The 6^th call for proposals of the ICT-Asia regional program has been published on 11 May 2009.

• Text of the call for proposals: English | French
• Application form: English | French

The themes encouraged this year are:

1. Communication systems: infrastructure networks, mobile communications, internet of things, applications and services, networked media;
2. Components and systems: microelectronics, nanotechnologies, embedded systems, computing systems, quantum information;
3. e-Health technologies and ICT for the ageing society: imaging systems, information systems, health informatics, ambient assistive living;
4. Cognitive systems, interaction, robotics (including: multimodal interfaces, speech recognition, language base interaction);
5. Content and knowledge processing.

The deadline of the submission of proposals is 1 October 2009.

The completed application forms should be sent by email attachment to Philippe Martineau (Philippe.Martineau@diplomatie.gouv.fr) and Antonin Cœur-Bizot (Antonin.Coeur-Bizot@diplomatie.gouv.fr)