The 2nd International Network for Government Science Advice Conference Science and Policy Making: towards a new dialogue

Brussels, 29-30 September 2016

EC Directorate-General for Research and Innovation
Scientific Advice Mechanism

This report has been written by the conference rapporteur,
Gary Finnegan

1st HLG Scientific Opinion.Following a request of Commissio er Cañete in view of the planed Commission proposal for post-2020 emission performance standards for light duty vehicles, the SAM High Level Group agreed at its first meeting on 29 January 2016 to provide scientific advice on the topic “closing the gap between light duty vehicles CO₂ emissions and laboratory testing” .

On Friday, 24 March 2017, the Chair of the High Level Group of Scientific Advisors, Rolf-Dieter Heuer, submitted to the European Commission the Group’s 2nd Scientific Opinion on Cybersecurity in the Digital Single Market, following the request of Andrus Ansip, the European Commission Vice-President for Digital Single Market in January 2016.

Following a request from Commissioner Andriukaitis, the HLG adopted during their 5th meeting (25 November 2016) the scoping paper for the topic “New techniques in agricultural biotechnology”. This adoption follows preliminary discussion during the 3rd HLG meeting (25 July 2016), and a more detailed discussion with Commissioner Andriukaitis, during their 4th meeting (28 September 2016). The SAM HLG received extensive support from scientific experts in its meetings as the NTAB steering group. The non-Commission experts who were invited to participate in the work of the steering group were nominated by the Science Advice for Policy by European Academies (SAPEA) consortium that is funded through the EU Horizon 2020 programme.