Date: May 17, 2024
Time: 14:00-17:00 (EEST)
(12:15-12:45 CEST)/(13:15-13:45 EEST) – registration of participants and guests of the event
(13:00 CEST)/(14:00 EEST) – start of the event
Event format: hybrid
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PROGRAM
UNIT 1. Introduction, welcoming speeches
Moderator – Denys NIKOLAYCHUK, chief specialist of the “Horizon Europe Office in Ukraine” department of NFSU
| 14:00-14:05 | Denis KURBATOV, Deputy Minister of Education and Science of Ukraine (online) |
| 14:05-14:10 | Silvia BOZHINOVA, Head of the European Neighborhood Policy Department of the Directorate-General for Research and Innovation of the European Commission, DDG 3, Section 04 – Horizon Europe Program Association (online) |
| 14:10-14:15 | Roman HRYSHCHUK, People’s Deputy of Ukraine, member of the Committee of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine on Education, Science and Innovation |
| 14:15-14:20 | Anatoly ZAHORODNY, President of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine |
| 14:20-14:25 | Stanislav VILCHYNSKY, Chairman of the National Research Fund of Ukraine (online) |
| 14:25-14:30 | Olha KREVSKA, Director of the Directorate of European and Euro-Atlantic Integration of the Ministry of Digital Transformation of Ukraine |
UNIT 2. Panel discussion “Realities and prospects of the development of science in Ukraine”
Moderator – Ihor TARANOV, head of the “Horizon Europe Office in Ukraine” department of NFDU
Matters of the panel discussion: 1. Funding of science and assessment of scientific activity in Ukraine. 2. Advocacy of the interests of Ukrainian scientists and researchers abroad and their recognition in the world scientific space: which changes occurred during the 2 years of the war. 3. How grant support for Ukrainian scientists has changed. 4. The level of training of Ukrainian scientists and the available opportunities for participation in competitions for European and world grants. 5. Problematic aspects of protection of intellectual property rights of Ukrainian scientists, researchers and innovators. 6. Ukrainian scientific diaspora and its influence on the development of science in Ukraine.
| 14:30-15:00 | 1. Olha BUDNIK, authorized adviser of the President of Ukraine on the issues of the Fund of the President of Ukraine for the support of education, science and sports. 2. Yulia BEZVERSHENKO, co-founder of the UA Science Reload and Science at Risk initiatives, representative of the program committee “Strategic configuration: strategic review of the implementation of the entire program, coherence of individual work programs of different parts of the program, including missions” of the Horizon Europe Program (online). 3. Oleksandra ANTONYUK, head of the Scientific Committee, leading researcher of the Institute of Mathematics of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. 4. Olha KRONDA, head of the Innovation Development Department of the Ukrainian National Office of Intellectual Property and Innovation, representative of the program committee “European Innovation Council and European Innovation Ecosystems” of the Horizon Europe Program. 5. Olha POLOTSKA, executive director of the National Research Fund of Ukraine. 6. Yevhenia POLISHCHUK, co-founder of the “Ukrainian Scientific Diaspora” initiative, professor of the Department of Corporate Finance and Controlling at Vadym Hetman Kyiv National University of Economics (online). |
UNIT 3. Session “Integration of Ukraine into the European and global research spaces”
Moderator – Ihor TARANOV, head of the “Horizon Europe Office in Ukraine” department of NFDU
| 15:00-15:10 | Silvia BOZHINOVA, Head of the European Neighborhood Policy Department of the Directorate-General for Research and Innovation of the European Commission, DDG 3, Section 04 – Horizon Europe Program Association (online) | Opportunities for Ukrainian scientific projects within the framework of the European Union Research and Innovation Program “Horizon Europe” |
| 15:10-15:20 | Franklin CARRERO-MARTINEZ, Executive Director for Global Sustainability and Development, National Academy of Sciences of the United States (online) | Results of the International Multilateral Partnership for Ensuring the Sustainability of the Education and Science System in Ukraine (IMPRESS-U) |
| 15:20-15:30 | Jörg SCHNEIDER, head of the international cooperation department of the German Research Foundation (DFG) (online) | Regarding the establishment of cooperation between the DFG and NFDU. Organization of a new international initiative |
| 15:30-15:40 | Marie SUNDLEY TWAITE, President of Science Europe, Executive Director of the Research Council of Norway (RCN) (online) | Membership of NFSU in Science Europe and support of Ukraine (video presentation) |
| 15:40-15:50 | Ronald de BRUIN, director of the COST Association (online) | Ukraine as a full member of COST. Involvement of Ukrainian researchers in COST Actions |
| 15:50-16:00 | Hans de JONGE, Director of Open Science NL, Netherlands Research Council (NWO) (online) | Ukraine on the way to open science: approach and experience of NWO |
Signing of the Memorandum of Cooperation between the EIT Community RIS Hub in Ukraine and the National Research Fund of Ukraine
UNIT 4. Session “Synergy of European Programs”
Moderator – Denys NIKOLAICHUK, chief specialist of the “Horizon Europe Office in Ukraine” department of NFDU
| 16:00-16:15 | Oksana BEREZHNA, Director General of the Directorate of Innovations and Connections of Science with the Real Sector of the Economy of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine, National Coordinator of the European COST Association in Ukraine, representative of the Program Committee “European Innovation Council and European Innovation Ecosystems” of the “Horizon Europe” Program | Opportunities for Ukrainian researchers and innovators within the initiatives of the COST Association |
| 16:15-16:30 | Hanna SCHETYNINA, chief specialist in project management and international cooperation of the Center for Public Health, National coordinator of the “EU4Health” | «EU4Health» in Ukraine |
| 16:30-16:45 | ІIhor MARKEVYCH, Head of EIT Community RIS Hub in Ukraine | Opportunities of EIT Community RIS Hub Ukraine |
| 16:45-17:00 | Maksym KOLISNYK, chief specialist of the “Horizon Europe Office in Ukraine” department of NFSU | Grant opportunities for business |
UNIT 5. Summary and closing remarks
| 17:00 | Olha POLOTSKA, executive director of the National Research Fund of Ukraine |
