Technology Centre ASCR, the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports and the team of the FP7 MIRRIS project would like to invite you to the conference 13 th CZECH DAYS FOR EUROPEAN RESEARCH CZEDER 2015 November 4, 2015 / Technology Centre ASCR Ve Struhách 27, Prague 6 / Czech Republic November 5 6, 2015 / Diplomat Hotel Evropská 15, Prague 6 / Czech Republic
13 th CZECH DAYS FOR EUROPEAN RESEARCH CZEDER 2015 November 4 Venue: Technology Centre ASCR, Ve Struhách 27, Prague 6 Language: English THIRD ROUND POLICY DIALOGUE ON THE CR IN THE EU R&D&I (Invited participants only) Participants: MIRRIS project team representatives and relevant Czech national R&D&I stakeholders Presentation of the proposed roadmap aiming at increasing participation of the Czech Republic in Horizon 2020 followed by a round table discussion on the proposed roadmap (priorities, key stakeholders and organisations, their roles, action steps to be taken etc.) The MIRRIS project (Mobilising Institutional Reforms in Research and Innovation Systems) aims at encouraging a better exploitation of European research and innovation programmes and participation in the European Research Area of the 13 target countries by setting up a process of analysis, dialogue, mutual learning among key concerned stakeholders, namely research, innovation and institutional actors. The research performed in this project has received funding from the European Union Seventh Framework Programme (FP7/2007 2013) under agreement n 320209.
13 th CZECH DAYS FOR EUROPEAN RESEARCH CZEDER 2015 November 5 Venue: Diplomat Hotel Prague, Evropská 15, Prague 6 Languages: Czech, English, simultaneous translation THE CZECH REPUBLIC IN THE EU R&D&I 08.30 09.00 Registration 09.00 09.15 Welcome Ivan Wilhelm, Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports 09.15 09.35 Roadmap of the Czech Republic of Large Infrastructures for Research, Experimental Development and Innovation for the years 2016 2022 Lukáš Levák, Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports 09.35 09.55 Discussion 09.55 10.25 Coffee break 10.25 10.45 Discussing how innovation system can better address participation to the ERA Andrea Di Anselmo, Vice President of META Group 10.45 11.05 Discussion 11.05 11.30 Hindsight of the CZ participation in the FP7 Vladimír Albrecht, TC ASCR 11.30 11.55 Insight of the CZ participation in the H2020 Daniel Frank, TC ASCR 11.55 12.10 Discussion 12.10 13.10 Lunch break 13.10 13.30 Introducing the objectives of the MIRRIS working session, synopsis of the MIRRIS project (Mobilizing Institutional Reform for Research and Innovation Systems) Andrea Di Anselmo, Vice President of META Group 13.30 14.10 MIRRIS presentation of the Roadmap for the Czech Republic Presentation of the process and the proposed Roadmap (challenges, actions, responsibilities etc.) Anita Tregner-Mlinaric, META Group 14.10 14.30 Discussion: Collection of the feedback on the key items of the Roadmap (actions, roles, steps to develop, KPIs etc.) representative of the MIRRIS team 14.30 15.00 Coffee break
15.00 15.20 Opportunities and challenges for RIS3 implementation Mathieu Doussineau, European Commission, JRC IPTS, Smart Specialisation Platform 15.20 15.30 Discussion 15.30 16.30 Panel discussion: Steering the R&D institutions in the Czech Republic towards higher competitiveness Moderator: Vladimír Albrecht, TC ASCR 16.30 16.45 Conclusions Panellists: Hana Sychrová, Czech Academy of Sciences Ivan Wilhelm, Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports Arnošt Marks, Offi ce of the Government Petr Konvalinka, Czech Rectors Conference Tomáš Novotný, Ministry of Industry and Trade Jaroslav Machan, Confederation of Industry of the Czech Republic SKODA AUTO Representative of the MIRRIS Team November 6 Venue: Diplomat Hotel Prague, Evropská 15, Prague 6 Languages: Czech, English, translation will not be provided COST INFORMATION DAY IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC 08.30 09.00 Registration 09.00 09.15 Welcome and introduction Representative of the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports (MEYES) Representative of Technology Centre ASCR (TC ASCR) 09.15 10.45 What is COST and how does it work? Angeles Rodriguez Pena, President of COST Association What are the COST Actions and how to participate in them? Christer Halen, Head of Science operation, COST Association, Brussels How to prepare a successful proposal? Christer Halen, Head of Science operation, COST Association, Brussels 10.45 11.15 Coffee break
11.15 12.30 What is the added value and impact of participating in a COST Actions? Examples of experience and best practice from COST Action s representative: COST Action Chair, Grant holder František Krčma, Brno University of Technology COST Action Management Committee member, COST Action WG leader František Fendrych, Institute of Physics of the CAS Jan Marek, INOTEX, spol. s r. o. Miloš Mazánek, Czech University of Technology COST new evaluation system, fi rst personal experiences Antonín Vlček, Queen Mary, University of London and J. Heyrovsky Institute of Physical Chemistry of the CAS, Review Panel member Jiří Pinkas, Masaryk University, Czech representative in Scientifi c Committee 12.30 13.15 Evaluation of the national participation in COST Actions and national support measures Josef Janda, COST National Coordinator, MEYES Jana Bystřická, Senior Offi cer, MEYES COST and ERA and Horizon 2020 Miloš Chvojka, Technology Centre ASCR 13.15 14.00 Discussion: Q&A with all speakers chaired by prof. Jaroslav Cihlář, Czech representative in the Committee of Senior Offi cials Closing the COST info day 14.00 15.00 Working lunch
The conference is fi nanced by the project CZERA (LM 2010010) supported by the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports