RICH Europe’s 2nd Symposium of Research Infrastructures (RIs) “Maximising synergies in Science and Innovation through RIs” is organised under the RICH Europe project.

European RIs play a pivotal role in advancing frontier research, fostering innovation, and addressing societal challenges. As strategic assets of the European Research Area (ERA), RIs support excellent science, enable cross-border collaboration, and contribute to Europe’s global competitiveness.

The symposium will provide an opportunity to promote synergies among RIs and relevant stakeholders; to showcase successful models of collaboration among RIs, partnerships, and clusters; to encourage the involvement of RIs in other parts of Horizon Europe; to assess and analyse cooperation between RIs and other European programmes; to promote interoperability and data sharing; to facilitate dialogue among stakeholders; and to support capacity building.
 
Registration to the symposium will be open until 10 February 2026. You can find further info, the registration link and the (latest draft version of the) programme in the announcement on the RICH Europe website.

Draft programme in brief

Day 1 - 25 February

• 14:30 - 15:00 Registration and welcoming coffee
• 15:00 - 15:30 Welcoming words
• 15:30 - 16:30 Session I: Interoperability, cooperation and synergies among Ris
• 16:30 - 18:00 Session II: Synergies between RIs and the clusters of pillar II of the Horizon Europe programme
• 18:00 - 19:00 Networking activities
• 19:00 - 20:00 Networking cocktail   

Day 2 - 26 February

• 9:30 - 10:00 Morning coffee
• 10:00 - 11:30 Session III: Synergies with other programmes and stakeholders
• 11:30 - 13:00 Session IV: Synergies between RI funding instruments
• 13:00 - 13:15 Closure
• 13:15 - 14:30 Cocktail networking  
• 14:30 RI visit