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K4I Stakeholder Conference + Dinner Debate
"Kick-off
event – K4I Forum 2012/2013 Programme"
Tuesday, 31 January 2012
European Parliament, 60 Rue
Wiertz, 1047 Brussels
Stakeholder Conference - 17h00 - 18h30, Room JAN 6Q1 followed
by a
Coctail Reception
- 19h00 - 19h30, Members’ Restaurant followed by a
Dinner
Debate
- 19h30 - 22h00, Members’ Restaurant
In 2011 the EU started discussions on its future budget and a review of major
policies for the period 2014-2020. The Commission already put forward proposals
that are highly relevant for the Innovation Union including the Multiannual
Financial Framework, future Cohesion Policy, Horizon 2020 and more. Very
important decisions are under preparation and will be taken in the coming 12-18
months mainly by the European Parliament and the Council.
During 2011, the K4I Forum managed to implement a very ambitious programme
with eight dinner debates, nine working breakfast meetings with the Forum’s
Governing Board and a two part summit conference in Warsaw and Brussels which
all together produced a substantial outcome. This outcome and the know-how and
expertise of K4I members form an ideal basis to provide input to the discussion
- in particular in the European Parliament - on future framework conditions for
innovation and allocation of budgets for many years to come.
To this end, K4I agreed to prepare and organise a "Kick-off" event to present
and discuss highly important innovation focus areas that will give guidance and
ideas for the K4I Forum 2012 Action Plan and Programme. This event will be
organised in two parts. A stakeholder meeting in the later afternoon (17h00
-18h30) followed by a dinner with Members of the European Parliament to discuss
and have a first input from the MEPs on the 2012 programme.
The objective of the meeting is to identify series of highly relevant
innovation topics and that reflects the work of the Members of the European
Parliament engaged in K4I forum activities.
Stakeholder Conference Agenda
"Priority
Innovation Issues"
Welcome and Introduction
Friedhelm Schmider,
President, Knowledge4Innovation
Presentations and Discussions of selected
priority issues
Topic:
Industry Participation in Horizon 2020 – Exploitation of Research
Results
Speaker: Mr. Leo Baumann,
Senior Manager, EU Representative Office, Nokia
Topic:
Excellent Science Base
Speaker: Ms. Anna Voseckova, Head of Liaison Office for
Research and Development, Technology Centre ASCR, Czech Republic
Topic:
Industrial Leadership and Competitive Framework
Speaker: Ms. Loredana Ghinea, Manager, Innovation Policy and
Emerging Science/Policy Issues, European Chemical Industry Council
Topic:
Tackling Societal Challenges – Inclusive, Innovative and secure societies
Speaker:
Dr. Jos Leijten, Head of Research, TNO
Topic:
Tackling Societal Challenges – Food Security, Bio-based economy, Health,
Demographic change and wellbeing
Speaker:
Mr.
Angel Martin, Governmental Affairs Manager, European Crop
Protection Association
Topic:
Cohesion Policy and Horizon 2020 – Synergies and complementarities of policies
and funding programmes illustrated by the Brainport Eindhoven case
Speaker: Mr. Wim de Kinderen, International Project Manager,
Brainport Eindhoven EU Office, Brussels
Topic:
Workplace Innovation – Increasing innovation capability of small firms
Speaker: Dr. Attila Toth, President, Novitech, Slovakia
The introductions will be followed by a discussion
with the participants and the outcome of the meeting will be presented during
the dinner debate with the MEPs for further discussions.
Dinner Debate Agenda
The dinner debate is specifically dedicated to present
and discuss the key innovation topics identified during the afternoon
stakeholder session to the Members of the European Parliament, who then are
welcome to provide their first inputs on the issues raised and share with the
stakeholders their priorities for 2012.
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