Science Europe NewsScience Europe at ESOF 2016 1–2

Welcoming the New Scientific Advisory Committee Members 3

More Science Europe News 3

European Research NewsDraft 2017 EU Budget • EIC Stakeholder Meeting • Legislation

Revision for Medical and In Vitro Diagnostic Devices 4

Conference on the Social Impact of Science 5

More EU News • EU Autumn Outlook 5–8

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Science Europe at ESOF 2016Science Europe was well represented at the 2016 EuroScience Open Forum (ESOF 2016), which took place from 23 to 27 July in Manchester, UK. ESOF is a pan-European conference held every two years, dedicated to scientific research and innovation. It brings together a large number of researchers and policy makers, and includes scientific workshops, more policy-focussed sessions, and networking opportunities.

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The European Commissioner for Research, Science and Innovation, Carlos Moedas, gave a keynote address at the conference, on ‘Europe’s voyage towards an open global research area’. In this he focussed on Open Access, research integrity and citizen science as providing many of the answers regarding how to achieve Open Science in a new scientific era. Commissioner Moedas also confirmed that the UK is still very much a part of Horizon 2020 despite the UK’s decision to leave the EU and that Horizon 2020 “will continue to be based on excellence and merit and not on nationality”. His full speech is available at http://bit.ly/2bCkskO.

Scientific Session: Beyond the AnthropoceneAs part of the scientific programme, Science Europe organised a session entitled ‘Beyond the Anthropocene: Where Mankind and Machines Converge’. This session was originally conceptualised as a joint session by the six former Scientific Committees, and involved representatives from both the ‘old’ committees and the new Scientific Advisory Committee alongside external experts from the School of Advanced Study of the University of London and other universities focusing on the study of the mind and on behavioral and cognitive sciences.

A panel discussion, followed by an interactive round table featuring scientific experts from different fields, addressed the issue of the future impact on society resulting from current technological changes and the relationship between human beings and machines. Executed as a ‘pro and con’ debate, an interdisciplinary exchange helped the audience understand both the threats and opportunities posed by technology to humans. The discussion was driven by the interplay between philosophical, ethical, and cultural reflections on the ‘beyond Anthropocene’ epoch on one side, and the medical, neuroscientific, and Artificial Intelligence (AI) approaches on the other.

The debate involved 200 engaged conference participants who posed interesting questions on technological resilience including

the consequences of technological dependence and automation of human functions, expectations regarding the need to improve digital skills, and how the respect of ethical values is fundamental to human well-being. The audience’s understanding of the complexity of technological singularity, opening up the possibility for autonomous AI as well as for cyborgs (human–technology hybrids), was tested by asking the question “Is technology part of you or is it to be feared?”, and also to assess the influence of an interdisciplinary debate. The result was extremely supportive of the ‘pro-technological’ approach at the beginning of the debate, with a slight change towards a more balanced result at the end of the session.

Panellists at the Science Europe scientific session

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Open Science and the Future of PublishingBonnie Wolff-Boenisch, Head of Research Affairs, participated in a panel on Open Science to discuss how it will change scholarly communication in the next 15 years. Chaired by Jean-Claude Burgelman, the European Commission’s Head of Unit for Data, Open Access and Foresight and Chair of Directorate General for Research & Innovation Taskforce on Open Science, the round table also featured representatives from traditional publishers, new Open Access science journals as well as think tanks. The full session agenda is available at http://bit.ly/296Qlnw.

The 80-minute long discussion triggered important interest from the audience with questions covering a wide range of topics linked to Open Science, such as Open Access to articles and data, altmetrics, scientific careers, research integrity and citizen

science. Key takeaways from the discussion were that changes in performing science and the way that research results are communicated and disseminated are already evolving.

The panellists agreed that publishers will most likely become providers of still to be defined services, and that text and data mining will be fully implemented and become standard. In this context, Commissioner Moedas mentioned in his ESOF keynote address that the pending copyright law reform of the European Union and its directives will feature an exemption for researchers. The session concluded by assessing that openness and increased data sharing will be beneficial for a wide range of issues such as data reproducibility, promotion of discoveries, and new ways of demonstrating the societal impact of research.

Science Europe ReceptionIn addition to participating in a diverse number of ESOF sessions, Science Europe also organised a networking reception during the conference.

This evening reception was held at the Manchester Central Library on Monday 25 July and was well-attended, giving around a hundred ESOF participants the opportunity to meet, network and become better acquainted with Science Europe. Science Europe

President, Michael Matlosz, gave a welcoming speech to introduce the organisation, explain its mission and promote its values. He highlighted the importance of ESOF in bringing together many different stakeholders and participants in the science system and expressed his enthusiasm that Science Europe’s participation in the conference would continue in the future.

Photographs are available at http://bit.ly/2afTQVI.

Research Integrity at the ForefrontFinally, Science Europe Director, Amanda Crowfoot, spoke in a session on research integrity as organised by EuroScience. The full session agenda is available at http://bit.ly/2bMvZQn.

The primary focus of this session was the role of research funders in promoting research integrity; this was therefore an excellent opportunity to disseminate the messages from the recently-published Science Europe survey report on Memeber Oganisations’ research integrity policy practices.

A key point stressed in the session was that safeguarding research integrity is a shared task; whilst ultimate responsibility lies with researchers, the whole research community – including funders and performers – must work together to ensure integrity in research. Participants in the session welcomed the inputs from Science Europe as to what organisations can do in practical terms, such as: developing clear policies and processes; raising awareness; supporting and incentivising training; and encouraging transparency.

The next ESOF conference will take place in Toulouse, France, in July 2018. Science Europe President, Michael Matlosz, is a member of the steering group for this event. ■

Impressions of the Science Europe reception

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Welcoming the New Scientific Advisory Committee Members

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More SE NewsResearch Integrity: Advancing the Implementation of the Survey Report RecommendationsThe Survey Report ‘Research Integrity Practices in Science Europe Member Organisations’ was publicly launched on 5 July (see SE Newsletter June 2016 issue).

It included a set of 15 recommendations for improving research integrity which fall into four groups: Policies and Procedures; Raising Awareness; Training; Collaboration and Mobility.

In order to advance the implementation of these recommendations in Science Europe Member Organisations (MOs), the Science Europe Working Group on Research Integrity plans to host a workshop in early 2017. Recently, Heads of MOs, or senior-level officials with responsibility for policy-making in general, were invited to directly contribute to the workshop preparation in

order to best design a programme which meets MOs’ general policy needs and constraints.

The aim of the workshop is to explore the challenges faced in taking forward these recommendations, for instance through discussion of case studies and best practices presented by MOs which have already tackled some of the more challenging recommendations. The workshop will also offer an opportunity to explore the role of research integrity in the ‘Open Science’ agenda, and its links with reproducibility or research waste. ■

New Science Europe Office StaffMarie Timmermann joined the Science Europe Office this July in the new post of EU Legislation and Regulatory Affairs Officer as a part of the Research Affairs Team. Born in Germany, she studied political science, economics and languages at the universities of Passau (Germany) and Limoges (France) before

moving to Belgium. She has nine years of experience in legislation monitoring, policy analysis and advocacy, having worked for the European representation of national membership-based organisations during that period. At Science Europe she will mainly deal with legislative and regulatory measures taken on EU level. ■

Save the Date: Science Europe Workshop on ‘the Knowledge Divide’ in October 2016Science Europe will organise a workshop on the topics of widening participation in the Framework Programmes and on closing the European knowledge divide. For both topics, discussions will explore the EU and the national roles in addressing the challenges ahead. This event, targeting high-level representatives of research performing and research funding organisations, will be hosted by the Hungarian Academy of Sciences in Budapest on 26 and 27 October 2016. ■

Following approval by the General Assembly in July, the Scientific Advisory Committee (SAC) has welcomed 16 new members. The SAC now comprises 30 members from 16 countries representing a variety of career stages and demonstrating a wide spread of research disciplines (including new emerging fields), excellence

in their represented research field, experience with science policy, and an exact 50–50 gender balance. The following 16 new members have been approved and will join the SAC (their full biographies will be available shortly on the Science Europe website):

Name Country University Area of Interest*

Ana Paiva Portugal University of Lisbon Artificial Intelligence, Human-Computer Interaction, Natural Language Processing

Andrea Fekete Hungary Semmelweis University Diabetes, Clinical Trials, Diagnostics

Andrew Prescott UK University of Glasgow Media Studies and Digital Humanities (Cultural Heritage)

Bart De Moor Belgium KU Leuven Bioinformatics, Systems Biology, Data

Eduardo Rosa Portugal University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Dour Food Security, Agriculture, Soil

Georgia Destouni Sweden Stockholm University Climate, Ocean

Gerlinde Mautner Austria WU Vienna Linguistics

Igor Emri Slovenia Center for Experimental Mechanics and Institute for Sustainable Innovative Technologies

Material Sciences, Mechanical Engineering (Experimental Mechanics)

Jens Jørgen Gaardhøje

Denmark University of Copenhagen Astrophysics, Infrastructures

Leif Groop Sweden Lund University Public Health (Mental and/or Physical)

Marc Leman Belgium Ghent University Music

Mark Stitt Germany Max Planck Institute für Molekulare Pflanzenphysiologie

Plant Systems

Paul Nightingale UK University of Sussex Science Policy Research

Simone Fischer-Hübner

Sweden Karlstad University Cybersecurity, Privacy

Søren Harnow Klausen

Denmark University of Southern Denmark Philosophy of Science

Thomas Risse Germany Freie Universität Berlin Policy Studies (International Politics)

* Listed areas are the global area of interest, not necessarily the specialised research topic

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Horizon 2020 and the Draft 2017 European Union BudgetOn 30 June 2016, the European Commission released its proposal for the 2017 EU budget. Jobs, growth and investments remain the overarching priority, together with an effective European response to the migration challenge without losing sight of other priorities such as the Energy Union strategy, the Digital Single Market strategy, or the European Agenda on Security.

For Horizon 2020, the draft for 2017 budget foresees €10.3 billion in commitments (the total cost of contracts, grant agreements and decisions that could be signed in a given financial year) and €10.2 billion in payments in current prices (transfers of cash from the EU budget to creditors in the current year, on the basis of past commitments). This proposal represents a 7.9% increase in commitments and a 1.2% increase in payments compared to 2016.

The budget of the ‘Excellent Science’ pillar would see an increase of 10.4% (or €3.2 billion) in commitments and of 44.2% (or €2.2 billion) in payments compared to the previous year, with a reinforcement of the commitment budget for ‘Future and Emerging Technologies’ (FET) which sees an increase of almost 50%.

On 20 July 2016, the Council of the EU (the Council) agreed its position on this draft budget for the upcoming negotiations with the

Towards a European Innovation Council: First Stakeholder MeetingOn 13 July, the European Commission organised a workshop in Brussels with relevant stakeholders on establishing a European Innovation Council (EIC). The aim was to present the results of the preliminary call for ideas and discuss how to improve the European innovation landscape in supporting disruptive and market-creating innovation.

Most of the comments from participating stakeholders, representing private and research sectors, focused on the main functions the EIC should have and the existing gaps in the innovation support currently offered by the EU. Many of these related to the need to simplify and increase the effectiveness and coherence of existing tools and instruments addressing market-creating innovation. The workshop also provided the EC with additional input on four main areas: awareness and accessibility; funding opportunities; proposal evaluation; and follow-up and mentoring.

One of the key elements emerging from the discussions, as regards to funding, was the need to improve existing instruments in order to support breakthrough innovation more effectively. Blending grant and financial instruments could be further explored alongside improving links to the European Investment Bank and European Investment Fund to better meet the funding needs of companies.

The full workshop report is available at http://bit.ly/2bxTws7 and the official EC analysis of the consultation is available at http://bit.ly/2bIea4S. ■

Agreement on the Revision of Legislation for Medical and In Vitro Diagnostic Devices

In May, after seven months of trilogue negotiations, the Council of the EU, the European Parliament and the European Commission came to an agreement on the proposed revision of legislation on medical and in vitro diagnostic devices.

A fundamental revision was much needed in order to: modernise current legislation (which dates from the 1990s); establish a transparent and sustainable regulatory framework for medical devices; and ensure a high level of safety and health whilst supporting innovation. The proposed law would increase the scrutiny of products before they enter the market and tighten surveillance once they are available, thereby ensuring that devices are safer, as well as more easily traded within the EU. In addition to improving the safety of medical devices, the draft legislation

seeks to stimulate innovation meaning that new innovative devices can reach patients faster.

The agreement still needs to be officially approved by the Council and the European Parliament, pending legal-linguistic revisions. The final Regulation will apply for three and five years after publication in the Official Journal of the EU for medical devices and in vitro diagnostic devices respectively. More information is available at http://bit.ly/2bz3d3b. ■

European Parliament. The Council is set to request a slightly lower figure for the Horizon 2020 budget: €10.2 billion in commitments and €10.1 billion in payments.

The Council is expected to formally adopt its position by mid-September. It will serve as a responsibility of the Slovak presidency to negotiate the 2017 EU budget with the European Parliament. If the two institutions cannot agree, a conciliation committee will be established to find a compromise by the end of the year.

For more details: • The EC draft 2017 EU budget proposal is available at http://bit.ly/2bZYE6u •. The press release from the Council on the draft 2017 EU Budget is available at http://bit.ly/2bVak9g. ■

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The First European Conference on the Social Impact of ScienceHosted by the University of Barcelona from 25 to 29 July 2016, the SIS2016 Conference was a large event addressing the topic of the social impact of science and brought together scientific experts, including numerous Nobel Prize winners, representatives from science stakeholders and civil society organisations.

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More EU NewsCall for Expression of Interest to Join a High Level Group on ‘Maximizing the Impact of EU Research and Innovation Programmes’In July, Science Europe informed its members that the EC had opened a call for expressions of interest to join a High Level Group that will assist it in drawing “strategic conclusions on maximising the impact of Horizon 2020” and formulating “a vision for future EU research and innovation.”

Twelve members, including a chair and rapporteur, will be appointed by the Director General of Directorate General for Research and Innovation, Robert-Jan Smits. Work will start in January 2017 for a period of six months.

The deadline for submitting an expression of interest is 9 September. More details are available at http://bit.ly/2cqDTTl. ■

Research Integrity: Post Competitiveness Council ActionsIn December 2015, the Competitiveness Council of the EU acknowledged that research integrity is key to achieving research excellence and that measures should be taken to prevent research misconduct.

As a consequence, the EC asked All European Academies (ALLEA) to review the European Code of Conduct for Research Integrity (CoC) with a view of updating it by

January 2017. ALLEA invited stakeholder organisations to highlight issues that are not currently included or not adequately addressed and should therefore be considered in an updated CoC. The SE Working Group on Research Integrity is actively involved in this process.

In addition, new provisions on research integrity were recently added in the Horizon 2020 Model Grant Agreement. The agreement now explicitly calls for beneficiaries to respect the principles of honesty, reliability, objectivity, impartiality, open communication, duty of care, and fairness and responsibility for future science generations.

With these developments the EC demonstrates its willingness to join practitioners and stakeholders, such as Science Europe, who, for a number of years, have been working to improve research integrity. ■

European Medicines Agency Workshop on Developing a Framework of Collaboration with AcademiaIn light of the growing complexity with which new medicines are developed and evaluated, of new challenges regarding production and accessibility of research data, and of innovative procedures for more rapid translation into clinics, the European Medicines Agency (EMA) organised a workshop on 30 June to consult with academic representatives.

The workshop discussed the EMA’s internal reflections outlined in its draft strategy paper (http://bit.ly/2agpTID) and presented the results of an external consultation with academia.

In this bilateral exchange participants identified other important stakeholders such as publishers, industry, and funding agencies who should also be participating in the dialogue. It was also recognised that not all players are aware of the regulatory environment and the process needed to support the rapid uptake of research results for clinical purposes and for the benefit of patients. The need for multi-stakeholder exchange on the specification of data and innovation in clinical trials is key, so that funding agencies, as well as scientists, are aware of the requirements in order to better support each other’s understanding of the regulatory processes for advances in biomedical research.

EMA’s next steps are to develop a partnership with academia, and to foster a process of supporting innovation and channelling this into the continuous evolution of ‘regulatory science’. ■

UK Guarantees Continuation of Horizon 2020 FundingThe UK Treasury announced on 13 August that it would guarantee the continuation of funding for Horizon 2020 applicants from the UK after the country puts its decision to leave the EU into effect: http://bit.ly/2bXxQUB.

The event (http://socialimpactscience.org/sis2016/) was intended to take a step forward in the analysis of the research that has the most social impact, how to improve research planning and communication for both evaluation agencies and society, and the added value provided by interdisciplinary research in fostering societal advances and change.

Science Europe was invited to participate in the session ‘The Role of Funding Agencies in Promoting Social Impact’ to present the ongoing work undertaken by the Scientific Advisory Committee on the societal value of science, as a means to support SE MOs

in voicing their ongoing approach to the topic and influence the understanding of social impact of science within the European ‘impact agenda’.

The event, linked to the work undertaken by a multidisciplinary research group leading the European funded ‘IMPACT-EV’ project (http://impact-ev.eu/about/), served also as an occasion to disseminate the initial results of the Social Impact Open Repository (SIOR: http://sior.ub.edu/jspui/sior.jsp) as a means of sharing experiences and existing good practises in storing and monitoring social impact case studies and related indicators. ■

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The result of the 23 June ‘Brexit’ vote to leave the EU not only caused uncertainty within the UK research community, but also among potential European partners, about the funding of Horizon 2020 projects involving UK partners. With its announcement, the UK Treasury removes this uncertainty by guaranteeing that the

UK government will underwrite payment of Horizon 2020 funding to UK partners in successful bids submitted before the country leaves the EU.

The seven UK Research Councils – all of which are Science Europe Member Organisations – have welcomed the

step by the UK Treasury in a statement on 15 August by their national strategic partnership Research Councils UK (RCUK). This statement is available at http://bit.ly/2byXWvQ. ■

Autumn EU Outlook

Date Topic What to Look Out For

15-16 September European Union Policy

Plenary Meeting of the European Research Area and Innovation Committee (ERAC) and meeting of the Research Working Party of the Council of the EU.

19 September Open Science The Open Science Policy Platform (OSPP) holds its first meeting in Brussels, Belgium. The OSPP will discuss its mandate and mission, and the progress made by two EC expert groups (EG) on related topics: the EG on ‘European Open Science Cloud’ and the EG on ‘Altmetrics’. The OSPP is expected to ratify Professor Johannes Vogel (affiliated to Science Europe Member Leibniz Association, Germany) as its Chair. Science Europe will be officially represented on the OSPP by Professor Matthias Kleiner, President of the Leibniz Association and member of the Science Europe Governing Board. The opening meeting will also be attended by Commissioner Carlos Moedas. Other EGs established in support of the OSPP are expected to kick off in November.

19-21 September Research Policy and Programme Evaluation

The OECD Blue Sky Forum on Science and Innovation Indicators takes place in Ghent, Belgium. The Forum is organised every 10 years and its theme this year is ‘Towards the Next Generation of Data and Indicators’. The Science Europe Working Group (WG) Research Policy and Programme Evaluation will use the opportunity to present and get feedback on its work on research information systems and the interoperability of data on research activity. The WG is developing concrete proposals to progress on interoperability and the forum will give the opportunity to hear from experts and policy makers alike.

21 September Research Data The EC will stick to the original schedule of adopting a legislative proposal on EU Copyright at the meeting of its college of Commissioners on 21 September. The proposal package will include an EC Communication with the working title ‘A Fair and Efficient EU Copyright for the Digital Single Market’, a proposed Directive covering most aspects, which today are scattered across several EU directives, and a Regulation dealing mainly with issues related to broadcasting. Most issues relevant from a research perspective are expected to be dealt with in the Directive, meaning that implementation on national legislation will refer to member states themselves. However, contrary to the current regime, the proposed Directive is expected to include mandatory exceptions, including for research and re-use of legally accessible content for such uses as Text and Data Mining.

22 September European Cross-Border Collaboration

Ministerial Conference of the inter-governmental research networking initiative ‘European Cooperation in Science and Technology’ (COST) in Bratislava, Slovakia (http://www.cost.eu/).

A collection of key EU events, important dates, and upcoming deadlines or milestones happening in Autumn 2016

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Date Topic What to Look Out For

28 September Research Data and Research Infrastructures

Digital Infrastructures for Research conference 2016 in Krakow, Poland (http://www.digitalinfrastructures.eu/).

29-30 September Science for Policy 2nd International Network for Government Science Advice Conference in Brussels, Belgium (http://www.ingsa.org/ingsa-news/conference-registration-now-open/)

5 October Research Infrastructures

International Conference on Research Infrastructures (ICRI) in Cape Town, South Africa. Building on the conclusions of previous ICRI conferences, and the ongoing debates on Research Infrastructures (RIs) in international contexts (such as the Group of Senior Officials and the OECD-Global Science Forum), a more structured approach to collaboration on global RIs will be discussed with the international community. The Science Europe Working Group on RIs will be hosting a side session at ICRI 2016 to explore the challenges related to the implementation of some of the recommendations outlined in the Science Europe Survey Report on ‘Strategic Priorities, Funding and Pan-European Co-operation for Research Infrastructures in Europe’.

9 October European Union Policy

The Slovak Presidency of the European Union organises the conference 'Re-industrialisation of the European Union 2016' in Bratislava, Slovakia (http://www.reineu2016.eu/).

Ongoing until mid-October

European Cross-Border Collaboration

Two public consultations launched by the European Commission on Art. 185 initiatives co-funded by Horizon 2020 remain open until 7 and 15 October respectively: • Public Consultation on the Joint Programming on Metrology Research (EMRP and EMPIR) • Public consultation regarding the implementation of the Second European and Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership Programme (EDCTP2) during the period 2014-2016

2-3 November Global Research Council

The Swiss National Science Foundation and Science Europe will be co-hosting the ‘European Preparatory Meeting’ in Küsnacht, Switzerland, in preparation for the Global Research Council (GRC) 2017 Annual Meeting. The main topics for discussion will be ‘Capacity Building and Connectivity Among Granting Agencies Worldwide’ and ‘The Dynamic Interplay Between Fundamental Research and Innovation’. The meeting will offer European GRC participants the opportunity to discuss the added value of international collaboration in the context of these topics and promote European specificities. The meeting will be by invitation only. GRC participants are invited to send senior-level officials to represent their organisation.

9 November Research Careers International Workshop ‘Career Choice: Researcher’ organised by the REFLEX project under the auspices of the Slovak Presidency of the EU in Bratislava, Slovakia (http://euraxess-reflex.saia.sk/en/main/european-workshop).

22-23 November European Cross-Border Collaboration

Annual Joint Programming Conference in Brussels, Belgium. (https://www.era-learn.eu/news/ save-the-date-for-the-annual-joint-programming-conference-2016)

23 November Horizon 2020 and Cross-Border Collaboration

EU Presidency Conference ‘Spreading Excellence and Crossing the Innovation Divide’ (SECID) in Brussels, Belgium.

24-25 November Research Policy and Programme Evaluation

Science Europe Working Group on Research Policy and Programme Evaluation holds a special session to showcase and discuss its work with evaluation practictioners, academics and policy experts at the conference ‘Open Evaluation 2016’, organised in Vienna, Austria, by the Austrian Platform for Research and Technology Policy Evaluation (https://conference.zsi.at/index.php/OPENEVAL/OPENEVAL2016/).

28-29 November European Union Policy

The Competitiveness Council of the European Union holds a meeting with research policy on the agenda.

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Calendar of Science Europe MeetingsGeneral Assembly and Governing Board

29/09/16 Governing Board, in Brussels

18/11/16 General Assembly, in Brussels

Working Groups Meetings

05/09/16 WG Research Policy and

Programme Evaluation,

in Valencia

12–13/09/16 WG Research Infrastructures,

in Brussels

12/10/16 WG and SAC Chairs Meeting,

in Brussels

25-26/10/16 WG Open Access in Brussels

Scientific Advisory Committee Meetings

16/11/16 SAC Meeting, in Brussels

17/11/16 SAC Symposium, in Brussels

Other Meetings

05/10/16 Workshop on Post-doctoral

Schemes and Intersectoral

Mobility, in Brussels

26-27/10/16 Workshop on the Knowledge

Divide, in Budapest

Date Topic What to Look Out For

Until the end of 2016 Research Integrity Revision of the European Code of Conduct for Research Integrity (more information included above in the newsletter article ‘Research Integrity: Post Competitiveness Council Actions.’

Until the end of 2016 Research Infrastructures

As a fol low-up to the results of the consultation on the ‘Action Plan for Long-term Susta inabi l i t y of Research Inf rastructures’ (http://ec.europa.eu/research/infrastructures/index_en.cfm), the European Commission will facilitate its development in close collaboration with the European Strategy Forum on Research Infrastructures and in consultation with other ERA stakeholders (including Science Europe). The Commission is planning a closed meeting with ERA Stakeholders on 27 September in Brussels and a wider consultation workshop early November. ■