Meeting with Mr. Kostas Glinos, Head of Unit for Strategy on International Cooperation, DG Innovation & Research

2015-01-27 | All chapters

Counterparts:

Mr. Kostas Glinos, Head of Unit for Strategy on International Cooperation, DG Innovation & Research (RTD)

Mr. Philippe Vialatte, DG RTD 

Mr. Diego Sammaritano, DG RTD

European Chamber Attendees:

Mr. Mats Harborn, Vice-President and Chair of the Automotive Working Group

Mr. Massimo Bagnasco, State Representative at ExCo and Vice-Chair of the Construction Working Group

Ms. Sandra Retzer, Chair of the Smart Grid Working Group

Mr. Adam Dunnett, Secretary General

 

Minutes:

Ÿ   In response to a suggestion originally made by the Chinese to create an Innovation Platform, DGRTD is now exploring such a concept.

Ÿ   Key elements include: it should replace/last longer that the existing 3-4month contract programs; it could be a govt-to-govt initiative, or more likely, a stand-alone EU initiative

Ÿ   Examples of similar successful programs includeSwissnext and Germany’s Innovation Houses.

Ÿ   The platform could partner with EUPIC ;offer a variety of services (some paid for); and could also house existing innovation projects under one roof

Ÿ   AD recommended a broader public consultation and expressed willingness to communicate a concept note to key EUCCC members in order to get feedback.

Ÿ   AD also recommended that such a program have a regulatory focus and that it is well coordinate with other DGs given its wide scope and the existence of related exiting programs (IP Key, IPR SME HD, EC2 etc)to it as well.

Ÿ   An afternoon meeting with Deputy DG Strohmeier also took place (BF joined as well). This meeting covered the above, the R&D PP including visas, and urbanization issues, but was mostly focused on the macro-economy and political economy of China