Last week, the European Commission announced the composition of the European Innovation Council Advisory Board, the group of international experts who will provide support and advice to the EIC Pilot, the new European instrument supporting disruptive innovation, and assist in defining the content of the new European Innovation Council (EIC) within Horizon Europe, the new European framework programme for research for the 2021–2027 period.

The European Innovation Council will have a budget of €10 billion under the next European programming period.

Among the 22 selected experts, the only Italian representative is Prof. Roberto Verganti, Professor of Leadership and Innovation at the School of Management of the Politecnico di Milano, where he directs Leadin’Lab, the laboratory for LEAdership, Design and Innovation.

The names of the experts, along with brief biographies, can be viewed at the following link: https://ec.europa.eu/research/eic/index.cfm?pg=hlg.