HORIZON 2020 – MULTIANNUAL FRAMEWORK AND ICT 

EIF Dinner Debate

Date: Tuesday 28 February 2012
Time: 20.00-22.00
Venue: Private Salon, Members Restaurant, European Parliament in Brussels (see map)

Horizon 2020 is the financial instrument of one of the Europe 2020 flagship initiatives, the Innovation Union. Running from 2014 to 2020 the EU’s new programme for research and innovation has a budget of €80 billion. It will combine all research and innovation funding currently provided through the Framework Programmes for Research and Technical Development, the innovation related activities of the Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Programme (CIP) and the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT).

At this dinner debate the Commission will present its new initiative. EIF members will then hear from the academic world, from a large company and from an SME in the ICT sector about their experience with EU funded R&D projects so far and their expectations on the new Horizon 2020 programme. As always this will be followed by open debate and question time.

Programme:

Welcome and introduction:

Pilar del Castillo MEP and EIF Chair

Speakers:

Robert Madelin, Director General, Directorate General for the Information Society and Media, European Commission

Prof. Dr. Gonzalo León, Vice President for Research, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid

Paul Jenkins, Head of Collaborative Research for BT Innovate and Design

Rix Groenboom, Technology Evangelist, Association of Competitive Technology (ACT)

Exchange of views with participants