The Portuguese Participation in H2020 and Prospects for FP9

(available only in Portuguese)

Next Monday, February 20, the Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) and the National Innovation Agency (ANI) will hold an event to take stock of Portugal's participation in Horizon 2020 and discuss the national position for the next European framework program for Research and Innovation funding – FP9.

The event will be attended by the Minister of Science, Technology, and Higher Education, Manuel Heitor, the European Commissioner for Research, Science, and Innovation, Carlos Moedas, and the Chairman 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 within the scope of this Framework Program.

The event will take place on February 20, at 4:30 p.m., in the Grand Amphitheater of the IST Congress Center.

Register here.

Schedule

4:00 p.m. – Registration

 4:30 p.m. – Opening

Arlindo Oliveira, Technical University

4:40 p.m. – The relevance of H2020 for science funding in Portugal, opportunities, and challenges

Paulo Ferrão – Foundation for Science and Technology

4:50 p.m. – The relevance of H2020 for companies in Portugal, opportunities, and challenges

José Carlos Caldeira – National Innovation Agency

5:00 p.m. – Portuguese participation in H2020

Eduardo Maldonado – Foundation for Science and Technology

5:10 p.m. – IST's experience in H2020

Luis Correia – Technical University

5:20 p.m. – INESC TEC's experience in H2020

José Manuel Mendonça – INESC TEC

5:30 p.m. – EDP's experience in H2020

António Vidigal – EDP

5:40 p.m. – A. Silva Matos' experience at H2020

Adelino Costa Matos – A. Silva Matos Group

5:50 p.m. – Ubiwhere's experience in H2020

Rui Costa – Ubiwhere

6:00 p.m. – Tekever's experience in H2020

Ricardo Mendes - Tekever    

6:10 p.m. – Alexandre Quintanilha – Parliamentary Committee on Education and Science

6:20 p.m. – Manuel Heitor – Minister of Science, Technology, and Higher Education

6:40 p.m. – Carlos Moedas – European Commissioner for Research and Innovation

7:00 p.m. – Closing