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AGENDA DAY ONE, THURSDAY 13 SEPTEMBER 2018: WORKSHOP SESSIONS
LOCATION: MARRIOTT HOTEL, AL. JEROZOLIMSKIE 65/79, WARSAW
WORKSHOP 1: Polish-UK collaboration in European Research and Innovation
Programmes. [Location: Marriott Hotel, 2nd floor, Baltic 1]
14:30 Registration and lunch 60 mins
15:30 Polish and UK participation in Framework Programmes 30 mins
Poland’s participation in European Research and Innovation Pro-
grammes. Barriers and opportunities – Katarzyna Walczyk-Matuszyk,
Deputy Director, National Contact Point, Poland
UK participation in European Research and Innovation Programmes –
Ewa Bloch, Innovate UK, National Contact Point.
16:00 Sharing Best Practice 90 mins
Research management and support
Kirsty Allen - Head of Research Evaluation & Impact and REF Pro-
gramme Manager at Oxford University’s Research Support Office +
discussion (total 30 min.)
Diana Pustuła – Head of the Office for International Research and
Liaison, University of Warsaw + discussion (total 20 min.)
Case study of PL- UK collaboration
Prof. Rod Hose – University of Sheffield, Department of Infection, Im-
munity & Cardiovascular Disease + discussion (total 20 min.)
Dr Marian Bubak – Cyfronet, AGH University of Science and Technol-
ogy + discussion (total 20 min)
18:00 Final Q&A session and wrap up 30 mins
WORKSHOP 2: Innovation Management. Research-Industry Interactions: What have we
learned? – hosted by Oxentia and Association of Top 500 Innovators [Location: Marriott
Hotel, 2nd floor, Baltic 2]
14:30 Registration and lunch 30 mins
15:00 Introduction to the workshop and unconference sessions. 15 mins
15:15 10 global insights into research-industry interactions – Dr. Tim Hart, 75 mins
Oxentia
16:30 Coffee (Dr Hart and colleagues group top 5 topics) 30 mins
16:45 Unconference sessions: assignment of 5 topics and moderators 10 mins
16:55 Unconference sessions run. 40 mins
17:35 Group Reporting 30 mins
18:05 Oxentia Wrap-Up 10 mins
WORKSHOP 3: “Venture camps” organised by Cambridge Worldwide Associates and
Łódź University of Technology [Location: Marriott Hotel, 2nd floor, Baltic 3]
14:30 Registration and lunch 1 hr
15:30 Introducing the Cambridge Venture Camp Concept + questions 30 mins
16:00 Fundamentals of new business finance - the investment climate - main 1 hr
sources of finance – Professor Alan Barrell
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17:00 Preparing and Presenting the company or project and finding advisors 30 mins
and investors
17:30 Some “pitch practice” - delegates participate 30 mins
18:00 Wrap up and final conclusions + questions 30 mins
EVENING RECEPTION HOSTED BY AMBASSADOR JONATHAN KNOTT [Location:
Marriott Hotel, 1st floor, Restaurant Lila Weneda].
Please arrive by 19:00. Speeches from 19:30.
Welcome speech: Ambassador Jonathan Knott
Inspirational Talk: Wendy Sadler, Founding Director, Science Made Simple
Inspirational Talk: Monika Koperska, Second in FameLab World Finals and winner
of the Audience Prize in 2014
AGENDA DAY TWO, FRIDAY 14 SEPTEMBER 2018: PLENARY SESSION
Hosted by Wendy Sadler, Founder/Director of Science Made Simple
LOCATION: CONGRESS HALL, 2ND FLOOR, MARRIOTT HOTEL,
AL. JEROZOLIMSKIE 65/79, WARSAW
In the foyer outside the conference, there will be table-top exhibitions of projects involving
cooperation in research, science and innovation between Poland and UK. Please visit them
to find out more, and to network with like-minded researchers.
BLOCK 1: OPENING
08:20 Arrival, registration and morning coffee
09:00 Opening Polish Government representative (15 mins) Total 30 mins
speeches UK Government representative (15 mins)
09:30 Special talk Prof Andy Hopper, professor of Computer Tech- 15 mins
nology at Cambridge University, V-P of the Royal
Society
BLOCK 2: SCIENCE
09:45 Panel Discus- Trends, challenges and opportunities in science coop- 40 mins
sion moder- eration between Poland and the UK.
ated by Dr Julie Maxton, Executive Director, The Royal Society
Wendy Sadler Alun Evans, Chief Executive, The British Academy.
Prof Zbigniew Błocki, Director of the National Science
Centre
Prof Jerzy Duszynski, President of the Polish Academy of
Sciences (PAN)
10:20 Q&A 10 mins
10:30 Case Study PL-UK research collaboration – DeLab and NESTA – 10 mins
presentation joint project on Next Generation Internet.
Katja Bego (NESTA), Kristóf Gyódi & Michał Paliński
(Warsaw University).
10:40 Presentation Polish-UK collaboration under Horizon2020: statistics, 10 mins
themes, success stories and potential future areas of co
-operation.
Dr Zygmunt Krasiński, Director of National Contact Point,
Poland
10:50 Coffee break 20 mins
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BLOCK 3: INNOVATION
11:10 Presentation UK approach to innovation, and UK chairmanship of 15 mins
EUREKA.
Manimaaran Sivasegaram, Head of Brussels Office,
Innovate UK
11:25 Case Study The UK Future Cities Catapult, and project with Warsaw 15 mins
presentation City Council.
Francesco Marchet, Future Cities Catapult
11:40 Panel Discus- Building an innovation-friendly ecosystem in UK and 30 mins
sion moder- Poland, opportunities for cooperation.
ated by Wendy Prof Leszek Rafalski, Director, Main Council of the Re-
Sadler search Institutes.
Prof Maciej Chorowski, Director, National Centre for Re-
search and Development.
Prof Andy Hopper, Cambridge University.
Manimaaran Sivasegaram, Head of Brussels Office, Inno-
vate UK.
12:10 Q&A 5 mins
12:15 Coffee break 20 mins
BLOCK 4: HIGHER EDUCATION
12:35 Presentation Poland’s Law 2.0 in the context of international coopera- 15 mins
tion.
Piotr Müller, Under-Secretary of State, Ministry of Science
and Higher Education
12:50 Presentation Working with UK universities. 10 mins
Jamie Arrowsmith, Asst Director Universities UK
13:00 Presentation The Polish scientific diaspora in the UK 15 mins
Bartosz Paszcza, CEO of Polonium Foundation
13:15 Panel Discus- Current and future cooperation in Higher Education: 30 mins
sion moder- challenges and opportunities.
ated by Wendy Prof Marek Tukiendorf, CRASP, Chair of CRASP Interna-
Sadler tional Cooperation Committee.
Lukasz Wojdyga, Director, National Agency for Academic
Exchange (NAWA).
John Dishman, Pro-Vice Chancellor, Coventry University.
Jamie Arrowsmith, Universities UK International.
13:45 Q & A and wrap-up 15 mins
14:00 LUNCH
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5 JAROSŁAW GOWIN Deputy Prime Minister and the Minister of Science and Higher Education He is responsible for the state's science policy, including the budget for strategic research and investments. It supports the development of Polish universities, research institutes and institutes of the Polish Academy of Sciences. It promotes high quality of scientific research and focuses on their innovation. PROF. ANDY HOPPER Professor, Cambridge University, and Vice-President, The Royal Society Andy Hopper is Treasurer and Vice-President of the Royal Society and Professor of Computer Technology at the Univer- sity of Cambridge. PIOTR MÜLLER Undersecretary of State, Ministry of Science and Higher Education Piotr Muller is the Undersecretary of State in the Ministry of Science and Higher Education. He graduated with the diploma of law from Warsaw University. DR SHARON ELLIS Director, International Science & Innovation, BEIS She leads on European Policy related to science and innovation programmes and International relations with other countries. Host and moderator of the plenary session WENDY SADLER Director, Science Made Simple Wendy Sadler, MBE, is the founding Director of Science Made Simple – an award-winning social enterprise that aims to in- spire the next generation of scientists and engineers and con- nect more people to STEM.
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Francesco Marchet – Project Management Office Team Lead,
Future Cities Catapult
He is Project Management Office Team Lead at Future Cities Catapult and he
is leading the work package related to Citizen and People engagement of
Sharing Cities, an H2020 Lighthouse project.
Alan Barrell – Professor, Cambridge Worldwide Associates
Alan has worked in Health Care and Medical Research, as Chairman and Chief
Executive of large multi-national companies and smaller technology start-ups.
His current work is focused heavily on the development of UK-China Trade.
Dr Julie Maxton – Executive Director, The Royal Society
Julie Maxton is the Executive Director of the Royal Society, the first woman in
350 years to hold the post. Julie was also a Registrar at the University of Ox-
ford, the first woman in 550 years in the role.
Kirsty Allen – Head of Research Evaluation, University of Oxford
Her current role includes tactical and operational management of Oxford’s par-
ticipation in the UK’s Research Excellence Framework.
John Dishman – Pro-Vice Chancellor, Coventry University
John Dishman is Pro-Vice Chancellor at Coventry University where he is the CEO
of the CU Group of campuses, part of the Coventry University Group.
Ewa Bloch – Senior Programme Manager, Innovate UK
Supporting business innovation&solutions for smart infrastructure&resilient cities
at Innovate UK. Responsible for international work. West Midlands based.
Prof Rod Hose – Professor, University of Sheffield
He is currently Professor of Computational Biomechanics in the Mathematics
and Modelling in Medicine Group in the Department of Infection, Immunity
and Cardiovascular Disease at the University of Sheffield.
Dr Tim Hart – Development Director, Oxentia
He has a BSc and PhD in microbiology and has worked as an academic re-
searcher, technology transfer professional, and entrepreneur. Currently a Man-
aging Consultant in Oxentia.
Alun Evans – Chief Executive, British Academy
Alun is an Associate at the Institute for Government. Alun Evans has been Chief
Executive of the British Academy since July 2015.
Katja Bego – Data Scientist, Nesta
Katja is a data scientist in the technology futures and explorations teams at
Nesta. She currently leads research on EU Engineroom, part of the European
Commission's Next Generation Internet initiative
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Jamie Arrowsmith – Assistant Director, Universities UK
International
Jamie Arrowsmith is Assistant Director, Policy, at Universities UK International.
Prior to joining UUKI, Jamie was a Programme Manager in the Policy Group at
UUK and lead work on research policy and efficiency and effectiveness.
Manimaaran Sivasegaram – Head of European and Global
Portfolio, Innovate UK
Mani joined Innovate UK in December 2013. His role involves liaising with the
European Commission and working with potential partners and stakeholders
across all of Innovate UK’s programmes.
Prof Zbigniew Błocki – Director, National Science Centre
He is a member of the Scientific Council of the Banach Center, the Scientific
Council of the Institute of Mathematics of the Polish Academy of Sciences, the
Committee of Mathematics of the Polish Academy of Sciences, and the Ethics
Committee of the European Mathematical Society.
Prof Jerzy Duszyński – President, Polish Academy of Sci-
ences (PAN)
Polish biochemist, professor of biological sciences, in 2008-2009, deputy
minister of science, dean of the Division II of Biological and Agricultural
Sciences of the Polish Academy of Sciences, and since 2015 president of the
Polish Academy of Sciences.
Kristóf Gyódi – Analyst, DELab UW
DELab analyst at the Faculty of Economic Sciences of the University of Warsaw.
He is particularly interested in Airbnb's influence on tourism and urban devel-
opment.
Michał Paliński – Analyst, DELab UW
Currently, his research focuses on the analysis of dynamic changes in the labor
market related to the progressing automation and development of the so-
called gig economy and on issues related to privacy on the internet.
Dr Zygmunt Krasiński – Director, National Contact Point
Director of the National Contact Point for the Horizon 2020 Framework Pro-
gram at IPPT PAN. A graduate of the Faculty of Electronics at Warsaw Univer-
sity of Technology and a scholarship holder of the Japanese Government. For
many years associated with the banking sector. Expert of the Ministry of Sci-
ence and Higher Education in the EC.
Prof Leszek Rafalski – Director, Main Council of the Research
Institutes
Construction engineer, professor of technical sciences, director of the Research
Institute of Roads and Bridges in Warsaw. He is the Chairman of the Main Council
of Research Institutes and the President of the Academy of Engineering in Poland.
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Prof Maciej Chorowski – Director, National Centre for Re-
search and Development
A graduate of the Faculty of Mechanics and Energy of the Wrocław
University of Technology in 1982, majoring in mechanics, refrigera-
tion and cryogenics. From April 2016, he is the Director of the Na-
tional Center for Research and Development.
Prof Marek Tukiendorf - Chair of CRASP International Cooperation
Committee, Conference of Rectors of Academic Schools in Poland
CRASP
He currently holds the position of Vice-president of Conference of Rectors of
Polish Universities of Technology (CRPUT) and President of the Committee
for International Cooperation at Conference of Rectors of Academic Schools
in Poland (CRASP).
Łukasz Wojdyga – Director, National Agency for Academic Exchange
A graduate of the Faculty of Law and Administration at the University of
Warsaw. The plenipotentiary of the Minister of Science and Higher Education
for the creation of the National Agency for Academic Exchange.
Katarzyna Walczyk-Matuszyk – President, TOP500 Innovators
President of the TOP 500 Innovators Association. Deputy Director at the Na-
tional Contact Point of EU Research Programs.
Diana Pustuła - Head of the Office for International Research and Liai-
son, University of Warsaw
Head of the Office for International Research and Liaison at the University of
Warsaw.
Dr Marian Bubak – Assistant Professor, AGH University of Science
and Technology
He is an adjunct at the Institute of Computer Science and ACC Cyfronet
AGH University of Science and Technology, Kraków, Poland, and a Profes-
sor of Distributed System Engineering at the Universiteit van Amsterdam.
Monika Koperska – Assistant Professor, Warsaw
Univesity
Currently, she works on preserving tapestries from the Wawel Royal Castle at
the Center of Biological and Chemical Sciences at the Faculty of Chemistry at
the University of Warsaw.
Bartosz Paszcza – CEO, Polonium Foundation
CEO of the Polonium Foundation.
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SHOWCASING EXAMPLES OF POLISH-UK
RESEARCH AND INNOVATION COLLABORATION
Andiamo
Website: https://andiamo.io/ | People: PL Julia Gramacka, UK: Lee Provost | Institutions:
Andiamo Project London, Andiamo Poland
Andiamo is a British-Polish healthcare technology company creating new user-centred children’s
orthotics services. Our aim is to drastically reduce the waiting time from 13 weeks to 48 hours and
create beautiful high quality orthoses, by using 3D scanning and printing technology.
Amber Editing
Website: https://www.amberwrite.com/ | People: PL Grzegorz Liśkiewicz, UK: Tomasz Liśkie-
wicz | Institutions: University of Leeds, Lodz University of Technology
Amber Editing’s academic writing specialists help researchers to improve the quality, scientific
content and publishing prospects of their research papers. We also develop and deliver academic
writing workshops for universities in Poland.
ReStaR (Instytut Ceramiki)
Website: https://www.restar.eu/ | People: PL Jacek Podwórny, PL Jerzy Czechowski, UK
Richard White | Institutions: Lucideon Limited, Instytut Ceramiki i Materiałów Budowlanych
ReStaR is `Review and improvement of testing Standards for Refractory products’. The central
objective of this project is to increase the competitiveness of European SME refractory producers,
by generating up-to-date EN testing standards for producers.
European Joint Doctorate in Food Science - International PhD school in malting and brewing,
Horizon2020
Website: https://ejdfoodsci.eu/ | People: PL Aleksander Poręda, UK David Cook, UK FlavorAc-
tiv | Institutions: University of Agriculture in Krakow, University of Nottingham, FlavorActiv
The scientific objective of the research is to reduce the environmental impact of malt and beer
production by introducing innovative technologies that reduce energy consumption, whilst mainta-
ining or improving their flavour quality and stability.
Innovation & Impact
Website: https://iai.pubpub.org/ | People: UK Karolina Zapadka, PL Grzegorz Liśkiewicz, PL
Barbara Jachimska | Institutions: Lodz University of Technology, University of Cambridge,
Jerzy Haber Institute of Catalysis and Surface Chemistry
An interdisciplinary scientific technology and business journal presenting high profile invited papers
and case studies concerning the process of innovation and its impact on society and market.
Studies on Biodegradable Polymers Conducted Jointly by Centre of Polymer and Carbon Materials
People: PL Grażyna Adamus, PL Barbara Mendrek, UK Marek Kowalczuk, UK Iza Radecka |
Institutions: University of Wolverhampton, Centre of Polymer and Carbon Materials, Polish
Academy of Sciences
Joint studies focused on preparation of biodegradable polymers from plastic wastes, systems of
controlled release of bioactive substances and 3D printing of biodegradable polymers for medical
applications.
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Excilight ITN- Donor-Acceptor light emitting exciplexes as materials for easily to tailor ultra-
efficient OLED lighting
Website: http://www.excilight.com/ | People: PL Przemysław Data, PL Jacek Ulanski, UK
Andrew Monkman, UK Peter Skabara, UK James Kingsley | Institutions: Silesian University
of Technology, Technical University of Lodz, University of Durham, University of Glasgow,
Ossila Ltd
The project's objective is to train 15 Early Stage Researchers (PhD students) in the development
and application of exciplex and TADF (Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescent) emitters, who will
be able to apply their expertise directly in future positions.
OCTA „Organic Charge Transfer Applications“
Website: http://octa.organicelectronics.co.uk/ | People: PL Przemysław Data, UK Andrew
Monkman, UK Peter Skabara | Institutions: Silesian University of Technology, University of
Durham, University of Glasgow
OCTA studies charge transfer phenomena to gain a deep understanding of the complex system of
multiple electronic states of organic compounds. As the final result, they hope to obtain much more
efficient and stable organic systems which could be applied to many tools used by people like
smartphones, sensors or medical treatments.
ORZEL - Boosting the scientific excellence and innovation capacity in organic electronics of the
Silesian University of Technology
Website: http://orzel-project.com/ | People: PL Przemysław Data, UK Andrew Monkman |
Institutions: Silesian University of Technology, University of Durham
Creating a research network to develop our understanding of the effects occurring in organic electronic
devices such as organic light emitting diodes (OLED), organic solar cells (OSC) and organic field effect
transistors (OFETs). The results could be used in widely popularized flexible and wearable electronics.
Fertinnowa - Transfer of Innovative techniques for sustainable Water use in Fertigated crops
Website: https://www.fertinnowa.com/ | People: UK Eleftheria Stavridou, UK Georgina Key,
PL Mateusz Sękowski, PL Jadwiga Treder | Institutions: NIAB EMR East Malling Research
Station, The Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB), Agricultural Advisory
Center in Brwinow, Research Institute of Horticulture
The main objective of the FERTINNOWA thematic network is to create a meta-knowledge database on
innovative technologies and practices for fertigation of horticultural crops. It will also build a knowledge
exchange platform to evaluate existing and novel technologies for fertigated crops and ensure wide
dissemination to all stakeholders involved in the most promising technologies and best practices.
Nefertiti - Networking European Farms to Enhance Cross Fertilisation and Innovation Uptake
through Demonstration
Website: http://www.cema-agri.org/publication/h2020-nefertiti-project-innovation-demo-farms |
People: PL Mateusz Sękowski, UK Annie McKee, UK Carrie Robbins | Institutions: James Hutton
Institute, Innovation for Agriculture (IFA), Agrilultural Advisory Center in Brwinow
Under the project NEFERTITI, 10 interactive thematic networks will be established bringing together
45 regional clusters (hubs) of demo-farmers and actors involved in 17 countries. It focuses on
creating added value from the exchange of knowledge, actors, farmers and technical content be-
tween networks in order to boost innovation uptake and to improve peer to peer learning and ne-
twork connectivity between farming actors across Europe.
Gemini Initiative
Website: http://www.gemini-initiative.com/ | People: PL Grzegorz Wrochna, UK John Lilling-
ton, UK Jean Lavarenne | Institutions: National Centre for Nuclear Research (NCBJ), Wood,
Nuclear Advance Manufacturing Research Centre, University of Sheffield11
The main objective of this transatlantic initiative is to carry out the design and regulatory require-
ments for the development of the first commercial High Temperature Gas-cooled Reactor (HTGR),
by joint efforts of research and industry. It also aims to reduce the costs for each partner
involved and make the construction projects more attractive for investors.
Nomaten
Website: http://nomaten.ncbj.gov.pl/ | People: PL Grzegorz Wrochna, PL Jacek Gajewski |
Institutions: National Centre for Nuclear Research (NCBJ), National Nuclear Laboratory
(NNL), National Centre for Research and Development (NCBiR)
The overall objective of the NOMATEN project is to establish a Centre of Excellence in Multifunctio-
nal Materials for Industrial and Medical Applications that will exploit unique nuclear research infra-
structure and expertise from Poland and Europe. The long term vision is to provide world-class
R&D of innovative multifunctional materials for industrial and medical applications.
Top Gan Lasers
Website: http://topganlasers.com/ | People: UK Steve Najda, PL Andrzej Kasprowiak, PL
Piotr Perlin, PL Krzysztof Węgrzyn | Institutions: St. Andrews University, Institute of High
Pressure Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences (PAN)
TopGaN was the second company in Europe to demonstrate violet laser diodes and since then it
has introduced many innovative technologies in the field of nitride emitters, including: laser diodes
structures on “plasmonic” substrates, Molecular Beam Epitaxy growth of gallium nitride laser diode
structures, Multi-Watts laser diode arrays and mini-arrays, demonstration of high power blue-violet
superluminescent diodes, and multiple wavelengths laser diode arrays.
Cyfronet - A Centre for New Methods in Computational Diagnostics and Personalised Therapy
Website: http://www.cyfronet.krakow.pl/ | People: UK Rod Hose, PL Marian Bubak | Institu-
tions: University of Sheffield, AGH University of Science and Technology
The project will develop a Business Case to establish in Poland Europe's first centre for simulation-
driven healthcare Decision Support. The Centre's mission comprises development of new computa-
tion-based solutions for diagnostics and therapy in daily healthcare to improve personalised patient
treatment, enhanced growth of SMEs which deal with technologies and services for novel persona-
lised diagnostics and treatment strategies, as well as strong advancement of algorithms, models
and technologies involved in personalised medicine.
Sharing Cities project
Website: http://www.sharingcities.eu/ Institutions: Future Cities Catapult, the City of Warsaw
Sharing Cities is a H2020 five-year programme involving the key ‘Lighthouse’ cities of London,
Lisbon and Milan and the follower cities of Bordeaux, Burgas and Warsaw. The vision is to create
more agile and collaborative cities, increasing the speed and scale at which we implement smart
solutions across European cities while incorporating the needs of their citizens.
VetBioNet - Veterinary Biocontained facility Network for excellence in animal infectious disease
research and experimentation
Website: http://www.vetbionet.eu/. People: PL Mirosław Polak, UK Ryan Waters, UK Hugh
Simmons, UK Gary Entrican, UK Una McCarthy, UK Kate Millar, UK Uwe Mueller-Doblies |
Institutions: University of Nottingham, National Veterinary Institute
The principal aim of the VetBioNet infrastructure project is to establish and maintain a comprehen-
sive network of pre-eminent high-containment (BSL3) research facilities, academic institutes, inter-
national organisations and industry partners that is dedicated to advance research on epizootic and
zoonotic diseases, and to promote technological developments.12
WELCOME TO THE PL-UK SCIENCE FORUM 2018
#YESI
The UK-Poland Science Forum is a joint initiative of the British Embassy
Warsaw and the Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education, organised
in cooperation with Top 500 Innovators. It is the centrepiece of the 2018
PL-UK Year of Entrepreneurship, Science and Innovation, and one of the
actions agreed by Prime Ministers Theresa May and Mateusz Morawiecki
during the latest UK-Poland Intergovernmental Consultations.
The Forum will provide a new platform for researchers, scientists and uni-
versities from the UK and Poland to connect with each other, learn about
new opportunities, discuss the issues of the day with government represen-
tatives and share experience of doing research in Poland and the UK.
The forum will consist of two days of activities and include thematic work-
shops and blocks dedicated, among others, to collaboration under Euro-
pean research and innovations programmes (focusing on Framework Pro-
grammes and on Horizon 2020 in particular), research management and ven-
ture camps.
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