Day 1. Tuesday 29 March 2022
- 13:45 – 14:15 h Registration and welcome coffee
- 14:15 – 14:45 h Introduction. Activities and actions – UAB (www.uab.cat) Ricard Esparza Masana, UAB
- 14:45 – 15:15 h Policies, strategies and instruments in Catalonia Elisabetta Marinelli, Policy Research Interface
- 15:15 – 15:45 h Presentation of EURECAT Technology Centre (case study: Omic Sciences)(www.eurecat.org) (online) Núria Canela, Director of the Omic Sciences Unit
- 15:45 – 16:15 h Presentation of the Institute of Photonic Sciences (ICFO) (www.icfo.eu) Sergi Ferrando i Margalet, Business Development
- 16:15 – 16:30 h Break and walking to the next visit
- 16:30 – 18:00 h Visit (including presentation) to the Barcelona Super Computing Centre (www.bsc.es) Josep Maria Martorell, Director
- 19:45 – 21:45 h Dinner
Day 2. Wednesday 30 March 2022
- 09:30 – 09:45 h Introduction
- 09:45 – 10:30 h Presentation: Ministry of Universities and Research (Catalonia) and BIOCAT (Bioregion of Catalonia) (https://universitatsirecerca.gencat.cat/en/inici/index.html) / (https://www.biocat.cat/en) Montserrat Daban, Head of International Affairs, Ministry of Universities and Research, Government of Catalonia & Scientific and International Affairs Director, BIOCAT
- 10:30 – 11:00 h Presentation: Catalan Agency for Competitiveness (ACCIÓ) – Government of Catalonia (https://www.accio.gencat.cat/en/inici/index.html) Jesús Murillo, Head of the Department for Technology Transfer, ACCIÓ
- 11:00 – 11:30 h Presentation: Digital policies for research and innovation in the Catalan Government (https://politiquesdigitals.gencat.cat/en/inici/index.html) Eduard Falcó - EU projects and R&D, Ministry of the Vice-presidency and Digital Policies, Government of Catalonia
- 11:30 – 13:00 h Discussion on possibilities for Catalonia Moderated by Elisabetta Marinelli, Policy Research Interface
- 13:00 – 14:00 h Lunch
- 14:00 – 15:30 h Presentation of action plans drafts by project partners and discussion among them Moderated by the lead partner and UAB, with the participation of all project partners (approx. 10 min. per territory)
- 15:30 – 16:00 h Conclusions on meeting
- 16:00 – 17:30 h Steering committee Moderated by Rima Dijkstra, Hanze Univ. of Applied Sciences, InnoHEIs LP
- 20:00 – 22:00 h Dinner
Day 3. Thursday 31 March 2022
- 09:45 – 10:00 h Introduction
- 10:00 – 10:30 h The initiative ‘Higher Education for Smart Specialisation’ of the Joint Research Centre – European Commission (https://s3platform.jrc.ec.europa.eu/highereducation) HESS team member TBD, JRC, European Commission (online)
- 10:30 – 11:00 h Presentation: Vocational Higher Technical Institutes in Italy and their connection to smart specialisation Annamaria Fiore, Economist at the Regional Technology and Innovation Agency – Region of Puglia (online) (https://www.arti.puglia.it/)
- 11:00 – 11:30 h Presentation: The specifics contribution of professional higher education to regional development John Edwards, Secretary General – European Association of Institutions in Higher Education (online) (https://www.eurashe.eu/)
- 11:30 – 11:45 h Coffee break
- 11:45 – 13:00 h Debate: The use of ESIF 2021-2027 to foster the role of HEIs and their infrastructure; ideas for policy making (https://ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/en/2021_2027/) Moderated by Ricard Esparza Masana & Elisabetta Marinelli
- 13:00 – 13:15 h Closing remarks
