Levant 2025 Minutes
1- Timetable of Milestones for Next Round
1-1 When should the next summer school be held? August 2026 or Sep 2026?
1-2 When should the Announcement of Call be made? Feb 2026
2- What grants and sources of funding are we targeting?
2-1 CISCO
2-2 DAAD
2-3 NYU ABU
3- What Topics are we going to consider?
General theme: Digital Transformation
DOMAINS:
Learning
Education
Health
Inequality
Creativity
Communities
Environment
History (heritage)
Urban Planning
4 - A new website with DOMAIN and Dedicated content
5- How many days for school? 4.5 days
Day 1: Arrival and Key Note 1
Day 2-5: Two key notes per day
6- How many PIs will be invited?
5 from Region
4 from Europe/US
7 - What are the key contents
Key Notes
Projects
Visits to Labs (AUB, USJ, etc) and historical sites
8 - What will be the matching process? Will it involve BEFORE school?
9 - Networking Strategy: Each PI will be asked to connect one other external PI to the network
10 - MAILING List for connecting all network members with each other