Marco Vieira, European Coordinator of EUBrasilCloudFORUM, was invited to join the session and to showcase EUBrasilCloudFORUM as a successful EU-BR collaborative project. The project goal is to support EU and Brazil in developing a common strategy and approach for Research & Innovation in Cloud Computing that is in line with the priorities of each region.

1. EU/BR
EUBrasilCloudFORUM
Fostering an International
dialogue between
Europe & Brazil
Marco Vieira, University of Coimbra, Portugal
mvieira@dei.uc.pt

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EUBrasilCloudFORUM Vision
To ensure a structured dialogue on EU-Brazil
policy, research and innovation
 Offer a forum for community- and goal-driven
dialogue, organizational support and channels for
promoting new services and common solutions
 Organize a series of EU-BR Cloud Computing events
 Propose a EU/BR research roadmap, supporting
future collaborative calls
Marco Vieira ICT Proposers Day 2016, Sept. 27th, 2016, Bratislava, Slovakia

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Consortium
Marco Vieira ICT Proposers Day 2016, Sept. 27th, 2016, Bratislava, Slovakia
University of Brasilia
University of São Paulo
Federal University of Santa Catarina
University of Coimbra
Trust-IT Services
Waterford Institute of Technology
+ Opinion Leaders Expert group
18 well-known individuals
Academia & Industry & Government
EU & BR

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Objectives & Cooperation Model
Marco Vieira ICT Proposers Day 2016, Sept. 27th, 2016, Bratislava, Slovakia
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FORUM
A community driven
engagement forum for
EU-Brazil policy and
research and innovation
dialogues
ROADMAP
EU-Brazil Research and
Innovation ROADMAP
and Action Plan related
to Cloud Computing
MARKETPLACE
A web based Service
Platform to promote the
results from the EU-
Brazil community &
success stories
EVENTS
including EU-BR policy
dialogue, Cloudscape
Brazil, and cooperation
workshops
Enable EU and Brazil to formulate a common
strategy and approach for R&I in Cloud Computing
aligned with the priorities of each region

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Collaboration with Brazil…
 From my long experience:
 Extremely beneficial both ways
 The EU/BR collaboration raises news opportunities
 From my long experience:
 Funding: could be increased
 Rules: different and challenging
 Consortia: difficult to reach industry
 Management and reporting: different, but much better
 Support: very good
 Building a proposal:
 Challenging… start as early as possible!!!
Marco Vieira ICT Proposers Day 2016, Sept. 27th, 2016, Bratislava, Slovakia

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FUTEBOL
Creating Synergies!
Marco Vieira ICT Proposers Day 2016, Sept. 27th, 2016, Bratislava, Slovakia
R&D ORGANIZATIONS PUBLIC AUTHORITIESINDUSTRY & SMEs

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Main Contacts
Marco Vieira (EU Coordinator)
Universidade de Coimbra
mvieira@dei.uc.pt
Priscila Solís Mendéz (BR Coordinator)
Universidade de Brasilia
pris@unb.br
Marco Vieira ICT Proposers Day 2016, Sept. 27th, 2016, Bratislava, Slovakia
www.eubrasil-cloudforum.eu
info@eubrasil-cloudforum.eu
@EUBR_cloudforum