Innovative Europe? Time for a new EU innovation strategy

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