Euroscience Open Forum 2012

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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 2A 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 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 2A Can we feed 9 billion people or will we starve? Liffey Hall 2 Science meets Poetry III Trinity College, Dublin

10:45am

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

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 Conversations about science: the role of ‘social media’ The Liffey B Mind the gap: connecting brain research to educational policy Wicklow Hall 2B 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 2A Impact of Open Innovation in PROs and Universities Wicklow Hall 1

2:45pm

Keynote Address: Kári Stefánsson "Understanding the Heel of Achilles" Liffey 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! Liffey Hall 1 South Eastern Europe Facing the Knowledge Society Ecocem Room Are science journalists doing their job? Wicklow Hall 2A 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 Hall 2B 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 "From Reading to Writing the Genetic Code" Auditorium

5:45pm

Euroscience Science Writers Award Ceremony Wicklow Meeting Room 4

6:30pm

ESOF Party Liffey Suite

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