Programme

The Impact of EU funded research
New insight on the impact of Horizon 2020 & EIT
for economies and societies.
8 June 2016
Amsterdam
Target audience:
Science Policymakers
Science Assessment experts
University strategists
University data providers
Science funders
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Programme ‘The Impact of EU funded research’
Wednesday 8 June 2016
13:00-13:30
Coffee & Registration
13.30-15.00
13.30-13.45
Welcome & opening by the chairman of the conference, Prof. Koenraad Debackere, General Manager KU
Leuven, Belgium & Chairman of the AESIS Network
13.45-14.00
Martin Kern, interim Director of the European Institute of Innovation & Technology (EIT)
14.00-14.15
Alex Brenninkmeijer, Member of Chamber IV for Revenue, research and internal policies, and European
Union's institutions and bodies at the European Court of Auditors, former National Ombudsman for the
Netherlands
14.15-14.30
Kurt Vandenberghe, Director Policy Development and Coordination at DG Research & Innovation,
European Commission
14.30-14.50
Q&A and Discussion
14.50-15.20
Break & group photo
15.20-16.40
II Working groups
The common thread between FP7, H2020 and FP9
Synergy between EU and national funding
How will the ex-post evaluation of FP7 (including the High-Level
Working Group report) and the midterm review of H2020 influence
the second part of H2020 2018-2020 and the new set up of FP9?
How can national and EU research funding strengthen each other? How
would this alignment affect societal impact outcomes?
Chair:
Rosalinde van der Vlies, Head of the Evaluation Unit at
DG Research & Innovation
Chair:
Prof. Peter van den Besselaar, Professor of organisation
sciences at VU University Amsterdam
Speakers:
Klaus Beetz, Vice President R&D&I EU Cooperation at
Siemens Corporate Technology and former Business
Director at EIT Digital
Speakers:
Edvard Beem, Co-director at the Netherlands Organisation
for Health Research and Development (ZonMw) and several
positions at Joint Programmes and Research Infrastructures
Patries Boekholt, Managing Director of the Technopolis
Group
Ruxandra Draghia– Akli, Director of the Health Directorate
(tbc)
Peter Tindemans, Secretary-General at Euroscience
Prof. Sven Stafström, General Director at Vetenskapsrådet,
Sweden
16.40-17.00
Break
17.00-18.00
Panel discussion
Perspectives for more cooperation between Horizon 2020, EIT and national research programmes
Alex Brenninkmeijer, Member of Chamber IV for Revenue, research and internal policies, and European
Union's institutions and bodies at the European Court of Auditors
Martin Kern, interim Director of the European Institute of Innovation & Technology (EIT)
Prof. Sven Stafström, General Director at Vetenskapsrådet
Peter Tindemans, Secretary-General at Euroscience
Kurt Vandenberghe, Director Policy Development and Coordination at DG Research & Innovation,
European Commission
Patries Boekholt, Managing Director of the Technopolis Group
18.00-19.45
Reception
18.30-19.45
AESIS Advisory Board Meeting
20.00
Conference dinner
GENERAL INFORMATION
DATE
Wednesday 8 June 2016
LOCATION
De Balie
Kleine-Gartmanplantsoen 10
Amsterdam, the Netherlands
(next to the famous Leidseplein)
LANGUAGE
English
REGISTRATION
All participants who wish to attend the conference must register in advance.
Participants are requested to complete the Registration form on the website (see
link below). A letter of confirmation will be sent to you upon completion of the
registration; further information will follow in due course. Registrations will be
handled in order of receipt.
REGISTRATION FEE
The standard registration fee for participation in the conference is € 95,- (excl.
21% VAT). The registration fee includes admittance to the conference as well as
extended conference documents, lunch and refreshments. It does not include
participation in the pre-conference dinner. The fee must be paid in advance.
CANCELLATION
In case you are unable to attend the conference, a substitute delegate is welcome
to attend without extra charge if we are informed in writing who the substitute
will be. Should you cancel before May 22nd, an administration fee of
€ 50,- (excl 21% VAT) will be charged. Please note that no refunds are
possible after May 22nd and that cancellations always have to be in writing.
PAYMENT
Payments have to be made in euro and free of all bank and other charges. No
personal or company cheques are accepted. You will receive a digital invoice
upon registration.
MORE INFORMATION
& REGISTRATION
http://aesisnet.com/event/impact-of-eu-funded-research/
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ORGANISATION &
CONTACT
Parand Akhavan, Project Manager
[email protected]
Mauritskade 5
2514 HC The Hague
+31 (0) 70 346 2505
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