Public Dissemination Day
From Left to Right: Messrs Guasch, Kritis, Sabrià and DürstelerIn the final days of our project we organized a Public Dissemination Day in Barcelona. We have invited local Industrialists, the Press and TV, and representatives of the Ophthalmic Industry. Demonstrations of the Technologies developed were done during the presentations and off-line.
There were more than 80 participants attending the four hours of presentations and Q&A. Mr. Joan Sabrià, CEO of INDO Lens opened the day with a short introduction and the session closed with a summary statement by Mr. Xavier Lòpez, Managing Director of ASCAMM (current project coordinator company). The session was animated by Prof.Dr.Ir. V. Kritis, from the University of Antwerp, and by the current Project Coordinator of Made4U, Mr. Joan Guasch, International Projects Manager at ASCAMM. Various Project Work-Package leaders presented project deliverables and demoed prototypes created. Dr.Juan-Carlos Dürsteler from Indo Lens, and Prof.Dr.Johan Braet (Braecis BVBA) spoke extensively about the technologies and innovative business models respectively. Mr. Neil Smith (K-Int) and Mrs Sònia Almeida Marqués (Optica Pita) presented the Internet platform and Demonstrator user experiences respectively.