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This conference in Prague on September 4, 2008, addressed crucial issues regarding the future organization and collaboration of COGAIN events. Discussions included potential integration with ETRA and ISAAC, the feasibility of hosting a dedicated COGAIN conference in 2011, and the logistical aspects of sponsorship and funding. Key topics covered were academic contributions, exhibition fees, and partner engagement to ensure robust participation. The goal is to establish a sustainable conference model while considering collaboration with other existing events.
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CONFERENCE ISSUES CONFERENCE ISSUES Praha, 04.09.2008
Form of the event • Take over ETRA? (and/or ISAAC)? Or be ourselves? When, who, how? • Having our own conference (alternate with ETRA). Have the first COGAIN session (conference) together with ETRA 2010. • Having our own conference close to ECEM? • Academic output?
Which companies would be sponsors? • Exhibition fee • Sponsorship fee • Do our industrial partners go and sponsor ETRA, ECEM, COGAIN…? • Who underwrites any loss from organising the conference?
Do we want a conference next year? • No. Too ambitious.
Conclusions • Having our own conference. Close in time to ECEM? • Having a COGAIN session in the next ETRA 2010 • First COGAIN conference in 2011. Two-three days event. Need sponsors. Ask industrial partners. • Academic output. Full papers. • Possibility of having Cogain conference 2009 (promised to the commission) together with Vision days at the DTU (May 2009) • WE NEED A CONFERENCE IN COMMITTEE?