Euroscience Open Forum 2012

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6:00am

Exhibition Set-Up The Forum

11:00am

Delegate Registration Entrance Foyer

4:00pm

Fáilte Reception The Forum

4:30pm

Opening Ceremony: Céad Míle Fáilte Auditorium

5:30pm

Keynote Address: Jules Hoffmann (Nobel) - "From insects to mammals: reflections on a European journey through basic research on immune defenses" Auditorium

8:00am

Peer Review: meeting the challenges Liffey Hall 1 Exoplanets: the search for planets beyond our solar system The Liffey B I, Human: are new scientific discoveries challenging our identity as a species? The Liffey A Is the future of mathematics medieval? Wicklow Meeting Room 1 Planetary robots: exploring the new frontier Ecocem Room Planting the seeds of genetically modified trees Liffey Hall 2 Science’s progress against psychiatric disorders Wicklow Meeting Room 2 What is the solution to the energy crisis? You decide Wicklow Hall 2 Female Researchers and Entrepreneurship: why Gender matters? Wicklow Hall 1

9:30am

Keynote Address: Eric Karsenti "TARA-OCEANS: A world-wide study of oceanic plankton ecosystems" The Liffey B Keynote Address: Mary Robinson "Equity and Climate Science" Auditorium

10:45am

Careers Programme Keynote Address: Daniel Funeriu - "From science lab to science minister - a perspective" and the European Young Researchers' Awards Auditorium Hot Science 1 Wicklow Meeting Room 3 Archaeology meets radioactive waste Liffey Hall 2 Big Science for Small Countries The Liffey B Can we use genomic tools to select healthier livestock? Ecocem Room Exploding myths on nuclear reactor security, harm reduction and GMOs The Liffey A Making gene and cell therapy medicines a reality Wicklow Hall 2 Milk: Nature's perfect food? Wicklow Meeting Room 2 We must all do something about mathematics! Wicklow Meeting Room 1 Digital Innovation and Entrepreneurship: what next? Wicklow Hall 1

12:15pm

Dr Paul Janssen Award for Biomedical Research Wicklow Meeting Room 3 Keynote Address: A conversation with James Watson The Liffey A Keynote Address: Alvaro Giménez Cañete "The Future of European Space Exploration" The Liffey B Keynote Address: Enrico Giusti "Touching the Abstract; Mathematics at the Museum" Liffey Hall 2 Science and the future of cuisine Auditorium

1:15pm

Creating the ideal workplace for women researchers in STEM Liffey Hall 1 European Crucible: A catalyst for inter-disciplinary innovation and collaboration Wicklow Meeting Room 1 Africa: a scramble for natural resources or knowledge economy partnerships? The Liffey B Atlantic ocean literacy: a grand challenge Ecocem Room Building a better athlete? Wicklow Meeting Room 2 Emerging therapies for brain and retinal diseases Wicklow Hall 2 Scientists say...' but how do they know? The Liffey A Water challenges for a changing world Liffey Hall 2 Partnership Driving Innovation Wicklow Hall 1

2:45pm

Keynote Address: Marcus du Sautoy "The Secret Mathematicians" Wicklow Hall 2 Keynote Address: Peter Doherty (Nobel Laureate) - "Influenza: immunity and other issues" The Liffey B Keynote Address: Renée Schroeder "RNA aptamers that regulate their own expression" The Liffey A

4:00pm

Can outreach make you a better scientist? Liffey Hall 1 Engaging in a researcher's career in the 21st century Wicklow Hall 2 Europe & North America Symposium - The Atlantic: A Shared Resource Auditorium A gallery of monsters: fractals in finance, biology and engineering Liffey Hall 2 Is science journalism dead or does it just smell funny? The Liffey B Sleep and depression The Liffey A Turing's Legacy: From the Science of Computation to Machines that Think Ecocem Room The E-Factor Wicklow Meeting Room 2 What are the important criteria for successful open innovation? Wicklow Hall 1

6:00pm

Keynote Address: Maj. Gen. Charles F. Bolden Jr. - "NASA and a New Era of Space Exploration" Auditorium

8:00am

How to make a successful transition from academia to industry Liffey Hall 1 Beyond the Arab Spring: science and innovation in the Islamic world Ecocem Room How can technology transfer drive innovation? The Liffey A Research Integrity: Developing codes of conduct for researchers Wicklow Meeting Room 2 Scientific advice for European policy The Liffey B The Future of Innovation Policy – Forging Policy in Uncertain Times Wicklow Hall 2 The Young Academy movement Wicklow Meeting Room 1 Urban sustainability: Homo urbanis and crucibles of the future Liffey Hall 2 Master Class: Bringing Research to Market Wicklow Hall 1

9:30am

Keynote Address: Máire Geoghegan-Quinn - "Collaboration, competition, connection - evidence of intelligent design in European science policy?" Auditorium

10:45am

What is the future of the PhD in the 21st century? Liffey Hall 1 Hot Science 2 Wicklow Meeting Room 3 ASEAN - EU Partnership Symposium: A Year of Science Auditorium Can Responsible Research and Innovation expedite Europe's economic renewal? Ecocem Room Exploring promises and timescales in research and policy Liffey Hall 2 Modelling the impacts of innovation and knowledge Wicklow Meeting Room 2 Science without borders The Liffey B Soil, land and food security: the challenges for science, economics and policy Wicklow Hall 2 The Emerging Arctic: a Challenge for Humankind The Liffey A How can more SMEs engage in Horizon 2020 projects? Wicklow Hall 1

12:15pm

Keynote Address: Brian Greene (String Theory / Cosmology) The Liffey B An educational revolution to reveal scientific talent in Africa Liffey Hall 2

1:15pm

Role Models for Mobility : Portraits of Women from the Marie Curie Fellows Association Liffey Hall 1 Building an economy on good ideas Ecocem Room How European RIs contribute to tackling grand societal challenges? Wicklow Meeting Room 2 Innovative Medicines Initiative: How European cohesion will help to promote IMI's education and training programmes Liffey Hall 2 Is collaboration with Russia vitally important for Europe? Wicklow Hall 2 Responsible research and innovation The Liffey A The European Research Area: translating the aspiration into reality The Liffey B The great debate on the battle to feed a changing planet Auditorium The Power of the Purse - How innovative companies can take-off with public procurement Wicklow Hall 1

2:45pm

Keynote Address: Bob Geldof "Making a Difference" Auditorium Keynote Address: Genevieve Bell "Wonder and Anxiety: charting our relationships with technology and the future" The Liffey B Keynote Address: Helga Nowotny "The Usefulness of Useless Knowledge – and how to find uses and users" The Liffey A

4:00pm

How should Europe re-invent doctoral training? Liffey Hall 1 Are university rankings real indicators of global competitiveness? The Liffey A Debating the financial crisis: guessing or modelling? The Liffey B Is science driven policy making an achievable goal? Wicklow Hall 2 Saving science education Liffey Hall 2 Science crossing boundaries: the Nordic e-Science initiative Wicklow Meeting Room 2 Scientists and advocacy Wicklow Meeting Room 1 Time to simplify the representation of European research Ecocem Room Paradigms of innovation that transform economies Wicklow Hall 1

5:30pm

Debate on Publishing and Open Access Auditorium

7:00pm

Media Party venue to be confirmed Presidents' Dinner Trinity College, Dublin

8:00am

How to get a job in industry: straight-talking from leading research managers Liffey Hall 1 The virtual future of healthcare Ecocem Room Tomorrow's vaccines today Wicklow Hall 2 Volcanic eruptions and global fallout The Liffey A What should Europeans eat? Liffey Hall 2 Why is the Universe so massive? The hunt for the Higgs at the LHC The Liffey B How can you turn Astronomy into Business Clusters? Wicklow Hall 1

9:30am

Gathering of Euroscience Travel Grant recipients Wicklow Meeting Room 4 Science meets Poetry III Wicklow Meeting Room 2 Keynote Address: Christian Keysers "The empathic brain" The Liffey B Keynote Address: Lisa Randall "High Energies and Short Distances" Auditorium Keynote Address: Regina Palkovits "Biomass – a valuable feedstock of the future" The Liffey A Can Europe save the pharma industry? Wicklow Hall 2 Can we feed 9 billion people or will we starve? Liffey Hall 2

10:45am

Ethics in research – why is it important to me? Liffey Hall 1 Euroscience General Assembly and presentation of Rammal Award Wicklow Hall 2 International Consortium of Research Staff Associations Ecocem Room Hot Science 3 Wicklow Meeting Room 3 Africa & Europe Partnership Symposium: Science for Economic Development Auditorium Culture lab: the application of science to art and artefacts Liffey Hall 2 Frontier Research: An extravagance or a necessity in times of recession? The Liffey A Open science - best practice in sharing the research process with the public Wicklow Meeting Room 1 What is the impact of sustainable energy technologies? The Liffey B How to overcome the challenges facing the European IPR system? Wicklow Hall 1

12:15pm

What does art bring to science? The Liffey A

1:15pm

All-aboard the Brain Train! Experiences of Europe's global scientific diaspora Liffey Hall 1 Boosting Frontier Research in Europe Wicklow Meeting Room 3 Lost Down Memory Lane Wicklow Meeting Room 1 Are there realistic alternatives to animal testing? Liffey Hall 2 Blogging: boon or scourge for Science Communication? The Liffey B Particles, light and antimatter: new ways to battle cancer The Liffey A Quantum computing: the final frontier? Wicklow Meeting Room 2 Science and the protection of cultural heritage Ecocem Room Stem cells in personalised medicine Wicklow Hall 2 Impact of Open Innovation in PROs and Universities Wicklow Hall 1

2:45pm

Keynote Address: Kári Stefánsson "Understanding the Heel of Achilles" Wicklow Hall 2 Keynote Address: Rolf-Dieter Heuer "The search for a deeper understanding of our universe at the Large Hadron Collider: the World’s Largest Particle Accelerator" Auditorium

4:00pm

Research Careers in Europe: make your voice heard! Ecocem Room South Eastern Europe Facing the Knowledge Society Ecocem Room Are science journalists doing their job? Wicklow Hall 2 Revealing the past: remote sensing techniques in archaeology Wicklow Meeting Room 1 The emerging role of inflammation in diverse human diseases Liffey Hall 2 The personal genome and the future of medicine Auditorium What is inquiry-based science education? Wicklow Meeting Room 3 What's so captivating about black holes? Wicklow Meeting Room 2 What do investors look for in business propositions? Wicklow Hall 1

5:30pm

Keynote Address: Craig Venter - Synthetic Biology - J. Craig Venter Institute Auditorium

6:30pm

ESOF Party Liffey Suite

8:00am

Ageing: from genome to sex Liffey Hall 2 From smart homes to intelligent electrical grids Ecocem Room Mind the gap: connecting brain research to educational policy Wicklow Meeting Room 2 Probiotics: alternative medicine or an evidence-based alternative? Wicklow Hall 2 The third mission of the University Wicklow Meeting Room 1

9:30am

Keynote Address: Huanming Yang - "Genomics and 'the Century of Biology' " Auditorium Keynote Address: Jocelyn Bell Burnell "We are made of star stuff" The Liffey A

10:45am

Transferable skills for the commercial world: Would Einstein get hired today? Liffey Hall 1 Europe and China Partnership Symoposium - Science and the City of the Future Auditorium Adaptation or extinction? Responses to radical climate changes Wicklow Hall 2 How to motivate scientists to engage with the public The Liffey A The impact of ice sheet and ocean interactions on climate change Liffey Hall 2 Action-based Entrepreneurship education: the way forward for SET students? Wicklow Hall 1

12:15pm

Mathematics you can hear The Liffey B

1:15pm

Opportunities and challenges for the next generation of European scholars Liffey Hall 1 Ageing in Europe: abyss or opportunity? Wicklow Meeting Room 2 Can we survive a day without satellite navigation? The Liffey A Lost in translation Liffey Hall 2 Sustainable green infrastructure: in seas and forests, from fields to cities Ecocem Room The true cost of personalised cancer medicine Wicklow Meeting Room 1 What will power Europe's future? Wicklow Hall 2 What should universities do to encourage more spin-outs and licensing arrangements? Wicklow Hall 1

2:45pm

Keynote Address: Lars Steinmetz "The road from genomics to personalised medicine" The Liffey B Keynote Address: Pearse Lyons - "Building a Billion-Dollar Business – a real-life story" The Liffey A

4:00pm

Closing / Handover Ceremony Auditorium

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