European Commission

Welcome by: Robert-Jan Smits, Director-General Research and Innovation (chair), Brussels, Belgium

• Keynote address by Máire Geoghegan-Quinn, Commissioner for Research, Innovation and Science, Brussels, Belgium
• Address by Morten Østergaard, Danish EU Presidency, Higher Education and Research Minister
• Address by Torsten Wiesel, President Emeritus Rockefeller University, Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine, 1981, USA

Chair: Anneli Pauli, Deputy Director General, Research and Innovation, Innovation and ERA, Brussels, Belgium
Speakers:

• Bjarne Kirsebom, Vice-Chair ERAC, Chief Advisor for International and European Affairs, Ministry of Education and Research, Sweden
• Volker Rieke, Federal Ministry of Education and Research, DG for European and International cooperation in Education and Research, Germany
• Sir Keith O'Nions, Rector of Imperial College, United Kingdom
• Paul Boyle, President of Science Europe, United Kingdom
• Anna Sjöström Douagi, Director of Swedish Young Academy, Sweden

Discussion

Moderator: Achilleas Mitsos, chair of the Economists groups assessing the socio-economic impact of ERA, Greece

Panellists:

• Andrea Bonaccorsi, Professor of Economics and Management at the University of Pisa, ANVUR member of the board, ANVUR member of the board, Italy
• André Sapir, Professor of Economics at the Université Libre de Bruxelles, Senior Fellow at Bruegel
• Daria Tataj, Member of EIT Executive Committee, Founder EMF Consultancy and Professor at Warsaw University of Technology Business School, Poland
• Jan van den Biesen, Vice President & Director Public R&D Programs at Philips, representing BusinessEurope, Brussels, Belgium

Discussion

Moderator: Hans Müller Pedersen, Chair of the High Level Group for Joint Programming, Deputy Director General, Agency for Science, Technology and Innovation, Denmark
Speakers:

• Octavi Quintana Trias, Director European Research Area: outcome of the consultation / key messages, Brussels, Belgium
• Wolfgang Marquardt, Chair of the German Council of Science and Humanities (The Wissenschaftsrat), Germany
• Tatjana Volkova, former Rector BA School of Business and Finance, former President of Rector’s Conference of Latvia

Discussion

Moderator: Beatrix Vierkorn-Rudolph, Chair of the European Strategy Forum on Research Infrastructures (ESFRI), Germany
Speakers:

• Ruxandra Draghia-Akli, Director Health, European Commission : outcome of the consultation/ key messages, Brussels, Belgium
• Rolf-Dieter Heuer, Director General of CERN, Switzerland
• Gudmund Host, e-IRG chair, Norway

Discussion

Moderator: Martin Hynes, CEO of European Science Foundation (ESF), France
Speakers:

• Stefaan Hermans, Head of Unit Skills, European Commission: outcome of the consultation / key , Brussels, Belgium
• Vanessa Diaz, University College London, Department for Mechanical Engineering, United Kingdom
• Marisa Alonso Núñez, EURODOC, (European Council of Doctoral Candidates and Junior Researchers), United Kingdom
• EURAXESS Ambassadors:
  Karin Kase, Head of Communications, Archimedes Foundation, EURAXESS, Estonia
  Neven Duic, Head of Power Engineering and Energy Management Chair Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of Zagreb. Euraxess Ambassador, Croatia

Discussion

Moderator: Georg Buchtela, Technology Chair of the ERAC Group on Knowledge Transfer, Austria
Speakers:

• Kirsi Haavisto, Deputy Head of Unit Innovation policyPolicy, European Commission: outcome of the consultation / key messages, Brussels, Belgium
• Pat Frain, Executive Board Member, ProTon Europe, Ireland
• Helena Malmqvist, Head of external research collaborations /ABB Corporate Research Center, Sweden
• Lena Tsipouri, University of Athens, Member of I4G, Greece

Discussion

Moderator: Riitta Mustonen, Forum for International Science and Technology Cooperation (SFIC), Finland
Speakers:

• Sigi Gruber, Head Of Unit D2, Relations with third countries, outcome of the consultation / key messages, Brussels, Belgium
• Charles Mgone, Executive Director, European & Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership (EDCTP), Netherlands
• Sylvia Schwaag Serger, Executive Director International Strategy & Networks, Swedish Agency for Innovation Systems (VINNOVA), Sweden

Discussion

Moderator: Sijbolt Noorda, President of the Association of Universities in the Netherlands (VSNU), Netherlands
Speakers:

• Gilles Laroche, Head of Unit Ethics and Gender, European Commission: outcome of the consultation / key messages, Brussels, Belgium
• Ilaria Capua , Director of Virology Department and of International Reference Laboratories, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale delle Venezie, Italy
• Alma Swan, Director Key Perspectives Ltd, United Kingdom

Discussion

Moderator: Robert-Jan Smits, Director-General Research and Innovation, Brussels, Belgium
Speakers:

• Olli Rehn, Vice-President of the European Commission, Commissioner for Economic and monetary affairs and the Euro, Brussels, Belgium
• Anne Glover, EU Chief Scientific Adviser, Brussels Belgium
• Maria Da Graça Carvalho, European Parliament, Member of ITRE Committee, Brussels, Belgium
• Costas Iacovou, Director of Planning at Planning Bureau, Cyprus