Horizon Europe

Opening session

• Jarosław Gowin – Vice Prime Minister, Minister of Development, Labour and Technology
• Mariya Gabriel – EU Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth
• Przemysław Czarnek – Minister of Education and Science
• Wojciech Kamieniecki – Director of National Centre for Research and Development

Presentation of Horizon Europe structure – focus on new elements of the programme

• Julien Guerrier – Director of the Common Policy Centre of the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Research and Innovation

Coffee break

Launch debate – Horizon Europe - opportunities and challenges for Polish participants

• Anna Panagopoulou – Director of European Research Area and Innovation
• Kinga Stanisławska – Member of the Advisory Board to the European Innovation Council
• Prof. Andrzej Jajszczyk – Vice-President, European Research Council
• Piotr Dardziński – President, Łukasiewicz Research Network
• Mateusz Gaczyński – Vice-Director, Department of Innovation and Development, Ministry of Education and Science

Moderator: Magdalena Bem-Andrzejewska – Director of National Contact Point, National Centre for Research and Development

Lunch break

European Innovation Council/European Innovation Ecosystems

Lecturers

• Grzegorz Ambroziewicz - Deputy Head of Unit, European Innovation Council and Small and Medium-sized Enterprises Executive Agency, European Commission
• Prof. Lucyna Woźniak - Vice-Rector for Research and International Relations, University of Lodz
• Tomasz Nasiłowski - Founder and CEO, InPhoTech Sp. z o.o.
• Włodzimierz Kuc - Director of the R&D Investments Department at the National Centre for Research and Development

Moderator: Aleksandra Ihnatowicz – NCP The European Innovation Council (EIC) and European Innovation ecosystems, National Contact Point, National Centre for Research and Development

Be the change. HEU Clusters and missions - Europe's response to global challenges

Lecturers

• Bernd Biervert - Head of Unit - Ecological and Social Transitions, Directorate General for Research and Innovation, European Commission
• Neville Reeve - Head of Sector - Missions, Policy & Programming Centre Unit, Directorate General for Research and Innovation, European Commission
• Prof. Jarosław Bosy - Rector of the Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences
• Agnieszka Sznyk - President of the Board Institute of Innovation and Responsible Development INNOWO
• Michele Andolfo - R&D Director K-Flex Polska Sp z o.o

Moderator: Tomasz Mróz - NCP Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment, National Contact Point, National Centre for Research and Development

Widening & synergies

• Manuel Aleixo - Head of Unit, DG RTD
• Prof. Maciej Żylicz - President, Foundation for Polish Science
• Justyna Olko - Director, Center for Research and Practice in Cultural Continuity, Faculty of "Artes Liberales” University of Warsaw
• Jacek Gajewski - International Project Coordinator, National Centre for Nuclear Research
• Malwina Gębalska – CHANSE Programme Coordinator, National Science Centre

Moderator: Katarzyna Walczyk-Matuszyk, NCP Widening Participation and ERA, National Contact Point, National Centre for Research and Development

New European Partnerships

• Maria Leek – Policy Officer, Common Missions and Partnerships Service, Directorate General for Research and Innovation, European Commission
• Adam Piotrowski – CEO, VIGO System
• Prof. Joanna Kulczycka – Mineral and Energy Economy Research Institute – Polish Academy of Sciences, Deputy Dean for Cooperation and Development of the Faculty of Management, AGH University of Science and Technology
• Jerzy Żółtak – Director of the Aviation Technologies Centre, Łukasiewicz Research Network-Institute of Aviation

Moderator: Ewa Kocińska-Lange, Director of NCRD Office in Brussels

Closing remarks - Agnieszka Ratajczak, director of the Office of International Cooperation, NCRD