ERC at EU Research and Innovation Week 2024

18 - 21 March 2024
9.00 - 18.00 CET
Hybrid
English
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The ERC will take part in the Research and Innovation (R&I) Week (18-21 March) with a session on “Europe: a scientific powerhouse” featuring amongst others 2023 Nobel Prize laureate and longstanding ERC grantee Anne L’Huillier (18 March). ERC President Maria Leptin will speak at the closing of the event (21 March). 

The R&I Week is a yearly series of events organised by the European Commission.  Part of this week is the fifth edition of the EU R&I Days (20-21 March). Both events will be held in Tour and Taxis in Brussels, and online, allowing everyone to get involved from anywhere. Registration is open.

For online participation, please sign up at the  research and innovation community platform (europa.eu).

This year’s EU R&I Days aims to provide the opportunity to debate how we can make Europe greener, fairer, and more competitive under a common narrative: a 40-year journey through the EU R&I Framework Programmes. Participants will have the opportunity to discover EU-funded research and innovation projects, and debate the importance of continued investment in R&I.

Join policymakers, researchers, innovators, and other stakeholders, and discover high-level speakers, policy debates, funding and networking opportunities, dedicated workshops, pitching sessions to investors and exhibitions showcasing EU-funded projects.

ERC participation at the R&I Week
 

18 March, 14:40-15:20 | Europe: a scientific powerhouse

Speakers

  • Anne L’Huillier,  Nobel Prize in Physics 2023. ERC grantee for 15 years. Professor at Lund University
  • Patrik Verstreken, ERC grantee, Director of the VIB-KU Leuven Center for Brain & Disease Research and Professor of Neuroscience at KU Leuven
  • Roberto Navigli, ERC grantee, Professor at the Sapienza University of Rome and creator of BabelNet

Moderator

  • Harriet Bulkeley, ERC Scientific Council Member, Professor at Durham University.

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21 March 17:15  | Closing remarks by Maria Leptin


Maria Leptin spoke at the closing event, alongside Marc Lemaître, European Commission Director-General for R&I, and Manuel Heitor, Member of the expert group for the interim evaluation of the EU Horizon Europe Programme and former research Minister of Portugal.

18-21 March, 9:00 to 17:00 | ERC stand at the R&I Week

The ERC will have a stand during the event where participants can find out more about ERC-funded projects.

Speaker’s bios