19 September 2022
The Palace of the Academies, Brussels, Belgium
Video-recordings of the conference can be accessed using the following links:
During the last decade there has been a growing momentum towards making all steps of the scientific activities more open and transparent, and in this way speeding up the cooperation, progress, and the industrial implementation of the scientific findings.
Opening science has a crucial role, both to support the innovation process, and to increase the trust in scientific findings, to tackle crises such as the pandemic or to address major societal issues such as climate change and sustainable development.
This conference will address promising ways of opening science, mechanisms such as “Open Science”, speakers illustrating these ways with interesting cases, such as the “European Open Science Cloud” (EOSC), the “European Association of Research and Technology Organisations’ (EARTO) and the “Association Nationale de la Recherche et de la Technologie” (ANRT). Through these examples the role of Industry, the Research Community, Government, and dedicated organisations promoting cooperation will be highlighted.
This conference will also address how Opening Science can be used to boost Technological and Industrial Innovation for the Prosperity of Europe and to tackle the so called “European paradox”, Europe still being at the top for basic research, but often unable to translating scientific advances into marketable innovations. Speakers and panellists will highlight and debate how to build more efficient bridges between scientific value, innovation value and market value to securing the European Technological and Industrial Base, aiming to leverage investments in key domains identified by the EUs industrial strategy.
On a global scale the conference will also address how Technological Innovation can be used for the Common Good of Humanity. Engineers and technology have a fundamental role to play in enabling development, in a respectful, balanced and ethically sound relationship.
Open Source offers many opportunities and shows a way, which should be extended to many other technical fields, e. g. “Open Source Hardware Technologies”, which should also consider low‑tech for sustainable solutions.
More generally, in the face of global existential challenges (pandemics, climate, biodiversity) new models of international cooperation must be implemented.
The goal of this Euro-CASE conference is to learn good practices from Euro-CASE partners and to debate the challenges and opportunities created by opening science.
All hours in CEST/Brussels time
09:15 – 10:05
09:15 – 10:05
In this session the scene is set for the conference.
A keynote address will frame the conference in the European context where an ambitious technological and industrial strategy appears as a key element for aiming EU to preserve its prosperity and international role in a time of global upheaval. Technological innovation and the engineering community will play a key role for tackling these huge challenges.
Then the conference goals will be presented, linking these goals to the three sessions of the conference.
Promising ways of opening science, such as “Open Science”, will be addressed, illustrating these ways with interesting cases. The conference will also tackle how Opening Science can be used to boost Technological and Industrial Innovation for the Prosperity of Europe. Finally, on a more global scale, the conference will also reflect on how Technological Innovation can be used for the Common Good of Humanity.
These objectives require sharing a clear and common understanding of many concepts and having a global view of the complex innovation process. Technical innovation is not discovery nor invention. It’s not a simple follow-up of basic research as many think. What are the ingredients of this multi-faced innovation process? It’s the aim of the final presentation of this session.
Keynote: Providing the EU Context
Conference Goals
Concepts and Questions
10:05 – 10:35
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10:35 – 12:15
This session will address promising ways of opening science, such as “Open Science”, to industry and society.
These ways will be illustrated with interesting cases. Through these cases the roles of Industry, the Research Community, Government, and dedicated organisations promoting cooperation will be highlighted.
Challenges and opportunities of “Open Access” will be discussed, as are views and on supporting organisations and infrastructures.
Key structural changes, beyond “Opening Science”, for improving technology transfer and strengthening innovation will be identified.
10:35 Session 1: Presentations
Introduction
The new scene of open science and scientific cooperation in Europe and the role of EOSC and the countries
EARTO’s views on the role, best practices, strengths, and weaknesses of Research Technology Centres in the EU
Transferring science to industry: experience of a public-private association for promoting research and innovation
Conclusions
11:30 Session 1: Panel Debate
Introduction
Comments on how Open Access benefits the work of a young engineering researcher and on how Open Access can benefit Open Innovation
Comments on IEEE’s Organization and Infrastructure for Open Access and Open Innovation and on how IEEE can support Free Open Access for its Members and for Society at large
Comments on key important structural changes, beyond Open Access, to improve technology transfer and strengthen innovation in Europe
Panel Discussion
Panel Discussion Conclusions
12:10 Session 1: Conclusions
Prof. emeritus Joos Vandewalle
12:15 – 13:45
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13:45 – 15:25
How to build more efficient bridges between knowledge value and market value to securing the European Technological and Industrial Base?
The session will address some key questions:
13:45 Session 2: Presentations
Introduction
European initiatives to sharing its intellectual capital to generate prosperity for Europe
European initiatives for sharing the benefits of its large investments in breakthrough science and technology to keeping the EU tech economy at the forefront
Strategic autonomy for Europe: enabling innovation and prosperity through high tech industry. How open can science be to be actionable by industry?
Conclusions
14:40 – 15:25
14:40 Session 2: Panel Debate
Introduction
Comments on Creating big players: challenges and opportunities (Chip Design as a case study)
Comments on Technology Transfer
Comments on Responsible Innovation through Public-Private Partnerships
Panel Discussion
Panel Discussion Conclusions
15:20 Session 2: Conclusions
15:25 – 15:55
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15:55 – 17:35
Session 3: Technological Innovation for the Common Good of Humanity
Europe has an important historical and moral responsibility towards least developed countries. Engineers and technology have a fundamental role to play in enabling this development, in a respectful, balanced and ethically sound relationship.
Open Source offers many opportunities and shows a way, which should be extended to many other technical fields, e. g. “Open Source Hardware Technologies”, which should also consider low‑tech for sustainable solutions.
More generally, in the face of global existential challenges (pandemics, climate, biodiversity) new models of international cooperation must be implemented.
15:55 Presentations
Introduction
Least developed countries: which kind of technologies to adopt?
A sustainable approach inspired by IT: open-source technologies
The role of open source (software and hardware) in IT as a model of fast and sustainable deployment of technologies, boosted by the shared resources and innovation capacity of fab labs and makerspaces.
Scientific convergence and public-private partnerships for global health innovation.
Conclusions
16:50 Panel Debate
Introduction
Reflections about Healthcare Innovation
Comments about changing the way we look at technology, in global North and South. The importance of « low-tech » to face most of our century challenges and questioning the role of engineers
Comments pertaining to holistic approaches to solve technical problems in a sustainable way. The societal responsibility of engineers and the role of Engineering Schools
Panel Discussion
Panel Discussion Conclusions
17:30 Session Conclusions
17:35 – 18:00
18:00 – 19:00
Dr Albert Husniaux, Secretary of the conference
Clarisse Angelier
Delegate general of ANRT, France
Muriel Attané
Secretary general of EARTO
Luc Chefneux
Past Director of the “Classe Technologie et Société”, ARB
Rudi Cuyvers
KU Leuven R&D
Head Spin-Off and Innovation Unit
Léopold Demiddeleer
ARB, Honorary President of EIRMA,
former Solvay EVP for New Business Development
Gabriele Dobenecker
Empa, Fund Raising, Entrepreneurship and Industry Relation
Anna Fabijanska
Lodz University of Technology
Isabelle Ferreras
University of Louvain, President of the “Academie royale de Belgique”
Mariya Gabriel
EU Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth
Erol Gelenbe
National Academy of Technologies of France
Michel Goldman
ULB, Academy of Medicine
Prof. Isabelle Huys
KU Leuven, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Michel Judkiewicz
“Classe Technologie et Société” of the ARB, past Secretary General of EIRMA
Liesbet Lagae
IMEC, IMEC Fellow and Program Director Life Sciences
Karel Luyben
President EOSC, Board member CESAER, former Rector TU Delft
Quentin Mateus
Low-tech Lab’s investigations coordinator
Elisabeth Monard
President of the KVAB
Alex Nussem
Secretary General of EIRMA
Ric Parker
Former CTO, Rolls-Royce
Saifur Rahman
Life Fellow IEEE and President of IEEE
Jean-Pierre Raskin
UCLouvain, Ecole Polytechnique de Louvain
Tuula Teeri
Chair of the Euro-CASE Board
Peter Troxler
Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences
Marnik Vanclooster
UCLouvain, Earth and Life Institute
Joos Vandewalle
Honorary President KVAB, Open Science ambassador KU Leuven
Didier Viviers
Permanent Secretary of the ARB