Our sincere thanks are extended to Kent County Council and its staff in the Kent Brussels Office for their support in providing a comfortable and spacious venue and courteous and supportive assistance with any requests.

Attending were: Jarl Bengtsson, PASCAL Chair and Brussels Session chair; Chris Duke, PURE Academic Director, CDG review leader and Brussels Session chair; David Campbell, Melbourne PURE; Steve Garlick, University of Newcastle, Australia, PASCAL Board and CDG review leader;Jan Geens, Flanders PURE; Bob Gleeson, PASCAL Co-Director, NIU Illinois; Anne Kaplan, NIU PURE; Balazs Nemeth, South Transdanubian PURE; Iina Oilinki, Helsinki PURE; Anders Olsson, Varmland PURE; James Powell, Salford University and PASCAL Board; Chris Shepherd, PASCAL Vice-Chair and CDG review leader; Peter Welsh Kent PURE and PASCAL Board; Tiziana Corti, Puglia PURE; John Tibbitt, PASCAL; Alan Foster, PASCAL PURE

In the evening of the first day, the group was joined by Josef Konvitz, Head of Division, Regulatory Policy, OECD and Klaus Boele, European Union - Committee of the Regions Commission for Culture, Education and Research.

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