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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.

Confirmed Speakers
Speakers
Robert E. Kahn
Internet pioneer; Chair, CEO and President, Corporation for National Research Initiatives
Jean-David Malo
Director, Open Innovation and Open Science, DG Research and Innovation, European Commission
Kamila Markram
CEO and Co-founder, Frontiers
Dan Nica
Member, European Parliament
Jonathan Wareham
Professor, Department of Operations, Innovation and Data Sciences, ESADE Business School
Erik Huizer
Chief Executive Officer, GÉANT
Christian Ehler
Member, European Parliament
Katrina Hayter
Deputy Director - Global, Innovate UK
Bjarne Anton Foss
Pro-Rector for Research, Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Godelieve Quisthoudt-Rowohl
Member, European Parliament
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)
Kostas Glinos
Head of Unit,International Cooperation Strategy, DG Research and Innovation, European Commission
Stephan Kuster
Secretary General, Science Europe
James Meegan
Science Fellow, US National Science Foundation; former Director, US Office of Global Research
Adrian Burton
Director, Data, Policy and Services, Australian Research Data Commons
Programme
Programme

14:00Keynote 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

15:20Two 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

17:15Open 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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