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BIC Services
BIC-1: Access to EPNOE partner databases
- List and description of all on-going PhD and Master Theses
- CV's of Master and PhD students looking for employment
- Name and details of EPNOE researchers with their field of expertise
- EPNOE partners equipment database, called EPNOE Tool Box (internet-searchable database describing a set of over 200 different experimental tools available in EPNOE partners' institutions)
- Slides used in the EPNOE videoed-lectures
BIC-2: EPNOE Research Information
- Full text of non-confidential EPNOE partners' PhD and Master Theses
- Reports on the common basic and non-confidential research undertaken by EPNOE Members
- Invitation to the PhD defence of EPNOE Members' PhD students (where university regulations allow)
BIC-3: Strategic and Technological Watch data of EPNOE
- Updated list and description of the major organisations involved in promoting the use of biomass-based polymers
- Information about the participation of EPNOE in consultative or decision-making bodies
- Access to information on national-language conference papers: European countries plus Brazil and other countries of Central and South America (Japan and China under consideration)
- Updated news on polysaccharide science and policy
- Access to EPNOE market studies
- Access to the EPNOE database on major and advanced scientific papers (selection of 2500 articles on cellulose, starch, xylan, mannan and chitosan since 2000)
BIC-4: Organisation of Dedicated Meetings
- Private annual Business and Industry Club scientific conference where EPNOE Members will describe their latest results. Tutorials on hot topics identified by the BIC members
- Annual General Meeting of Business and Industry Club
- sharing expertise and knowledge, considering technical development affecting company operations
- providing a context for discussing scientific and non scientific issues with industrial colleagues, meeting potential customers/partners
- defining educational needs for knowledge transfer (including running in-house courses for companies)
BIC-5: Direct interaction with EPNOE
- Contribution to the Annual General Assembly of EPNOE Association
- Participation in defining the basic common research of EPNOE Members (EPNOE Research Road Map). Platform for suggesting basic topics of interest for industry
- Using the expertise of EPNOE partners for building collaborative projects:
- fundamental or applied research or development projects funded by a company or a company consortium
- research projects funded by National agencies
- European projects
BIC-6: Dedicated Infrastructure to enforce the Business and Industry Club networking activities
- Access to the private Business and Industry Club web site (collaborative platform)
- Promotion of products and expertise of each Business and Industry Club member