Ready, steady go: “PLATON Roadshow”!

2012-05-22

Ready, steady go: “PLATON Roadshow”!
From 22 May 2012 a nationwide promotional campaign of five PLATON project’s ICT services will be performed by PIONIER Consortium and coordinated by Poznan Supercomputing and Networking Center. We start in Rzeszow.

Promotional campaign of five PLATON project services will be performed in two stages and will cover 21 cities of the Metropolitan Area Networks. The presentations will be attended by representatives of the academic environment. During each visit, the main functionalities of the services will be presented.

The program will include, among others, the presentation of:

• video scenarios illustrating the use of services;
• OB van , and the presentation of local television studios;
• accessibility and usability of the PLATON platform together with the introduction of local coordinators of the services;
• possibility for the audience to use the services by the means of the demo account created especially for the “roadshow”;
• opportunity for consultation and contact with potential users of PLATON services platform with people responsible for its implementation, during the event;
• draws of promotional gadgets among the participants of the meeting

The goal of the PLATON project is the development of the national ICT infrastructure for science (PIONIER network) providing applications and services to support scientific research and development of polish research teams for the innovative economy.

Stage I of the campaign will be implemented according to the following schedule:

22.05 Rzeszow, Regional Center for Didactics and Conference Centre, Library and Administrative Center Rzeszow University of Technology, al. Powstańcow Warszawy 12
23.05 Lublin, lecture hall, Maria Curie-Sklodowska University in Lublin, Pl. M. Curie-Sklodowskiej 5
24.05 Pulawy, Institute of cultivation, fertilization and pedology – National Research Institute, ul. Czartoryskich 8
25.05 Radom, Radom University of Technology
29.05 Zielona Gora, Building A – 29 Faculty of Mathematics, Informatics and Econometrics, Campus A UZ, st. prof. Z.Szafrana 4a
30.05 Szczecin, West Pomeranian University of Technology in Szczecin, al. Piastow 41, room 113
31.05 Koszalin, Koszalin University of Technology, Campus- Street Sniadeckich 2, main building, the main hall 101B
1.06 Bydgoszcz, Regional Innovation Centre, st. prof. S. Kaliskiego 7
4.06 Bialystok, Bialystok University of Technology, ul. Wiejska 45a
6.06 building of the Olsztyn University Library (room under the dome), st. Oczapowskiego 12b

All the presentations will start at 10.00 a.m.

Stage II of our promotional trip to other cities-partners is planned for September / October.