How to get market creating technologies: Research Infrastructure and the EIC

In February, EU Research Commissioner Carlos Moedas announced at a Science|Business conference that he is seeking public comment on his idea to create a new EU institution, the European Innovation Council. The objective, he says: “market-creating innovations.” As a next step, Science|Business is organising a conference for April 20 in Brussels to explore how research infrastructure could generate and finance more of these transformative innovations.

Programme

18:00 - What is the EIC?

Welcome: Richard L. Hudson, CEO & Editor, Science|Business
Commissioner Moedas (video from Science|Business Horizon 2020 conference - Feb 2016)

18:20 Sourcing the ideas: How to get more innovations from Europe's big public laboratories

John Womersley, Chief Executive, Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)
Antonio Di Giulio, Head of Unit, Research Infrastructure, DG Research and Innovation, European Commission
Marja Makarow, Vice President for Research, Academy of Finland; Governing Board Member, EIT
Paolo Mutti, Head of the SCI Team, Institut Laue-Langevin
Sergio Bertolucci, Chair Scientific Committee, ATTRACT; Director of Research, INFN

Moderator: John Wood, Chair, ATTRACT Advisory Board; Secretary-General, Association of Commonwealth Universities

18:50 Funding the ideas: How to create independent funds that can select and fuel the growth of spin-out companies built around the labs’ idea

Christian Ehler, Member, European Parliament
Claire Pidancet, Investment Director, RW Blears Capital
Jan van den Biesen, Vice President Public R&D Programmes, Philips Research
Maria de Graca Carvalho, DG Research and Innovation, European Commission
Jean-David Malo, Head of Unit, SMEs, Financial instruments and State Aid, DG Research and Innovation, European Commission

19:45 Cocktail reception

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