PARALLEL SESSION A
A1 Opportunities for Big Science in Central Europe
Wed 2nd Oct 14h00 - 16h00
This Parallel Session will discuss on how to enhance the involvement of companies from Central, Eastern and South-Eastern Europe in the discourse on Big Science. Their potential contribution to the consolidation of the European Big Science common market was the focus of the BSBF promotional roadshow jointly organized by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Central European Initiative and the Autonomous Region Friuli Venezia Giulia, which reached out to Serbia, Slovak Republic, Czech Republic, Poland, Hungary, Croatia, Slovenia and Montenegro between February and June 2024. Existing best practices, opportunities, as well as barriers, will be openly debated to encourage future stronger connections between Big Science Organisations and operators from this broad area of Europe.
Speakers of the session
Agenda
Alessandro Lombardo
Central European Initiative – Executive Secretariat
Roberto Antonione
Central European Initiative – Secretary General
The keynote speech “Regional cooperation and diplomacy for Big Science”, by the Secretary General of the Central European Initiative (CEI) Roberto Antonione, will introduce the main points of discussion of Parallel Session A1 – “Opportunities for Big Science in Central Europe”. In particular, based on the supporting action carried out during the first half of 2024, namely the “BSBF promotional roadshow in CEI Member States”, the keynote will focus on the contribution that regional cooperation and multilateral diplomacy can provide towards a stronger involvement of Central, Eastern and South-Eastern European countries in the context of Big Science.
Petr Březina
Research Centre Řež s.r.o.
Anna Kamińska
Creotech Instruments S.A
Anita Szöllősy
The Extreme Light Infrastructure ERIC | ALPS Facility
Marjana Majerič
Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Slovenia
Srna Sudar
University of Montenegro
Alexander Sorokin
Institute for Scintillation Materials
Moderators and all speakers
A multinational panel composed of experts from the Czech Republic, Hungary, Montenegro, Poland, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia and Ukraine will discuss on the necessary steps to expand the business partnerships between the Big Science Organisations (BSOs) and suppliers from Central, Eastern and South-Eastern Europe, thus increasing the contribution of this broad geographical area to the consolidation of the European Big Science common market. The interdisciplinary aspect of the panel, which includes, companies, research centres, one university and one chamber of commerce, will enable a multi-perspective overview of the opportunities and challenges of Big Science, thus providing inputs and ideas for future initiatives in this domain.
Jana Pivonkova
European XFEL
Alessandro Lombardo
Central European Initiative-Executive Secretariatand