22nd Czech Days for Europena Research took place

On Monday, November 10, 2025, the 22nd annual conference Czech Days for European Research – CZEDER 2025 took place. The CZEDER conference is the largest event dedicated to European framework programs for research, technological development and innovation in the Czech Republic and is organized annually by the Technology Center Prague in cooperation with the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports (MŠMT) with the participation of prominent speakers and guests from academia, public administration and representatives of the European Commission.

The main topic of the 22nd year, which brought together 160 participants, was the future of the framework program for 2027 (Future of the EU Research & Innovation Framework Programme beyond 2027), when the ninth framework program Horizon Europe will end. In addition to lectures, the conference included two panel discussions. The first dealt with the future of EU research and innovation funding, including perspectives from the European level and the Czech national context. The second had a topic that is gaining importance in the framework program, namely the valorization of research results and scientific knowledge generated by research projects.