Date/Time
Date - 16/06/2021
9:15 - 15:30
The Baltic Sea Region is one of the most competitive, innovative science macro-regions in the world, with an excellent structure of leading universities and research institutions. Cooperation in research and innovation in this region is unique and offers inspirational insights for other macro-regions.
The BSN project ends on 31 July 2021. The aim of this final conference is to present the project results to a broad specialist public, discuss them with actors from politics and science at regional, national and EU level and to define the way forward for the Baltic Science Network.
In this context, a new vision will be presented, which should guide the course to enhanced competiveness and excellence of the Baltic Sea science region and contribute to the realisation of the European Research Area.
Programme
9:15 Introduction and Welcome
Katharina Fegebank, Second Mayor and Minister for Science, Research, Equalities and Districts of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg, Germany
Jurgita Šiugždinienė, Minister of Education, Science and Sport of the Republic of Lithuania
Grzegorz Poznański, Director General of the Council of the Baltic Sea States (CBSS) Permanent International Secretariat, Poland
10:00 Keynote: Baltic Sea cooperation – trends and challenges – views from outside
Tilmann Bünz, Author and documentary filmmaker and for many years head of the German ARD television studio in Stockholm
10:30 Panel Discussion: A new ERA for Research and Innovation in the Baltic Sea Region?
How can various cross-border research support initiatives and funding programs be better aligned in order to fully exploiting the potential of the Baltic Sea science region?
Signe Ratso, Deputy Director-General, DG Research and Innovation, European Commission
Peter Berkowitz, Head of the Unit for Smart and Sustainable Growth, DG Regional and Urban Policy, European Commission
Andris Andrusaitis, Acting Executive Director, Baltic and North Sea Coordination and Support Action (BANOS)
Kajsa Paulsson, Programme Manager, Hanseatic League of Science (HALOS), Lund University, Sweden
Dmitry Vasilenko, Vice-Rector on International Relations, St. Petersburg State University of Economics (UNECON), Russia
Moderator: Marcus Flatten, Managing director of the Hamburg communications agency “Mann beißt Hund”, Germany
12:00 Presentation: The Baltic Science Network – Key Results and new Vision
Klaus von Lepel, BSN Project Director, Hamburg Ministry of Science, Research, Equalities and Districts, Germany
12:30 Lunch Break
Informal get-together
13:00 Baltic Sea Science Award Ceremony
Presentation of the Baltic Sea Science Award
13:30 Parallel working group sessions on:
– Challenges and opportunities of complexity when implementing the Green Deal in the Baltic Sea region – how can collaboration between different levels (regional, national, European), affiliations (EU, Nordic, non-EU countries), funding agencies and research programs be improved?
– Supporting a broader use of large research infrastructures – lessons learnt and future applications of the BSN LaunchPad:RI connectors
– Supporting academic mobility for young researches – lessons learnt and future perspectives for the BSN Mobility Programme for Research Internships (BARI), Baltic University Programme and School for Young Scientists.
14:45 Panel Discussion: Towards intensified Science and Research Cooperation in the BSR with a focus on the future BSN role. Presentation and discussion of working group results.
Moderator: Marcus Flatten, Managing director of the Hamburg communications agency “Mann beißt Hund”, Germany
15:30 Closing of the conference
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