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The Research Executive Agency (REA), the Directorate-General for Research and Innovation (DG RTD) and the Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development (DG AGRI) of the European Commission are co-organising an Info Week on Horizon 2020 Societal Challenge 2 ‘Food security, sustainable agriculture and forestry, marine and maritime and inland water research and the bioeconomy’, which will take place in Brussels on 14-17 November 2017.

The usual Societal Challenge 2 Info Day on the new Horizon 2020 Work Programme for 2018-2020 and the related BioHorizon brokerage event organised will form the first part of the week. The second part will consist of three high-level policy events presenting the latest evolutions in the broader EU policy context related to Societal challenge 2 activities and how it relates with activities under Horizon 2020.

The event will also feature a Bioeconomy village highlighting first-class Horizon 2020 projects and initiatives on bioeconomy.

Registration is now open here https://scic.ec.europa.eu/ew/register/dgscic/SC2_Info_Week_2017/e/lk/k/. It will close on 20 October at the latest. Registration may close earlier if the maximum number of participants is reached.

Please register seperately for the BioHorizon brokerage event until 26 October.