Technology Centre ASCR in cooperation with the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports would like to invite you to the conference 10th CZECH DAYS FOR EUROPEAN RESEARCH on the theme „HOW TO BE PREPARED FOR HORIZON 2020?“ that will take place on October 25th, 2012 in DIPLOMAT hotel, Evropská 370/15, Prague 6. KEY MESSAGES ON HORIZON 2020 Moderator: Karel Klusáček, Technology Centre ASCR 8.30 – 9.30 Registration 9.30 – 9.45 Opening the conference Petr Fiala/Tomáš Hruda, Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports (tbc) 9.45 – 10.25 H2020: Building and harnessing the EU research potential for solving the global challenges (with particular focus on synergies between structural funds and H2020) Jack Metthey, European Commission 10.25 – 10.35 Discussion 10.35 – 10.55 Czech incentives to support participation in H2020 Naděžda Witzanyová, Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports 10.55 – 11.05 Discussion 11.05 – 11.25 Coffee Break EXCELLENT SCIENCE and TECHNOLOGY in H2020 Moderator: Tomáš Hruda, Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports (tbc) 11.25 – 11.55 What indicates analysis of hitherto participation in the ERC projects Theodor Papazoglou, European Research Council Executive Agency (tbc) 11.55 – 12.05 Discussion 12.05 – 12.35 Future emerging technologies in H2020 Aleš Fiala, European Commission 12.35 – 12.45 Discussion 12.45 – 13.45 Lunch Moderator: Vladimír Albrecht, Technology Centre ASCR 13.45 – 14.55 H2020: Excellence and/or widening participation (Does the excellence of the investigators adumbrate the success of the project proposal?) Panel discussion: topics: national strategies, measurements and incentives to stimulate participation in European R&D (panel discussion scheme: max. 10 min. panellists’ presentation and follow-up discussion) participants: Agatha Keller, Co-Head EU GrantsAccess, ETH Zurich, Switzerland Andrea Hoeglinger, Österreichische Forschungsförderungsgesellschaft (FFG), Austria Kathrin Stratmann, EU-Bureau of the BMBF, Germany Stanislav Sipko, Slovak organisation for research and development activities (SOVVA), Slovak Republic Andrzej Siemaszko, National Contact Point for Research Programmes of the EU, Poland Rein Kaarli, Ministry of Education and Research, Estonia 14.55 – 15.15 Coffee Break EUROPEAN INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE Moderator: Ivan Dvořák 15.15 – 16.00 EIT mission and its institutional structure José Manuel Leceta, Director EIT 16.00 – 16.30 Findings on the initial experience with EIT performance Rebecca Allinson, Technopolis Group 16.30 – 17.00 Czech universities and the innovation environment Rudolf Haňka, Council for Research and Development and Innovation 17.00 – 17.15 Discussion CZEDER 10 CONCLUSIONS Moderator: Naďa Koníčková, Technology Centre ASCR 17.15 – 17.25 Report from the colloquium “Management of large infrastructures” Colloquium rapporteur (tbc) 17.25 – 17.30 CZEDER10 conclusions Naďa Koníčková, Technology Centre ASCR 17.30 – 19.00 Networking Reception The conference will be held in Czech and English, interpretation will be provided. Please register online via http://geform.tc.cz/czeder10/ Registration will be open until October 17th, 2012 unless the capacity would be exceeded.