EuroTech Summit: Europe's critical need to turn research and innovation systems into societal benefits

Thierry Coulhon, President of EuroTech, a strategic partnership of six leading European universities for science and technology, has highlighted the critical need for Europe to transform its research and innovation systems to effectively translate scientific breakthroughs into societal benefits and build lasting technological capabilities.

He was speaking at the EuroTech Summit, taking place on 28 and 29/10/2026 in Brussels.
Bernard Magenhann, Director-General of the European Commission's Joint Research Centre (JRC), also spoke at the event. He emphasised the critical link between scientific excellence, public decision-making and science for policy.

While the JRC's core mission is to inform European policy through its research and scientific work, he said he was also looking forward to…