Designed around the theme of Research and Social Innovation the next edition of the EFC Research Forum's Stakeholders' Conference will feature plenary sessions and parallel discussions exploring:

• The potential for foundations to spearhead socially innovative research;
• The impact of social media and networks on research and social innovation;
• Open Access and the challenge of quality assurance; and
• Public participation in science: new modes of interaction

Speakers include Maria Leptin (EMBO), Philip Campbell (Nature), Wilhelm Krull (VolkswagenStiftung) and Ortwin Renn (University of Stuttgart).   

To download the complete programme and to register, please visit the conference webpage: www.efc.be/researchforumconference2012

Who should attend?

Leaders from foundations and public research organisations, representatives from national and EU institutions, researchers and science writers