Launch event for Horizon Europe - Watch the recording

ON LINE EVENT

02/02/2021 11.30 - CET

02/02/2021 18.00 - CET

EIT

The European Commission and the Portuguese presidency of the EU Council hosted the launch event for Horizon Europe on 2 February 2021.

Horizon Europe is the EU’s most ambitious Research and Innovation (R&I) framework programme ever and the largest transnational programme of its kind worldwide. This innovative programme provides new instruments, such as the European Innovation Council, Research Missions and Partnerships to boost the EU R&I landscape.The renewed European Research Area and the launch of Horizon Europe serve as unique opportunity to reaffirm the 3% EU GDP research and development investment target for 2030 and to recall the need to support all Member States in articulating research and innovation funding and conducting the necessary reforms.

Horizon Europe through its powerful measures and new level of synergies with other EU programmes and instruments will pave the way out of the current crisis towards a fair, green and resilient future to everyone.

Main Topics for discussion:

Mobilising in synergy Horizon Europe and Next Generation EU together with national public and private investments for promoting green and digital transitions across all EU regions in the renewed European Research Area (ERA)
Preparing a resilient recovery through a renewed, cohesive and inclusive European Research Area (ERA)

Who? Speakers (among others) will include Mariya Gabriel, Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth; Manuel Heitor, Minister for Science and Technology and Higher Education, Portugal; Maria da Graça Carvalho, Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur for partnerships Horizon Europe ; Mark Ferguson, Director General, Science Foundation Ireland and Chair of the EIC Advisory Board; Gioia Ghezzi, Chair of the EIT Governing Board.

When? Tuesday 02 February at 11:30 to 18:00 (CET)

Where? Online - the event was streamed on this page. Relive the event at the link below:

Agenda

11:30 - 12:00	Opening remarks Manuel Heitor, Minister for Science and Technology and Higher Education, Portugal Mariya Gabriel, European Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth Cristian-Silviu Buşoi, Chair of the ITRE Committee, European Parliament
12:00 - 13:30	Round table: Mobilising Horizon Europe and Next Generation EU together with national public and private investments for promoting green and digital transitions across all EU regions in the context of a renewed European Research Area (ERA) Moderator: Jean-Eric Paquet, Director General, DG RTD Christian Ehler, Member of the European Parliament, rapporteur for Horizon Europe Specific Programme Mark Ferguson, Director General, Science Foundation Ireland and European Innovation Council Advisory Board Chair Teresa Czerwińska, Vice- President, European Investment Bank -EIB Miguel Bello, CEO, Atlantic International Research Centre - AIR centre Maria Teresa Fabregas Fernandez, Director, EC Recovery and Resilience Task Force Pascal Lamy, Chair of the Mission Board “Healthy oceans, seas, coastal and inland waters” Peter Carlsson, CEO, Northvolt
13:30 - 14:00	Break
14:00 - 15:30	Round table: Mobilising Horizon Europe and Next Generation EU together with national public and private investments for a healthy and resilient future Moderator: Jean-Pierre Bourguignon, President ad interim, European Research Council Dan Nica, Member of the European Parliament, rapporteur for Horizon Europe Framework Programme Ugur Sahin, President, BioNTech Elvira Fortunato, ERC Grantee, NOVA University Lisbon, Former Chief Scientific Advisor of the EC Lars Montellius, Director, International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory – INL Peter Visser, SALD - Spatial Atom Layer Deposition Kristina Edström, Uppsala University, Chairman of Battery 2030+ initiative Jan-Eric Sundgren, Chairman of the The Swedish Association for Advanced Materials, Senior Adviser to the Swedish Association of Engineering Industries
15:30 - 15:45	Break
15:45 - 17:00	Round table: Mobilising Horizon Europe and Next Generation EU together with national public and private investments for an inclusive and democratic digital society Moderator: Daniela Braga, DefinedCrowd Graça Carvalho, Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur for partnerships Horizon Europe Cédric Villani, Chair of the 'Office Parlementaire pour l’Évaluation des Choix Scientifiques et Technologiques', France, 2010 Fields Medal, Former Chief Scientific Advisor of the EC Célia Reis, Chair of the Altran Portugal Board of Directors & Deputy Managing, Director for Altran Engineering Centers Martin Vechev, ERC Grantee, ETH Zurich João Barros, CEO, Veniam Gioia Ghezzi, Chairperson Governing Board, European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT)
17:00 - 17:20	Closing remarks Mariya Gabriel, European Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth Simona Kustec, Minister of Education, Science and Sport, Slovenia Anja Karliczek, Federal Minister for Education and Research, Germany Manuel Heitor, Minister for Science, Technology and Higher Education, Portugal
17:30	Press conference Mariya Gabriel, European Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth Manuel Heitor, Minister for Science, Technology and Higher Education, Portugal

The European Commission and the Portuguese presidency of the EU Council hosted the launch event for Horizon Europe on 2 February 2021.

Main Topics for discussion:

Agenda

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