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Mark your calendars for 30 June, 12:00 PM!
The JRC is thrilled to celebrate the groundbreaking of its new permanent site in Seville with a high-level event: The new JRC Sevilla – a symbol of the New European Bauhaus.
European Commissioners for Startups, Research and Innovation Ekaterina Zaharieva, and for Environment, Water Resilience and a Competitive Circular Economy Jessika Roswall, will join us for this occasion.
Get ready to dive into the New European Bauhaus (NEB) initiative and learn directly from renowned innovative architect Bjarke Ingels the plans for the European Commission’s first net-positive building.
- New European Bauhaus
- Monday 30 June 2025, 12:00 - 13:30 (CEST)
- Live streaming available
Programme
- 30 Jun 2025, 12:00 - 12:05 (CEST)Welcome
- Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission
- 12:05 - 12:30 (CEST)Opening: The New European Bauhaus building – a new home for the European Commission in Seville
- Ekaterina Zaharieva, European Commissioner for Startups, Research and Innovation
- Jessika Roswall, European Commissioner for Environment, Water Resilience and a Competitive Circular Economy
- 12:30 - 12:40 (CEST)Presentation of the project of the new JRC Seville Site: architecture for the New European Bauhaus
- Bjarke Ingels, Founder of BIG architects
- 12:40 - 13:05 (CEST)A New European Bauhaus landmark for Seville, Andalusia and Spain
- Fernando Sampedro, State Secretary for the European Union of the Spanish Government
- José Luis Sanz, Mayor of Seville
- Diana Morant, Minister for Science, Innovation and Universities of the Spanish Government
- Juan Manuel Moreno, President of the Regional Government of Andalusia
- María Jesús Montero, First Vice-President of the Spanish Government
- 13:05 - 13:30 (CEST)Closing ceremony to symbolise beginning of construction works
Practical information
- When
- Monday 30 June 2025, 12:00 - 13:30 (CEST)
- Languages
- English, Spanish
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