Conference programme

Moderator: Eliška Zvolánková

9:30 – 10:00

Registration and welcome coffee

10:00 – 11:15

Morning session

Opening speeches

Radka Wildová, Director General for Higher Education, Science and Research section, Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports
Karel Klusáček, Director of Technology Centre Prague

Policy level keynote

Massimiliano Esposito (Head of Unit, Common Policy Centre, DG RTD): The EC vision of the EU support of Research & Innovation in the next programming period

Czechia´s performance in Horizon Europe

Vladimír Vojtěch (Analyst, Technology Centre Prague)

11:15 – 12:15

Panel discussion: View of the future of the EU R&I funding and a Czech perspective

Massimiliano Esposito (Head of Unit, Common Policy Centre, DG RTD)
Lucie Núňez Tayupanta (Director of the Department of Research and Development, MEYS)
Ladislav Krištoufek (Member of the Research, Development and Innovation Council)

12:15 – 14:00

Lunch break

14:00 – 15:30

Afternoon session: Knowledge valorisation

Ioannis Sagias (Deputy Head of Unit, Valorisation policies & Intellectual property rights, DG RTD): Importance of the knowledge valorisation & an outlook for the future

Panel discussion

Ioannis Sagias (Deputy Head of Unit, Valorisation policies & Intellectual property rights, DG RTD)
Martin Fusek (Member of the Research, Development and Innovation Council/Vice Director for Strategic Development, IOCB CAS)
Inge Volman (Business developer, Radboud University)
Hana Kosová (Knowledge valorisation freelance)

15:30 – 16:30

Closing, networking & refreshments