Euroscience Open Forum 2012

Ion Mincu University of Architecture and Urbanism, Romania

Maria Bostenaru Dan graduated as diploma-engineer in architecture with focus on urban planning at the University of Karlsruhe (Germany) in 1999. From there she holds additional certificates in "Working with Multimedia" and "Project Management" and attended postuniversitary courses in civil engineering and in regional planning. She was guest student of the University of Arts and Design in Karlsruhe in 2000-2001 and of the Istituto Universitario di Studi Superioari di Pavia in 2002-2003. In 2012 she obtained a doctorate in architecture from the "Ion Mincu" University of Architecture and Urbanism

Member European Parliament

Invent, Dublin City University, Ireland

European Molecular Biology Organization and Initiative for Science in Europe (ISE), Germany

Dublin City University, Ireland

University of Cambridge, UK

Joint Research Centre of the European Commission

Janssen Infectious Diseases, Belgium

Asahi Shimbun, Japan

Mariko TAKAHASHI is a senior staff writer at the Asahi Shimbun. She was employed by the Asahi Shimbun as a journalist in 1979, and has been staff writer of the science news section, Tokyo, staff writer and editor of Monthly Science KAGAKU ASAHI, deputy editor of the science news section, Osaka, editorial writer and science editor. She holds a B.Sc. (physics) degree from the University of Tokyo.

She is a board member of Japanese Association of Science and Technology Journalists(JASTJ) and had been a treasurer of WFSJ from 2002 to 2007.

Cabinet Commissioner Geoghegan-Quinn

Liverpool John Moores University, UK

Teagasc, Ireland

National University of Ireland, Galway

Maastricht University, The Netherlands

Vice President, Intel Labs and Director, Intel Labs Europe, Intel Corporation

Martin Curley is a vice president at Intel Corporation and director of Intel Labs Europe, the company’s network of more than 25 research labs, development centers and open innovation collaborations spanning the European region. He also serves as a senior principal engineer at Intel Labs Europe, which is charged with helping to advance both Intel research and Europe’s ability to compete in the global society. Curley leads Intel’s research and innovation engagement with the European Commission and the broader European Union research ecosystem. He is also a co-director of the Innovation Value

Helmholtz Zentrum München, Germany

Federal Institute for Geosciences and Resources, Germany

The Lay Scientist, Guardian Science Blogs, UK

Martin Schneider, Jahrgang 1960, studierte Philosophie, Biologie und Germanistik in Aachen, Wien und Münster. Nach zwei Jahren Tätigkeit in der Pressestelle der Deutschen Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) in Bonn arbeitete er als Freier Wissenschaftsjournalist für verschiedene Zeitungen, Zeitschriften und Fernsehsender. Seit 1999 hat er die stellvertretende Redaktionsleitung der TV-Wissenschaftsredaktion des SWR in Baden-Baden inne. Seit 2007 ist er Mitglied des Vorstands, seit 2011 Erster Vorsitzender der Wissenschafts-Pressekonferenz (WPK, Bundesverband der Wissenschaftsjournalisten).

Chief Executive, Forfás – Ireland’s Policy Advisory Body on Enterprise, Trade, Science, Technology and Innovation

 Die Junge Akademie, Germany

European Commission, Belgium

Dublin Institute of Technology, Ireland

Head of the Graduate Research School at Dublin Institute of Technology, and a contributor to the development of structured PhD programmes at DIT. McNamara is also a member of the European University Association's Council for Doctoral Education, which contributes to the development, advancement and improvement of doctoral education and research training in Europe.

Pennsylvania State University, USA

President of the Mary Robinson Foundation - Climate Justice

Vice-President for Research, University of Limerick, Ireland

Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Italy

Chief Technology Officer, Atomium Culture, Europe

University College London, UK

Johann Heinrich von Thünen Institute (vTI), Institute of Forest Genetics, Germany

Health Research Board, Ireland

Contemporary Irish Poet

European Commission, Joint Research Centre, Belgium

University of Namur, Belgium

University of Minnesota, USA

 Freelance science writer, UK

Halo Business Angel Partnership, Ireland

The Journal of Pharmacological and Toxicological Methods, UK

European Centre for Environment and Human Health, UK

Beaumont Hospital, Ireland