Innovation: Starting out, scaling up

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