Portugal's Participation in Horizon 2020 and Prospects for FP9

Next Monday, February 20th, the Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) and the National Innovation Agency (ANI) will hold an event to assess the Portuguese participation in Horizon 2020, and to discuss the national position for the next European funding framework program for Research and Innovation - FP9.

The event includes the participation of the Minister of Science, Technology and Higher Education, Manuel Heitor, the European Commissioner for Research, Science and Innovation, Carlos Moedas, and the President of the Parliamentary Committee on Education and Science, Alexandre Quintanilha. During the session the performance of national entities in Horizon 2020 will be presented, as well as examples of good practices under this Framework Programme.

The event takes place on February 20, at the Great Amphitheater of the IST Congress Center, at 4:30 PM.

Register here.

Agenda

16:00 - Registration

 16:30 - Opening

Arlindo Oliveira, Instituto Superior Técnico

16:40 - The relevance of H2020 for science funding in Portugal, opportunities and challenges

Paulo Ferrão - Foundation for Science and Technology

16:50 - The relevance of H2020 for companies in Portugal, opportunities and challenges

José Carlos Caldeira - National Innovation Agency

17:00 - Portuguese participation in H2020

Eduardo Maldonado - Foundation for Science and Technology

17:10 - IST's experience in H2020

Luis Correia - Instituto Superior Técnico

17:20 - INESC TEC's experience in H2020

José Manuel Mendonça - INESC TEC

17:30 - EDP's experience in H2020

António Vidigal - EDP

17:40 - The A. Silva Matos experience in H2020

Adelino Costa Matos -Grupo A. Silva Matos

17:50 - Ubiwhere's experience in H2020

Rui Costa - Ubiwhere

18:00 - Tekever's experience in H2020

Ricardo Mendes -Tekever    

18:10 - Alexandre Quintanilha - Parliamentary Commission for Education and Science

18:20 - Manuel Heitor - Minister of Science, Technology and Higher Education

18:40 - Carlos Moedas - European Commissioner for Research and Innovation

19:00 - Closing