Sixty Minutes with Jean-Eric Paquet

Originally aired January 20, 2022

András Simonyi hosts Jean-Eric Paquet, European Commission Director-General of DG Research and Innovation, in this installment of the Leadership in Our Time series at George Washington University.

The conversation covers critical investment and R&D programs in energy, environment, health, and information technology — and what European Commission leadership is doing to advance them at scale.

Speakers

Jean-Eric Paquet

Director-General, DG Research and Innovation, European Commission

Jean-Eric Paquet leads the European Commission’s flagship research and innovation programs, including Horizon Europe. He oversees EU investment and policy across energy, environment, health, and digital technology.

András Simonyi

Atlantic Council Senior Fellow; Former Hungarian Ambassador to the U.S. and NATO

András Simonyi served as Hungary’s Ambassador to the United States and to NATO. He is a Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council and a longtime collaborator with SSF and George Washington University on transatlantic leadership and security.