Eureka goes Vilnius

26 February 2025

UNLOCKING THE POTENTIAL: MAIN PLENARY (MAIN HALL)

Moderator Augustė Cirstea

09:00 – 09:30 Registration  and networking

09:30 – 09:45 Opening insights

• Dr Gintaras Valinčius, Chair of the Research Council of Lithuania

• Regina Valutytė, Vice-Minister of the Ministry of Education, Science and Sport of the Republic of Lithuania

• Brit Helle, Director General of the Eureka Network

• Rudolf Haggenmüller, Eureka President

09:45 – 10:00 Eureka Network in Lithuania - Innovate Today, Lead Tomorrow

• Dr Lina Kisielė, Head of Science and Business Cooperation Department of the Research Council of Lithuania

10:00 – 11:15 Presentation of Eureka Network instruments and national rules

- Eureka Global cooperation and Corporate activities:

•Network projects, Globalstars & Investment Readiness, Jorge Liz, Operations Manager, Eureka Secretariat

•Eureka Innowwide, Isabel de Vera, Call Coordinator, Eureka Secretariat

• Eureka Clusters, Xavier Priem, Director, Celtic-NEXT Cluster

• Overview of national rules for Network projects, Globalstars, and Eureka Clusters, Dr Vita Urbanavičienė, Project Coordinator, Research Council of Lithuania

- Eurostars and Fast Track to EIC Accelerator Programmes, Camilla del Latte, Operations Manager, Eureka Secretariat

- Overview of national Eurostars rules, Dr Justina Rukšnaitė, Advisor, Research Council of Lithuania

11:15 – 12:00 Panel discussion: Success stories in Eureka Projects

12:00 – 13:30 Lunch and networking

EUREKA ACADEMY (MAIN HALL)

Moderator: Povilas Dabrila

13:30 – 13:45 Partnering opportunities and strategic support through international networks

• Deividas Zubrickis, EEN Expert, Lithuanian Innovation Centre

13:45 – 14:15 Experts’ tips to prepare a successful Eurostars application

• Presentation of common pitfalls during the evaluation phase – Adrienn Orosz – Call Coordinator, Eureka Secretariat

• Eurostars IEP member to explain common pitfalls from an expert perspective – Nenad Buljan IEP chairperson

14:15 – 14:40 Pitch to Win: Secrets to persuasive presentations

• Xavier Priem, Director, CELTIC-NEXT Cluster

UPCOMING EUREKA OPPORTUNITIES (MAIN HALL)

14:40 – 15:30 Presentation of upcoming Eureka calls

• Call for lightweighting projects – Michael Walch FFG Austria

• Call for disaster resilience, response and recovery projects – Duygu Celik Tubitak Türkiye

• Call for circular value creation projects – Michaela Holz DLR Germany

• Globalstars call for projects with Taiwan – Andrzej Wajs NCBR Poland

• Innovate Ukraine - energy innovation programme overview – Andrew Horsley, UK International development

15:30 – 16:00 Eureka goes Vilnius – Pitching Session*

MATCHMAKING AND OTHER PARALLEL SESSIONS

16:00 – 18:00 One-on-one meetings | room 115

16:00 – 16:30 Innovate Ukraine energy innovation programme briefing and Q&A

Andrew Horsley, UK International development | room 210

16:00 – 16:30 CELTIC-NEXT Cluster collaboration meeting

Xavier Priem, Director, CELTIC-NEXT Cluster | room 212

*To take part in this session, please reach out to vita.urbanaviciene@lmt.lt by 2 February at the latest.