Transforming and Digitizing Industry – study visit to Brussels for representatives of Polish industry
On 4-5 June 2019, the “Transforming and Digitizing Industry” study visit was held at the headquarters of the Wielkopolska Office in Brussels. The event was addressed to the leading representatives of the Polish manufacturing industry, research and innovation units and business environment institutions. Among invited speakers were also representatives of the European Commission (including DG RTD, DG CONNECT and DG GROW), as well as representatives of Polish ministries, for instance, the Ministry of Entrepreneurship and Technology and the Ministry of Digitization.
(wiecej…)How does Research Liaison Office work? – presentation of the PolSCA Office during the ‘Navigating Brussels’ course
On 3-5 June 2019, the second edition of the international course ‘Navigating Brussels. How can the EU help you to develop your scientific career?’ took place in Brussels. The course was addressed to European PhD students and young scientists. During the first day, within the session entitled ‘Tasks and activities of the Science Liaison Office’, Justyna Kramarczyk, PhD, specialist of PolSCA, presented main tasks, goals and activities of the Polish Science Contact Agency in Brussels.
(wiecej…)Event :: V4 Conference on Digital Transformation
Topic: Digital Transformation in the New Era: Current status and Future Challenges
When: 6 June 2019, 08:30 – 13:30
Where: Permanent Representation of the Slovak Republic to the EU, Avenue de Cortenbergh 79, 1000 Brussels
Registration: is now open under the link
The digital transformation and the integration of digital technologies into all areas of society and economy is the most recent challenge that the European Union is facing, and the Visegrad Group region is no exception. Digital transformation has already become a powerful driver of social transformation, reshaping individual lives and interactions.
Digital transformation means a strategic, planned and organizational change – this change calls for the development of appropriate policies, regulations and various instruments to support this process while keeping it in within the limits we consider necessary. The Visegrad countries as the members of the Union are contributing to the commitment of establishing the Digital Single Market and want to ensure that people and companies fully benefit from the digital transformation.
Therefore, the aim of the Conference is to bring together distinguished experts, professionals, researchers and practitioners from various areas, which have been directly confronted with the uptake and real applications of digital transformation. The event is divided into two main parts: 1) the panel discussion of the EU policy representatives will focus on different policy initiatives at the European level and their interaction within the next MFF (2021-2027); 2) the second part will present concrete examples from the Visegrad group countries, both from practitioners’ and governmental perspectives, that confirm the continuous interest of our region to be an active player in ongoing processes proper to the digital transformation at EU level.
In terms of audience, up to 100 participants covering Member State and Associate Country delegations (attachés); European Commission, European Parliament, Committee of Regions, national offices; IGLO members; associations and other stakeholders interested in digital transformation.
Preliminary agenda (to be updated):
08:30 Registration
09:00 Welcome speech by Petra VARGOVÁ, Deputy Permanent Representative of the Slovak Republic to the EU
09:05 Opening remarks by Khalil ROUHANA, Deputy Director General, DG CONNECT, European Commission
09:25 Roundtable discussion: How will the different policy initiatives at the European level interlink and reinforce each other in the light of the next MFF (2021-2027)
- Fabienne GAUTIER, Head of Unit, Innovation Ecosystems, DG RTD (tbc)
- Fabrizia BENINI, Head of Unit, Digital Economy and Skills, DG CONNECT (tbc)
- Andrei BUNIS, Policy Officer, Advanced Technologies, Clusters and Social Economy, DG GROW
10:15 Coffee break
10:30 Examples from the Visegrad group countries:
- Governmental Perspective – panel discussion
- Practitioner’s Perspective – presentations
12:00 Closing remarks by Anne CARBLANC, Head of the Digital Economy Policy Division, OECD
The event is followed by lunch reception.
We encourage you to register now and join us in June!
Workshop :: ICT-H2020 consortium building
On 5 June 2019 Czech Liaison Office for Research Development and Innovation (CZELO), Lithuanian RDI Liaison Office (LINO) and the Slovak Liaison Office for Research and Development (SLORD) together with other associated Brussels based RTD liaison offices from EU member states and H2020 associated countries jointly organise a half-day Consortium building workshop around selected topics of the upcoming 2019 calls of the Horizon 2020 Information and Communication Technologies. The objective of this hands-on event is to prepare ground for consortia building: to give opportunity to discuss concrete cooperation possibilities, to exchange the expertise and learn from each other. Total number of participants is estimated around 50 people. Working language is English.
Selected #ICT topics to be discussed during the event:
- Artificial Intelligence: ICT-26-2018-20; DT-ICT-12-2020; DT-ICT-09-2020
- Photonics: ICT-36-2020; ICT- 37-2020
- Robotics: ICT-09-2019-2020; ICT-10-2019-2020
The deadline for registration is 17 May 2019. Further instructions together with guidelines for presenting a project idea will be distributed to all registered participants by 21 May 2019.
http://geform.tc.cz/ICT_Brokerage_Brussels_2019_registration.
PROGRAMME (tentative):
11:15 – 12:30 Registration and light lunch
12:30 – 12:35 Welcome remarks
12:35 – 13:10 Presentation of the ICT-H2020 topics for 2019 followed by Q&A
13:10 – 13:30 What does it mean to coordinate H2020 proposal
13:30 – 15:00 Pitches by the participants
15:30 – 16:55 Working in the groups according to the selected calls
16:55 – 17:00 Closing remarks
When: 5 June 2019
Venue: Permanent Representation of Lithuania to the EU, Rue Belliard 41-43, Brussels
For more information please contact:
Donata Mauricaite (LINO) – donata.mauricaite@lmt.lt
Denisa Fančová (CZELO) – fancova@tc.cz
Monika Repčíková (SLORD) – monika.repcikova@cvtisr.sk
Further and updated information to be found at:
http://lino.lmt.lt/en/renginiai/h2020-ict-calls-consortium-building-workshop/
ATTENTION:
It is already worth mentioning the ICT Proposers’ Day 2019 and adding it to your calendar, which will be held on 19-20 September 2019 in Helsinki, Finland. More information to be found on the PolSCA website.
Conference ‘Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions to foster scientific excellence’
On 4-5 June 2019, the conference ‘Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions to foster scientific excellence’ will be held in Bucharest (Romania).
The conference aims to bring together researchers, European and Member State officials, policymakers and stakeholders from across Europe to have high-level discussions on how to support excellence through mobility across borders, sectors and disciplines. The programme of the conference focuses on the impact, current challenges and new trends of the MSCA. Speakers and participants will also have the opportunity to discuss ideas for the post-2020 programme and exchange experiences in different thematic workshops.
The conference will also feature the finalists of the MSCA Awards and identify the most promising researchers in an Awards Ceremony.
The conference and awards are part of the programme of the Romanian Presidency of the Council of the European Union.
More information could be found on the conference website.
Seminar: ‘After the European elections. What future for Europe?’
Centre of French Culture and Francophone Studies of the University of Warsaw, French Institute, Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany, the Polish Science Contact Agency in Brussels, Institute of European Studies of the Polish Academy of Sciences and the Institute of Philosophy of the University of Warsaw in cooperation with the École Normale Supérieure Paris are pleased to invite for the one of seminars in series ‘Academic perspective: Seminar Actualité critique’. An event entitled ‘After the European elections. What future for Europe? French-Polish-German Scientific Meeting’ will be held on 28 May 2019 at 16.45 in the Ballroom, the Tyszkiewicz Palace, Krakowskie Przedmieście 32.
The conference will be attended by:
dr Agnieszka Łada, Institute of Public Affairs – moderator
dr Aleksandra Maatsch, Center for German and European Studies Willy Brandt of the University of Wroclaw
dr hab. Małgorzata Molęda-Zdziech, prof. SGH Warsaw School of Economics, Polish Science Contact Agency in Brussels
dr hab. Pierre-Frédéric Weber, University of Szczecin
prof. dr hab. Jerzy Wilkin, Institute for Rural Development and Agriculture of the Polish Academy of Sciences
The seminar will be carried out in Polish.
More information: www.okf.uw.edu.pl.
On the activities of PolSCA, Horizon Europe and Francophone at the Jagiellonian Research Center for African Studies
On March 18, 2019, at the invitation of prof. dr hab. Robert Kłosowicz, dr Adam Knapik, expert of the Polish Science Contact Agency, took part in a seminar for master and PhD students of the Jagiellonian Center for African Studies in Cracow.
(wiecej…)PolSCA at the international conference on ‘Capitalism, personality and culture’ in Paris
On April 11-13, 2019, at the Scientific Station of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Paris, an international conference entitled “Capitalism, personality and culture” took place. The aim of the conference was to present, in an interdisciplinary way, the relationship between capitalism, personality and culture and the confrontation of various contemporary research perspectives. The invitation to participate in the conference was addressed to historians, economists, sociologists, political scientists, as well as representatives of the sciences of literature, theatre and film.
(wiecej…)Meeting for representations of Polish regions in Brussels ‘Discussions on Horizon Europe in the PolSCA Office’
On May 20, 2019 at 9:30 the first meeting for Polish regional representations in a series of ‘Discussions on Horizon Europe in the PolSCA Office’ will be held. During the coming meeting Ms. Agata Janaszczyk, Counsellor for Research in the Permanent Representation of Poland to the EU, is going to present current information related to the process of strategic planning of the next framework program Horizon Europe. What is more, the meeting will be devoted to the possibilities of supporting scientists under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions scheme within the first H2020 pillar “Excellence in Science”.
The registration link is available here.
EUREKA Global Innovation Summit
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