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Matchmaking event on Green Deal call at Brunel University London

LocationOnline at Brunel University London
Date21.10.2020 13.00–15.00
Registration deadline: 21.10.2020,12.00
LanguageEnglish
Entrance feeFree of charge
Green Deal
Brunel University London is organising a H2020 Green Deal call related information and machmaking event to support research consortia building. Tampere University has a strategic partnership with Brunel.

About this Event

€1 billion is available under the Green Deal call - the last and biggest call under Horizon 2020. The call is designed to respond to the climate crisis, provide more protection to Europe’s biodiversity and habitats under threat, and accelerate a sustainable recovery.

The call forms part of Horizon 2020, and UK organisations are fully eligible to apply and receive funding for the lifetime of successful projects. Deadline is 26 January 2021.


This event will provide more information on the call, focusing on some specific areas, and will give opportunities for networking with external organisations for building consortia in order to respond to the calls.


Programme:

  • 14.00 Introduction to the Green Deal call
  • 14.15 Detailed information on three areas:
  1. Area 3: Mobilising industry for a clean and circular economy. Featuring Abishek Ramesh (NCP for Advanced Manufacturing and Processing)
  2. Area 6: From ‘Farm to Fork’: designing a fair, healthy and environmentally friendly food system. Featuring Helen Sweeney (NCP for food security, sustainable agriculture and forestry, marine and inland water research, bioeconomy)
  3. Area 10: Empowering citizens for the transition towards a climate neutral, sustainable Europe. Featuring Anni Laihanen (NCP for Social Science and Humanities)
  • 14.45 Introduction to CrowdHelix platform: how to find partners
  • 15.00 Case study: how to build consortia
  • 15.15 Break-Out Sessions: Three moderated sessions responding to particular topics identified within the call areas. Topics of interest to be detailed on registration in order for us to focus on the most popular.

For more information about the call areas and topics, please refer to this Fact Sheet or from p.62 of the Work Programme

Brunel University London welcomes all interested participants from Tampere University to take part to the event.

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Organiser

Brunel University London

Further information

Ilkka Virtanen, ilkka.virtanen@tuni.fi