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Highlights
Horizon 2020 is the biggest EU Research and Innovation
programme ever with nearly €80 billion of funding available
over 7 years (2014 to 2020), in addition to the private investment
that this money will attract. It promises more breakthroughs,
discoveries and world-firsts by taking great ideas from the lab to
the market.
Horizon 2020 has the political backing of Europe’s leaders and
the Members of the European Parliament, as it is seen as a means
to drive economic growth and create jobs. They agreed that
research is an investment in our future and so put it at the heart
of the EU’s blueprint for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth
and jobs.
The EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation
aims to achieve the above objectives by coupling research and
innovation, and especially by implementing its emphasis on
excellent science, industrial leadership and tackling societal
challenges. The goal is to ensure Europe produces world-class
science, removes barriers to innovation and makes it easier for
the public and private sectors to work together in delivering
innovation.
The "Week of Innovative Regions
in Europe 2014" (WIRE V) will take
place this year in Athens under
the auspices of the Greek EU
National Documentation Centre
of Greece (EKT) and the European
Commission,
in
collaboration
with the General Secretariat
for Research & Technology. The
conference will take place in Aegli
Zappeiouon June 12thand13th, in
the presence of the Commissioner
of the European Commission
for Research, Innovation and
Science, Máire Geoghegan-Quinn.
Registration for the conference is
now open.
For the last five years, WIRE (Week
of Innovative Regions in Europe)
has been established as the
most significant European forum
dedicated to regional strategies,
innovation and development. The
Conference will build on the public
dialogue for the discovery of
effective procedures, instruments
and best practices leading to the
successful implementation of
Smart Specialisation Strategies
for European Regions. Towards
a new architecture for regional
innovation strategy, WIRE2014
will cover the following thematic
areas: European funding for
Regional Development in 2014-
2020,
Business driving Regional
innovation, Scientific Excellence,
Open Data and Knowledge re-use
for regional growth.
English is the official language
of the Conference. There is
no registration fee, however,
participants are required to
For more information about
WIRE2014
thematic
areas,
speakers,
agenda,
practical
details about arrival in Athens
and accommodation, conference
news and features, visit WIRE2014
official website or find us on social
The conference on "Achieving Impact" was
the 3rd in a series of conferences organized
within EU presidencies and focusing on Social
Sciences and the Humanities (SSH) within
the Horizon 2020 programme. The Athens
conference was organized by NET4SOCIETY,
the network of the National Contact Points
(
NCPs) for the SSH. The local organizer of the
conference was the National Documentation
Centre (EKT), the Greek NCP for the SSH in
Horizon 2020, and a "value mediator" for the
impact of the SSH research, as Dr Evi Sachini,
Director of EKT noted in her welcome speech.
The conference was a successful event that
brought together more than 400 attendees
from all over Europe.
The conference unravelled in two full-days
and combined plenary and breakout sessions
each day. The first day focused on analysing
the concept of impact. The discussions
revealed that "impact" is a manifold concept
with a wide range of nuances and types.
Disciplinary-specific approaches to impact
are also necessary, along with an increased
public awareness and access to research, and
increased involvement of the stakeholders.
The significance laid on impact of the SSH
in Horizon 2020 underlines a shift of the
emphasis from the process of research to the
outcomes of research. In the second day,
the plenary session focused on a detailed
presentation of the working programme and
the calls for 2014 and 2015, as well as detailed
information regarding NET4SOCIETY NCP
services, and advice on addressing impact for
effective proposals.
The parallel sessions that took place during the
two days provided the opportunity to present
and discuss numerous impactful projects in the
SSH, and to examine the meaning of impact in
projects from various areas of the SSH. Some of
the most significant issues that emerged from
the brainstorming group sessions were these
of "interdisciplinarity" and "social innovation".
More than 600 meetings took place during a
brokerage event the 2nd day of the conference,
and provided the opportunity to investigate
project partnerships.
Horizon 2020: The new EU Research
and Innovation programme
Week of Innovative Regions in Europe
(
WIRE2014) in Athens
International Conference "Achieving Impact-Socio-Economic Sciences & Humanities
in Horizon 2020"
info
Horizon 2020 @ EC
Horizon 2020 @ EKT
info
WIRE 2014
info
"
Αchieving Impact" - Videos and
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