Supporting transnational research cooperation through networking of funding programmes
31st May 2011 (Budapest)
9:00-12:30
Room Mozart
MATERA and MNT-ERA.NET are large networks of funding programmes that have been running since the 6th Framework Programme in order to support the development of the European Research Area for Materials, Micro and Nano Technologies.
The objective is to debate opportunities for transnational collaborative research, building on the achievements and experience acquired by large ERA-NETs.
Main outcomes and findings of the two ERA-NETs, MATERA and MNT-ERA.NET, will be presented in the first session. The second session will highlight needs and strategies for transnational R&D cooperation in the future, bringing together the policy makers from European Institutions, National and Regional Governments as well as industry, SMEs, research centers and universities.
This seminar is targeted at:
- Policy makers at regional, national and European levels
- Managers of funding programmes
- Research organisations, industry and SMEs interested in international collaborative research
Agenda
9:00-10:30
Part 1: Practical experience from transnational RTD cooperation
Chair: Dag Høvik (RCN, Norway)
09:00-09:20 The ERA-NET scheme: positioning MATERA and MNT-ERA.NET
Jörg Niehoff (EC, DG Research & Innovation)
09:20-09:40 MATERA: Strengthening the Chain from Materials Science and Engineering towards Innovations
Sisko Sipilä (Tekes, Finland)
09:40-10:00 MNT-ERA.NET: From Micro- and Nanoscale Science to New Technologies for Europe
Roland Brandenburg (FFG, Austria)
10:00-10:30 Successful transnational RTD cooperation:
METASOLAR: Idoia Muñoz (GAIA, Basque Country region)
More Efficient Thin-film Solar Cells by Advanced Sputtering, Optimized Laser processes and Ameliorated Rear Contacts
NANOMEDPART: Piotr Warszynski (ICSC, Poland)
Multifunctional Particulate Systems for Nanomedicine
10:30-11:00 Coffee break
11:00-12:30
Part 2: Future cooperation: Strategic transnational programming
chair: Jussi Kivikoski (Tekes, Finland)
11:00-11:10 ERA-NETs in the context of industrial technologies: experience, expectations, added value
Herbert von Bose (EC, DG Research & Innovation)
11:10-11:20 The future of ERA-NETs in the context of a Common Strategic Framework and Joint Programming
Jörg Niehoff (EC, DG Research & Innovation)
11:20-11:50 Added value from ERA-NET cooperation between funding organisations at European level
Krzysztof Kurzydlowski (NCBiR,Poland)
Sara Alfonso (FMI+D, Madrid region)
Fabian Mariage (AGC Glass, Walloon region)
11:50-12:00 Vision and strategies for strategic programming beyond MATERA and MNT ERA-NET
Roland Brandenburg (FFG, Austria)
12:00-12:30 Panel discussion: Challenges for the future networking of national and regional programmes
Moderator: Jussi Kivikoski
Panelists:
Herbert von Bose
Jörg Niehoff
Krzysztof Kurzydlowski
Sara Alfonso
Fabian Mariage
Roland Brandenburg
