Horizon 2020 Industry Leadership Pillar Information Day, 28 July 2015, UCC, Cork
This information seminar will take place in UCC’s Western Gateway Building and will focus on upcoming Horizon 2020 opportunities under the Industry Leadership Pillar. Horizon 2020 is the biggest EU Research and Innovation programme ever. The programme’s three key pillars are: Excellent Science, Industrial Leadership and Societal Challenges.
The Industrial Leadership pillar aims to speed up the development of the technologies and innovations that will underpin tomorrow’s businesses and help innovative European SMEs to grown into world-leading companies.
At the event on 28th July, the National Contact Points (NCPs) in Ireland for Horizon 2020 will introduce the Horizon 2020 funding opportunities for the upcoming 2016/2017 call and this will cover the sub programmes of ICT, Nanotechnology, Advanced Materials, Advanced Manufacturing, Biotechnology, Space, SME Instrument and the Fast Track Innovation Pilot. There will also be the opportunity for 1:1 meetings with the NCPS. To register your free place for this event, click here.
Agenda:
10.30am – Registration
11.00am – Welcome – Dr David O’Connell – Director of Support Services UCC
11.10am – Intro to the day – MC – Mr Victor Acinas Technology Centre for Applied Nanotechnology.
11.15am – The ICT Work Programme 2016-7 – Mr Stephen O’Reilly – National Delegate and Contact Point for H2020 ICT in Ireland, Enterprise Ireland
11.45am – The NMPB Work Programme 2016-7 – Dr Sergio Ceballos - National Delegate and Contact Point for H2020 NMPB in Ireland, Enterprise Ireland
12.15pm – The SME Instrument and Fast Innovation Pilot – Mr Sean Burke - National Delegate and Contact Point for H2020 SMEs in Ireland, Enterprise Ireland
12.45pm – SME perspective H2020 – Inform Bio Ltd – Dr Hillary Cronin
13.10pm – Academic perspective H2020 – TBC
13.25pm – Final Remarks and close – Dr Sonia Monteiro – Research Support Services UCC
13.30pm – Lunch
14.30pm – 1 to 1s individual meetings – H2020 National Contact Points
International Brokerage Event at Predict Conference 2015, 16 September, RDS, Dublin
The Predict Conference (organised by industry-leader Crème Global) is an interactive meeting taking place from 15 to 17 September 2015 in Dublin. It will feature leading international thinkers in the areas of Data, Predictive Models, Technology and Decision making.
On Day 2 of the Conference (16 September) Enterprise Europe Network Ireland, in association with Enterprise Europe Network Northern Ireland, is hosting an international brokerage event.
This event will target a wide spectrum of international innovative companies, researchers and business leaders involved in the Data-to-Decisions value chain, who are interested in sharing new project ideas and finding collaboration partners to:
- Find new commercial and / or technological partners
- Exchange experiences with international business partners
- Find out about market trends and innovations
- Meet and share views with researchers and experts from your business
- Present, discuss and develop new projects
To register for this event click here or contact Katherine@corkchamber.ie for further information.
