European Commission
EUROPEAN RESEARCH ERA

Robert Aymar

Discussant session 1.2

I would like to comment on two points of the report from the Expert Group on RI, and add an example of the creation of new centers of excellence outside of Europe.

1. The first comment concerns the content referred as “bottlenecks” in the oral presentation and as “new objectives” in the text: this a list of large potentialities which should be offered by all RI and not always realized as expected.
They remain as potential auxiliary benefits from RI, while the essential measure of merit of an RI has always been and will remain …

Neil Geddes
Discussant session 1.2
 
At a fundamental level it is hard to argue against the vision offered by the new renaissance scenario: a European Research Area increasing its effectiveness and attractiveness at world level, and realising the free movement of knowledge, adding value in each of the key areas outlined in the expert group report:
Boosting international …

Naďa Witzanyová
Discussant session 1.2
 
I will be an optimist and presume that Europe will go forward in the direction of a consistent approach and concentrate on the scenario 2.
 
Two areas of the realisation process need to be taken care of in the …

Allan Larsson

 Discussant session 1.2

 
I would like to take as a starting point the central message from Professor Leon’s paper, highlighting the three challenges that are embedded in the following sentence:
 
“Considering current and future challenges, in particular the competition to provide efficient research infrastructures with other regions in the world, the ERA will be strengthened by reinforcing the decision making and funding processes through governance schemes well organised at …

Gonzalo León
Main speaker session 1.2
 

Scenarios for the future Research Facilities in Europe

 
The role of European Research Infrastructures (RIs) in Europe conditions and in turn conditioned by the evolution of the European …