An Online Conference is taking place later this month, organised by MEUSAC and the Malta Council for Science and Technology.
The organisers explained that the end of the largest research framework programme the EU has ever launched (Horizon 2020), presents an opportune moment for a discussion on the challenges and opportunities related to the R&I landscape for both the European Union and Malta.
The discussion will be held virtually by Zoom online platform, on Friday, the 25th of September, between 10am and midday.
The aim of the conference would be to understand the key challenges for Malta but most importantly, the opportunities found in the EU R&I landscape which Malta can better exploit.
Opportunities can be found in understanding best practices which other EU Member States are implementing in their R&I strategies. Moreover, recent development, such as the Covid-19 pandemic, provides fresh challenges yet opportunities to the research community.
The organisers said that a panel discussion will be looking into the EU’s R&I agenda, Malta’s contribution, best-practice examples of R&I in EU Member States and the contribution of society at large to R&I.
To register an interest in participating virtually at this online conference, please send an email on info.meusac@gov.mt [1] providing your name and surname, and whether you represent an entity or organisation.
In order to facilitate networking before, during and after this event, the organisers are encouraging participants to sign-up to Plumtri, which is an online platform for R&I stakeholders in the Mediterranean Region.
Participants will receive the event link at a later date.
Participation is free of charge but on a first-come-first-served basis.
Programme:
10:00am – Introductory remarks by Ms Mandy Falzon – Head, MEUSAC
10:10am – Keynote address by Hon. Clayton Bartolo – Parliamentary Secretary for Financial Services and Digital Economy
10:20am – Keynote address by Hon. Carmelo Abela – Minister within the Office of the Prime Minister
10:30am – Panel Discussion on Research & Innovation post-2020 and the challenges and opportunities for the EU and Malta – Panel Discussion to be moderated by Ms Vanessa Macdonald, Central Bank of Malta.
Panel Members:
Dr Josianne Cutajar – Member of the European Parliament, Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament
Ms Anthea Fabri – Director, Policy, Strategy and Projects Unit at the Malta Council for Science and Technology
Mr Omar Cutajar – Technical Attaché at the Permanent Representation of Malta to the EU
Ms Oxana Mercieca – Manager, SME Support & Development at Malta Enterprise
11:15am – Q&A session
11:45am – Closing remarks by Dr Jeffrey Pullicino Orlando – Executive Chairman, Malta Council for Science and Technology