Framework Programme Working Group

11 May 2017, Science 14 Atrium, Rue de la Science 14b, Brussels

Featured Guests
Maria Cristina Russo
Director, International Cooperation, DG Research and Innovation, European Commission

Maria Cristina Russo has been director for international cooperation in DG Research and Innovation
since July 2013. She is responsible for promoting research and innovation cooperation with
international partners in order to strengthen the EU’s scientific excellence and attractiveness, foster
its industrial competitiveness, tackle global societal challenges, and support the EU’s external
policies, including trade, development and enlargement. From 2010-2013 she served in DG Health
and Consumer Affairs as the head of unit for “financial services and redress”. She has previously
served within the Secretariat General of the Commission as a head of unit, as a member of the
cabinet of Philippe Busquin, Commissioner for research, as a policy officer in the Secretariat General
and as a policy officer in DG External Relations.

James Moran
Principal Advisor, Middle East and North Africa, European External Action Service

Ambassador James Moran is principal advisor on the Middle East and North Africa at the European
External Action Service. He was Ambassador and head of the European Union Delegation in the
Arab Republic of Egypt from 2012 to 2016. His long service with the European Institutions has been
spent entirely in external relations and includes wide experience in the Middle East, where he headed
the EU missions to Jordan and Yemen in 1999-2002 and was the EU’s senior coordinator in Libya
during the 2011 revolution. Between 2002 and 2011, he was the EU’s Asia Director from 2006-2011,
and was the chief negotiator for a number of EU partnership agreements with China, Indonesia and
Malaysia, among others.

Programme
11:00 – Welcome, by Richard L. Hudson, Editor-in-chief & Vice Chair of the Board, Science|Business

11:10 – International cooperation in Horizon 2020.

• The state of international cooperation, and an overview of flagship international projects,
by Maria Cristina Russo, Director, International Cooperation, DG Research and Innovation, European
Commission
• EU science diplomacy, by James Moran, Principal Advisor, Middle East and North Africa, European
External Action Service

12:30 – Lunch break

13:00 - 14:30 – How to improve international collaboration?

Discussion among the members of The Working Group
• How can we be ‘Open to the World’ but retain impact in the EU?
• What should the future rules of participation for international cooperation look like?
• How should the funding for third countries change?
• Is there a specific topic/funding mechanism well suited to greater international collaboration?
 Participants

• Doris Alexander, Research Development Manager, Trinity Research & Innovation, Trinity College Dublin

• Katalin Alfoldi, Policy Officer, Inclusiveness and Excellence, COST Association

• Julian Bauer, Policy & Project Officer, Research and Innovation, European University Association

• Michael Browne, Head of European Research and Innovation, University College London (UCL) *

• Andy Cherry, Senior Scientific Officer, Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU)

• Pascal Dayez-Burgeon, Director, Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS)

• Serge Fdida, Vice President Europe and International Partnerships, Université Pierre et Marie Curie (UPMC)

• Maryline Fiaschi, Managing Director, Science|Business

• Paul Gerharz, Fraunhofer EU-Office Brussels

• Stefania Grotti, Head of Research Office, National & International Relations, Politecnico di Milano *

• Saara Harjula, Senior Advisor, EU Affairs, Helsinki EU Office

• Mathias Havgar, Brussels Representative, Innovation Norway

• Matti Hiltunen, Counsellor, Research & Innovation, Tekes – Finnish Funding Agency for Innovation

• Philip Hines, Policy Analyst, Science|Business

• Richard L. Hudson, Editor-in-chief & Vice Chair of the Board, Science|Business

• Eanna Kelly, News Editor, Science|Business

• Bea Krenn, Senior Advisor, Research Funding, University of Amsterdam (UvA) *

• Gunnar Landgren, Advisor to the President, KTH Royal Institute of Technology *

• Sarah Malevé, Advisor, European and International Research Projects, KU Leuven Research & Development

• Sivasegaram Manimaaran, Head of Brussels Office, Innovate UK

• Niki Naska, Communications Manager, EUREKA Secretariat

• Vinny Pillay, Minister Counsellor, South Africa - Department of Science & Technology *

• Xavier Rodde, Head of European and International Research Support, University of Birmingham

• Laure Sonnier, EU Liaison Officer, Frontiers

• Hideki Takamatsu, Technical General Manager R&D, Toyota Motor Europe

• Charlotte Thorley, Senior Manager, Science|Business

• Sarika Vij, Senior Policy Officer, The Guild

• Daniel Walker, Head of EU Research Funding Office, King’s College London *

* These members are joining us through teleconference