Seminar: Green growth ahead

Seminar

During the seminar, participants will receive information about the possibilities of financial support for carrying out research and development work from regional, national and European funds (including the Horizon Europe Programme). They will also have the opportunity to network and find competent partners for their research and development projects, both among Polish and foreign participants. The seminar will be accompanied by an exhibition of projects currently being implemented in the region and funded by the Horizon 2020 and Horizon Europe Framework Programmes.

The seminar and the exhibition are part of the “Regions over the Horizon” campaign coordinated by the National Centre for Research and Development. 

The working language of the seminar will be Polish.

Date: 13th June
Room: Conference room 9

Agenda

10.00 – 11.30 

Opening session moderated by Horizontal Contact Point 

·       National R&I strategy in the fields of energy, ICT and green transport subjects - Ministry of Science and Higher Education – tbc 

·       Horizon Europe – Research and Innovation as a driver for change – Bernd Biervert, Head of Unit, Clean Energy Transitions, DG RTD, European Commission (presentation in English)

·       Silesian green energy. International projects and University development in the field of innovation and sustainable growth – Prof. Sebastian Werle, Silesian University of Technology

·       Regions over the Horizon - Magdalena Bem-Andrzejewska, Director of the National Contact Point at the National Centre for Research and Development 

·       Regional support for innovation in the areas of smart specializations – Monika Ptak, Marshal Office of the Silesian Voivodeship

·       HPK support for the Region of south-western Poland – Anna Łukaszkiewicz-Kierat, Horizontal Contact Point Southwestern Poland

 Q&A session 

11.30 –12.30 lunch 

Exhibition of H2020 and HE projects. 

12.30 – 14.30 

·       No transformation without innovation. Current Horizon Europe funding opportunities in the areas (fields) of mobility, transport and energy- Magdalena Głogowska i Karolina Janiak, National Contact Point 

·       Financing innovation - from idea to implementation. EIC Instruments, Dr Greg Ambroziewicz, European Innovation Council and SMEs Executive Agency (EISMEA) 

·       How important S4P/science (scientific) advice is to achieve the goals of the twin transition (especially in energy and transport policies, Agnieszka Gadzina-Kołodziejska, Joint Research Centre. 

·       Citizen science and co-creation as a new scientific approach in energy transition studies - international consortia EC2 and Scalings - Prof. Bożena Ryszawska, Wroclaw University of Economics and Business.

14.30 – coffee break