‘Horizon 2020 Dashboard – an online presentation of implementation data on the EU framework programme’

On April 16 2019 at 9.30 am, the meeting ‘Horizon 2020 Dashboard – on-line system for visualizing data on the EU framework programme. Discussion on the EU-13 participation’, will be held in the PolSCA Office. During the meeting, Tomasz Poprawka is going to present the basic functions and options of the Horizon 2020 Dashboard in the light of previously published data on participation in the EU framework programmes, gathered by the European Commission and the European Parliament.

The Horizon 2020 Dashboard is user-friendly but at the same time offers powerful new analytical functions that will inform programme reporting, impact analysis, feedback to policy-making as well as decisions on future priorities. All data can be viewed and analysed in aggregated form. In addition, the new tool also offers detailed views on individual calls, topics, countries, organisation types etc. down to the level of individual projects and beneficiaries.

The registration link for the meeting can be found here.

Horizon 2020 INFO DAY – Bio-Based Industries

The BBI JU Info Day 2019 will take place on 12 April 2019 in Brussels.

The aim of the event is to bring together potential participants interested in the BBI JU 2019 Call for proposals.

The morning sessions will provide information about the BBI JU initiative and all aspects of the Call process. Details of the 2019 Call topics as well as more information on the event are available on the BBI JU website.

The afternoon will provide an opportunity for participants to hold face-to-face meetings that can be scheduled as of 8th of March using the professional/corporate profile in the BBI JU Partnering Platform.

Throughout the day, participants will have the opportunity to speak to representatives from BBI JU’s founding partners and Member States as well as exchange views with entities in synergy with BBI JU. The BBI JU’s Programme Office staff will also be available to answer questions about the Call process and procedure.

Conference ‘Capitalism, personality and culture’

On April 11-13, 2019 a conference ‘Capitalism, personality and culture’ will be held in Paris. One of the co-organisers is the Scientific Station of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Paris.

The aim of this conference is to present, in a multidisciplinary way, various relations between capitalism, personality and culture, and confront different contemporary perspectives, concerning this topic. The effects of trade and industry have been the subject of philosophers, playwrights and commentators’ reflection since ancient times. This reflection has increased with the development of commercial and capitalist enterprises in Europe since the 18th century. Theatre, novels and the development of new political and social theories were the source of enlightenment in the same way as philosophy. In the twentieth century, cinema and television often discussed these issues, which continue to be of interest to both public and academic environment.

During this conference director of the Polish Science Contact Agency, dr hab. Małgorzata Molęda-Zdziech will present a paper Which capitalism? – some scenarios of capitalism in postmodern sociological approaches (Z.Bauman, A.Giddens, R. Sennett), while dr Justyna Kramarczyk, specialist in PolSCA, will give a speech entitled Winners or losers? Capitalist transformation, time and personality – a Polish perspective.

The initial program and other information about the conference can be found here.

Conference “3rd Interdisciplinary FNP Conference”

On 11 and 12 April 2019, the 3 Interdisciplinary FNP Conference will take place in Warsaw.

The conference is addressed to the project leaders, as well as team members in projects selected in the open competitions managed by the Foundation for Polish Science (FNP), which received funding under the Smart Growth Operational Program. As part of the conference, which will be held entirely in English, two thematic scientific sessions and two sessions of the laureates’ projects presentation will be organized along with discussions at the posters in the intervals. There will also be discussions in smaller thematic groups, e.g. international cooperation, open science, training and mentoring for young generations of scientists. The Foundation’s current activities will also be discussed.

On the part of the PolSCA Offcie, dr Tomasz Poprawka will take part in the conference, who will give a lecture entitled “What is on the Horizon after Horizon 2020?”

More information about the conference, its agenda and participants’ bios can be found on the event website.

The Future of Gender Equality in European Research and Innovation

On 9th April, 2019 the Horizon 2020 GENDERACTION project is organising the conference The Future of Gender Equality in European Research and Innovation. The aim of event is to set the stage for the future of gender equality in Europe. In 2019 Europe celebrates 20 years of activities for gender equality in research and in 2020 ERA priorities of which gender equality and gender mainstreaming is one, will be reviewed. Given the recent backsliding of and backlash against gender research and gender equality in some European countries, it is of vital important to reinvigorate our joint efforts to promote gender equality in European research.

Research funders, structural change and innovation including open innovation will continue to play a major role in European research. The event will bring together policy makers and gender experts, practitioners and scholars to address their future concerns and needs for the future of gender equality in European research and innovation. The closing panel Gendering the future of R&I will discuss the vision for gender equality research and innovation and what is at stake.

A preliminary agenda, registration link and other detailed information can be found here.

Strategic planning in Horizon Europe

On Tuesday, 2^nd April 2019an IGLO Open meeting took place – hosted by the Jakob Madsen from the DANRO Office. Theme of the event was “Strategic Planning and the Co-Creation Process in Horizon Europe” and it was delivered by Kurt Vandenberghe – director in Directorate A – Policy development & coordination of DG RTD, who presented the Commission’s plans for the new and imminently upcoming Strategic Planning, and in particular which opportunities there will be for co-creation process of the Horizon Europe framework programme.

Event :: How to shape a future EU research and innovation mission on cancer?

On 4 April 2019, the EuroTech Universities Alliance is organising an evening event to discuss a potential future EU research and innovation mission on cancer. In preparation for the potential mission, the EuroTech Universities Alliance has invited a diverse group of leading experts in cancer and health technologies across its member universities to develop some key recommendations. The members of the EuroTech cancer mission think-tank are:

• Douglas Hanahan, Professor and Director of the Swiss Institute for Experimental Cancer Research, EPFL (Chair)
• Sine Reker Hadrup, Professor at Department of Health Technology, DTU
• Alexis Gautreau, Chair of the Biology Department, L’X
• Yuval Shaked, Professor at Faculty of Medicine, Technion and Technion-Israel Integrated Cancer Center
• Jurjen Tel, Assistant Professor in Immuno-engineering, TU/e
• Wolfgang Weber, Professor and Director of the Clinic for Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital Rechts der Isar, TUM.

The recommendations will be presented at the event by Douglas Hanahan, Professor and Director of the Swiss Institute for Experimental Cancer Research, EPFL and Chair of the EuroTech cancer mission think-tank. Prof. Hanahan’s intervention will be followed by specific feedback from key stakeholders in the form of a panel debate and a broader discussion with the audience. The panel will include Isabelle Manneh-Vangramberen, Head of Health and Research Programmes, European Cancer Patient Coalition, and Barbara Kerstiens, Head of Unit for Non Communicable Diseases and the Challenge of Healthy Ageing , DG Research and Innovation at the European Commission.

This is an ‘invitation-only’ event. Should you be interested in attending, please send an e-mail to events@eurotech-universities.eu

In case of questions, please contact Alex van Nieuwland, TU/e Liaison Officer, EuroTech Universities Alliance.

Context:

The EuroTech Universities have a strong track record in research and innovation, receiving EUR 667 million in Horizon 2020 funding and 224 ERC grants between them. Health and bio-engineering represents an important focus area of EuroTech research collaboration for many years. Since the opening of our joint Brussels office in 2012, we have organized regular debates on areas of high relevance to Europe’s leadership in technology.

Invitation to the Horizon2020 Info Day

The National Contact Point for Research Programs of the European Union and the Ministry of Science and Higher Education invite you to the Horizon2020 Info Day, which will take place on 4 April 2019 at the Centre for Innovation and Technology Transfer Management of Warsaw University of Technology (CZIiTT PW), ul. Rektorska 4, Warsaw.

The meeting will be an opportunity to get acquainted with selected examples of Polish projects implemented under the Horizon2020 program and the possibilities of applying for funds within 2019-2020 Work Programmes competitions. As part of the event, it will be possible to take part in short, parallel thematic sessions conducted by NCP experts on selected activities in the Horizon2020 program and detailed rules for applying in open competitions. As part of the session, presentations of instruments such as the prestigious ERC or pilot EIC will take place, more about which development can be read HERE or activities within the framework of “Sharing excellence and widening participation” (SEWP) and many others.

The event is addressed to individuals and entities interested in applying to the framework programs, but above all to new participants who would like to get interested in EU grants and encourage participation in the Horizon2020 program.

The PolSCA office supports the efforts of researchers working in Poland and national scientific units in applying for funds from the Horizon2020 framework program as a natural element of the research and innovation support ecosystem, complementary to national and regional sources. It is worth emphasizing, however, that in accordance with the new rules regarding the evaluation of scientific units, participation in H2020 projects will be doubly rewarded, and in the case of ERC grants, quadruple.

Individuals and teams having an idea for the project and preparing applications are also invited to individual consultations with our experts. Registration for individual consultations is carried out with the help of an additional application form available from mid-March.

Admission to the event is free, but registration is required! We invite you to participate!

Registration

Meeting agenda

Event :: European AI strategies

European AI Strategies: Where Do Member States Stand, and Where are They Headed?

To remain competitive in the global race for artificial intelligence (AI), the European Union will need more investment, more workers trained in AI-relevant skills, more shared resources including data, and a regulatory environment that will foster the development and use of AI. To that end, in December the European Commission released a “Coordinated Plan on AI” which encourages all member states to develop their own national AI strategies by mid-2019 and to work with the Commission to develop common metrics to measure AI adoption.

While some member states have already created national AI strategies, others have not or have only included dimensions of AI within broader digital strategies. Moreover, every member state is different, so the policies, priorities, and financial commitments in each national AI strategy will vary.

Join the Center for Data Innovation for a discussion that will take stock of the progress achieved so far across member states; compare targets, priorities, and dimensions; and assess the extent to which these national strategies will support Europe’s goal of becoming a global leader in AI.

Speakers confirmed:

• Eline Chivot, Senior Policy Analyst, Center for Data Innovation
• Irina Orssich, Policy Officer at DG CONNECT, European Commission
• Janne Peltola, Counselor for Competitiveness (Industry and Internal Market), Permanent Representation of Finland to the EU
• Pascal Rogard, Digital, Telecom and Postal Service Counselor, Permanent Representation of France to the EU
• Virginijus Sinkevičius, Lithuania’s Minister of Economy and Innovation
• Claudine Vliegen, Attaché for Telecom and Digital Affairs, Permanent Representation of the Netherlands to the EU

Follow @DataInnovation and join the discussion on Twitter with the hashtag #datainnovation.

The Center for Data Innovation is a non-profit, non-partisan think tank working at the intersection of data and public policy. It conducts high-quality, independent research and educational activities on the impact of the increased use of information on the economy and society. In addition, the Center for Data Innovation formulates and promotes pragmatic public policies designed to enable data-driven innovation in the public and private sector, create new economic opportunities, and improve quality of life.

Forum Future Europe – Berlin 2019

At the end of February, the representatives of national academies of sciences and arts, leading universities and research organisations, as well as scientists from the EU13 member states, have gathered in Berlin at the invitation of the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina and the Leibniz Association to discuss our contribution to the future of Europe. Since then, a joint communique has been published, followed by a series of press releases and commentaries, including one featured at Science Business.

All participant of the “Forum Future Europe” agreed that that decisions on the future of the EU must be evidence-based, and the research community should and will provide and better communicate scientific advice for such decisions.