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.
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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