UKRO Annual Conference 2015

Horizon 2020 – Bridging Research and Innovation

Conference Aston

Birmingham, 18-19 June 2015

Thursday 18 June 2015

10:00 – 11:00 Registration and welcome coffee Lounge

11:00 – 12:30 Opening plenary session: First Experiences with Horizon 2020 and How to Be Successful in the Future Speakers:

12:30 – 14:00 Networking lunch Litchfield Lounge

14:00 – 15:00 Bridging Research and Innovation – Innovative Aspects of Horizon 2020 and How to Address Them

Room: Steelhouse

15:00 – 15:30 Coffee break Litchfield Lounge

15:30 – 16:30 Parallel session 1

A) Finding SMEs for Horizon 2020 Actions – How to Work with the Enterprise Europe Network and the UK National Contact Point for SMEs?

Room: Steelhouse

B) Societal Challenge 4 – Smart, Green and Integrated Transport

Room: White Hall

C) Meet the Evaluators – Panel Discussion with Evaluators of Horizon 2020 Proposals

Room: Stafford 2

16:30 – 17:30 Parallel session 2

A) Societal Challenge 3 – Secure, Clean and Efficient Energy

Room: Steelhouse

A) Research Infrastructures for All – You could be Next!

Room: White Hall

18:30 – 19:30

Drinks reception hosted by Aston University Lounge

19:30 – 22:00 Conference Dinner Restaurant

Friday 19 June 2015

8.30 – 9:00

Coffee Litchfield Lounge

9:00 – 10:15 Legal and Financial Aspects of Horizon 2020: How to Comply with the New Rules?

Room: Steelhouse

10:15 – 11:15 Parallel session 3

A) Making Sense of the Knowledge Triangle – Preparing for the 2016 Call for New Knowledge and Innovation Communities.

Room: White Hall

B) Innovative Aspects of Marie Skłodowska Curie Actions

Room: Steelhouse

C) UKRO Focus Group on European Research Council Grants

Room: Stafford 2

11:15 – 11:30 Coffee break Litchfield Lounge

11:30 – 12:30 The Three Big ‘O’s: Open Science, Open Access and Open Innovation

Room: Steelhouse

12:30 – 13:30 Lunch Room: TBC

13:30 – 14:15 Innovative Aspects of European Research Council Grants

Room: Steelhouse

14:15 – 15:00 The Future of European Research Funding - Panel Discussion

Room: Steelhouse