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<h2><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Brief</strong></h2>
<p>Engage the network of communication officers from the major institutes of the European accelerator community in knowledge-sharing and in developing closer collaborative ties. </p>
<h2><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Concept note</strong></h2>
<p>Europe’s research and innovation landscape is in a period of political development, moving towards a stronger focus on competitiveness and links to industry. This has been highlighted by recent Europe-wide reports, such as those by former Italian prime ministers <a href="https://sciencebusiness.net/news/horizon-europe/high-profile-report-urg… style="color: #1155cc;">Enrico Letta</span></a> and <a href="https://sciencebusiness.net/news/fp10/high-power-report-urges-big-push-… style="color: #1155cc;">Mario Draghi</span></a>, the so-called <a href="https://op.europa.eu/en/publication-detail/-/publication/2f9fc221-86bb-… report</a>, Ursula Von der Leyen’s <a href="https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/SPEECH_24_4982">s…; at the CERN 70 event, as well <a href="https://sciencebusiness.net/news/fp10-should-boost-industrial-competiti… style="color: #1155cc;">as calls</span></a> for Europe’s next R&amp;I framework programme to boost European industrial competitiveness.</p>
<p>This represents a new challenge for the communication output of Europe’s major institutes in the accelerator community: How best to showcase the contribution of accelerator facilities and technologies to European competitiveness?</p>
<p>In a two-day event, a series of talks from those at the heart of conversations about European competitiveness will be delivered to highlight the direction the R&amp;I landscape is likely to take in the coming years. There will also be participant-driven workshops where accelerator science communicators will work together to come up with ideas to communicate accelerator facilities and technologies in this new era.</p>
<p>In addition to this, the event will provide an opportunity for communicators working at accelerator facilities to network, share ideas and build stronger collaboration channels.</p>
<p>This workshop follows two previous iterations organised under the ARIES project, I.FAST’s predecessor, that provided a broader opportunity to discuss communication strategies related to accelerator facilities and technologies. More information on those workshops can be found <a href="/event/877001/">here</a>. </p>
<p>This event is being organised in the frame of the <a href="https://ifast-project.eu&quot; target="_blank" rel="noopener">H2020 project I.FAST</a> under work package 2, with the consortium aiming to develop the communication initiatives across the European accelerator community with a dedicated workshop.</p>
<p>This event is invitation only. </p>