In its €94.1 billion Horizon Europe proposal, the European Commission has made clear its intention to push the European R&D world towards a more open method of working. Open science, open access and the open science cloud services will make research more efficient, it says. Open innovation will make industry more productive. And if it hopes to lead global technology markets, Europe’s science and innovation programmes must be open to international partners.
That’s the theory. But how realistic is it? What needs to be done, to realise this vision?
This open, webcast conference will take stock of progress to date, and discuss the steps ahead.
14:00 – Keynote and Q&A: How to take the open internet to the next level
- Robert E. Kahn, Internet pioneer; Chair, CEO and President, Corporation for National Research Initiatives
14:25 – Openness: The Challenge for Horizon
Panel discussion with:
- Christian Ehler, Member, European Parliament
- Erik Huizer, CEO, GÉANT
- Kamila Markram, CEO and Co-founder, Frontiers
- Dan Nica, Member, European Parliament
- Keith Sequeira, Senior Adviser, Commissioner Moedas’ Cabinet, European Commission
Moderator: Richard L. Hudson, Editor-in-chief and Vice-Chair of the Board, Science|Business
15:20 – Two Open! Challenges (presentations)
- ATTRACT: The EU launch of Europe’s newest open innovation project - Jonathan Wareham, Professor, Department of Operations, Innovation and Data Sciences, ESADE Business School
- The future is open access - Kamila Markram, CEO and Co-founder, Frontiers
15:50 – Coffee break
16:20 – The innovation pipeline, from open science to open innovation
Panel discussion with:
- Stephan Kuster, Secretary General, Science Europe
- Carlos J. Jiménez Härtel, Chairman of the Board, GE Power AG
- Jean-David Malo, Director, Open Innovation and Open Science, DG Research and Innovation, European Commission
- Alain Schuhl, Chief Research Officer, French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS)
- Thomas Schulthess, Professor of Computational Physics, ETH Zurich; Director, Swiss National Supercomputing Centre (CSCS)
Moderator: Maryline Fiaschi, Managing Director, Science|Business
17:15 – Open International Science Collaboration
Panel discussion with:
- Adrian Burton, Director, Data, Policy and Services, Australian Research Data Commons
- Bjarne Anton Foss, Pro-Rector for Research, Norwegian University of Science and Technology
- Kostas Glinos, Head of Unit, International Cooperation Strategy, DG Research and Innovation, European Commission
- Katrina Hayter, Deputy Director - Global, Innovate UK
- James Meegan, U.S. Mission to the European Union Science Fellow and Director of Global Research, NIH/NIAID
- Godelieve Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Member, European Parliament
Moderator: Simon Pickard, Network Director, Science|Business
18:15 – Close and reception
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