Thursday, November 14 (in Czech language with simultaneous interpretation to English)
12.00 – 13.00
Registration
13.00 – 13.30
Conference Opening and Welcome
13.00 – 13.10: Marek Ženíšek - Minister for Science, Research and Innovation
13.10 – 13.20: Radka Wildová - Director General for Higher Education, Science and Research section, Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports (MEYS)
13.20 – 13.30: Martin Svoboda - Director of the National Library of Technology
13.30 – 14.30
Keynote Panel
The opening keynote presentations of the speakers contextually frame the topic of the conference and the identified challenges, especially in relation to the area of European resources and their role in the Czech environment, and the trends that are developing in the area of research support in Europe.
13.30 – 13.50: Pavel Doleček - Deputy Minister for Science, Research and Innovation
Challenges for the long-term design of research support in the Czech Republic.
13.50 – 14.10: Václav Velčovský - Director General for EU Operational Programmes section, MEYS
"ESIF rehab" for Czech research?
14.10 – 14.30: Michal Pazour - Head of the Strategic Studies Department, Technology Centre Prague
Missions and new challenges for support research for the benefit of society.
14.30 – 16.00
"Policy" Panel Discussion
Debate of key representatives of the decision-making sphere about their views on the conceptual outlook and challenges of supporting Czech research and, in particular, the tools with which they want to solve them. The aim is to develop and possibly supplement the topics mentioned in the annotation.
Jiří Homola - First Vice-Chairman of the R&D Council
Jaroslav Miller - Deputy Minister, MEYS
Petr Očko - Director General for Technology 4.0 Section, Ministry of Industry and Trade
Ilona Müllerová - Vice President and member of the Academy Council Presidium, Czech Academy of Sciences
Milena Králíčková - Czech Rectors Conference President
16.00 - 16.30
Coffee Break
16.30 – 17.45
Experience From Abroad and Discussion
"Case studies" of foreign guests will present approaches to the theme of the conference in selected countries, especially in relation to the genesis of their national debate and the way, obstacles and current state of solving the challenges of research support.
Thomas König - Managing director, Austrian Council for Sciences, Technology, and Innovation
Austria: What to learn from two decades of catching up on R&D?
Austria has made significant strides in research and development (R&D) policy, achieving notable success in recent years. Public and private investments in R&D have been consistently increasing, making Austria today one of the most research-intensive countries in the OECD (with a GERD of more than 3%). However, catching up at this pace has created several blind spots, as well as entrenched vested interests. Evaluations are often conducted for legitimization rather than to inform decision-making; there is a strong division between academic and applied research; there are limited opportunities for critical reflection. The keynote will explore these dynamics of Austria’s research policy along some examples.
Siri Brorstad Borlaug - Head of academic unit, Oslo Metropolitan University
Current debates in Norway: Changes in the performance-based funding system and the mix between external and block funding
The Norwegian research system has undergone several changes in recent years, pulling it in different directions. Roughly speaking, policies for high quality and excellence in research and education have been replaced by an emphasis on relevance, policies for internationalisation have been replaced by local and regional development, and performance-based incentives for research have been replaced by dialogue-based governance. The most recent debate concerns the balance between block funding and external research funding in higher education institutions, with some preferring to increase block funding in order to reduce the fierce competition for external funding. This has generated considerable debate.
17.45 – 20.00
Dinner
Friday, November 15 (in Czech language)
09.00 – 10.00
Registration
10.00 – 11.30
Lightning Panel
Shorter presentations aimed at specific insight into topics that significantly influence research support and whose further development will be an important element for the future development of this support.
Jakub Uchytil - Director of the Department of Administration for Individual Projects in Higher Education, Research, and Development, MEYS
The role of the Operational Program for supporting the acquisition and renewal of instrument equipment
Monika Vrbková - South Moravian Innovation Centre (JIC)
"Synergies with EU programs are an opportunity not only for research organizations but also for business development"
Daniel Frank - Technology Centre Prague
Czech research organizations in European consortia within the Horizon Europe framework programme
Jan Buriánek - Research and Development Department, MEYS
Reflections on research organizations' expenditures on Open Access and the overall role of this business in supporting science
Martin Svoboda - Director of the National Library of Technology
Reflections on research organizations' expenditures on Open Access and the overall role of this business in supporting science
Štěpán Jurajda - CERGE-EI (Center for Economic Research and Graduate Education - Economics Institute)
"Where does the disciplinary structure of science come from"
Ladislav Krištoufek - Vice-Rector for Research, Charles University
Attracting and supporting talent at Research University
11.30 – 12.00
Coffee break
12.00 – 13.00
Panel Discussion: Young Scientists
The panel discussion will be a complementary input to the first day panel discussion and will offer the views of young scientists and scientists with foreign experience. The goal of this discussion is to convey a new perspective on conceptual and long-term topics.
Matouš Glanc - Czexpats in Science, director
Radka Šustrová - Czexpats in Science, MSCA Action Fellow, University of Vienna
Markéta Klíčová - PostDoc Researcher, Technical University of Liberec
Hynek Roubík - Vice-dean for Science, Research and Doctoral Study, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague
Matěj Bajgar - PostDoc Researcher, CERGE-EI and Charles University
13.00 – 13.15
Closing Remarks
13.15 – 14.00
Lunch
