Maria Chiara Carrozza is a Full Professor of Bioengineering and Biorobotics in the Department of Psychology at the University of Milano-Bicocca. Since 2023, she has served as Chair of the European Science Advisors Forum (ESAF). In 2024, she was Chair of the G6 Network, which includes the CNR, CNRS, CSIC, the Helmholtz Gemeinschaft Deutscher Forschungszentren, the Leibniz-Gemeinschaft, and the Max-Planck-Gesellschaft. She was a member of the High-Level Expert Group on the interim evaluation of Horizon Europe (2023–2024), and Chair of the European Commission Expert Group on European Partnerships (2021–2022). From 2021 to 2025, Maria Chiara Carrozza served as President of the Italian National Research Council (CNR).
Align, Act, Accelerate. A perspective on Open Science and Responsible Research Assessment.
13 November 2025, 9:45-10:45
The keynote will focus on the report Align, Act, Accelerate of the Commission Expert Group on the Interim Evaluation of Horizon Europe, which provides recommendations to maximise the impact of EU Research and Innovation programmes, and advocates for a transformative agenda addressing four core spheres of action. Specific attention will be given to the role of Open science, to the concept of the “fifth freedom” proposed by Enrico Letta in his report Much More Than a Market, and to the impact of responsible research assessment policies.
