Agenda and minutes

1.1 The Chair welcomed everyone to the Committee. Apologies were received from Eluned Parrot AM, who was substituted by Aled Roberts AM and from Julie James AM, there were no substitution.

Paper 1

Professor John Harries, Chief Scientific Adviser

Tracey Burke, Director Strategy and Operations (BETS), Welsh Government

Andrew Slade, Director, EU Policy and Funding (WEFO), Welsh Government

Alastair Davies, Head of Innovation Policy, Welsh Government

2.1 The Chair welcomed Professor John Harries - Chief Scientific Adviser, Tracey Burke - Director Strategy and Operations (BETS), Welsh Government, Andrew Slade, Director, EU Policy and Funding (WEFO), Welsh Government and Alastair Davies, Head of Innovation Policy, Welsh Government. Members questioned the witnesses on the Inquiry into Horizon 2020.

The following will be giving evidence via video conference from Brussels:

Pierre Godin, DG Regional Policy 

Aled Thomas, Director of Climate – Knowledge Innovation Communities

Damien Perisse, Director, Conference of Peripheral and Maritime Regions – EU

3.1 The Chair welcomed Pierre Godin - DG Regional Policy, Aled Thomas - Director of Climate Knowledge Innovation Communities and Damien Perisse - Director, Conference of Peripheral and Maritime Regions – EU. Members questioned the witnesses on the Inquiry into Horizon 2020 via video conference from Brussels.

Professor Kevin Morgan, Professor of Governance and Development, Cardiff University

Dr. Adrian Healy, Research Associate, Cardiff University

4.1 The Chair welcomed Dr. Adrian Healy - Research Associate from Cardiff University, Members questioned the witness on the Inquiry into Horizon 2020.

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