Horizon 2020 standing committee

28 May 2015 - Stanhope Hotel, Rue du Commerce 9, 1000 Brussels

On the eve of the launch of the new work programmes, the Science|Business Horizon 2020
Standing Committee was established to consult the members of the Science|Business Network on
Horizon 2020 and related R&I programmes. As a unique group of academic, industry and policy
representatives, the committee will aim during its first meeting to identify the most important issues
that will be tackled by the Network and the best way to put them forward to EU decision makers.

PROGRAMME
16:00 Registration and welcome coffee

16:30 Introduction by Richard L. Hudson, CEO & Editor, Science|Business

16:35 Highlights of the Science|Business annual conference Horizon 2020 by Maryline

Fiaschi, Director, Science|Business

16:40 What are the hot topics to be addressed by the committee (content of the calls,
quality of the consortia, procedures, financial and legal issues, etc.)?

17:15 How to best formulate recommendations to the EU institutions (consultation,

original research, collection of best practices, etc.)?

17:30 Modus operandi: Setting up the committee structure and a date for the next
meeting

17:45 ERC = Science²: A campaign to promote the ERC as a vector of ‘cool science’.
Invitation to university partners to join this Europe-wide project coordinated by
Science|Business

17:55 Conclusions

18:00 Drinks

The Standing Committee meeting will be followed by a dinner debate on Scientific

evidence in policymaking: the role of the JRC
 PARTICIPANTS
• Jonathan Cave, Member of Regulatory Policy Committee and Warwick Economics Department,
Warwick University
• Giuseppe Conti, Head of ARIC - Area Research and Technology Transfer, University of Bologna
• Monica Dietl, Director, COST Association
• Katharina Eggenberger, Research Manager, EU GrantsAccess, ETH Zürich
• Maryline Fiaschi, Director, Science|Business
• Stefania Grotti, Head of Research Office, Politecnico di Milano
• Éanna Kelly, News Editor, Science|Business
• Richard L. Hudson, CEO & Editor, Science|Business
• Paul Indelicato, Vice President for Research and Innovation, Pierre and Marie Curie University
• Ann Katherine Isaacs, Rector’s Delegate for European Programmes: Research and Higher
Education, University of Pisa
• Elke Lammertyn, Head EU-Office, KU Leuven Research & Development
• Laura Montagna, Director, SKF Engineering & Research Centre, SKF
• Jan Palmowski, Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Postgraduate and Transnational Education, Warwick
University
• Frank M. Salzgeber, Head of Technology Transfer Programme Office; Directorate of Technical
and Quality Management, European Space Agency
• Renata Schaffer, European Policy Manager, University of Cambridge
• Martin Scott, Head of Project Management, University College London
• Isabelle Thizon-de-Gaulle, Vice President R&D partnerships, Sanofi
• Daniel Walker, Head of EU Research Funding Office, King’s College London
• Walter Weigel, Vice President, Huawei European Research Institute (ERI)
• John V. Wood, Secretary General, The Association of Commonwealth Universities

Academic members
Aalto University, Finland Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway
Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden Pierre and Marie Curie University, France
ESADE Business School, Spain Politecnico di Milano, Italy
ETH Zürich, Switzerland Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Sweden
Imperial College London, UK TU Berlin, Germany
INSEAD Business School, France University of Bologna, Italy
Karolinska Institutet, Sweden University of Cambridge, UK
King’s College London, UK University of Pisa, Italy
KU Leuven, Belgium University College London, UK
Medical University of Warsaw, Poland University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology, Poland University of Warwick, UK

Industry partners
Boeing Microsoft
Biogen Nickel Institute
BP Sanofi
Foley SKF
Huawei Toyota
Other members
ATTRACT COST
BASTION, FP7 Project European Space Agency (ESA)
Catalan Association of Public Universities (ACUP) Innovate UK (Technology Strategy Board)
CERN Tataj Innovation

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