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EIT @ Innovative Europe? Time for a new EU innovation strategy

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Europe’s economy is picking up – but what about its engine for future growth: Research and innovation? This Science|Business conference debates the policies and programmes Europe will need for long-term prosperity – across all sectors: health, ICT, manufacturing, energy, regional development and more.

Programme

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?
  • Vladimir Sucha, Director-General, 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
  • Howard Chase, Director of Government Affairs, Europe, Dow Chemical Co.

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 of Digitalisation Strategy and Programs, Business Finland
  • Lucilla Sioli, Director, Digital Industry, DG CNECT, European Commission
  • Antonio Rotolo, Vice-Rector for 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 of 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 
  • Sandra Rey, Founder and CEO, Glowee
  • Jacques De Chilly, Director General for Economic Development and Job Creation, Lyon Metropolis
  • Maria Alajõe, Director for 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
  • Michael Makanga, CEO, European & 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 of Research and Development, Directorate of Earth Observation Programmes European Space Agency
  • Maryline Maillard, Science and Technology Counsellor, 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
  • Enric Banda, Senior Adviser, Barcelona Supercomputing Center 
  • Frédéric Destrebecq, Executive Director, European Brain Council
  • Boris Dimitrov, CEO and Founder, Checkpoint Cardio (tbc)
  • 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
  • Hermann Hauser, Co-Founder, Amadeus Capital Partners and Chair, High Level Group on the European Innovation Council
  • 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 & Member Governing Board, European Institute of Innovation and Technology
  • Isabelle Thizon-de-Gaulle, Vice President, European Strategic Initiatives and Scientific Relations, Sanofi
  • Jean-Eric Paquet, Director-General for Research & 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