Europe remains a global leader in scientific research, yet it continues to struggle to translate excellence into innovation at scale, productivity gains, and globally competitive industries. Gaps in funding, fragmentation across markets and institutions, and slow pathways from discovery to deployment continue to limit impact. This session focuses on how Europe can strengthen the full science and innovation pipeline, from research and talent to commercialization and scale-up.

Speakers

• Maria Leptin, President, ERC

• Christian Ehler, Member of the European Parliament, European Parliament

• Ann Mettler, Center on Global Energy Policy, Columbia University

• Robert-Jan Smits, Chairman, Supervisory Board of Naturalis

• Sue Duke, MD EMEA & LATAM and Head of Public Policy, LinkedIn