POSTPONED: Successful R & I in Europe 2022
11th European Networking Event
- 17. Feb 2022 - 18. Feb 2022
- Van der Valk Airporthotel
- English
Unfortunately, the obstacles presented by the coronavirus pandemic are such that we are obliged to postpone Successful R&I in Europe 2022 – 11th European Networking Event on 17 and 18 February 2022 at Van der Valk Airporthotel Düsseldorf.
Despite the potentially high interest, too few participants are currently willing to accept our invitation to attend the event in Düsseldorf because of current risks and travel restrictions.
In order to guarantee the added value of participating in such a networking event, which essentially depends on the number of potential partners as well as on the quantity and quality of the presentations (Call for Presentations), we have therefore decided to cancel the event planned for 17-18 February 2022 and to hold it in 2023.
All registered delegates will be informed.
Irrespective of this, we are glad to offer you the services of the Enterprise Europe Network in support of Horizon Europe proposals. Please send us a short notice and we will contact you.
We apologise for any inconvenience and hope to welcome you to Düsseldorf in the near future. Should you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us.
For the eleventh time, the conference invites researchers and entrepreneurs from North Rhine-Westphalia and all other regions throughout Europe to find new European research and innovation (R&I) partners for Horizon Europe projects.
Participants are invited to give a short presentation (ideas and/or results) with a focus on Horizon Europe calls, where a budget of approx. € 95.5 billion is available up until 2027.
The networking event is structured in parallel workshops focussing on seven topics:
- Cluster 1: Health
- Cluster 4: Digital (ICT)
- Cluster 4: Industry (Materials)
- Cluster 5: Energy
- Cluster 5: Mobility
- Cluster 6: Food & Bioeconomy
- Innovative Procurement (PCP/PPI)
The event addresses in particular universities and research institutes as well as companies, especially small and medium-sized enterprises. Participants are invited to become involved in established and new technology networks between researchers, entrepreneurs and multipliers related to Horizon Europe.
Giving a short presentation (ideas and/or results) or finding a partner by talking to decision-makers opens doors for new research and innovation projects in Europe with a focus on Horizon Europe.
Conference fee: € 120 (€ 95 one day) per person including VAT.
Invoices are despatched before the event.
Free participation for speakers in sessions 1 to 4.
Please note that the event organizer does NOT cover any travel expenses, costs for hotels etc.! The conference fee includes dinner on 17 February, lunch on 18 February, tea/coffee/cold drinks during the breaks and the airport-venue shuttle (solely as provided by the organizers). Registration is binding. We reserve the right to charge the participation fee if a delegate fails to cancel his or her attendance by sending an email to the contact persons indicated below by 16 February 2022.
Health and safety are important to us. The necessary hygiene measures will be in placeHealth and safety in connection with COVID-19 are important to us. When designing the event, we have taken into account all available information (political decisions, legal requirements, hygiene regulations). We will comply with all legal requirements to ensure a safe event.
Testimonials
Professor Lars M. Blank
RWTH Aachen University
“Successful R&I in Europe is an ideal
international platform for presenting
your own EU project and results as well
as for finding new partners.”
Dr Liv Adler
Covestro Deutschland AG
“Networking is key to successful innovation.
This event is a great opportunity
to find new contacts as well as discuss
innovative strategies and solutions.”
Contact:
Dr Bernd Janson
Telephone: 0049 208 30004-22
Email: bj(at)zenit.de
Agenda
Thursday, 17 February 2022 (Day 1)
including exhibition: Innovations for Europe based in NRW
Conference Moderator: Dr Bernd Janson
| 13.00 | Welcome |
| 13.05 | Opening session Dr Dirk Günnewig, Secretary of State, Ministry of Culture and Science of North Rhine-Westphalia |
| 13.15 | Keynote speech “Horizon Europe – investing in R&I to shape our future” Mariya Gabriel, Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth, European Commission, Brussels (tbc) |
| 13.35 | Success stories in Europe based in NRW |
| 13.55 | Introduction Partner Regions and Services for Proposals and Projects Dr Karsten W. Lemke, ZENIT GmbH |
| 14.00 | Coffee/Start of parallel sessions |
| 14.15 | Session 1: Parallel workshops “European projects seeking partners” – Cluster 4: Digital (ICT) – Cluster 4: Industry (Materials) – Cluster 5: Energy – Cluster 6: Food & Bioeconomy |
| 16.15 | Session 2: Parallel workshops “European projects seeking partners” – Cluster 4: Digital (ICT) – Cluster 4: Industry (Materials) – Cluster 5: Energy – Cluster 6: Food & Bioeconomy |
| 18.15 | Get-together and Online Game |
| 18.45 | Dinner |
Friday, 18 February 2022 (Day 2)
including exhibition: Innovations for Europe based in NRW
Conference Moderator: Dr Bernd Janson
| 9.30 | Welcome |
| 9.35 | Services for Proposals and Projects Jan Skriwanek, National Contact Point Health, DLR-PT |
| 9.45 | Success stories in Europe based in NRW |
| 10.05 | Coffee/Start of parallel sessions |
| 10.15 | Session 3: Parallel workshops “European projects seeking partners” – Cluster 4: Digital (ICT) – Cluster 4: Industry (Materials) – Cluster 1: Health – Cluster 5: Mobility |
| 12.00 | Session 4: Parallel workshops “European projects seeking partners” – Cluster 4: Digital (ICT) – Cluster 4: Industry (Materials) – Cluster 6: Food & Bioeconomy – Innovative Procurement (PCP/PPI) |
| 13.00 | Interactive lunch/Find a partner |
Van der Valk Airporthotel
Am Hülserhof 57
40472 Düsseldorf
Airport-Venue shuttle
There will be a shuttle from the airport to the venue (and back) on 15 and 16 February 2024.
The times for the shuttle service are as follows:
Thursday, 15.02.2024:
From the airport to the venue: 9:30 – 14:00
From the venue to the airport: 17:00 – 21:00
Friday, 16.02.2024
From the airport to the venue: 8:00 – 10:00
From the venue to the airport: 12:00 – 15:00
The meeting point at the airport where the shuttle leaves will be signposted.
The service is operated free of charge as a courtesy to our participants and on a “first-come, first served” basis. Please note that it is not possible to book the shuttle.
How to participate in the Call for Presentations
Thank you very much for your interest in participating in the Call for Presentations
of the eleventh European Networking Event!
The aim of the Call for Presentations is to facilitate communication between the participants.
Speakers profit threefold:
- They have the opportunity to present their Horizon Europe projects/ideas for joint Horizon Europe proposals/EU-funded research results to the audience in the specific workshop.
- During the breaks there are special booths for further discussions between presenter and audience.
- The conference participation fee is waived for speakers! (One per presentation.)
Each presentation lasts a maximum of 6 minutes.
Parallel workshops will focus on seven topics:
- Cluster 1: Health
- Cluster 4: Digital (ICT)
- Cluster 4: Industry (Materials)
- Cluster 5: Energy
- Cluster 5: Mobility
- Cluster 6: Food & Bioeconomy
- Innovative Procurement (PCP/PPI)
Registration deadline is 10 February 2022. The deadline for submitting proposals in the call for presentations is 24 January 2022.
Health and safety are important to us. The necessary hygiene measures will be in placeHealth and safety in connection with COVID-19 are important to us. When designing the event, we have taken into account all available information (political decisions, legal requirements, hygiene regulations). We will comply with all legal requirements to ensure a safe event.
- Current information for travellers from the Federal Ministry of Health
https://www.bundesgesundheitsministerium.de/en/service/gesetze-und-verordnungen/guv-19-lp/coronavirus-einreiseverordnung.html - List of the current risk areas from RKI
https://www.rki.de/DE/Content/InfAZ/N/Neuartiges_Coronavirus/Transport/Archiv_Risikogebiete/Risikogebiete_aktuell_en.pdf?__blob=publicationFile - COVID-19: Entry and quarantine regulations in Germany
https://www.auswaertiges-amt.de/en/coronavirus/2317268 - Proof of Vaccination published by Paul-Ehrlich-Institute
https://www.pei.de/EN/newsroom/dossier/coronavirus/coronavirus-content.html;jsessionid=D7B33AB29FE6A395F6A7BD4535F0E081.intranet231?cms_pos=3 - North Rhine-Westphalia Coronavirus Protection Ordinance
https://www.land.nrw/corona (German)
https://www.land.nrw/de/corona-multilingual (multilingual) - EU Digital COVID Certificate
https://ec.europa.eu/info/policies/justice-and-fundamental-rights/eu-citizenship/movement-and-residence/eu-digital-covid-certificate-vaccinations-and-travel-restrictions_en
Around 400 stakeholders from science and business took part in the international networking event “Successful R&I in Europe 2019” on 14 and 15 February.
It was the tenth time that the Ministry of Culture and Science of the German State of North Rhine-Westphalia had extended an invitation to the “Successful Research & Innovation in Europe” conference in Düsseldorf. In its anniversary year, a record 400 delegates from science and business (double the figure from the first conference in 2009!) from 30 countries seized the opportunity to present not only new ideas for future projects but also research results ready for commercialisation, seek potential partners for joint “Horizon 2020” proposals and engage in networking.
Isabel Pfeiffer-Poensgen, Minister, and Klaus Kaiser, Parliamentary State Secretary, both from the Ministry of Culture and Science, took part on behalf of the German State of North Rhine-Westphalia in the international platform organised by the NRW.Europa team at ZENIT. The European Commission was represented by Dr. Wolfgang Burtscher, Deputy Director-General for Research and Innovation and Mattia Pellegrini of the Executive Agency for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (EASME).
The conference focussed on “Horizon 2020”, the European Union’s Framework Programme for Research and Innovation, for which a budget of about € 80 billion was/is available for research projects in the period from 2014 to 2020. About € 20 billion in funding are still available for the last two years of the programme.
“Few other regions spend as much on research as we do. North Rhine-Westphalia is in a good position to deliver a valuable contribution,” said Klaus Kaiser, Parliamentary State Secretary at the Ministry of Culture and Science, in his welcome address. He went on to say that the platform is an excellent opportunity for stakeholders in North Rhine-Westphalia to establish interesting contacts with whom to put innovative ideas into practice.
Mattia Pellegrini, Head of Department Finance and Administration at the Executive Agency for Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (the European Commission body in charge of the Enterprise Europe Network), spoke on “Ten Years of the Enterprise Europe Network: Results and Challenges”, stressing the Network’s importance for Europe’s business and research landscape.
“Engaging with proposers is essential in order to identify what advice and support they require. Only in this way can a seamless transition from Horizon 2020 to Horizon Europe succeed in 2021 and can we continue to expand North Rhine-Westphalia’s participation in the forthcoming Framework Programme for Research and Innovation,” said Isabel Pfeiffer-Poensgen, NRW’s Minister of Culture and Science, in her keynote speech entitled “Horizon Europe: First Impressions from NRW”.
Dr. Wolfgang Burtscher, Deputy Director-General for Research and Innovation, explained the draft proposal for Horizon Europe, which will follow on from Horizon 2020 and run from 2021 to 2027. The programme has a budget of € 100 billion and represents a revised and improved research and innovation agenda aimed at making better use of Europe’s globally leading role in research excellence and of its industrial strengths.
The conference was structured in thematic workshops – with about 120 pitches over the two-day event – and open networking sessions. The topics presented originated, amongst others, from the fields of ICT, nanotechnologies, energy, life sciences and transport.
With over 3,000 delegates in total, the “Successful R&I in Europe” conference series, for which the working language is English despite the German venue, has been a tremendous success since it first took place in 2009. This large number of participants substantiates its importance for Europe’s research and innovation calendar. The consortia it has produced have led to over 100 project proposals at EU, national and regional level. The fact that over half the delegates came from abroad confirms that the format answers a demand for networking platforms at international level.
In the framework of a parallel exhibition entitled “Innovations for Europe based in NRW”, a number of selected projects and initiatives were presented.
Delegates had at their disposal an eCar shuttle service provided with the support of local sponsors that ran between Düsseldorf Airport and the impressive venue of Van der Valk Airporthotel.
The conference profited from a broad spectrum of promotional activities undertaken by the Enterprise Europe Network, the largest business, technology and innovation support network in the world (over 600 organisations in over 60 countries), of which ZENIT is a partner in a consortium with NRW.BANK and NRW.International. Further assistance was provided by many organisations in this year’s partner countries: Belgium, Finland, France, Israel, the Netherlands and Poland.
(From left to right: Dr. Karsten W. Lemke, ZENIT GmbH; Dr. Wolfgang Burtscher, Deputy Director-General for Research and Innovation, European Commission; Isabel Pfeiffer-Poensgen, Minister of Culture and Science of the German State of North Rhine-Westphalia; Dr. Bernd Janson, ZENIT GmbH; Dr. Peter Fisch, moderator)
- Keynote speech by Isabel Pfeiffer-Poensgen, Minister of Culture and Science
- Keynote speech by Klaus Kaiser, Parliamentary State Secretary
Contact:
ZENIT GmbH
Dr. Bernd Janson
Tel.: +49(0)208 30004 22
bj(at)zenit.de
Video “Impressions from Successful R&I in Europe 2019: 10th European Networking Event”
On the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the conference series “Successful R&I in Europe: European Networking Event”, ZENIT GmbH/NRW.Europa produced a new video to celebrate its success over the last decade. The video features both the keynote speakers (Isabel Pfeiffer-Poensgen, NRW’s Minister of Culture and Science; Klaus Kaiser, Parliamentary State Secretary at the Ministry of Culture and Science; Dr. Wolfgang Burtscher, Deputy Director-General for Research and Innovation, European Commission; Mattia Pellegrini, Head of Department Finance and Administration, Executive Agency for Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (EASME)) and testimonials from other important players in the European innovation and technology landscape, such as Dr. Peter Fisch, former Head of Unit at DG Research and Innovation, representatives of the Enterprise Europe Network, the National Contact Points as well as project managers and innovative enterprises in NRW.
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