14:00 EOSC contribution to the EU Missions
EU Missions are an innovative approach to addressing major challenges with concrete solutions and impactful results by 2030. Through research, innovation, and collaboration, EU Missions engage citizens and mobilize resources from various stakeholders. By involving EU Member States, local authorities, research institutes, and other actors, these missions drive real and lasting change. With a focus on societal uptake, EU Missions aim to transform Europe into a greener, healthier, more inclusive, and resilient continent, benefiting people across the region.
By federating existing initiatives across disciplines and promoting the uptake of Open Science practices, EOSC is set to become a critical asset for research communities and decision makers to tackle the priorities identified in the Missions. Several thematic projects have already been funded under Horizon Europe, and in this session we will get to see how they will support and improve our response to these challenges.
The five missions
- Adaptation to Climate Change: support at least 150 European regions and communities to become climate resilient by 2030
- Cancer: working with Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan to improve the lives of more than 3 million people by 2030 through prevention, cure and solutions to live longer and better
- Restore our Ocean and Waters by 2030
- 100 Climate-Neutral and Smart Cities by 2030
- A Soil Deal for Europe: 100 living labs and lighthouses to lead the transition towards healthy soils by 2030
Target participants
This session is open to anyone interested in the topic, but will be particularly relevant for representatives from the following:
- Open Science Units
- EU Missions representatives
- EOSC projects working on thematic disciplines
Agenda
Please, find here the slides of this session.
| Time | Topic | Speakers |
|---|---|---|
| 14:00-14:05 | Opening | Marieke Willems Senior Project Manager at ELIXIR & BY-COVID |
| 14:05-14.15 | The EU mission objectives and Open Science expectations | Marialuisa Lavitrano Full Professor at the University Milano-Bicocca |
| 14:15-14.55 | What can EOSC offer to the EU Missions? Each project will present how it is contributing to specific objectives of the EU Missions | Blue Cloud 2026 Patricia Cabrera, marine biologist at VLIZ BY-COVID & the COVID-19 Data Portal Nadim Rahman Infectious Diseases Project Lead at EMBL-EBI EOSC4Cancer Salvador Capella-Gutierrez, INB Team Lead at Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC) FNS-Cloud Karl Presser, founder and managing partner of Premotec |
| 14:55-15:25 | Uptake of EOSC in contribution to EU Missions and partnerships Interactive (Spectrum style) discussion with the audience to highlight examples of uptake of EOSC results and outputs within and across EOSC projects in their contribution to the EU Missions. | Moderated by Sara Pittonet Senior Project Manager at Trust-IT Trust-IT & Blue-Cloud2026 Blue Cloud 2026 Patricia Cabrera, marine biologist at VLIZ Dick Schaap, founder and managing director of the MARIS BY-COVID & the COVID-19 Data Portal Nadim Rahman Infectious Diseases Project Lead at EMBL-EBI EOSC4Cancer Salvador Capella-Gutierrez, INB Team Lead at Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC) FNS-Cloud Karl Presser, founder and managing partner of Premotec |
| 15:25-15:30 | Closure | Sara Pittonet Senior Project Manager at Trust-IT Trust-IT & Blue-Cloud2026 & Marieke Willems Senior Project Manager at ELIXIR & BY-COVID |
