A private meeting of the Science|Business Network. By invitation only.
16:30 - Planning meeting of the Science|Business Network
A members-only brainstorming session on possible activities for the 12 months ahead
- Chairs: Maryline Fiaschi and Richard L. Hudson, Science|Business
17:30 - Innovation: Starting out, scaling up
Pitches and debate about how to energise and fund Europe’s most promising innovators
- Welcome and chair: Maryline Fiaschi, Managing Director, Science|Business
In the elevator: short pitches from ERC Proof of Concept grantees
- Nikos Paragios, Chief Executive and Technical Officer, Therapanacea
- Pierre Alliez, Senior Researcher, INRIA
- Paola Ceroni, Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Bologna
- Evgeny Rebrov, Professor of Chemical Engineering, University of Warwick; Chief Technical Officer, Stolicatalysts Ltd.
- Jennifer McElwain, Professor of Plant Palaeobiology and Palaeoecology, Trinity College Dublin
- Master of Ceremonies: Philippe Vanrie, Head of Eureka Secretariat
The policy options: How to help disruptive start-ups gain scale
- Klaus Bock, Vice-President, European Research Council (ERC)
- Ronald de Bruin, Director, European Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST)
- Martin Kern, Interim Director, European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT)
- Rachel Carey, Chief Scientist, Zinc
- Moderator: Peter Wrobel, Co-founder, Science|Business
19:00 – Science|Business Network reception
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