Portugal's Participation in Horizon 2020 and Prospects for FP9
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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
