NKB-consulting: The key messages on Open Innovation and SME Instrument by EC Commissioner Carlos Moedas

"Last 22th June 2015, Carlos Moedas, Commissioner for Research, Science and Innovation, made a speech in relation with 'A new start for Europe: Opening up to an ERA of Innovation' Conference. He explained that with Horizon 2020, the EC is funding research on an unprecedented scale but, he said:  'we are facing three major challenges: We are too rarely succeeding in getting research results to market. Technologies developed in Europe are most of the time commercialized elsewhere. Although Europe generates more scientific output than any other region in the world, in some areas we fall behind on the very best science. At the same time, there is a revolution happening in the way science works. Every part of the scientific method is becoming an open, collaborative and participative process. Europe punches below its weight in international science and science diplomacy. Our collective scientific importance should be matched by a more active voice in global debates'. To overcome these three challenges, Carlos Moedas sees three strategic priorities ..."