Draft Agenda Management Committee Meeting COST Action no. FA1101 Action Title: Omics Technologies for Crop Improvement, Traceability, Determination of Authenticity, Adulteration and Origin in Saffron Wageningen, The Netherlands, 3 October 2014 To be completed by the meeting secretary and circulated to the MC, the DC Rapporteur(s) and the COST Office (Science and Administrative Officer) 1. Welcome to participants by the Action Chair, Prof. Maria Tsimidou. 2. Adoption of agenda 3. Approval of minutes and matters arising of last meeting (Tulln, Austria, 16/11/13) 4. Update from the Action Chair a. Status of Action, including participating countries b. Action budget status c. STSM status and new applications (presentation by Dr. Roberto Consonni, STSM coordinator) 5. Promotion of gender balance and of Early Stage Researchers (ESR) 6. Update from the Grant Holder (presentation by Dr. Marta Roldan Medina) 7. Update from the COST Office 8. Update from the DC Rapporteur 9. Annual Progress Conference (preparation and/or feedback from DC) 10. Follow-up of MoU objectives a. Progress report of working groups Presentations by the WG leaders: S. Fluch (WG1 leader) and A. Mozzarelli (WG1 co-leader) M. Polissiou (WG2 leader) P. Tarantilis (WG3 leader) O. Santana (WG4 leader) 11. Scientific planning Discussion-approval of the 4th year plan proposed by members of the Core group, MCs and WG members (presentation by M. Tsimidou) a. Scientific strategy b. Action Budget Planning c. Long-term planning (including anticipated locations and dates of future activities) d. Dissemination planning (Publications and outreach activities) 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17.
Requests for new members Non-COST applications to the Action AOB Location and date of next meeting Summary of MC decisions Closing