ICN2 Workshop on Research, Strategy and Innovation

Date: 4-5 October 2018
Venue: Hotel Rey Don Jaime Castelldefels (Barcelona)

This workshop aims to provide training and networking opportunities in key areas of interest in the management of research institutions, such as the development and implementation of strategic operational and research policies; performance management; lean and efficient research support services; public and private funding strategies; innovation strategy; the principles of RRI, incl. ethics, gender, diversity, public engagement and social impact; Open Science; and Horizon Europe.

Objectives:

To address the above topics through a series of lectures by leading experts
To provide an enriching space for the useful exchange of experiences, best practices and success stories
To explore the possibility of joint proposals for European funding instruments like ERASMUS+
To further the development of projects by EARMA Working Groups

Target audience: European experts and professional counterparts with strategic roles in research management. EARMA alumni. Key local agents.

Organised by:

Endorsed by the EARMA alumni:

Agenda

Thursday, 4 October

09:00	Registration
09:30	Jose A. Garrido - ICN2 - ICREA Head of Strategy Development Office Welcome and introduction
09:45	Pablo Ordejón - ICN2 Director ICN2 Strategy presentation
10:15	Gabriel M. Silberman - Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST) General Director Excellent Science to Build a Better World
10:30	Wolfgang Kniesky - INI-Novation GmbH Managing Director Taylormade technology transfer processes for European tech innovations
11:30	Networking coffee break
12:00	Tina Lewis - University of Copenhagen Head of the Office of Research and Innovation Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences Change and leadership in research administration – how can the principles of “Lean” come into play?
13:00	Networking lunch
14:00	Anna-Karin Larsson - Örebro University Senior research advisor in Grants Office RRI: Gender and diversity in research and projects
15:00	Guillermo Orts-Gil Science relations and communications Multisectorial science engagement: from school to parliament
16:00	Networking coffee break
16:30	Working groups
20:30	Dinner at Casanova Beach Club (by reservation only)

Friday, 5 October

09:00	Lluís Rovira - CERCA Director Catalan research strategy
09:30	Sean McCarthy - Hyperion Director Getting ready for Horizon Europe + Networking coffee break
12:00	John Westensee - Aarhus University Director of Research Support and External Relations Combining strategy and operations for increased success in Horizon 2020
13:00	Networking lunch
14:00	Success stories and best practices Laura Kitti - Natural Resources Insitute Finland (luke) Head of the Project Centre Grant’ Office’s multi-professional support model for H2020 applications Andrew R. Jackson - Durham University Director of Research and Innovation Services Building capacity for challenge-led and mission-oriented research through integrated research and innovation support Peter Scott - University College Dublin Senior Manager: Research Partners Picking your path to strategy Susie Cullinane - Waterford Institute of Technology (WIT, Ireland) Projects Manager Olga Roig - Research, Innovation and Knowledge Transfer in Terrestrial Ecology (CREAF, Catalonia) International Projects Manager EARMA Certificate in Research Management: the good, the bad and the ugly
16:00	Networking coffee break
16:30	Working groups