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Reconnecting policy making and science: How do we do it?
Study case: Active ageing & Healthy living
Bruxelles, European Parliament, Room P7C050
11th December 2014
Draft agenda
08:15 – 09:00 Registration
09:00 – 09:15 Welcome address
Patrizia Toia, MEP, Vice-chair of the Committee on Industry Research and Energy (ITRE),
European Parliament
Riccardo Ribera d’Alcala, Director-General, Directorate of the Internal Policies of the
Union, European Parliament
Mario Melazzini, Regional Minister of Enterprise, Research and Innovation, Lombardy
Region
09:15 – 09:25 Keynote speech
The contribution of research in shaping the society of tomorrow
Franco Anelli, Rector, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
09:25 – 09:45 Short presentation of Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
UCloud: new ways to foster dialogue between science and the society
Lorenzo Morelli, President of the Committee for Strategic Research, Università Cattolica del
Sacro Cuore
09:45 – 11:00 Session I: Demographic Change: a significant challenge and a great social
opportunity in Europe
Focus
The Panel will address the need to reconnect policy and science both at national and
European level and to improve cooperation among research entities with the aim of
making the greater impact on grand challenges such as demographic change. It will discuss
whether the current European research policy, including the European Research Area and
the recent Communication on Research and innovation as sources of renewed growth are
leading to a significant improvement in Europe’s research performance to promote growth.
Two examples from two relevant JPIs will be debated: the JPI More Years and Better Lives
and the JPI Urban Europe. Both initiatives are contributing to make better use of Europe’s
public funds in the field pf Demographic Change. The European Commission will contribute
to the debate and address how to best grow a large scale Silver Economy in Europe in order
to help European industry (and SMEs in particular) to be in the driving seat.
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Panelists:
Luca Moretti, Research Attaché Italian Permanent Representation of Italy to the EU
Paolo Maria Rossini, Full Professor of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine Università Cattolica
del Sacro Cuore, Chair of the JPI More Years and Better Lives
Margit Noll, Austrian Institute of Technology, JPI Urban Europe Management Board
Peter Wintlev, Deputy Head of Unit, European Commission, DG CONNECT
Giuseppe Riva, Professor of Psychology and New Technologies in Communication,
Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
Q&A
11:00 – 12:15 Session II: Demographic Change: an opportunity to promote healthy
nutrition for healthy ageing
Focus
The panel will highlight difficulties in science-policy dialogue; principles for good policyscience collaboration and will elaborate on stakeholder involvement and the need for a
multi-disciplinary approach in the research aimed at issues generated by the demographic
change. The priority areas identified by the European Commission in the field of nutrition for
elderly; the European food industry initiatives in nutrition and healthy diets; the contribution
from the academia in nutrition and ageing will all constitute contributions to a constructive
debate.
Panelists:
Jorge Pinto Antunes, Head of Unit Innovation for health and consumers, DG SANCO,
European Commission
Dirk Jacobs, Deputy Director-General for Consumer Information, Diet and Health,
FoodDrinkEurope
Pamela Byrne, Chair of the JPI Healthy diet for Healthy life
Francesco Landi, Associate Professor of Internal Medicine and Geriatrics, Faculty of
Medicine, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
Q&A
12:15 – 12:30 Closing remarks
Jerzy Buzek (to be confirmed), MEP, Chair of the Committee on Industry Research and
Energy (ITRE), Former President of the European Parliament
Lorenzo Morelli, President of the Committee for Strategic Research, Università Cattolica del
Sacro Cuore
12.30 – 14.00
Lunch buffet