European Research & Innovation Days 2025
The sixth edition of European Commission’s flagship event brings together policymakers, researchers and business leaders to shape Europe’s research and innovation agenda. This year’s event comes at a pivotal moment for debates on the EU’s next long-term budget and major policy files.
Across two days and more than 20 sessions, the programme explores Europe’s competitiveness and industrial leadership including debates on the Startup and Scaleup Strategy, the European Life Sciences Strategy, the AI in Science Strategy and the European Innovation and European Research Area Acts. From high-level panels to hands-on breakouts and focused networking, Research and Innovation Days link policy with real-world impact.
The programme features a keynote by Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and opening remarks by the Commissioner for Startups, Research and Innovation Ekaterina Zaharieva. Speakers include leading voices from EU institutions, science and industry - among them Commission Executive Vice-President Henna Virkkunen and author and science communicator Lucy Hawking.
European Research and Innovation (R&I) Days 2024
The 2024 edition of the European Research & Innovation (R&I) Days, held on 20 and 21 March 2024 in Brussels, brought together key stakeholders to discuss how we can make Europe greener, fairer and more competitive.
Organised as part of a broader R&I Week (also comprising the European Innovation Council (EIC) summit and the Belgian EU Council Presidency event on innovative procurement), it celebrated the outstanding success of EU’s research and innovation framework programmes in the past 40 years, showcased the impact of EU-funded projects on our society and highlighted the importance of continued investment in research and innovation and of collaboration in shaping Europe’s research and innovation landscape.
Missed it? Catch up on the key takeaways and session recordings:
