MSCA2020.HR Video Conference
19th June 2020
The MSCA Video Conference MSCA2020.HR: MSCA impact and future challenges, held on 19th June 2020 under the Croatian Presidency of the Council of the European Union, served as a platform to discuss impact and importance of Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions on achieving fair and positive brain circulation, attracting and retaining excellent researchers, as well as inspiring participation in R&I programmes.
Conference recap
Introduction and opening remarks
- Mariya Gabriel - Commissioner - DG Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth
- Blaženka Divjak - Minister of Science and Education
Keynote speaker
- Vibor Jelić - Astrophysicist, Ruđer Bošković Institute
Panel Session 1: Achieving a fair and balanced brain circulation
- Tome Antičić - State Secretary for science and EU funds, Croatian Ministry of Science and Education
- Caroline Hornstein Tomić - Scientific Advisor, Institute of Social Sciences Ivo Pilar
- Kristin Kraav - Senior Adviser of Estonian Research Council
Panel Session 2: How to attract and retain excellent researchers?
- Tomas Jungwirth - Member of the ERC Scientific Council
- Mostafa Moonir Shawrav - MCAA Chair of the Executive Committee
- Stijn Delauré - Policy officer, DG Research & Innovation of the European Commission, Academic R&I and Research Organisations (RTD.G2)
Panel Session 3: Enabling inclusiveness and participation
- Filip Týc - Department of Management OP, Operational Programme Research, Development and Education, Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic
- Maria Górna - Marie Curie Alumni Association (MCAA)
- Tanja Vučković Juroš - Editor-in-Chief of the Croatian Sociological Review, the official journal of the Croatian Sociological Association
Panel session 4: From MSCA impact towards the future challenges of young researchers
- Leandra Vranješ Markić - Vice-Rector for Science and Innovation, University of Split, member of SEA-EU European University of the Seas
- Cecilia Cabello Valdes - Director Open Science and Internationalization, Spanish Foundation for Science and Technology (FECYT)
- Claire Morel - The Head of the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions for the mobility and training of researchers and the development of excellent doctoral programmes, European Commission.
Video pitches – Examples of Good Practice
- Hrvoje Šikić - Professor, Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb
- Dario Pellizzon - Head of the Research Area Ca Foscari University of Venice - Italy
- Anna Wiśniewska - Net4Mobility+ Coordinator at Institute of Fundamental Technological Research, Polish Academy of Sciences
- An Jansen - Head of the International Funds team and Senior Research Policy Adviser, KU Leuven Research Coordination Office
MSCA Awards: Announcing the winners
- Francesca Riva - Category I: Impact of MSCA on fellows’ career development for early-stage researchers
- Marco Miniaci - Category II: Impact of MSCA on fellows’ career development for experienced researchers
- Judit Chamorro Servent - Category III: Impact of intersectoral and interdisciplinary mobility and transfer of knowledge
Conference closing remarks
- Antoaneta Angelova-Krasteva - Director for Innovation, International Cooperation an Sport, DG EAC, European Commission
- Tome Antičić - State Secretary for science and EU funds, Croatian Ministry of Science and Education
Presentations
Here you can download some of the presentations from the MSCA2020 conference.
