Annual ERIC Forum meeting - 1

to deliver a final report for dissemination as well as the technological and innovation reports. These annual ERIC FORUM seminars will be organized over two consecutive days, with breakout sessions focusing on specific issues, to address one or two critical questions as mentioned above. It is expected that about 150 participants will attend these seminars: • Representatives of the ERICs (including AoM chairs and ERIC Directors) • Representatives of ESFRI, of national governments, of national funding agencies, of major research organizations, of the EU Parliament (STOA), the Council and the Commission (DG RTD Scientific Challenges and Infrastructure Unit, DG Regio), and any other relevant stakeholder, depending on the topics covered (regulators, international partners, regional authorities, etc). • Representatives of users’ communities