Does Framework Work?
An exclusive roundtable meeting
20 November 2008, Radisson SAS Hotel, Brussels (near the European Parliament)
This Autumn the European Commission has begun a full review of its flagship R&D funding effort, Framework Programme 7. The seven-year, €52.5 billion initiative is vital to the technological and scientific progress of thousands of universities, companies and research institutes – as well as to European competitiveness. The review will assess accomplishments and problems to date in FP7 and set the stage for mid-course adjustments in spending priorities and rules in 2009-10.
This meeting includes some of the key planners
and organizers of FP7 at the Commission, including Clara de la Torre, Director, DG Research, European Commission, Waldemar Kütt,
deputy chef de cabinet to EU Science and Research Commission Janez
Potocnik. It is part of the Science|Business Policy Bridge, a series of
exclusive, inside-Brussels meetings focused on EU innovation and R&D policies and
programmes. The outcome of this thought-provoking
exchange of views will be a special report by Science|Business, that
will set the stage for a set of specific policy recommendations for
publication later in 2008.
Who should attend
- Corporate R&D and public affairs executives involved in Framework
- University administrators and principal investigators involved in Framework
- National delegations, and third-country representatives
- Consultants to FP7 participants
For more information, contact terri.robinson@sciencebusiness.net
