UCC Hosts Vision2020 RTO Meeting

6 Jun 2017

University College Cork, a founding member of Vision2020, recently hosted the network's RTO meeting.

Vision2020 is an Open Innovation platform for research organisations & businesses seeking funding from the European Union's €80 billion 'Horizon 2020' programme.

The meeting saw representatives from over 30 different European Research Organisations come together in UCC from 22nd to 23rd May.

Professor Anita Maguire, Vice President for Research & Innovation opened the proceedings at which key topics were discussed relating to Vision2020 network and Horizon 2020.

The second day of the session commenced with a presentation by Dr Brendan Hawdon, Advisor, DG Research & Innovation, European Commission on the H2020 interim evaluation and the formation of the next Framework Programme.