DAY 1 THURSDAY, 7th JULY 2022

Moderator Tomáš SACHER, Director
Head of Czech 2022 EU Presidency Programme, Czech Centres
Rapporteur Martin BUNČEK, Managing Director
Technology Agency of the Czech Republic
12:00 – 13:30

Accreditation and buffet lunch

13:30 – 13:45

Welcome

Vladimír BALAŠ, Minister of Education, Youth and Sports, Czechia
Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports, Czech Republic

Helena LANGŠÁDLOVÁ, Minister of Science, Research and Innovation, Czechia

13:45 – 14:00

Synergies as a top horizontal priority of the European research and innovation policy-making approaches

Mariya GABRIEL, Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth

14:00 – 14:15

Synergies as a top horizontal priority of the European research and innovation policy-making approaches

Allen WEEKS, Director General
Extreme Light Infrastructure – European Research Infrastructure Consortium

14:30 – 15:30

Political debate

Opening remarks by the moderator

Anna PANAGOPOULOU, Director for European Research Area and Innovation
Directorate General for Research and Innovation, European Commission

Panel composition:

Samuel ENGBLOM, State Secretary
Ministry of Education and Research, Sweden

Claire GIRY, Director General for Research and Innovation
Ministry of Higher Education, Research and Innovation, France

Ľudovít PAULIS, State Secretary
Ministry of Education, Science, Research and Sport, Slovak Republic

Václav VELČOVSKÝ, Deputy Minister for the EU, International Affairs and ESIF
Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports, Czechia

Raquel YOTTI, Secretary General for Research
Ministry of Science and Innovation, Spain

15:30 – 15:45

Q&A

15:45 – 16:15

Coffee break

16:15 – 17:30

Synergies in practice

Opening remarks by the keynote speaker

Vít VONDRÁK, Director of IT4Innovations National Supercomputing Centre
VŠB – Technical University of Ostrava

Panel composition:

José Carlos CALDEIRA
INESC Brussels Hub

Luca FERRARESE, Head of Secretariat
Interreg Central Europe

Frank OSTERHOFFER, Scientific Officer
DLR Project Management Agency

Anna PANAGOPOULOU, Director for European Research Area and Innovation
Directorate General for Research and Innovation, European Commission

Wolfgang POLT, Director of Policies
Institute for Economic and Innovation Research, Joanneum Research Ltd.

17:30 – 17:45

Q&A

17:45 – 18:00

Conclusions of the 1st day by the rapporteur

18:00 – 18:30

Optional guided tour in the Prague Congress Centre

18:30 – 22:00

Buffet dinner at the conference venue

DAY 2 FRIDAY, 8th JULY 2022

Moderator Tomáš SACHER, Director
Head of Czech 2022 EU Presidency Programme, Czech Centres
8:00 – 9:00

Welcome coffee

9:00 – 9:15

Plenary introduction to the parallel break-out sessions

Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Member of the European Parliament, Portugal

9:30 – 10:45

Parallel break-out sessions

(1) Research infrastructures

Moderator Lukáš LEVÁK, Director of Department for Research and Development
Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports, Czechia
Rapporteur Jana KOLAR, Chair
European Strategy Forum on Research Infrastructures

Panel composition:

Jacques DEMOTES, Director General
European Clinical Research Infrastructure Network

Apostolia KARAMALI, Head of Unit for Research and Innovation Actors and Research Careers
Directorate General for Research and Innovation, European Commission

Jiří NANTL, Director
Central European Institute of Technology – Masaryk University

Andreas PETZOLD, Head of Group Global Observation
Institute of Energy and Climate Research Jülich

 

(2) EU Cohesion Policy Funds

Moderator Sylvie SAMKOVÁ, Head of Unit for Preparation of the Operational Programme Calls
Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports, Czechia
Rapporteur Inka VAVERKOVÁ, Senior Analyst
Technology Centre of the Czech Academy of Sciences  

Panel composition:

Magda DE CARLI, Head of Unit for European Semester and Country Intelligence
Directorate General for Research and Innovation, European Commission

Marco DE MAGGIO
Agenzia Italiana della Coesione, Italy

Joan GUASCH COROMINAS, Director of International Development and Public Programmes
EURECAT

Katarzyna KACZKOWSKA, Deputy Director
Department for Innovation and Development Support Programmes
Ministry of Development Funds and Regional Policy, Poland

Katrin PIHOR, Head of Department for Research and Development Policy
Ministry of Education and Research, Estonia

Catherine WENDT, Head of Unit for Smart and Sustainable Growth
Directorate General for Regional and Urban Policy, European Commission

(3) Innovation

Moderator Monika VRBKOVÁ, Head of Financing Entrepreneurship Support Team
JIC, Czechia
Rapporteur Táňa HÁLOVÁ PERGLOVÁ, Science Attaché
Permanent Representation of Czechia to the European Union

Panel composition:

Baptiste BUET, Director of EU Business Unit
EIT InnoEnergy

Joana MENDONÇA, Chair of Board of Directors
Agência Nacional de Inovação, Portugal

Keith SEQUEIRA, Head of Unit for EIC Board, Strategy and EA Feedback to Policy
Directorate General for Research and Innovation, European Commission

Anatoly SUBOCS, Policy Officer for RRF Task Force Coordination Research and Innovation
Secretariat-General RECOVER, European Commission

Pavol TURČINA, Chief Executive Officer
GOSPACE Tech s.r.o.

(4) European Partnerships and Missions

Moderator Lucie NÚÑEZ TAYUPANTA, Head of Unit for European Research Area
Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports, Czechia
Rapporteur Joaquín SERRANO, Head of Subdivision of Transversal
State Research Agency, Spain

Panel composition:

Lisa ALMESJÖ, Senior Policy Officer for International Cooperation
VINNOVA

Miroslav HALTUF, Co-Chair of State Representatives Group
Europe´s Rail State Representatives Group Member for Czechia

Brit HELLE, Head of Secretariat
EUREKA

Michael HÜBNER, Senior Policy Officer
Federal Ministry of Climate Action, Environment, Energy, Mobility, Innovation and Technology, Austria

Aleksandra KORDECKA, Head of Unit for Common Mission and Partnership Service
Directorate General for Research and Innovation, European Commission

10:45 – 11:15

Coffee break

11:15 – 12:30

Synergies in the context of the European missions

Opening remarks by the moderator

Anna PANAGOPOULOU, Director for European Research Area and Innovation
Directorate General for Research and Innovation, European Commission

Panel composition:

Tomáš HOLINKA, Head of Unit for Smart Specialisation Strategy
Ministry of Industry and Trade, Czech Republic

Miia PAANANEN, Senior EU Advisor
Turku-Southwest Finland EU Office in Brussels

Rosalinde VAN DER VLIES, Director for Clean Planet
Directorate General for Research and Innovation, European Commission

12:30 – 12:50

Outcomes of the parallel break-out sessions presented by the repporteurs

12:50 – 13:00

Closing

Radka WILDOVÁ, Deputy Minister for Higher Education, Science and Research
Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports, Czechia

13:00 – 14:30

Buffet lunch

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