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Ares(2019)6364717 - 15/10/2019 List of participants to the" European Research and Innovation Days” organised by the DG RTD in 24-26 September 2019 in Brussels cy_name Academy of Finland Vinnova ENEA Transport & Environment Scotland Europa Sciensano UCA Imtech ECOWAS Center for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (ECREEE) European Commission EASME SPF Mobilité et Transport Innovate UK CEA LIST Universcience - Cite des sciences et de l'industrie Estonian Research Council ANSES ERTRAC Eupati.be Universiteit Antwerpen BusinessEurope Ceva Santé Animale Cleantech Scandinavia FFG - Austrian Research Promotion Agency Universtiy of Surrey, Surrey Space Centre EU-LIFE Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities National Secretariat for Science, Technology and Innovation Saxony Liaison Office Brussels Academy of Finland / Business Finland Glasgow City Council Artech International BVBA Central Fisheries Research Institute DNV GL Estonian Liaison Office for EU R&I Oulu University Hospital Luxinnovation Maestro Design & Management Trinity College Dublin Bmvit World Fair Trade Organization Europe LEITAT Technological Center COST Association ITENE European Patients Forum EASE Red Cross Denmark Portugal Social Innovation Takeda ECTRI Vinnova CNRS - Institut Curie University of Limerick CSIC-IETcc UFZ Helmholtz Center for Environmental Research French National Research Agency CITY OF ROTTERDAM Cannabis Europe PSB-VIB CDTI - Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities INNAXIS Foundation CDTI IPT - Polytechnic Institute of Tomar Business Angels Europe ECDC EASME ICCS CLORA fondazione cariplo JPND University of Quebec Ministry of Research and Innovation Teknikföretagen The Danish Ministry of Higher Education and Science GCE Ocean Technology Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation The Research Council of Norway DTU Environment Ministry of higher education and science Permanent Representation of Denmark to the EU University of Edinburgh South Sweden Brussels Office Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute Swedish Research Council hub.brussels Public Organization EUROPEAN COMMISSION Elcano Royal Institute Compagnia di San Paolo ANRT DG Education Youth Sport and Culture Falling Walls Lab - MSCA Competition hub.brussels REGION-NOUVELLE-AQUITAINE CEA RESEARCH and INNOVATION FOUNDATION VLAIO - NCP Flanders AKKA Technologies Hydrogen Europe Research Flanders Innovation & Entrepreneurship STOCKBOOKING OElsevier European Commission - DG EAC IKH CVR - Centre for Waste Valorisation CIBIO - Research Center in Biodiversity and Genetic Resources Icsttar Eit Raw Material Instituto de Salud Carlos III Police University College Greek Research and Technology Network University of Hohenheim aamadarchi Science for Change Office of Castilla-La Mancha Newcastle University Fundació Sant Joan de Déu JDRF Institut Pasteur The Central Union of Agricultural Producers and Forest Owners (MTK) University of Groningen EY FIEC - European Construction Industry Federation Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations NHH Norwegian School of Economics Fraunhofer Institute UMSICHT Ministry of Education and Science ICE Castilla y León UK Research Office Natural Resources Institute Finland LUKE World Health Organization University of Helsinki MAIRIE DE NANTES BASF TUBITAK Food Allergens Laboratories EARTO Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres Prima Foundation Institute for European Studies, Vrije Universiteit Brussel ESTRO NEREUSaisbl University of Oslo University of Oslo AOC Innovation FEUGA - Galician Enterprise University Foundation Mondragon University European Public Health Association University of Eastern Finland Federazione trentina della cooperazione Ministry of Economic Affairs, Rhineland-Palatinate INRA Transfert UCD Centre for Cybersecurity & Cybercrime Investigation Frontiers ZonMw IDI Ireland TNO NTNU Utrecht University & MIT Marmara University Suez Spain Burgas Free University ART-ER Confindustria University of Twente, Digital Society Institute GSK Procter & Gamble French National Research Institute for Development (IRD) LNEC Dublin City University Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Geological Survey of Belgium EPICENTER Cefic Stiftung Jugend forscht e.V Institute of Technology, Sligo MBIE Bank of Valletta Instituto Politecnico de Setubal BCP Capital FBK CREATE-NET Hezelburcht Novamont Spa Edgeryders Business Europe Austrian Federal Ministry of Education, Science and Research ECMWF orchestre EGVIA ONERA PATH SINTEF KU Leuven INEA Innovation and Network Executive Agency DLR - German Aerospace Center EIT Health e.V. University of Gothenburg, Sweden AENEAS Ministry of Science and Culture of Lower Saxony Fraunhofer LBF CERTH/HIT National R&D Institute for Food Bioresources - IBA Bucharest ANRST Herbalife Nutrition University of Thelassy ALLEA Mistra Thales Research & Technology Austrian Science Fund Sciences Po University of Pisa biosense ICn2 MAS ABOGADOS CSIC UK Research Office Research Council Norway South Denmark European Office CNR Institute of Clinical Physiology Fondazione Telethon Previously European Commission European Space Agency Swedish Research Council - R&I Liason Office in Brussels CEA VUB CIHEAM Hochschule Fulda University of Applied Sciences Elsevier Intergalactic Industries City of Eindhoven University of Helsinki iCAN University of Helsinki, iCAN regio Foodvalley Ministry of Health and Solidarity Inria European Academy of Cancer Sciences European Commission EASME Retired EU Commission official Assolombarda SSHRC Civil Society Europe Saxon State Ministry for Higher Education and the Arts Luxinnovation QUALITY BURKINA PROGRESS sarl Permanent Representation of Belgium to the EU BUSINESS EUROPE INRIA BASF Innoviris Slovak Liaison Office for Research and Development ITER Organization hub.brussels Roboris srl Szent Istvan University ALBA Synchrotron Deep Blue CEMA - European Agricultural Machinery Neuroteg AI IBS Consulting City of Stockholm CESAER EFTA PATH Deltares Ministry of Education and Science European Commission Openers Project Managment Jülich Innovation Policy matters University of Twente Gl Events Brussels Interconsult Bulgaria Ltd. Institute of Electrochemistry and Energy Systems AB Corporation CESAER Ministry of Education, Science and Sport Medtech-Europe EUMETSAT Västerås stad Flemish Government VLHORA Vlaamse Hogescholenraad LNV Swiss National Science Foundation Métropole européenne de Lille IRTA tenish agency further education and science Central Sweden European Office Cerema ACCIONA EUROCITIES Coreso Flemish Ministry of Mobility and Public Works SHIFT2RAIL JOINT UNDERTAKING AB Corporation EuropaBio NTNU Università Politecnica delle Marche LID - The Research Council Of Norway University of Birmingham AGAUR Science Europe Tuscany Region / ERIAFF Network EURORDIS Rare Diseases Europe Silicon Saxony Cargill National Council for Research Dutch Ministery of Education, Culture and Science Ministry of Education, Culture and Sciece European Network of Social Integration Enterprises United European Gastroenterology The Guild Airbus ORKA Technologies JJB-PHILCOM ZABALA INNOVATION EASSH formerly Wageningen University Ministry of Higher Ed. Research and Innovation Eureka Association Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz Mairie de Toulouse Institut national du cancer Université de Montpellier Sesar Ju CDTI - MINISTRY OF SCIENCE AND INNOVATION European University Association Saponia d.d. Falling Walls Lab - MSCA Competition Ghent University Flen Health Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research UFZ Airbus Irish Permanent Representation Vanguard Initiative AICEP - Trade&Investment Agency of Portugal Falling Walls Lab - MSCA Competition Aavanz FFG Interel Luleå University of Technology German Aerospace Center Project Management Agency (DLR-PT) Institute for Advanced Studies University of Hohenheim Bravo strategies European Commission RWTH Aachen University HydroCen / NTNU / EERA THEA - Technological Higher Education Association UIC European Court of Auditors Irish Maritime Development Office university of glasgow Comission Européene FRANCE DIGITALE Bucharest University of Economic Studies Université Côte d'Azur TB Alliance Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam Vinnova EFSA UKRO (UK Research Office) EURORDIS Crossref PPMI Technical University of Denmark JPI Oceans British Embassy Brussels University of Amsterdam Engie EU Funding Advisor European Affairs Department ENGIE Swisscore InHouse CCI Genova ACC Cyfronet AGH and Sano Centre Northern Netherlands EU Office National academy of sciences of Ukraine European Commission Royal Netherlands Aerospace Centre (NLR) International Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology in Warsaw and European Commission's Group of C Kaunas University of TEchnology Wageningen University & Research Norwegian Ministry of Education and Research European Commission WWF FCC Construcción Walk With Path European affairs consulting NTNU-Norwegian University of Science and Technology Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Projektträger Jülich UK Research and Innovation Scottish Enterprise Normandy Region Centexbel SwissCore Stockholms University CIDETEC FECYT Foundation for Religious Studies commission ALLEA European Health Management Association Agência Nacional de Inovação UiT INESC TEC INESC TEC Prima Industrie SpA IBS Consulting EIT Rawmaterials UNIVERSITE GRENOBLE ALPES european commission Knowledge Transfer Ireland European Space Agency BBI JU ANI CEA List Centre for Research in Agricultural Genomics FUJITSU A.SPIRE Politecnico di Milano Assolombarda COPA COGECA University of Liège APRE CERIC-ERIC EUROEAN COMMISSION
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