S2E National Event SLOVAKIA
- 25 Jun 2015
- Hotel NH Bratislava Gate One, Bratislava (SK)
The SLOVAKIA National Event was co-organised by the S3 Platform - S2E project and the Ministry of Education, Science, Research and Sport of the Slovak Republic.
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Full Agenda of the event.
Session 1: Welcome Address - Chair: Ludmila Majlathova (European Commission Representation in Slovakia)
- Synergies with R&I Funds: Stairway to Excellence - Andrea Conte (European Commission, DG JRC)
- Slovak activity for the implementation of the new EU funding programmes - Stanislav Sipko (Ministry of Education, Science, Research and Sport of the Slovak Republic)
- Opportunities for Synergies under the new ESIF Framework - Tereza Krausova (European Commission, DG REGIO)
Session 2: Reviews on Existing Slovak R&I Cooperation and Barriers and Motivations of Prospect Collaborations - Moderator: Andrea Conte (European Commission, DG JRC)
- Slovak profile in terms of FP participation and ESIF (*) - Mathieu Doussineau (European Commission, DG JRC)
- The Slovak Research & Innovation Ecosystem - Dr. Eva Majková (Vice-President of the Slovak Academy of Sciences), Mr. Ladislav Šimko (Director of cross-cutting priorities department, Government Office of the Slovak Republic)
- How to Boost Automation and Robotics in Slovakia? Steps Towards Smart Specialization – Miroslav Balog (Slovak Innovation and Energy Agency)
- Combining EU funding for the Slovak company GA DRILLING – Luboš Slovak (Chief project officer)
(*) The S2E National "facts and figures" document was the basis for this presentation. It contains key messages, based on the presented quantitative indicators, and provides as full a picture as possible of how and where European funding dedicated to R&I is spent.
Session 3: Synergies in Practice - Moderator: Nida Kamil Ozbolat (European Commission, DG JRC)
- SynWiN - Combining research funding and structural funds for win-win solutions - Andreas Hebbelmann (Technische Universität Braunschweig)
- The CEITEC Case: Translating Infrastructure into Capacity Development - Markus Dettenhofer (Executive Director of CEITEC)
- Experiences of EU Research and Innovation Funds from Sicily : pitfalls and exciting challenges - Mario Sprovieri (Institute for Coastal Marine Environment CNR, Italy)
- Synergies and Horizon 2020 instruments - Olivier Brunet (European Commission, DG RTD)
Session 4: Conclusions and ways forward - Moderator: Tereza Krausova (European Commission, DG REGIO)
- Follow-up mechanisms and ways forward – Andrea Uhrínová (Ministry of Education, Science, Research and Sport of the Slovak Republic)
Practical Information
- When
- 25 Jun 2015
- Where
- Hotel NH Bratislava Gate One, Bratislava (SK)
- Registration Information
- Participation was by invitation only.
Description
The "Stairway to Excellence" (S2E) European Pilot Project is centred on:
- Providing assistance to post 2004 countries and regions with the aim of closing the innovation gap, promoting excellence in all regions and EU countries;
- Stimulating the early and effective implementation of national and regional Smart Specialisation Strategies.
The SLOVAKIA National Event was organised jointly by the European Commission, Directorate-General Joint Research Centre (S3 Platform, S2E project) and the Ministry of Education, Science, Research and Sport of the Slovak Republic.
A JOINT STATEMENT OF THE NATIONAL EVENT OF SLOVAKIA: "The Synergies with Research and Innovation Funds" was issued as an outcome of it and covers the Main Issues under the different topics brought at the event.
Objectives of the event:
- A better understanding of Slovak national (and regional) innovation ecosystem(s) with a special emphasis on the identification of obstacles, barriers and potentials to innovation
- Raising awareness of the actions needed to enable synergies between different EU funding programmes for research and innovation
- Sharing experiences in combining Structural Funds and Framework Programme to improve excellence in R&I systems
- Drawing lessons for the future and identifying follow-up actions to enhance the potential synergies between different EU funds in the Member State
Who should attended? (Participants: around 70 people)
- Slovak National and Regional Managing Authorities
- Slovak National Contact Points from the past Framework Programmes and Horizon 2020 and other EU-funded programmes
- Slovak National and Regional authorities in charge of smart specialisation strategies
- Members of the Horizon 2020 programme committee
- Selected national and international experts on EU funding programmes and regional policy
- Selected representatives from businesses
- Selected representatives from universities, research centres and any other organization with experience and/or interest in EU-funded programmes
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