ETP 2009:
European Technology Platforms Conference
Centre Albert Borschette, Brussels
13 October 2009
Agenda
08h00 - Registration
09h00 - Welcome and introduction,
Chaired by Anneli Pauli, Deputy Director-General, DG Research, European Commission
Janez Potočnik, European Commissioner for Science & Research
Peter Honeth, State Secretary, Swedish Ministry of Education & Research
Q&A
Session 1: Overview of EU initiatives
09h30 - The ERA initiatives: state of play
James Gavigan, Head of the Unit ‘European Research Area Policy’, DG Research, European Commission
Developing the European Innovation Plan
Keith Sequeira, Unit ‘Innovation Policy Development’, DG Enterprise & Industry, European Commission
Report of the Business Panel on future EU innovation Policy
Rüdiger Iden, SusChem – European Technology Platform for Sustainable Chemistry
Joint Programming: where are we in the process?
Rolf Annerberg, Director-General, Swedish Research Council (Formas)
Q&A
Session 2: The future role of ETPs
10h30 - Presentation of fi ndings and recommendations of the ETP Expert Group
Horst Soboll, Chair/ERTRAC – European Road Transport Research Advisory Council
Q&A
11h10 - Coffee
Session 3: Working together to address societal challenges (parallel workshops)
11h30 - 1. Climate change and clean energy
Chair: Ton Hoff, Chair of the Board, ECN - Energy Research Centre of the Netherlands / Chair, European
Energy Research Alliance
Speakers: Klaus Willnow, Director Innovation Cooperations, Energy Sector, Siemens / ZEP - European
Technology Platform for Zero Emission Fossil Fuel Powerplants
Enrique Soria Lascorz, Director, Renewable Energy Division, CIEMAT
Jason Anderson, Head of European Climate and Energy Policy, World Wildlife Fund
Stefan Tostmann, Head of the Unit ‘New and renewable sources of energy, energy effi ciency &
innovation’, DG Transport & Energy, European Commission
Glyn Evans, Deputy Head of the Unit ‘Horizontal aspects and coordination’, DG Research,
European Commission
2. Sustainable transport
Chair: Sergio Barbarino, Principal Engineer, Process Breakthrough, Procter & Gamble R&D / EIRAC -
European Intermodal Research Advisory Council
Speakers: Wolfgang Steiger, Group External Aff airs, Director of Future Technologies, Volkswagen /
ERTRAC – European Road Transport Research Advisory Council
Peter Chivers, Vice-President R&T Strategy & Plan (ETS), Airbus / ACARE - Advisory Council
for Aeronautical Research in Europe
Elaine Seagriff, Head of Strategy and Policy in Transport for London
Juhani Jääskeläinen, Head of the Unit ‘ICT for Transport’, DG Information Society and Media,
European Commission
Wendel Trio, Head of the political and business unit, Greenpeace International
Conclusions
3. Sustainable consumption and production
Chair: Paolo Matteazzi, President, MBN Nanomaterialia / Chair, MINAM - Platform Micro- and Nano-
Manufacturing and Chair, NANOFUTURES
Speakers: Manfred Diehl, Vice President External Projects, Umicore AG & Co. KG/Manufuture Technology
Platform
Katrien Maaskant, Manager IKEA EU Aff airs, IKEA Service Centre S.A.
Arnold Tukker, Manager Sustainable Innovation Program, TNO – Netherlands Organisation for
Applied Scientifi c Research
Uno Svedin, Director of International Aff airs, Swedish Research Council (Formas) / Member,
SCAR - Standing Committee on Agricultural Research
Monique Goyens, Director-General, BEUC – European Consumers’ Organisation
Herbert Aichinger, Advisor to the Director, DG Environment, European Commission
4. Public health
Chair: Oyvind Hope, DG Research, Public Health, European Commission
Speakers: Jürgen Simon, Director Strategy - Innovations and Cooperations, Siemens / NANOMEDICINE
European Technology Platform
Katarina Svanberg, Överläkare Oncology Hospital, Sweden / European Technology Platform
PHOTONICS21
Erland Hjelmquist, Secretary General, FAS (Swedish Council for Working Life and Social
Welfare)
Liuska Sanna, European Patients’ Forum
Bernd Walter Rainer, DG Research, Implementation of IMI, European Commission
12h30 Lunch (buffet)
Session 4: Continuation of parallel workshops
13h45 - Discussion
15h00 - Coffee
Session 5: The way forward: outcome of parallel workshops
15h30 - Views on the way forward
Panel comprising the four chairs, Horst Soboll (Chair, ETP Expert Group) and Isi Saragossi (Director ERA, DG Research)
Q&A
17h00 - Closing statement
Anneli Pauli, Deputy Director-General, DG Research
