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Outlook for the next Framework Programme

29 January 2018, Radisson Blu, Brussels

Featured guest

Kurt Vandenberghe
Director, Policy Development and Coordination, DG Research and Innovation,
European Commission

Kurt Vandenberghe is director for policy development and coordination at the


European Commission’s Directorate-General for Research and Innovation
since 1st February 2016. Before that, he was director for Climate action
and resource efficiency at Directorate-General for Research and Innovation
since July 2013. He served in the cabinet of research Commissioner Philippe
Busquin (1999-2004) and as head of the cabinet of Janez Potocnik, who was
commissioner for Research and Innovation (2004-2009) and subsequently
for Environment (from 2010). Before entering the Commission, he worked for
4 years as a manager at Ernst & Young Association Management, where he
set up, managed and represented international trade associations. He is co-
founder and board member of Journalismfund.eu and the VZW Scriptieprijs.

Programme

18:30 Cocktail

19:00 Dinner-debate featuring Kurt Vandenberghe, Director for Policy


Development and Coordination, DG Research and Innovation, European
Commission

21:00 End
Guests

• Jaana Backman, Director, LEAR, University of Eastern Finland


• Lisandro Benedetti-Cecchi, Vice Rector, European and International Research, University of Pisa
• Lidia Borrell-Damian, Director, Research and Innovation, European University Association
• Melanie Braamhaar, European Affairs Officer, University of Twente
• Niek Brunsveld, Senior Policy Adviser, Research and Innovation, University of Amsterdam
• Massimo Busuoli, Head of Brussels Office, Norwegian University of Science and Technology
• Andy Cherry, Senior Scientific Officer, The Association of Commonwealth Universities
• Vincent Clay, Senior Manager, EU Government Affairs, Pfizer
• Pascal Dayez-Burgeon, Head of Brussels Office, CNRS
• Monica Dietl, Senior Adviser, Science|Business
• Frederick Fenter, Executive Editor, Frontiers
• Maryline Fiaschi, Managing Director, Science|Business
• Richard Flaye, Chairman of the Board, Science|Business
• Christopher Frieling, EU Policy Officer, Fraunhofer
• Fabrizio Gagliardi, Chair, The ACM Europe Policy Committee; Senior Strategy Advisor, Barcelona
Supercomputing Cluster
• Pablo Garcia Tello, Section Head, Development of EU Projects and Initiatives, CERN
• Thomas Sørlie Hansen, European Adviser, Norwegian University of Science and Technology
• Harald Hauschildt, Head, Govsatcom and Secure Communications Section, European Programmes
Office, European Space Agency
• Matti Hiltunen, Counsellor, Research and Innovation, Business Finland
• Richard L. Hudson, Editor-in-chief and Vice Chair of the Board, Science|Business
• Eanna Kelly, News Editor, Science|Business
• Peter Lalvani, Data and Impact Analyst, EUREKA Secretariat
• Gunnar Landgren, Advisor to the President, KTH Royal Institute of Technology
• Sivasegaram Manimaaran, Head of Brussels Office, Innovate UK
• Katrina Nordström, Professor, Microbiology, Aalto University; Secretary General, Cluster Consortium
of 12 top European Universities of Engineering and Technology
• Georgeta-Madalina Oprea, Executive and Research Assistant, Toyota Motor Europe
• Vinny Pillay, Minister Counsellor, South Africa Department for Science and Technology
• Tomasz Rusek, Head of Policy, The Guild
• Anna Sandström, EU Science Relations Director, AstraZeneca
• Julia Schmalenberg, Senior Policy Advisor, Fraunhofer
• Egon Schulz, Director, Wireless Innovation Center, Huawei
• Linna Sirkku, Development Director, Aalto University
• Laure Sonnier, EU Affairs Consultant, Frontiers
• Hideki Takamatsu, General Manager, Technology Trend Analysis Group, Toyota Motor Europe
• Charlotte Thorley, Senior Manager, Science|Business
• Janne Uusivirta, Senior Advisor, East and North Finland EU Office
• Kurt Vandenberghe, Director, Policy Development and Coordination, DG Research and Innovation,
European Commission
• Luk Van Langenhove, Senior Adviser, European Strategy, University of Warwick
• Bart Veys, Policy Officer, The COST Association
• Sarika Vij, Senior Policy Officer, The Guild
• Peter Wrobel, Founding Director, Science|Business

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