EATIP Annual General Meeting 2024
The EATIP Annual General Meeting was held this year on the 19th & 20th of June 2024 at the HILTON Brussels Grand Place
DAY 1 – 19th June 2022
- 10:00 Visit to BIGH fish farm (for EATIP members and upon registration only)
- 13h00 Networking lunch for all participants.
Hilton Brussels Grand Place – Carrefour de l’Europe 3, 1000 Brussels
- 14:00 Introduction & Welcome
- 14:10 Session 1: Research & Innovation Trends: A policy context. / Session Lead: David Bassett, General Secretary, EATIP
- Aspects of aquaculture research and innovation within EU Mission Ocean Restore our Ocean and Freshwaters and Sustainable Food Policy.
- Foresight : a timeline to the 10th European Framework Programme for Research & Innovation.
Szilvia Nemeth, European Commission Deputy Head of the Ocean, Seas and Waters Unit B4, DG RTD - Strengthening Regional Innovation Capacity and Interregional Cooperation through Cohesion Policy.
Wolfgang Munch, European Commission DG Regional & Urban Policy, Unit G1 – smart & sustainable growth - Group Exercise / Discussion
- 15:00 Session 2: Focus on European Partnerships and Missions / Session Lead: David Bassett, General Secretary, EATIP
- An overview of the European Partnership for Animal Health and Welfare and current first funding call – the aquatic animal perspective.
Nathalie Vanderheijden, University of Ghent Coordinator of the European Partnership on Animal Health and Welfare - Updating aquaculture stakeholders on the European Partnership for Sustainable Blue Economy.
Maurice Heral, Brussels Cellule, European Partnership for Sustainable Blue Economy - Aquaculture Stakeholder Engagement with EU Mission Restore our Oceans and Freshwaters: A basin/lighthouse approach to blue economy research, dissemination and exploitation.
Mission Ocean Team & Prep4Blue Project - Group Exercise / Discussion
- An overview of the European Partnership for Animal Health and Welfare and current first funding call – the aquatic animal perspective.
- 16:30 Session 3: Smart Specialisation for Smart & Circular Aquaculture / Session Lead: Alexandra Neyts, Senior Advisor, EATIP
- An EATiP Strategy for improved regional innovation transfer using the EATIP Mirror Platform network and the EC Smart Specialisation Strategy.
- Introducing the EATiP Smart & Circular Aquaculture Platform.
- Results from the EATiP Mirror Platform Mapping Exercise.
- Identification of EATIP members engagement with regional authorities and national smart specialisation strategies.
- Identification of EATiP members engagement with regional authorities and national smart specialisation strategies.
- An EATiP Strategy for improved regional innovation transfer using the EATIP Mirror Platform network and the EC Smart Specialisation Strategy.
- 17:00 Session 4: Prioritisation exercise within the EATiP Strategic Research & Innovation Agenda – 2026/2027 and beyond / Session Lead: Alex Obach, EATIP President and Director of Innovation, Skretting
- Further to the circulation of a paper on identified topics for research and innovation prioritisation, a discussion will be moderated on agreed priorities for action for the remaining duration of Horizon Europe (2026 – 2027) with a forward look to the 10th Framework Programme.
- 17:30 Session 5: Project Updates & Opportunities for Collaboration
- EATiP Projects Update
- AquaExcel 3.0 / Alexandra Neyts
- Aquaculture Assistance Mechanism / David Bassett
- OLAMUR / Pam Ernstberger
- Current summary of EATiP project roles – invitation for EATIP member engagement
- Identification of collaboration activities with EATiP members
- Aquaculture Europe 2024 – EC/EATIP/EAS innovation Forum
- … your event!…
- EATiP Projects Update
- 18:30 Closing Aperitif and Networking Opportunity, offered by EATIP
DAY 2 – 20th June 2024
- 09:30 Session 6: EATIP Communications & Member Projects
- Membership communication: getting value from EATiP activities and information and making the most of the EATiP Basecamp System / Catherine Pons
- Boosting project communication, dissemination and exploitation with profile raising through EATiP social media / Pam Ernstberger
- EATiP Member Project Pitches
- BlueBoost: Riccardo Napolitano / ITAQUA-CREA
- ValueShell : Andrea Forgione and Lucia Tudini / CREA
- 11:00 General Assembly of EATiP – Only for EATiP Members
- 13:00 Walking lunch for all participants
- 16:00 EATiP Mirror Platform Meeting (for mirror platforms and their members only)
