EU Commissioner Maire Geoghegan-Quinn will address European Research and Innovation Conference at Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland.

EARMA 2012 to Focus on EU’s Horizon 2020 Programme

The 18th annual conference of the European Association of Research Managers and Administrators (EARMA), taking place from 8th – 11th July 2012 in Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland, will include a keynote address by Maire Geoghegan-Quinn, European Commissioner for Research Innovation and Science, on “Horizon 2020 and a New Beginning for a European Research and Innovation System”.

EARMA 2012 will be held just prior to the 2012 Euroscience Open Forum (ESOF) in Dublin and during the celebration of ‘Dublin, City of Science 2012’. The conference will focus on the upcoming Horizon 2020 programme, ongoing research management and professional development, and is being hosted by Trinity College, Dublin (TCD) on its campus in the heart of Dublin city and by the Dublin Institute of Technology (DIT)

Some 400 delegates are expected from worldwide, for whom a welcome reception will be held at Dublin City Hall on Sunday 8th July at 6.00pm. The conference will be opened on Monday 9th July by the President of EARMA, Jan Andersen, University of Copenhagen, the Provost of Trinity College, Dr. Patrick Prendergast and the President of the Dublin Institute of Technology, Prof. Brian Norton.