the exampleof the flying car - European Commission

Scientific support to disruptive
technologies: the example
of the flying car
4 November 2014
Brussels,
Berlaymont building
Room S7
Programme
Joint
Research
Centre
13:30 – 14:00
Registration and welcome coffee
14:00 - 14:40
Opening session
Welcoming and chairing by Vladimír Šucha, Director-General of Directorate-General
Joint Research Centre, European Commission
Opening speech of Maroš Šefčovič, Vice-President for Energy Union, European
Commission
Speech of Tibor Navracsics, Commissioner for Education, Culture, Youth and Sport,
European Commission
14:40 - 15:00
Presentation of the “flying car”
Štefan Klein, Co-founder and Chief Designer of AeroMobil and Juraj Vaculík,
Co-founder and CEO of AeroMobil
15:00 - 16:00
Panel discussion on policy and regulatory considerations related to disruptive
technologies: the case of AeroMobil
Chair: Giovanni De Santi, Director of Institute for Energy and Transport,
Directorate-General Joint Research Centre, European Commission
Presentations
Mark Nicklas, Deputy Head of Unit, Innovation Policy, Directorate-General Enterprise
and Industry, European Commission
Keir Fitch, Head of Unit, Research and Innovative Transport Systems,
Directorate-General Mobility and Transport, European Commission
Norbert Lohl, Certification Director, European Aviation Security Agency (EASA)
Q&A
16:00 - 16:20
Coffee break
16:20 - 17:20
Panel discussion on financial design for different phases of the innovation process
Chair: David Wilkinson, Director for Policy Support Coordination, Directorate-General
Joint Research Centre, European Commission
Presentations
Marek Przeor, Directorate-General Regional and Urban Policy - Competence Centre
Smart and Sustainable Growth, European Commission
Ales Gnamus, Institute for Prospective Technological Studies, Directorate-General Joint
Research Centre, European Commission
Shiva Dustdar, Head of Research, Development and Innovation Unit, European
Investment Bank
Q&A
17:20 - 17:30
Closing remarks
Vladimír Šucha, Director-General of Directorate-General Joint Research Centre,
European Commission
17:30 - 18:00
Networking reception
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