Euro-BioImaging plays an active role on the European stage, and is heavily invested in direct EU stakeholder engagement, and collaborations on the European level, including via the ERIC Forum and other initiatives. ERIC Forum is the bottom-up organisation of all currently existing 30 ERICs, which support each other in their implementation as well as operation. Via the Forum, ERICs speak with one voice to their major stakeholders at the European level (including the European Commission, ESFRI, Member States) and therefore, the ERIC Forum is one of the leading science policy voices in Europe. Euro-BioImaging Bio-Hub Director, Antje Keppler, currently acts as Chair of the ERIC Forum.
Furthermore, Euro-BioImaging is active in the ERIC Forum 2 project, leading Work Package 6 at the forefront of aligning ERICs with EU policy priorities specifically for user access and enhancing visibility in national arenas, including drafting white papers to outline general positions such as the future Framework Program 10. Euro-BioImaging actively participates in joint efforts to extend the ERICs’ impact beyond Horizon Europe’s Excellent Science (Pillar I) into addressing Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness (Pillar II) and bolstering European Innovation (Pillar III).
Additionally, Euro-BioImaging supports implementing recommendations from the ERIC Forum Policy, EGERIC, and OECD Reports to address systemic bottlenecks. Our role includes analysing key challenges for ERIC sustainability and ensuring transnational access to research infrastructures, which contributed to the recent revisions of the European Charter of Access to Research Infrastructures.
Learn more about Euro-BioImaging’s strategic involvement in policy initiatives and European Collaboration and in the news articles below.
Euro-BioImaging & Policy Initiatives
December 18, 2025
SCIANCE selected to support RAISE as the European Commission launches new AI science initiative
The European Commission recently launched the Resource for AI Science in Europe (RAISE) at the AI in Science Summit held in Copenhagen in early…
December 15, 2025
New White Paper on Australia-EU collaboration
We are delighted to share a new White Paper, “Building an Intercontinental Research Infrastructure Ecosystem in Health and…
December 11, 2025
Antje Keppler elected to the EOSC Association Board of Directors
We are delighted to announce that Euro-BioImaging Bio-Hub Director Antje Keppler has been elected to the EOSC Association…
November 28, 2025
Antje Keppler hands over as ERIC Forum Chair
For two consecutive terms, starting in January 2023, Euro-BioImaging Bio-Hub Director Antje Keppler has served as Chair of the ERIC Forum, a group…
November 5, 2025
EOSC Federation: MoU establishes shared path to operations
BRUSSELS—At the EOSC Symposium, the European Open Science Cloud (EOSC) took a major step toward its consolidation as Europe’s research and innovation data space.
October 31, 2025
RTI Summit 2025 in Copenhagen
On October 22-23, we were proud to represent European imaging excellence at the Research and Technology Infrastructure (RTI) Summit 2025, hosted by the Danish…
September 24, 2025
Successful Australian & European Health Research Infrastructures symposium
From September 16-19, 2025, representatives of European and Australian Health Research Infrastructures gathered at the Monash University Prato Centre in Prato, Italy. The Euro-BioImaging…
September 23, 2025
New European strategy on Research & Technology Infrastructures
The European Commission has published its new Strategy on Research & Technology Infrastructures that aims to “make the EU the best place in the…
April 9, 2025
Meeting European Innovators at the EIC Summit 2025
EIC Summit 2025 Last week, Strategic Business Developer Claudia Pfander and Anne-Charlotte Joubert, Senior Officer for European Affairs, represented Euro-BioImaging at the European…
January 31, 2025
Euro-BioImaging at the ERIC Forum Annual Meeting in Brussels
Euro-BioImaging was excited to take part in the ERIC Forum Annual Meeting and Satellite Industrial event held this week in Brussels. This event brought…
November 26, 2024
New partnership between Euro-BioImaging and European Innovation Council to support innovative SMEs and start-ups
In a significant boost for innovation, Euro-BioImaging has joined the EIC Ecosystem Partnership Programme to provide cutting-edge imaging technologies and expert consultancy services through…
November 15, 2024
Euro-BioImaging Nodes participate in the IHI Brokerage Event
Earlier this week, four Euro-BioImaging Nodes accompanied by Claudia Pfander, Euro-BioImaging’s Strategic Business Developer, participated in a 2-day IHI Brokerage event in Brussels, designed…
November 14, 2024
Antje Keppler elected for a second term as ERIC Forum Chair
We are pleased to announce that Euro-BioImaging Bio-Hub Section Director, Antje Keppler, was unanimously elected for a second term as ERIC Forum Chair by…
November 11, 2024
Advancing AI in Medical Imaging: Empowering EIC Innovators through Collaboration with Euro-BioImaging ERIC
On Monday, November 4th, Euro-BioImaging and the European Innovation Council (EIC) took a significant step forward in their collaboration by organising a joint matchmaking…
August 29, 2024
DG RTD Director General Marc Lemaître visits Euro-BioImaging headquarters
Today, we had the privilege of welcoming Marc Lemaître, Director-General of the Directorate-General for Research and Innovation (DG RTD), to Euro-BioImaging’s headquarters in Turku,…
August 28, 2024
“Enhancing SME access to European research and technology infrastructures” featured in Science|Business
We proudly celebrate the publication in Science|Business of the report on the “Enhancing SME Access to European Research and Technology Infrastructures: A Pathway…
June 26, 2024
Potential paths of collaboration between SMEs and Research Infrastructures: insights from Euro-BioImaging
At a time when sustaining competitiveness and innovation is becoming a major strategic issue for the European Union, two well-developed ecosystems could, almost organically,…
June 7, 2024
In a challenging global context, research infrastructures are key strategic assets for Europe
The Conference on Research Infrastructures, organised by the Belgian Presidency of the Council of the European Union, took place on June 4-5 in Brussels…
December 4, 2023
Spanish Presidency of the EU Council: Renewed commitment to the sustainability of European Research Infrastructures
Between September 25-26, representatives of the ERIC Forum, the organization which brings together the ERIC community to strengthen its coordination and enhance collaboration, attended…
June 27, 2023
Euro-BioImaging supports the Lund Declaration on ‘Maximising the Benefits of Research Data’
On June 19-20, 2023. European leaders and Research Infrastructure directors met in Lund, Sweden, for a high-level conference on “The Potential of Research Data:…
October 12, 2022
Antje Keppler elected to be new ERIC Forum chair
We are pleased to announce that Euro-BioImaging Bio-Hub Director, Antje Keppler, has been elected by her peers, the Directors of 24 European Research Infrastructure…
July 19, 2022
Euro-BioImaging ERIC represents ERIC Forum at EOSC Association
The European Open Science Cloud is a multi-disciplinary federated cloud environment where researchers can publish, find and re-use data, tools and services. The EOSC…
May 5, 2022
Congratulations, Antje Keppler, new member of the ERIC Forum Executive Board
Euro-BioImaging’s Bio-Hub Director, Antje Keppler, has been selected by her peers to represent the Life Science research infrastructures (LS RIs –…
March 21, 2022
Euro-BioImaging ERIC Statement on Ukraine
Euro-BioImaging ERIC strongly opposes the war launched on Ukraine and mourns the loss of life, the destruction of property and the disruption of collaborative…
