9.30 | Opening speech

  • Gonçalo Lobo Xavier, Vice-President of the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) followed by the presentation of the EESC Information Report on the Interim evaluation of Horizon 2020
  • Kurt Vandenberghe, Director, Directorate General for Research and Innovation, European Commission

9.45  | Presentation of the results of the stakeholder consultation by the European Commission

  • Rosalinde Van der Vlies, Head of Unit Evaluation, Directorate-General for Research and Innovation                   

10.10 | EESC reactions and comments:

  • Ulrich Samm, rapporteur of the EESC Opinion on the Mid-term evaluation of Horizon 2020

10.20 | Panel 1: Comments on the results of the stakeholder consultation

Moderator: Panagiotis Gkofas, Member of the Various Interests Group, EESC

  • Stephan Kuster, Acting Director, Science Europe
  • Muriel Attané, Director, European Association of Research and Technology Organisations (EARTO)
  • Thomas Estermann, Director for Governance, Funding and Public Policy Development, European University Association (EUA)
  • Alexandre Affre, Director, Industrial Affairs department, BusinessEurope

= Questions and answers

11.30 | Coffee break

11.45 | Panel 2: The views of civil society organisations

  Moderator:  Christophe Lefèvre, Member of the Employees' Group, EESC

  • Monika Panayotova (COMAC Medical Ltd., Bulgaria)
  • Markus Weißkopf (Wissenschaft im Dialog GmbH, Germany)
  • Nuno Freitas (Medsimlab, Portugal)
  • Imane Baïz (Doing It Together science (DITOs), Horizon 2020 project)

= Questions and answers

12.40 | Concluding remarks

  • Gonçalo Lobo Xavier, Vice-President of the European Economic and Social Committee
  • Kurt Vandenberghe, Director, Directorate General for Research and Innovation, European Commission