MSCA at the 2nd Education and Innovation Summit

The second edition of the Education and Innovation Summit brought together the main players in education and innovation. It strengthened cooperation and inspired the wider education, research and innovation community to promote an entrepreneurial and innovation-driven culture in Europe.

The Summit’s topics focus on the development of talent and future-proof skills in line with the priorities of the European Year of Skills.

Pupils, students, researchers and life-long learners need to be equipped with the skills matching the present and future needs of their ecosystems - particularly green, digital and entrepreneurial skills.

Empowering researchers for innovation

The Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions was present at the Summit with the breakout session “Empowering researchers for innovation” (14:00-15:30 CEST).

It focused on the support available at EU level for researchers at different stages of their careers to

• better leverage their capacity for innovation in their research activities
• give them career development opportunities in academia and industry

The session explored different types of support that can be provided for researchers, such as

• dedicated training
• access to funding
• intersectoral mobility
• experiences within collaborative projects

The speakers 

• discussed how the support they have received has contributed to the quality and impact of their research and their career development
• shared the challenges they have come across
• shared lessons learnt from their experience that could lead to structuring changes in higher education and research institutions to better prepare and empower researchers for innovation

You can check the full programme on the event’s website.

Online guests had access to active participation opportunities in targeted breakout sessions (ask questions, share your ideas, join debates).