With the EU-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement set to transform the EU-Japan relationship the opportunities for greater EU-Japan collaboration on science and technology issues will be enhanced. There will be greater possibilities for Japanese public, private and academic research entities to work with their European counterparts on research and innovation.

This seminar will look at the EU’s short-term and long-term strategies for enhancing R&D&I collaboration:

• The Horizon 2020 work programme for the period 2018 to 2020
• Experiences, Expectations and Achievements of Horizon 2020
• How Joint Calls work and the forthcoming DG CNECT-MIC joint calls
• Going 'beyond the Horizon' – the Commission's current thinking for its ninth framework programme with reference to the Report of the independent High Level Group on maximising the impact of EU Research & Innovation Programme