Professor Elias Kyriakides member of the KIOS Faculty and coordinator of the ESF COST Action IC0806 IntelliCIS, was invited to speak to members of the European parliament and officials from the European Commission and Council, at a special conference organized at the European Parliament offices in Brussels. The workshops entitled “A European Landscape of research funds – Achievement in FP7 prospect in Horizon 2020” was organized by the European Parliament Panel for Science and Technology Options Assessment Body and COST Action Offices.