HYBRID EVENT (presential and online possible)
LOCATION (presential): Av. d’Auderghem 45 (4th floor), 1040 Brussels, Belgium
13h00 Open indoors and registration
13h30 – 14h00 Institutional welcome
- Spanish permanent representation in the European Union (REPER)
- Spanish Embassy in Belgium
- Fundación Ramón Areces
- Science and Technology Spanish Foundation (FECYT)
- Spanish researchers abroad associations’ network (RAICEX)
14h00 – 15h30 – Round table I – Policy for Science: The contribution of scientific networks to the European Union
Panelists:
- Fernanda Bajanca, president of the Marie Curie Alumni Association (MCAA)
- Dario Capezzuto, policy officer at DG RTD, R&I actors and research careers, European Commission
- Agnieszka Gawda, vice-president and CBO from Polonium Foundation
- Javier Pardo, representative from CONNECTS-UK (CONNecting European Communities Through Science in the UK)
- Francisco Vilaplana, president of RAICEX
Moderator: Lorenzo Melchor, policy analyst at the Joint Research Centre (JRC)
15h30 – 16h00 Coffee break
16h00 – 17h30 Round table II – Science for Policy: The contribution of scientific networks to evidence-informed policymaking
Panelists:
- Izaskun Lacunza, head coordinator of the Science and Technology Office of the Spanish Congress of Deputies, part of the EPTA network
- Ettore Marchesoni, Officer, Science for Peace and Security (SPS) Programme, NATO
- Lluis Montoliu – president of the Association of Responsible Research and Innovation in Genome Editing (ARRIGE) and member of the Ethics panel of the European Research Council in Brussels
- Marcus Scheuren, head of Scientific Foresight Unit (STOA)
- Sarah Verhulst, board member of the Young Academies Science Advice Structure (YASAS)
Moderator: Mónica Vara-Pérez, president of Spanish Scientists in Belgium (CEBE)
17h30 – 17h45 – Session I conclusions (Eva Ortega-Paíno, RAICEX secretary-general)
17h45h – 20h30 – Reception