The Annual Science|Business Framework conference
Europe’s economy is picking up – but what about its engine for future growth: Research and innovation? This conference debates the policies and programmes Europe will need for long-term prosperity – across all sectors: health, ICT, manufacturing, energy, regional development and more. Highlights include:
- Devising a broad, cross-sectoral innovation policy – energising industry large and small
- How to finance innovation – from Juncker Plan to European Innovation Council?
- What mission for the next EU Framework Programme?
- Workshops on removing barriers to innovation – in artificial intelligence, defence R&D, regional development and other areas
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Public Conference (Webcast will be available)
Please note that the following programme is preliminary and still subjected to changes.
08:30 – Welcome coffee and registration
09:00 – Welcome
- Richard L. Hudson, Editor-in-Chief, Science|Business
09:05 – Research and innovation in the new EU budget
- Günter Oettinger, Commissioner, Budget and Human Resources, European Commission
09:30 – Financing innovation
- Werner Hoyer, President, European Investment Bank (EIB)
10:00 – The Horizon Europe ‘clusters’: How can EU research help the UN’s development goals?
- Delilah Al Khudhairy, Director, Strategy and Work Programme Coordination, Joint Research Centre, European Commission
- Karen Maex, Rector Magnificus, University of Amsterdam
- Phil Mjwara, Director General, South African Department of Science and Technology
- Philippe Tanguy, President, École Polytechnique Montréal
- Moderator: Maryline Fiaschi, Managing Director, Science|Business
11:00 – Coffee break
11:30 – Workshops: Unblocking the innovation pipeline
Parallel, 90-minute workshops developing conclusions to speed innovation across the economy
How artificial intelligence will change working life
- Pekka Sivonen, Director, Digitalization Strategy and Programs, Business Finland
- Lucilla Sioli, Director, Digital Industry, DG Communications Networks, Content and Technology, European Commission
- Antonio Rotolo, Vice-Rector, Research, University of Bologna
- Petri Myllymäki, Professor, Department of Computer Science, University of Helsinki
- Raphäel Fabian, EU Affairs Officer, Rolls-Royce
- Moderator: David Pringle, Senior Advisor, Science|Business
Follow the money: How to finance Europe’s cash-starved innovators
- Hermann Hauser, Co-Founder, Amadeus Capital Partners and Chair, High Level Group on the European Innovation Council
- Shiva Dustdar, Head, Innovation Finance Advisory, European Investment Bank
- Tim Softley, Pro-Vice Chancellor, University of Birmingham
- Philippe Vanrie, Head, EUREKA Secretariat
- Jean-David Malo, Director, Open Innovation and Open Science, DG Research and Innovation, European Commission (tbc)
- Moderator: Éanna Kelly, News Editor, Science|Business
Innovation hubs: How to strengthen regional innovation
- Rudolf Niessler, Director, Smart and Sustainable Growth and Programme Implementation IV, DG Regional and Urban Policy, European Commission
- Peter Olesen, Chairman, Governing Board, European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT)
- Sandra Rey, Founder and CEO, Glowee
- Jacques De Chilly, Director General, Economic Development and Job Creation, Lyon Metropolis
- Maria Alajõe, Director, Innovation and Business Relations, Tallinn University of Technology
- Moderator: Maryline Fiaschi, Managing Director, Science|Business
Open to the World? How to make Horizon Europe more international
- Ronald de Bruin, Director, COST Association
- Michael Makanga, CEO, European and Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership
- Alexander Cooke, Counsellor Europe, Industry, Innovation and Science Australian Embassy to Belgium, Luxembourg and Mission to the European Union and NATO
- Diego Fernandez Prieto, Head, Research and Development, Directorate of Earth Observation Programmes European Space Agency
- Maryline Maillard, Counsellor, Science and Technology, Mission of Switzerland to the EU
- Andrew Cherry, Senior Scientific Officer, Association of Commonwealth Universities
- Michael Leskiw, International Senior Contract Administrator, Office of Sponsored Programs, International Coordinating Committee, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Signe Ratso, Deputy Director General, DG Research and Innovation, European Commission
- Moderator: Richard L. Hudson, Editor-in-Chief, Science|Business
The patient in the system: Innovating for a more comprehensive health care
- Lydia Makaroff, Director, European Cancer Patients Coalition
- Vincent Clay, Senior Manager, EU Government Affairs, Pfizer
- Boris Dimitrov, CEO and Founder, Checkpoint Cardio
- Enric Banda, Senior Adviser, Barcelona Supercomputing Center
- Frédéric Destrebecq, Executive Director, European Brain Council
- Simone Boselli, Public Affairs Director, EURORDIS (tbc)
- Moderator: Monica Dietl, Senior Adviser, Science|Business
13:00 – Lunch
14:00 – How do you grow an idea? The EU’s role in protecting and promoting innovation
- Opening View: Hermann Hauser, Co-Founder, Amadeus Capital Partners and Chair, High Level Group on the European Innovation Council
Panel:
- Richard Buckley, Vice President, Global Corporate Affairs, AstraZeneca
- Pekka Soini, Director General, Business Finland
- Paola Ceroni, Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Bologna
- Daria Tataj, Chair, RISE Advisory Group to Commissioner Moedas; CEO, Tataj Innovation
- Moderator: John Wyles, Member of the Board, Science|Business
15:00 – R&I in the next EU budget framework
- Q&A with Jean-Eric Paquet, Director-General for Research & Innovation, European Commission
Panel:
- Patrick Prendergast, President and Provost, Trinity College Dublin
- Isabelle Thizon-de-Gaulle, Vice President, European Strategic Initiatives and Scientific Relations, Sanofi
- Jean-Eric Paquet, Director-General, Research and Innovation, European Commission
- Moderator: Richard L. Hudson, Editor-in-Chief, Science|Business
15:45 – Coffee
16:15 – What’s our mission? What goals should we set for the next Framework Programme?
- Opening View: Mariana Mazzucato, Professor, University College London; Special Advisor on Mission Driven Science and Innovation to Commissioner Moedas, European Commission
Panel:
- Christian Ehler, Member of the European Parliament
- Michael Makanga, CEO, European and Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership
- Ilkka Niemelä, President, Aalto University
- Heinz Seyringer, CEO, V-Research
- Mariana Mazzucato, Professor, University College London; Special Advisor on Mission Driven Science and Innovation to Commissioner Moedas, European Commission
- Moderator: Maryline Fiaschi, Managing Director, Science|Business
17:15 - Close and networking reception
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