Conference "Shaping the social impact of European research" & 12th UNICA EU Research meeting

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The Conference "Shaping the social impact of European research: policies, strategies, funding" took place in Brussels, 6 November 2017 (09:00-17:30) and was kindly hosted by Wielkopolska Region Brussels Office.

 

The Conference was held in the framework of the 7th UNICA-SGroup-Compostela Group joint annual meeting. Since 2009, three European Universities’ Networks, SGroup, UNICA, and Compostela Group organise annual one-day meetings designed to meet their member institutions' needs for latest and up-to-date information, good practices, and networking & cooperation opportunities. The Conference was be seventh in a series of annual joint meetings and will follow "International University-Enterprise Cooperation for Adult Education" (2009), "Successful Management of the Erasmus Mundus Joint Programmes" (2011), "Strategies for Successful Europe-China Collaboration in Research and Education" (2012), "Exploring academic collaboration between European and Sub-Saharan universities" (2013), "Integration and Promotion of Administrative Staff Training at Universities across Europe" (IMOTION Conference, 2014), and "Rethinking competence development for students' employability: practical solutions for Europe" (2016).

 

Following the Conference, the 12th EU Research Liaison Officers meeting, with the participation of UNICA Vice-Rectors for Research, was held on 7 November (09:00-16:30) at Vrije Universiteit Brussel (U-Residence)

 

PHOTOS: more photos are available in this Flickr album

 

DOCUMENTS

 

Monday, 6 November 2017

PRESENTATIONS

 

DEBATE: EUROPEAN RESEARCH: FACING THE CHALLENGES AND BUILDING THE FUTURE

SOCIAL IMPACT OF RESEARCH THROUGH REGIONAL ENGAGEMENT OF UNIVERSITIES

SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY OF UNIVERSITIES IN SHARING KNOWLEDGE

 

Tuesday, 7 November 2017

 

PRESENTATIONS

WELCOME

SESSION: SPREADING EXCELLENCE, WIDENING PARTICIPATION

  • Teaming - stage 1 by Diana PUSTUŁA, Chair of the UNICA EU Research Liaison Officers Working Group, Deputy Head of Research Services Office, University of Warsaw
  • Twinning by Magdalena KLESZCZEWSKA, Senior Research Administrator, Research Services Office, University of Warsaw

 

SESSION: EUROPEAN INSTITUTE FOR INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY AND  KNOWLEDGE AND INNOVATION COMMUNITIES (KICS) 

  • KICs at UPMC by Elena BILLI-RIZZA, Head of European Affairs Office, Research and Technology Transfer Department, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, and Inmaculada LOPEZ, Head of European & International Financial Affairs, Université Pierre et Marie Curie

 

SESSION: AUDIT PROCESS IN H2020

  • Case study presentation by Francesca DOMINICI, Head of International Research and International Relations, University of Rome "Tor Vergata"

 

Next meeting & further information

The next, 13th UNICA EU Research Liaison Officers meeting will be hosted by the University of Belgrade, October/November 2018 (exact dates to be decided). Details on the meeting will be provided in late summer 2018. For further information, please contact Marta Brelih-Wasowska (UNICA Secretariat): marta.wasowska@unica-network.eu.

 

Dates: 
Monday, 6 November, 2017 to Tuesday, 7 November, 2017
Venue: 
Brussels, Rue Montoyer 21
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