Workshop on “Assessing the Impact of Science Funding in Europe” Venue : @Bruegel, Rue de la Charité 33, Brussels Tuesday January 27, 2015 8.30 - 9.00 Registration 9.00 - 9.10 Welcoming remarks Domenico Rossetti, DG RTD, EC, SIMPATIC project officer 9.10 - 9.30 Introduction to the workshop Reinhilde Veugelers, Scientific Coordinator of SIMPATIC, KU Leuven & Bruegel 9.30 - 10.00 Presentation of the KU Leuven pilot Reinhilde Veugelers, KU Leuven & Bruegel; Otto Toivanen, KU Leuven Other team members: Cindy Lopes Bento KU Leuven; Stijn Kelchtermans, KU Leuven 10.00 - 10.30 Presentation of the Swiss National Science Foundation pilot Fabiana Visentin, EPFL Other team members: Dominique Foray, EPFL; Jacques Mairesse, ENSAE; Michele Pezzoni, Bocconi University 10.30 - 11.00 Coffee & Chocolade Break 11.00 - 11.30 Presentation of the University of Strasbourg pilot Patrick Llerena, University of Strasbourg Other team members: Stefano Bianchini, University of Strasbourg; Julia Lane, American Institutes for Research and University of Strasbourg 11.30 - 12.00 Presentation of the French National Research Agency pilot Nicolas Carayol, University of Bordeaux 12.00 - 12.30 Other potential pilots: e.g UA Barcelona 12.30 - 13.00 “How to combine reviews in panel evaluations” Marco Ottaviani, Bocconi University; Peter N. Sørensen, University of Copenhagen 13.00 - 14.00 Lunch Break 14.00 - 14.30 “How can we know science funding works? Turning the scientific method on ourselves” Pierre Azoulay, MIT (through videoconferencing) 14.30 - 15.00 “Analyzing funding impact at Caltech; a US Starmetrics pilot” Paula Stephan, Georgia State; Jacques Mairesse, ENSAE; Julia Lane, American Institutes for Research 15.00 - 15.30 Coffee & Chocolade Break 15.30 - 17.30 Panel Discussion with key stakeholders on the why and how (not) of a European network for assessing the impact of science funding Chair: Reinhilde Veugelers, KU Leuven & Bruegel Interventions: Jean Pierre Bourguignon, ERC; Roman Arjona-Gracia, DG RTD, EC ; Luc Soete, U.Maastricht & RISE; Julia Lane, American Institutes for Research; Kurt Deketelaere, LEUR; Frédérique Sachwald, French Ministry of Higher Education and Research 17.30 - 18.00 Wrapping up and designing a roadmap for next steps 18.00 Closing reception 19.00 Dinner (on invitation)