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Panellists include representatives of the European Commission, IHI industry partners and the SRG as well as the scientific community and the wider healthcare community.</p> </div> <div class="chtb-actions col-12 d-flex align-items-center gap-4 w-100"> <div class="font-lg ps-2">Meet the SIP</div> <div><a class="btn btn-white btn-rounded btn-float ripple-surface" href="https://www.ihi.europa.eu/about-ihi/who-we-are/science-and-innovation-panel" style="min-width: 40px;"><span class="icon-info-color icon-arrow-right"> </span></a></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-12 col-lg-6 d-flex justify-content-center"> <div class="card-highlighted-title-border teal" data-bootstrap-contains="rows"> <div class="row g-0"> <div class="chtb-header col-12 mb-3"> <div class="chtb-title font-xl">States' Representatives Group</div> </div> <div class="chtb-body col-12 mb-2 ps-2"> <p>The <a href="https://www.ihi.europa.eu/about-ihi/who-we-are/states-representatives-group"><b>States' Representatives Group (SRG)</b></a> consists of representatives of the EU Member States and countries associated to Horizon Europe. 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