Coimbra Group High-level Seminar
“Horizons 2015: First Experiences, Emerging Expectations” Horizon 2020 from the perspective of European Research Universities
Organized in collaboration with Venice International University and the University of Padova
Coimbra Group High-level Seminar
“Horizons 2015: First Experiences, Emerging Expectations” Horizon 2020 from the perspective of European Research Universities
The Coimbra Group is organising this second high-level seminar on research policy and funding with particular reference to the implementation of the European Union’s Horizon 2020 programme. The seminar will take place at the Venice International University facilities on the Isola di San Servolo on 30th and 31st October 2014. .
Programme
Thursday 30th October
9.00-13.00 Executive Board meeting
10.00-13.00 Research Support Officers meeting Chair: Director John Westensee, Aarhus University Research Support Office Presentations on experience of first round of Horizon 2020 Presentations on research support collaboration Discussion on potential for wider collaboration
13.00 Welcome sandwich lunch
14.00 Opening Rector Giuseppe Zaccaria University of Padova President Umberto Vattani, Venice International University Professor Dorothy Kelly, Chair of the CG Executive Board Professor Kurt Deketelaere, Secretary-General LERU Professor Melita Kovačević, Vice-Rector, University of Zagreb, representing UNICA
14.30 Opening keynote on Research and Innovation Chair: Professor Jürgen Barkhoff, Vice Chair CG Executive Board Speaker: Professor Patrick Prendergast, Provost of Trinity College Dublin
15.15 Short discussion
15.30 Coffee break
16.00-17.30 Session on Promoting Open Research Chair: Professor Amílcar Falcão, Vice Rector for Research, University of Coimbra Speakers: Dr Christine Berthaud, Director of the Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe Dr Paul Ayris, Director, UCL Library Service, University College London
20.00 Dinner, courtesy of Venice International University
Friday 31st October
9.30 Keynote on Horizon2020 and its impact on university research strategies Chair: Rector Elmer Sterken, University of Groningen, CG Honorary President Speaker: Professor Susanne Weigelin-Schwiedrzik, Vice-Rector for Research and Career Development, University of Vienna
10.15 Short discussion
10.30 Coffee
11.00 Session on Cohesion and Regional Innovation Chair: Rector Vasile Işan, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iaşi Speakers: Rector Volli Kalm, University of Tartu Professor Anders Malmberg, Deputy Vice-Chancellor, University of Uppsala
12.30 Lunch
13.30 Session on Early Stage Researchers Chair: Professor Johnny Laursen, Aarhus University Speakers: Professor Melita Kovačević, Vice-Rector for Science and Technology, University of Zagreb Professor Jeremy Bradshaw, Assistant Principal, University of Edinburgh Ms Kamila Partyka, Marie Skłodowska-Curie Unit, Directorate-General Education and Culture, European Commission
14.30 Report from Research Support Officers’ Meeting
15.00 Conclusions Rector Elmer Sterken, University of Groningen, CG Honorary President
Coffee breaks and lunches are courtesy of the University of Padova
The Coimbra Group is a European university network, which, since 1985, has promoted higher education and research cooperation. The CG consists of thirty-seven comprehensive, long-established research universities from across Europe. It comprises key institutions for promoting staff and student mobility, e.g. involved in twenty per cent of all Erasmus student mobility, and fostering international mobility of doctoral candidates and early-stage researchers. It brings together members from all European regions. It has, therefore, a particular awareness of regional differences and the varying impact of economic and financial instability on different higher education and research systems. The CG members strongly emphasise fundamental and blue sky research and see the Humanities and Social Sciences as equal and integral parts not only of their teaching and research portfolio, but also of their contribution to society and economic development. Moreover, the CG and its member universities have a long-standing tradition of global collaboration with institutions of research and higher education in other world regions. www.coimbra-group.eu