Lithuanian RDI Liaison Office in Brussels (LINO), the NCBR Office in Brussels – Business & Science Poland, the Slovenian Business & Research Association, the European Office of Cyprus – Brussels Office, Eötvös Loránd University and the National Research, Development, and Innovation Office in Hungary are organizing a matchmaking event on Horizon Europe’s Cluster 6 “Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment“.
Horizon Europe’s Cluster 6 aims at reducing environmental degradation, halting and reversing the decline of biodiversity on land, inland waters and sea and better managing natural resources through transformative changes of the economy and society in both urban and rural areas. Research and innovation in this cluster directly contributes to the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals and accelerate the ecological transition required by the European Green Deal.
This online matchmaking event focuses on the research and innovation community of Cyprus, Greece, Lithuania, Poland, Slovenia and Hungary, as well other relevant European stakeholders. The goal of the event is to build a platform for everyone to share their ideas and find partners for future consortia in Horizon Europe calls, with a particular focus on Cluster 6 under the following destinations:
- Fair, healthy and environment-friendly food systems from primary production to consumption.
- Land, ocean and water for climate action.
- Other (Biodiversity and ecosystem services; Circular economy and bioeconomy sectors).
The matchmaking event will take place online on Friday, 2 December 2022, 09:30 – 12:00 CET / 10:30 – 13:00 EDT via ZOOM.
If you are ready to pitch your project idea related to the calls or have not developed a concrete project idea yet, but are rather interested in listening to your peers, this event is for you. Please register via the provided link.
Important dates! The deadline for submitting the pitches is Friday, 25 November.
The deadline for registration is Wednesday, 30 November.
A final confirmation will be sent few days before the event. Please feel free to forward this invitation to interested colleagues. If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact Ms. Orsolya Lugmayer at lugmayero@inf.elte.hu
09:30 – 09:35 Welcome by the Organizers
09:35 – 09:45 Presentation of relevant destinations under Cluster 6 by Iuri Aganetto, Research Programme Officer, DG AGRI, European Commission
09:45 – 10:10 Inspirational speeches:
Shubiao Wu, Department of Agroecology, Aarhus university, Denmark
Raúl Zornoza Belmonte, Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena, Spain
Laia Piñol, Institute of Agrifood Research and Technology, Spain
10:10 – 10:55 Destination: Fair, healthy and environment-friendly food systems from primary production to consumption – Pitch presentations
Moderator: Aliki Varella, Coordinator of the European Office of Cyprus
10:55 – 11:00 Break
11:00 – 11:55 Destination: Land, ocean and water for climate action + other topics – Pitch presentations
Moderator: Aliki Varella, Coordinator of the European Office of Cyprus
11:55 – 12:00 Closure of the meeting
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