Unlocking the Value of Knowledge: ERA Symposium 2023

DETAILED PROGRAMME

Location
Hotel Savoyen Vienna
Rennweg 16
1030 Vienna 

DOORS OPEN

09:30 – 10:30 Arrival and registration, Coffee

 

MORNING SESSION

10:30 – 11:00 Welcome and Introduction

  • Martin Polaschek, Federal Minister of Education, Science and Research (BMBWF)
  • Leonore Gewessler, Federal Minister for Climate Action, Environment, Energy, Mobility, Innovation and Technology (BMK) 
  • Florian Frauscher, Director General, Economic Affairs, Innovation and International Policy, Federal Ministry of Labor and Economy (BMAW)
     

11:00 – 12:00 New ERA: State of play, ERA policy agenda and Q&A

  • Marc Lemaitre, Director General, DG for Research and Innovation
  • Anna Panagopoulou, Director for ERA & Innovation, DG Research and Innovation; Member of EIC Fund Board of Directors
  • Peter Droell, Director for Prosperity, DG for Research and Innovation
     

12:00 – 12:50 From concept to practice: Open Science, Knowledge Valorisation and Open Innovation – Discussion with speakers and audience 

  • Marc Lemaitre, Michael Arentoft, Peter Droell, European Commission
  • Barbara Weitgruber, Director General, Federal Ministry of Education, Science and Research (BMBWF)
  • Caroline Schober, Vice Rector Research & International Affairs, Medical University of Graz, Chair of OSA - Open Science Austria   
  • Alfred Radauer, Head of Institute Business Administration and Management, IMC Fachhochschule Krems
     

12:50 – 13:50 Networking Lunch and Poster Session

 

AFTERNOON SESSION

13:50 – 15:05 Parallel Sessions: "Open Science" and "Knowledge Valorisation", Part 1
 

Room Topic Speakers and Table Hosts
Open Science  
Room Mancini 1		 Research Assessment in Higher Education Institutions: Opportunities and Challenges

Host: Caroline Schober, Vice Rector Research & International Affairs, Medical University of Graz, Chair of OSA - Open Science Austria

  • Michael Arentoft, Head of Unit Open Science, DG for Research and Innovation, European Commission
  • Vinciane Gaillard, Deputy Director for Research and Innovation at EUA, OSA-Sounding Board member
  • Toma Susi, Faculty of Physics, University of Vienna, Steering Board member CoARA
  • Florian Hutzler, Professor and Head of Department for Cognitive Neuroscience, University of Salzburg
Knowledge Valorisation  
Room Mancini 3   
World Cafe 
Hosted by NCP-IP		 Von Konzepten zur Umsetzung: Den Code der intellektuellen Vermögenswerte meistern

Host: Tanja Sovic, Head of Patent & Licence Management, TU Wien

  • Peter Droell, Director for Prosperity, DG for Research and Innovation, European Commission
  • Gabriele Köpping, Patentingenieurin Messtechnik, Anton Paar Gmbh
  • Sonja Polan, Austria Wirtschaftsservice, NCP-IP
  • Mostafa Moonir Shawrav, Executive Director @MCAA, Former Co-Chair @EUSciDipAlliance
  • Angela Wieser, Forschungsförderungsgesellschaft mbH, NCP-IP
  • Michael Freidl, IDea_Lab, Universität Graz
  • Patrick Lehner, Open Innovation Center, Ludwig Boltzmann Gesellschaft

15:05 – 15:25 Coffee Break

15:25 – 16:40 Parallel Sessions: "Open Science" and "Knowledge Valorisation", Part 2
 

Room Topic Speakers and Table Hosts
Open Science 
Room Mancini 1		 Building an efficient framework for research data management: technical and financial infrastructure, legal framework, governance 
Host: Sabine Seidler, Professor and former Rector of TU Wien and former President of Universities Austria

  • Žiga Škorjanc, Department of Innovation and Digitalisation in Law, University Vienna
  • Roland Bertelmann, Head of Helmholtz Open Science Office, OSA-Sounding Board-member
  • Karel Luyben, President EOSC Association, OSA-Sounding Board member
  • Leticia González, Professor of Theoretical Chemistry, University of Vienna
Knowledge Valorisation
Room Mancini 3
World Cafe
Hosted by NCP-IP 		 Code of Practice: Standardisierung als neuer strategischer Kanal für Wissensverwertung, Technologietransfer and Open Innovation

Host: Alfred Radauer, Head of Institute Business Administration and Management, Professor for Strategic Management, Innovation, IP and Standardisation

  • Karl Grün, Director Standards Development and Innovation bei Austrian Standards International
  • Rania Wazir, Co-founder & CTO, leiwand.ai, Mathematician, Data Scientist
  • Marie-Louise Longin, Bundesministerium für Bildung, Wissenschaft und Forschung (BMBWF)
  • Elisabeth Hajicek, Forschungsförderungsgesellschaft mbH, NCP-IP
  • Therese Lindahl, Forschungsförderungsgesellschaft mbH
  • Sonja Polan, Austria Wirtschaftsservice, NCP-IP

16:40 – 17:00 Coffee Break

17:00 – 18:00 Tying the knots together and the Road ahead

  • Session rapporteurs
  • Anna Panagopoulou, Director for ERA & Innovation, DG Research and Innovation; Member of EIC Fund Board of Directors
  • Barbara Weitgruber, Director General for Scientific Research and International Relations, Federal Ministry of Education, Science and Research (BMBWF)

Moderator: Maggie Childs

 

GET-TOGETHER

18:00 – 19:00 Networking & Fingerfood