Towards the European Fifth Freedom and Global Competition: Voices from Science
- Symposien
- European Research Council
- Präsenz
- Innovationspolitik
- Politikberatung
- Wissenschaftspolitik
- Datum
- Ort European Research Council Covent Garden, Place Rogier 16 1210 Brüssel Belgien
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The “European Fifth Freedom” – the free flow of knowledge, research, innovation, and talent – embodies Europe’s ambition in a time of global competition and tensions. Realising this vision, as outlined in the Letta and Draghi Reports, requires more than policy frameworks and funding. It calls for collective action from the scientific community and policymakers, grounded in well-informed choices.
Expectations are high for the tenth European Union Framework Programme “Horizon Europe” and the European Commission’s commitment to building an agile European research and innovation ecosystem – one that integrates the European Research Area, the European Innovation Area, and the European Education Area with policies such as the “28th Regime” and “Choose Europe for Science”. Success will widely depend on ensuring these policies reflect the needs, potential, and responsibilities of researchers and innovators.
The European Research Council and the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, supported by National Academies from the Netherlands, Slovakia, Finland, and Cyprus, are bringing together decision-makers and scientists to build common understanding around critical questions:
- How should FP10 be designed and function, and what should it prioritise?
- How can central European policies on research and innovation strengthen both competitiveness and strategic autonomy?
- How can we ensure responsible international cooperation in science and technology under unstable geopolitical and security conditions?
Be part of the conversation where voices from science help shape Europe’s strategic direction.
Programm/Zeitplan
12:00 – 13:00 | Meet and greet over light lunch and refreshments
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13:00 – 13:10 | Welcome by Maria Leptin, President of the European Research Council |
13:10 – 14:00 | Opening panel: Doing Excellent Science in Europe Keynote by Ekaterina Zaharieva, European Commissioner for Start-ups, Research, Innovation Panel with Commissioner Zaharieva and Dietmar Harhoff, Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition Munich & Strategy Group for Technology and Innovation of the German Federal Chancellor Maryna Viazovska, 2022 Fields Medallist; École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne Mirta Galesic, Complexity Hub Vienna & Santa Fe Institute Moderator: Bettina Rockenbach, President of the Leopoldina |
14:00 – 14:15 | Coffee break |
14:15 – 15:15 | Panel: Towards a New European Knowledge Economy (Inner-European perspective) Keynote: Enrico Letta, President of the Jacques Delors Institute Paris Panel with Enrico Letta and Severine Vermeire, Rector of KU Leuven Carole Mundell, Director of Science, European Space Agency Nuria Oliver, Co-Founder of the European Laboratory for Learning and Intelligent Systems & Chief Data Scientist at Data-Pop Alliance Moderator: Olya Kudina, Delft University of Technology & Dutch Young Academy, Netherlands |
15:15 – 16:15 | Panel: Towards an Impactful and Attractive FP10 (Scientists’ and innovators’ perspective) Maria Leptin, President of the ERC Martin Venhart, President of the Slovak Academy of Sciences; Marileen Dogterom, President of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences Soteris Kalogirou, Founding Member of the Cyprus Academy of Sciences, Letters, and Arts & Cyprus University of Technology Moderator: Pekka Aula, Secretary-General of the Finnish Academy of Science and Letters |
16:15 – 16:45 | Coffee break |
16:45 – 17:45 | Panel: Towards a new Global Pathway for Scientific Cooperation (Global perspective) Peter R. Neumann, King’s College London Junko Hibiya, Vice-President, Science Council of Japan Shekhar C. Mande, President, Indian National Science Academy Metin Sitti, President, Koç University Istanbul Moderator: Marie-Louise Nosch, University of Copenhagen & Vice President of ALLEA – All European Academies |
17:45 – 17:50 | Technical break |
17:50 – 19:00 | Closing panel: Science-Policy Debate Presentation of “Brussels Messages”: Bettina Rockenbach, President of Leopoldina Christian Ehler, Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur for FP10 Horizon Europe and the European Competitiveness Fund Regina Valutytė, Vice-Minister for Education, Science and Sports of Lithuania Andreas Schwarz, Head of Cabinet of European Commissioner for Start-ups, Research, Innovation Moderator: Conny Aerts, Member of the ERC Scientific Council |
19:00 – 20:30 | Networking walking dinner
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Registration
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