A call to strengthen research and innovation in Europe
Wednesday, 2 October 2024 – 15.45-17.00
CSIC Office, Rue du Trône 62, 1050 Brussels
Keynote speaker: Enrico Letta, Former Italian Prime Minister and Author of the report “Much more than a market” on the future of the Single Market
This autumn, the newly elected European Parliament will begin developing their positions, and the candidates for the future European Commission will be announced. These leaders will play a crucial role in shaping Europe’s future through the development and adoption of the next long-term EU budget.
This event offers a platform for discussing the vital importance of investing in research and innovation as a way of addressing current and future geopolitical and societal challenges. The discussions will take place ahead of the publication of the first proposal for the Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF), expected in the first half of 2025.
Registration
Please register here before 26 September 2024.
Please note that places are limited and the organisers may decide to put some participants on a waiting list in order to ensure a diverse audience at the event.
Programme
15:15 p.m. Doors open
15:45 p.m. Welcome address
15:55 p.m. Opening keynote by Enrico Letta
16:10 p.m. Panel discussion
16:55 p.m. Closing remarks
17:00 p.m. Reception, flying dinner
Speakers
Enrico Letta will share his views on European R&I, the need to create a «fifth freedom» dedicated to R&I in the single market, and why it is necessary to radically step up the investments in the EU’s next budget.
Mr. Letta, former Prime Minister of Italy and President of the Jacques Delors Institute, is the author of the report «Much more than a market» on the future of the single market.
Maria Leptin will join the panel to discuss the benefits of frontier research and innovation.
Dr. Leptin is President of the European Research Council.
Christian Ehler will speak about the importance of R&I investments at national and EU level, in particular for the 10th framework programme for research and innovation FP10.
Dr. Ehler is Member of the European Parliament, ITRE Committee, and Rapporteur for Horizon Europe.
More speakers to be announced soon.
Moderator: Charlotte Van Velthoven-Geerdink, Charly Speaks