Events

Date
21.11.2024

The official celebration of CERIC’s 10th anniversary will be held in Brussels on the 21st of November. It will be an opportunity to recall the steps that led to the formation of our Consortium, highlighting the impact that CERIC had – and will have – on the participating Countries, as well as on the European scientific panorama, in particular with regard to the European Research Area (ERA).

Below you can find a draft programme of the event, which will be hosted at the NH Collection Grand Sablon:

9:00 – Registration/welcome coffee

9:30 – Opening ceremony – 10 years of CERIC
Carlo Rizzuto, Chair of General Assembly, CERIC-ERIC
Ambassador Stefano Verrecchia – Deputy Permanent Representative of Italy to the EU

10:00 – First panel | Research Infrastructures Policy: Reflections and Future Pathways
Moderator: Andrew Harrison, Chair of ISTAC, CERIC-ERIC & Science Director, ELI ERIC

Mauro Bertelletti, Head of the Unit on funding and programs of Consortia and Foundations, MUR, IT
Antje Keppler, Chair, ERIC Forum
Agnès Robin, Unit Open Science and Research Infrastructures, DG Research & Innovation, European Commission
Dominik Sobczak, Deputy Head of Unit DG Research & Innovation, European Commission
Carlo Rizzuto, Chair of General Assembly, CERIC-ERIC

11:15 – Coffee break

11:45 – Second panel | Advancing Science at CERIC: Current Successes and Future Potential
Moderator: Ornela De Giacomo, Deputy Executive Director, CERIC-ERIC

Vladimir Matolin, Vice Chair, CERIC-ERIC General Assembly & Lean Cat
Andrew Harrison, Chair of ISTAC, CERIC-ERIC & Science Director, ELI ERIC
Heinz Amenitsch, Chair of BoD, CERIC-ERIC & TU Graz
Lilli Freda, Executive Director, EPOS
Chiara Battocchio, Full Professor of General Chemistry, University of Roma Tre

13:00 – Standing lunch