Intentional Agreement of CWI

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Parts of the intentional agreement:

  • Focus on Research and Innovation in Wireless (Applied Research?)
  • Membership by invitation only
  • Process consists of three steps
    1. Initial agreement academic partners
    2. Invitation of core industrial partners
    3. Extension of CWI with new academic and industrial partners
  • Equal rights: Each partner has one vote, decisions are taken by simple majority
    • Center leader has no voting right
    • Should we state that the research institutions have at least 50%+1 vote?
  • Goal to establish CWI
  • Location of CWI is subject to decision of the initial steering board
    • should we clarify that on forehand? makes it easier to hire a person
    • Location is fixed for the first two years, then subject to decision from the steering board
  • Initial Steering board consists of founding partners. A founding partners is a partner who has approved the intentional agreement by 28. Feb 2009
  • Contribution of 100 kNOK/year for three years for Academic Institutions
    • calendar year, or formal start of center when three partners have signed the agreenment?
  • The Institution that will host the center contributes with an additional 200 kNOK (once) plus infrastructure (rooms, phone)
  • As soon as three partners have signed the Intentional Agreement then CWI will open a post for the centerleader.

Role of center leader

  • Is director of the Center
  • Coordinate the co-operation between the partners
  • Takes leadership for common research proposals, especially for the SFI in 2009
  • Acts as secretary for the steering board (no vote)

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