The Office of Research and the Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology (WIN) are pleased to co-host a distinguished delegation from the Czech Republic, presenting a workshop event on Strengthening Research Collaboration through Horizon Europe. The delegation includes representatives from three of the top-ranked universities in the Czech Republic: Charles University, Brno University of Technology, and the University of Chemistry and Technology, Prague.
This event will take place on Wednesday, September 10, 2025, from 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM, in QNC 1501. After the workshop, a networking lunch will be hosted from 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM.
All WIN members and the broader research community are invited to attend the workshop.
About the event:
Objectives:
Strengthening Research Collaboration through Horizon Europe: To explore and establish research cooperation under the Horizon Europe programme.
Focus:
- The event focused primarily on Horizon Europe cooperation. Participants will contribute concrete topics for Horizon and R&D collaboration, which will be disseminated to encourage future partnerships.
- The participants’ expertise spans two main domains:
- Engineering: advanced materials, manufacturing, and automation
- Life Sciences: digital health solutions, transformational health technologies, health economics, and biotechnologies
Czech Republic Delegation
(To be updated)
| Name | Affliation |
|
Eva Libs Bartonova |
Head of Trade and Investment Section in Toronto |
|
Jana Bartosova |
Director of Center of Biomedical Technologies Transfer, University Hospital Hradec Králové |
|
Josef Cernohorsky |
Institute of Mechatronics and Computer Engineering, Technical University of Liberec |
| Richard Cimler |
Head of Centre for Advanced Technologies, University of Hradec Kralove |
|
Jaroslav Demel |
Faculty of Economics, Technical University of Liberec |
|
Rudolf Frycek |
CEO, Amires |
|
Jana Kolomaznikova |
Research Process Manager, Central Bohemian Innovation Centre |
|
Vladimir Krylov |
Dean, Faculty of Natural Science, Charles University |
|
Kamil Kuca |
Biotech Specialist, Betthera |
|
HE Radek Machů |
Consul General of the Czech Republic in Toronto |
|
Ondřej Mos |
CEO, The University Company TUL s.r.o. |
|
Roman Parak |
Senior Research Scientist & Research Project Leader, Intemac |
| Lukas Peter | Vice-Dean for Cooperation with Industry, Faculty of Material Science, VŠB - Technical University of Ostrava |
| Martina Plisová |
Head of Tech Transfer, Institute of Biotechnology of the Czech Academy of Sciences |
|
Iveta Simberova |
Vice-Rector, Brno University of Technology |
|
Prague Viola Tokárová |
Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Chemistry and Technology |
|
Jan Valtera |
Vice-Dean, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Technical University of Liberec |
Waterloo Organizing Committee
| Name | Affiliation |
| Scott Inwood | Director of Commercialization, University of Waterloo |
|
Ashley Hannon |
Associate Director, Corporate Research Partnerships, Office of Research, University of Waterloo |
|
Susan Kaai |
Senior Manager, International Research, Funding Agencies and Non-Profit Sponsors, University of Waterloo |
|
Maria Suarez |
Market Development Manager - Food Processing and Advanced Manufacturing, Waterloo Economic Development Corporation (EDC) |
|
Ishari Waduwara-Jayabahu |
International Relations Officer, Waterloo International, University of Waterloo |
|
Dennis Wong |
Business Development Manager, Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology, University of Waterloo |
The agenda will be finalized and updated later.
Registration
Act Now and send an email to WIN, dennis.wong@uwaterloo.ca and Office of Research, skaai@uwaterloo.ca, identifying which institutions and calls you are interested to connect with. It is possible to also propose any other consortia that you are interested in.
Thank you!