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A post-Brexit agreement for research and innovation

What is the future of EU's and UK's relationship on research and innovation?

Date and time: 28 January 2020 10:30-12:30 (GMT)

Bruegel and the Wellcome Trust have completed an ambitious simulated negotiation for a post-Brexit agreement on research and innovation. At this event, the project report was published, which tells the story of the negotiation process and makes clear recommendations for the UK Government and EU institutions on how best to tackle the EU-UK future relationship on research and innovation. It also includes the agreement text our exercise produced.

The launch event featured a live link-up between simultaneous events in Brussels and London. A high-level representative of the EU Commission gave a keynote address in Brussels which was livestreamed in London. Questions were taken from audiences in both cities. Subsequently, panel members involved in the project presented and discussed the results of the exercise.

Audio and video recordings

Speakers

André Sapir

Bruegel Senior Fellow

Jaroslaw Pietras

Visiting Professor, College of Europe

Guntram B. Wolff

Bruegel Senior Fellow

Martin Muller

Executive Director, Academic Forum, Geneva Science and Diplomacy Anticipator

Beth Thompson

Head of Policy & Advocacy - UK & EU, Wellcome Trust

Michael Leigh

Uta Staiger

Co-founder and Executive Director, UCL European Institute

Clare Moody

Former Member of the European Parliament

Philippe Lamberts

Member of the, European Parliament

Adrian Hayday

Senior Group Leader, The Francis Crick Institute

Joe Owen

Programme Director, Institute for Government

Gina Dowding

MEP, European Parliament

Theme: Macroeconomic policy and governance Microeconomic policies
Keyword: innovation EU-UK relations
Language: English

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