The Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) Brussels Office organises a new webinar within its webinar series 'One hour with Europe': " The European Strategy on Research and Technology Infrastructures -  State of Play and Future Perspectives".

Agnès Robin, Head of Research Infrastructure Policy at the Open Science and Research Infrastructures Unit at DG RTD, will provide a presentation about the European Strategy on Research and Technology Infrastructures. The presentation will be followed by a Q&A session.

Registration is required before 29 January 12:00 CET via this registration form.

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.