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Join us in celebrating the groundbreaking of the future site of the European Commission's Joint Research Centre (JRC) in Seville.

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* .

*Ursula von der Leyen* , President of the European Commission will join us for this occasion, together with *Ekaterina Zaharieva* , European Commissioner for Startups, Research and Innovation, and *Jessika Roswall* , European Commissioner for Environment, Water Resilience and a Competitive Circular Economy.

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.

📅 *PROGRAMME* 📅

*Welcome*
08:30 - Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission.

*Opening "The New European Bauhaus building – a new home for the European Commission in Seville"*
16:53 - Ekaterina Zaharieva, European Commissioner for Startups, Research and Innovation.
23:33 - Jessika Roswall, European Commissioner for Environment, Water Resilience and a Competitive Circular Economy.
30:08 - Video: The New European Bauhaus.
35:53 - Bernard Magenhann, Director-General of the Joint Research Centre (JRC).
37:43 - Mikel Landabaso, Director for Fair and Sustainable Economy at the Joint Research Centre (JRC).

*Presentation of the project of the new JRC Seville Site: architecture for the New European Bauhaus*
43:56 - Bjarke Ingels, Founder of BIG architects.

*A New European Bauhaus landmark for Seville, Andalusia and Spain*
56:05 - Fernando Sampedro, State Secretary for the European Union of the Spanish Government
58:47 - José Luis Sanz, Mayor of Seville.
1:02:25 - Diana Morant, Minister for Science, Innovation and Universities of the Spanish Government.
1:06:05 - Juan Manuel Moreno, President of the Regional Government of Andalusia.
1:13:14 - María Jesús Montero, First Vice-President of the Spanish Government.

*Closing*
1:21:08 - Bernard Magenhann, Director-General of the Joint Research Centre (JRC).
1:22:20 - Video: The Joint Research Centre.
1:33:07 - Jessika Roswall, European Commissioner for Environment, Water Resilience and a Competitive Circular Economy.
1:33:48 - Ekaterina Zaharieva, European Commissioner for Startups, Research and Innovation.

See the full programme here: https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/events/new-jrc-sevilla-symbol-new-european-bauhaus-2025-06-30_en

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