28th of November 2024
Budapest, Hungary
The next decade of innovations for the future of Europe
Celebrating 10 years of the EIT Regional Innovation Scheme
About the Event
Date: Thursday, November 28th
Time: 9:00 AM – 7:00 PM
Location: Millenáris Park, Budapest, Hungary (Building B)
Access: Event access is only available through prior registration.
Event Format: Hybrid. Attendees can join either in person or online.
Note: Only main stage sessions will be streamed
Organised by the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) and its Knowledge and Innovation Communities (KICs), Europe’s largest innovation network, “The Next Decade of Innovations for the Future of Europe” conference celebrates the 10th anniversary of the EIT Regional Innovation Scheme (EIT RIS).
This is a key initiative under Horizon Europe aimed at reducing regional disparities in innovation across Europe. The event brings together ambitious minds from Central, Eastern, and Southern Europe offering a unique platform for strategic discussions on boosting capacities to build a competitive and resilient Europe.
The event will feature inspiring keynotes, panel discussions and fireside chats with high-level speakers from the policy, business, and education sectors. Engaging discussions will help explore how modest and emerging innovators can strengthen their ecosystems, the key challenges and opportunities ahead, the different initiatives that EIT RIS offers as support, and the best practices learned so far.
In celebration of the 8th edition of the EIT Jumpstarter programme, the whole-day conference will also host the EIT Jumpstarter Grand Finals, featuring a live pitching session followed by an awards ceremony. The flagship pre-accelerator initiative has helped create nearly 120 start-ups, over 2,100 new jobs, and raise EUR 150M. Attendees will also have the opportunity to discover regional innovators from the Western Balkans and Ukraine through dedicated EIT Infrabooster and EIT Red Kalyna presentation sessions.
Join us in shaping the next decade of innovation for the future of Europe!
Watch Main Stage Events Online
Agenda
What to expect throughout the day
MAIN STAGE: EIT Jumpstarter Grand Finals – pitching ENERGY
ROOM A: EIT Jumpstarter Grand Finals – pitching MANUFACTURING
ROOM B: EIT Jumpstarter Grand Finals – pitching NEW EUROPEAN BAUHAUS
MAIN STAGE: EIT Jumpstarter Grand Finals – pitching URBAN MOBILITY
ROOM A: EIT Jumpstarter – pitching RAW MATERIALS
ROOM B: EIT Jumpstarter – pitching HEALTH
ROOM C: EIT Jumpstarter – pitching FOOD
MAIN STAGE: EIT Post-Jumpstarter
ROOM A: EIT Jumpstarter Grand Finals – pitching Rebuild Ukraine
ROOM B: From Classroom to Market: How EIT Jumpstarter and Techni Schools are Shaping the Next Generation of Deep Tech Entrepreneurs
ROOM C: EIT in Western Balkans: EIT Infrabooster Final Presentations
Networking lunch
The afternoon sessions will be held on the Main Stage.
Networking coffee
14:15 – Welcome and introduction to the line-up
14:20 – OPENING SPEECH: Deputy State Secretary Laszlo Bodis, Hungarian Ministry of Culture and Innovation
14:30 – KEYNOTE SPEECH: EIT Regional Innovations @10: The Next Decade of Innovations for the Future of Europe – Martin Kern, Director, European Institute of Innovation and Technology
14:40 – Role of Widening Countries in the European innovation landscape
Panellists: Antoaneta Angelova-Krasteva, Director for Innovation, Digital Education and International Cooperation at European Commission; Eszter Lakos, Member of the European Parliament; Ján Oravec, former State Secretary at the Ministry of Economy of the Slovak Republic and member of the European Economic and Social Committee (2004-2014); moderator: Luke Incorvaja, Innovation Officer at EIT
15:25 – KEYNOTE SPEECH: Innovation journey from the EIT Community – Iryna Savytska, CEO & Co-Founder at Bank of Memories
MODERATED DISCUSSION: Transforming EIT RIS regions for the next decade: innovation policies and collaborations
Panellists: István Oláh, Director of Corporate Services, Hungarian Innovation Agency; Katalin Alfoldi, Policy advisor at COST Association; Natalia Denikeieva, Head of Diia City’ project office at Ministry of Digital Transformation of Ukraine; Moderator: Andrew Wrobel, Chief Reinvention Officer at Emerging Europe
Coffee break
Women innovations from Ukraine: EIT Red Kalyna celebration
OPENING SPEECH: Magdalena Gryszko, EIT Innovation Officer: Gender Equality Lead, Women Entrepreneurship and Leadership
EIT Jumpstarter Grand Finale
OPENING SPEECH: Antoaneta Angelova-Krasteva, Director for Innovation, Digital Education and International Cooperation at European Commission
- Rebuild Ukraine, New European Bauhaus, Western Balkans, Health, Manufacturing, Food, Energy, Urban Mobility, Raw Materials, Post-Jumpstarter
EIT Regional Innovations Scheme networking cocktail
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