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This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon Europe research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 101052293.
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon Europe research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 101052293.
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon Europe research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 101052293.
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon Europe research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 101052293.
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon Europe research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 101052293.
ABOUT
The unbalanced mobility flows and the reintegration of researchers still represents a major challenge for the EU and its Member states, and contributes to the research and innovation divide within the EU. The geographical, inter-sectoral and interdisciplinary mobility of researchers and other R&D personnel is a core dimension of the new European Research Area (ERA).
The 2021 MSCA Presidency Conference will highlight unbalanced brain circulation and aims to contribute to the realisation of the new ERA - a common scientific and technological area for the EU and single market for research and innovation.
The Conference will address the issue of return migration and reintegration processes of MSCA researchers to their countries of origin after the completion of their scholarships. These are challenges to multidimensional intra-European mobility flows of researchers. The Conference will demonstrate the extent to which MSCA researchers can reduce the research and innovation divide within the EU and, consequently, balance the mobility of highly educated talent within the EU.
Through the Conference the Slovenian Presidency of the Council of the EU will provide a platform for in-depth discussions on unbalanced mobility flows and the reintegration of researchers. The objectives of the conference will be threefold:
- raise awareness of the importance of return mobility and reintegration processes to foster balanced mobility flows of MSCA researchers;
- showcase examples of existing good practices, barriers, instruments, and policies to promote the return migration and reintegration of MSCA fellows, bringing their research careers, knowledge, and skills, back to their country of origin at the end of their fellowship.
- make recommendations for the implementation of MSCA return migration and reintegration instruments and policies at EU, Member State, research organization and individual level.
PROGRAMME
| Day 1, 15 November 2021 (Monday) | |
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| 9.30 - 10.00 | WARMING UP: Getting to know the virtual platform Blažka Müller, Master of Ceremony |
| 10.00 - 10.30 | WELCOME ADDRESSES: Simona Kustec, Slovenian Minister of Education, Science and Sport Mariya Gabriel, Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth, European Commission Urška Lampe, MSCA fellow, Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia |
| 10.30 - 10.50 | KEYNOTE SPEECH: Metka Hercog, Research associate, University of Basel, Department for Cultural Studies and European ethnology Towards balanced international mobility of researchers Keynote Speech |
| 10.50 - 11.00 | Discussion |
| 11.00 - 11.15 | Coffee/tea break |
| 11.15 - 12.00 | FIRST POLICY PANEL: Addressing political challenges of MSCA to foster balanced mobility flows Moderator: Blažka Müller Panellists: Rok Ciglič, Research fellow, ZRC SAZU Motivation for discussion Lucy Swan, Deputy Head of the Unit MSCA Maja Ravnikar, Director, National Institute of Biology, Slovenia and MSCA ITN project coordinatore Hrvoje Meštrić, Director General, Directorate for Science and Technology, Minstry of Science and Education, Republic of Croatia, Gerhard Duda, Head of Department Research Policy in Germany and Europe and Head of the Brussels Office German Rectors´ Conference (HRK) Germany, Paula Duque, Group leader, Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal Alain Beretz, President of COST, France Mostafa Moonir Shawraw, Chair, Marie Curie Alumni Association Juliane Sauer, MSCA ITN manager Position paper |
| 12.00 - 12.15 | Discussion |
| 12.15 - 13.30 | Lunch |
| 13.30 - 13.35 | Introduction to the workshops |
| 13.35 - 14.45 | Parallel workshops (break-out rooms) 1. National perspectives Moderator: Zorana Barišić, Ministry of Science and Education, Republic of Croatia Click here for a list of panelists Concept paper 2. Academic organisation perspectives Moderator: Sebastian Dahle, former MSCA fellow, Young Academy of Slovenia (Mlada Akademija) Click here for a list of panelists Concept paper 3. Individual and NGO perspectives Moderator: Tim Weber, doctoral student, Association of Slovenes Educated Abroad (Društvo VTIS) Click here for a list of panelists Concept paper 4. Precarity of academic careers Moderator: Chloe Hill, Initiative for Science in Europe (ISE) Click here for a list of panelists Concept paper |
| 14.45 - 15.15 | Reporters: Notes from workshops and discussion 1. National perspectives: Sandra Vidović, Agency for Mobility and EU Programmes, Croatia 2. Academic organisation perspectives: Danila Rijavec, Young Academy of Slovenia (Mlada Akademija) 3. Individual and NGO perspectives: Tim Weber, Association of Slovenes Educated Abroad (Društvo VTIS) 4. Precarity of academic careers: Marco Masia, Initiative for Science in Europe (ISE) |
| 15.15 - 15.20 | Tomaž Boh, Director General for Science, Ministry of Education, Science and Sport, Republic of Slovenia Policy reflections of the first day |
| 18.00 - 20.00 | An evening with stories of MSCA fellows Moderator: Blažka Müller |
| Day 2, 16 November 2021 (Tuesday) | |
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| 9.00 - 9.10 | Blažka Müller, Master of Ceremony Summary from the first day |
| 9.10 - 9.30 | Iwona Ługowska, Head of Early Phase Clinical Trials Unit at Marie Skłodowska Curie National Research Institute of Oncology, Warsaw, Poland Marie Skłodowska Curie - the Polish legacy for advancing science |
| 9.30 - 10.00 | Introduction to the policy panel: Céline Peroni, Policy Officer, Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Unit, DG EAC, European Commission Franc Bogovič, Member of the European Parliament Sinisa Marčić, Regional Cooperation Council Empirical studies: Gabriella Tchouprenska, NCP’s MSCA and Net4Mob+, Bolgaria, + Analysis on the widening countries performance in MSCA under H2020 Marinka Žitnik Researcher, Harvard and ASEF Institute Pull and push factors for return migration processes Rok Ciglič, Research fellow, ZRC SAZU A geographical analysis of MSCA fellowships Asja Pehar Senekovič, Research fellow, ZRC SAZU Analysis of MSCA mobility issues in the widening countries |
| 10.00 - 11.00 | SECOND POLICY PANEL Addressing political challenges for widening countries Moderator: Izaskun Lacunza Aguirrebengoa, Vice-Chair of ERAC SWG HRM Marcin Luczak, MSCA fellow, MSCA ITN coordinator, Poland Radenka Krsmanović Whiffen, Associate Professor, University of Donja Gorica, Montenegro Tamás Beke-Somfai, Institute of Materials and Environmental Chemistry at the Research Centre for Natural Sciences (RCNS), Budapest, Hungary Mathew Agius, MSCA fellow, Researcher, University of Malta, Malta Hrvoje Šikič, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, Croatia Urte Neniškyte, Vilnius University, Lithuania Emil Boc, representative of the European Committee of Regions, Romania Evelyne Tarnus, Nexa, France Romana Jordan, Institue “Jožef Stefan”, Slovenia |
| 11.00 - 11.15 | Discussion |
| 11.15 - 11.30 | Coffee/tea break |
| 11.30 - 12.15 | Celebration of the 25th anniversary of the MSCA The MSCA through the time – introductory video and round table Key dimensions and roles of the MSCA, European Commission Moderator: Claire Morel, Head of the Unit Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions, Directorate General for Education, Youth, Sport and Culture, European Commission Speakers: Stefan W. Hell, Director at Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry and for Medical Research Jenny van Asbeck-van der Wijst, CEO in Mercurna Mostafa Moonir Shawrav, Chair of the Marie Curie Alumni Association (MCAA). |
| 12.15 - 12.40 | Metka Hercog, Research associate, University of Basel, Department for Cultural Studies and European ethnology and Marina Lukšič Hacin, Head of Slovenian Migration Institute ZRC SAZU and Director of study programme Migration and Intercultural relations (School of Humanities; University of Nova Gorica)
Reflection and conclusions |
| 12.40 - 12.45 | Tomaž Boh, Director General for Science, Ministry of the Education, Science and Sport Tina Škorjanc: MSCA fellow , University of Nova Gorica, Slovenia End of the conference |
