The informal network of the Italian research and innovation community in Brussels (GIURI) organizes an event that will explore future perspectives for Research and Technology Infrastructures (RTIs) in upcoming EU programmes and in the next Multiannual financial framework (MFF).

It will provide a platform for policymakers, researchers, innovators, industrial actors and other stakeholders to discuss emerging opportunities for the sector, the role of infrastructures in strengthening EU competitiveness, and the contribution of recent RTIs developments to the overall European R&I ecosystem.  

The event is being organised following the publication of the European Commission’s Horizon Europe 2028-2034 proposal in July 2025 and the adoption of the new European strategy on research and technology infrastructures in September 2025.

Registration is required via the registration form made available in the event announcement on the GIURI website.

The European Strategy on Research and Technology Infrastructures

On 15 September 2025, the European Commission adopted a new, long-term European Strategy on Research and Technology Infrastructures. Research infrastructures and technology infrastructures range from advanced laboratories, large scientific instruments and data centres to pilot lines, testbeds and clean rooms. Together, they support the full innovation cycle – from frontier science to the validation and deployment of new technologies.

Europe’s ability to build a strong infrastructure ecosystem is being held back because of several challenges:

• fragmented policies and funding across the EU
• limited collaboration across infrastructures
• insufficient access opportunities and complex access procedures
• skills gaps
• untapped potential of digitalisation and AI adoption
• hampered reuse of data for research.

The strategy’s overarching objective is to ensure that scientists, researchers, innovators, inventors, and industry in Europe have at their disposal easily accessible, cutting-edge facilities, high-quality data and tailored services that drive scientific and technological excellence, industrial competitiveness and well-being of people.