The Internationalisation Department of the Institute for Integrative Systems Biology I2SysBio (a joint CSIC-University of Valencia centre) is organising the first CSIC Pro-ERC_Pro-EIC Regional Conference to be held in the Valencian Community, with the support of the CSIC’s Vice-Presidencies for International Relations and for Innovation and Transfer.

 

The CSIC’s Pro-ERC_Pro-EIC Regional Conference in the Valencian Community will take place in person on Tuesday 14 April and Wednesday 15 April 2026 from 10.15 am to 2 pm in the Seminar Room of the Institute for Integrative Systems Biology I2SysBio (UV-CSIC), located in the University of Valencia Science Park (C. Catedràtic Agustín Escardino Benlloch, 46980 Paterna). Places are available on a first-come, first-served basis. To attend, you must register in advance via this link before 8 April.

 

PROGRAMME

Tuesday 14 April: Pro-ERC Conference

10:15 – 10:30    Registration

10:30 – 10:45    Institutional welcome, Gustavo Gómez (Director of I2SysBio)

10:45 – 11:30    Information on the programme and calls for proposals from the VRI-CSIC Pro-ERC Team

11:30 – 12:00    Coffee break

12:00 – 12:45    Support services provided by the VRI-CSIC Pro-ERC Team

12:45 – 13:45    Panel: Drawing inspiration from success, featuring Rafael Sanjuan (I2SysBio-UV), ERC Grantee (AdG, CoG, StG);  Irene Otero (I2SysBio-CSIC), ERC Grantee (CoG); and Iñaki Comas (IBV-CSIC), ERC Grantee (CoG, StG).

Wednesday 15 April: Pro-EIC Conference

10:15 – 10:30    Registration

10:30 – 10:45    Institutional welcome, Gustavo Gómez (Director of I2SysBio)

10:45 – 11:30    Information on the programme and calls for proposals from the VRI-CSIC Pro-EIC Team

11:30 – 12:00    Coffee break

12:00 – 12:45    Support services provided by the VRI-CSIC Pro-EIC Team

12:45 – 13:45    Panel: Drawing inspiration from success, featuring Alfonso Jaramillo (I2SysBio-CSIC), EIC Pathfinder;  Beatriz Sabater (I2SysBio-CSIC), EIC Accelerator; Michael Seimetz (i3M-CSIC), EIC Pathfinder.

On both days, from 15:15h, individual meetings with experts from the ERC/EIC programmes are scheduled upon request.