EARTO Annual Conference 2013 in Dubrovnik, Croatia
New Horizons for 2020 and Beyond: Croatia and South East Europe in the European Union
– Dubrovnik, 23-24 May 2013 –

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Thursday May 23rd
Opening of the Conference:
President of EARTO – Jan Mengelers
Director General of the Brodarski institut – Vladimir Koroman
Director of the Ruđer Bošković Institute – Tome Antičić
- Welcome Address by European Commissioner for Regional Policy – Johannes Hahn (video address)
- The New Structural Funds: Smart Specialization Strategies for Innovation, Jobs and Growth – Pierre Godin, Policy Analyst, DG Regional and Urban Policy, European Commission
- Twinning and Teaming: A H2020 Measure to Support Strategic Partnerships with Research Organisations in Less Research-Intensive Regions – Octavi Quintana Trias, Director, European Research Area, DG Research & Innovation, European Commission
- Progress in the Development of a Regional Strategy on Research and Innovation in the Western Balkans – Paulo Correa, Lead Economist, World Bank
- The Croatian Research and Innovation System – Hrvoje Meštrić, Executive Director, Business Innovation Agency of Croatia
- Completing the European Research Area – Octavi Quintana Trias, Director, European Research Area, DG Research & Innovation, European Commission
Structural Funds for Research and Innovation
- Croatian Competitiveness Clusters: Platform for Smart Specialisation and Growth of Priority Sectors – Damir Novinić, Managing Director, Agency for Investments and Competitiveness, Croatia
- A Programmed Approach to the Use of Structural Funds for Research and Innovation – Nena Dokuzov, Deputy Director General for the EU Cohesion Policy Directorate, Ministry of Economic Development and Technology, Slovenia
- TRES: An EU Project of Eight Regions Developing their Smart Specialization Strategies – Begoña Sánchez, Innovation Systems and Policies Manager, Tecnalia Research and Innovation
- Ruđer Bošković Institute, Zagreb, Croatia
- Brodarski institut, Zagreb, Croatia
- YEAR – YOUNG EUROPEAN ASSOCIATED RESEARCHERS – Caroline Lemeire, Chair, YEAR
- From Knowledge to Innovation: Croatian BioCentre – Gordan Leskovar, Project Manager, Business Innovation Agency of Croatia
- Copernicus Science Centre – Ewa Nurowska, Deputy Head of Science Communication and Education, Copernicus Science Centre, Poland
- DOK- Ing Ltd., Croatia
- Končar Electrical Engineering Institute Inc., Croatia
Friday May 24th
- Responsible Partnering in a World of Open Innovation – Leopold Demiddeleer, President, EIRMA – European Industrial Research Management Association
- Open Access to Publication and Data: an RTO Perspective – Erwin Folmer, Senior Scientist, TNO and Research Associate, University of Enschede
- Update on the Revised State Aid Framework for Research, Development and Innovation – Lorenz Kaiser, Division Director for Legal and Contractual Affairs, Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft
- The New Dedicated SME Instrument – Katharina Krell, Managing Director of Greenovate! Europe and Expert to DG Research and Innovation, European Commission
- The Horizon 2020 Rules for Participation – Kathrin Werner, Co-Chair of DESCA
- Getting Ready for Horizon 2020 – Sean McCarthy , Managing Director, Hyperion Ltd
- EARTO and RTOs: Yesterday – Today – and Tomorrow? – Christopher John Hull, Secretary General, EARTO
Close of the Conference by the President of EARTO and Hosts