Euroscience Open Forum 2012
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Wednesday
, July 11
Thursday
, July 12
Friday
, July 13
Saturday
, July 14
Sunday
, July 15
Auditorium
5:00pm •
Opening Ceremony: Céad Míle Fáilte
6:00pm •
Keynote Address: Jules Hoffmann (Nobel laureate) "From insects to mammals: reflections on a European journey through basic research on immune defenses"
Entrance Foyer
11:00am •
Delegate Registration
The Forum
6:00am •
Exhibition Set-Up
4:00pm •
Fáilte Reception
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Thursday
, July 12
Wednesday
, July 11
Friday
, July 13
Saturday
, July 14
Sunday
, July 15
Auditorium
9:30am •
Keynote Address: Mary Robinson "Equity and Climate Science"
10:45am •
Careers Programme Keynote Address: Daniel Funeriu "From science lab to science minister - a perspective" and the European Young Researchers' Awards
12:15pm •
Science and the future of cuisine
1:30pm •
Alien Deep - premiere of National Geographic documentary
2:45pm •
Keynote Address: Peter Doherty (Nobel Laureate) "Influenza: immunity and other issues"
4:00pm •
North America & Europe Symposium: The Atlantic - a Shared Resource
6:00pm •
Keynote Address: Maj. Gen. Charles F. Bolden Jr. "NASA and a New Era of Space Exploration"
Ecocem Room
8:00am •
Planetary robots: exploring the new frontier
10:45am •
Can we use genomic tools to select healthier livestock?
1:15pm •
Atlantic ocean literacy: a grand challenge
4:00pm •
A gallery of monsters: fractals in finance, biology and engineering
Liffey Hall 1
8:00am •
Peer Review: meeting the challenges
1:15pm •
CANCELLED Creating the ideal workplace for women researchers in STEM
4:00pm •
Can outreach make you a better scientist?
Liffey Hall 2
8:00am •
Planting the seeds of genetically modified trees
10:45am •
Archaeology meets radioactive waste
12:15pm •
Keynote Address: Enrico Giusti "Touching the Abstract; Mathematics at the Museum"
1:15pm •
Water challenges for a changing world
4:00pm •
Turing's Legacy: From the Science of Computation to Machines that Think
The Liffey A
8:00am •
I, Human: are new scientific discoveries challenging our identity as a species?
10:45am •
Exploding myths on nuclear reactor security, harm reduction and GMOs
12:15pm •
Keynote Address: Alvaro Giménez Cañete "The Future of European Space Exploration"
1:15pm •
Scientists say...' but how do they know?
2:45pm •
Keynote Address: Marcus du Sautoy "The Secret Mathematicians"
4:00pm •
Sleep and depression
The Liffey B
8:00am •
Exoplanets: the search for planets beyond our solar system
9:30am •
Keynote Address: Eric Karsenti "TARA-OCEANS: A world-wide study of oceanic plankton ecosystems"
10:45am •
Big Science for Small Countries
12:15pm •
Keynote Address: A conversation with James Watson (Nobel laureate)
1:15pm •
Africa: A scramble for natural resources or knowledge economy partnerships?
2:45pm •
Keynote Address: Renée Schroeder "RNA as a key molecule for the origin of Life"
4:00pm •
Is science journalism dead or does it just smell funny?
Wicklow Hall 1
8:00am •
Female Researchers and Entrepreneurship: Why Does Gender Matter?
10:45am •
Digital Innovation and Entrepreneurship: what next?
1:15pm •
Partnership Driving Innovation
4:00pm •
What are the important criteria for successful open innovation?
Wicklow Hall 2A
8:00am •
Energy that Works: Practical solutions to our energy and climate crisis
10:45am •
Making gene and cell therapy medicines a reality
1:15pm •
Emerging therapies for brain and retinal diseases
4:00pm •
Engaging in a researcher's career in the 21st century
Wicklow Hall 2B
1:15pm •
The Invention Convention
Wicklow Meeting Room 1
8:00am •
Is the future of mathematics medieval?
10:45am •
Hot Science 1: "Tiny but mighty: How today's nano-materials will lead to tomorrow's technologies"
1:15pm •
European Crucible: A catalyst for inter-disciplinary innovation and collaboration
Wicklow Meeting Room 2
8:00am •
Science’s progress against psychiatric disorders
10:45am •
Milk: Nature's perfect food?
1:15pm •
Building a better athlete?
4:00pm •
Dr Paul Janssen Award for Biomedical Research
Wicklow Meeting Room 3
10:45am •
We must all do something about mathematics!
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Friday
, July 13
Wednesday
, July 11
Thursday
, July 12
Saturday
, July 14
Sunday
, July 15
3rd Floor Foyer
8:00am •
"Eye of the Sky" Photographic Exhibition
Auditorium
9:30am •
Keynote Address: Máire Geoghegan-Quinn "Collaboration, competition, connection - evidence of intelligent design in European science policy?"
10:45am •
ASEAN - EU Partnership Symposium: A Year of Science
1:15pm •
The Great Debate on the battle to feed a changing planet
2:45pm •
Keynote Address: Bob Geldof "Making a Difference"
5:30pm •
Debate on Scientific Publishing and Open Access
Ecocem Room
8:00am •
Urban sustainability: Homo urbanis and crucibles of the future
10:45am •
Exploring promises and timescales in research and policy
1:15pm •
Responsible Research and Innovation
4:00pm •
Time to simplify the representation of European research
Liffey Hall 1
8:00am •
How to make a successful transition from academia to industry
10:45am •
What is the future of the PhD in the 21st century?
12:15pm •
The perennial career dilemma: academia or industry - is there a third way?
1:15pm •
Role Models for Mobility: Portraits of Women from the Marie Curie Fellows Association
4:00pm •
How should Europe re-invent doctoral training?
Liffey Hall 2
8:00am •
The Future of Innovation Policy – Forging Policy in Uncertain Times
10:45am •
Can Responsible Research and Innovation expedite Europe's economic renewal?
1:15pm •
Innovative Medicines Initiative: How European cohesion will help to promote IMI's education and training programmes
4:00pm •
Saving science education
The Liffey A
8:00am •
How can technology transfer drive innovation?
10:45am •
The Emerging Arctic: a Challenge for Humankind
12:15pm •
An educational revolution to reveal scientific talent in Africa
1:15pm •
Building an economy on good ideas
2:45pm •
Keynote Address: Helga Nowotny "The Usefulness of Useless Knowledge – and how to find uses and users"
4:00pm •
Are university rankings real indicators of global competitiveness?
The Liffey B
8:00am •
Scientific advice for European policy
10:45am •
Soil, land and food security: the challenges for science, economics and policy
12:15pm •
Keynote Address: Brian Greene "The State of String Theory"
1:15pm •
The European Research Area: translating the aspiration into reality
2:45pm •
Keynote Address: Brian David Johnson "Mechanical ducks, tea-cup robots & Frankenstein’s monster: imagining a new future for computing "
4:00pm •
Debating the financial crisis: guessing or modelling?
Trinity College, Dublin
7:00pm •
Presidents' Dinner
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7:00pm •
Media Networking and Social gathering
Wicklow Hall 1
8:00am •
Master Class: Bringing Research to Market
10:45am •
How can more SMEs engage in Horizon 2020 projects?
1:15pm •
The Power of the Purse - How innovative companies can take-off with public procurement
4:00pm •
Paradigms of innovation that transform economies
Wicklow Hall 2A
8:00am •
Beyond the Arab Spring: science and innovation in the Islamic world
10:45am •
Science without borders
1:15pm •
Is collaboration with Russia vitally important for Europe?
4:00pm •
Is science driven policy making an achievable goal?
Wicklow Hall 2B
4:00pm •
Science crossing boundaries: the Nordic e-Science initiative
Wicklow Meeting Room 1
8:00am •
The Young Academy movement
10:45am •
Hot Science 2: Shale gas fracking: Global problem or a global solution?
4:00pm •
Scientists and advocacy
Wicklow Meeting Room 2
8:00am •
Research Integrity: Developing codes of conduct for researchers
10:45am •
Modelling the impacts of innovation and knowledge
1:15pm •
How do European RIs contribute to tackling grand societal challenges?
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Saturday
, July 14
Wednesday
, July 11
Thursday
, July 12
Friday
, July 13
Sunday
, July 15
Auditorium
9:30am •
Keynote Address: Lisa Randall "High Energies and Short Distances"
10:45am •
Africa & Europe Partnership Symposium: Science for Economic Development
2:45pm •
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"
4:00pm •
The personal genome and the future of medicine
5:30pm •
Keynote Address: Craig Venter "From Reading to Writing the Genetic Code"
Ecocem Room
8:00am •
The virtual future of healthcare
10:45am •
International Consortium of Research Staff Associations
1:15pm •
Science and the protection of cultural heritage
4:00pm •
South Eastern Europe Facing the Knowledge Society
Liffey Hall 1
8:00am •
How to get a job in industry: straight-talking from leading research managers
10:45am •
Ethics in research – why is it important to me?
1:15pm •
All-aboard the Brain Train! Experiences of Europe's global scientific diaspora
4:00pm •
Research Careers in Europe: make your voice heard!
Liffey Hall 2
8:00am •
What should Europeans eat?
9:30am •
Can we feed 9 billion people or will we starve?
10:45am •
Euroscience General Assembly and presentation of Rammal Award
1:15pm •
Are there realistic alternatives to animal testing?
2:45pm •
Keynote Address: Kári Stefánsson "Understanding the Heel of Achilles"
4:00pm •
The emerging role of inflammation in diverse human diseases
Liffey Suite
6:30pm •
ESOF Party
The Liffey A
8:00am •
Volcanic eruptions and global fallout
9:30am •
Keynote Address: Regina Palkovits "Biomass – a valuable feedstock of the future"
10:45am •
Frontier Research: An extravagance or a necessity in times of recession?
12:15pm •
What does art bring to science?
1:15pm •
Particles, light and antimatter: new ways to battle cancer
The Liffey B
8:00am •
Why is the Universe so massive? The hunt for the Higgs at the LHC
9:30am •
Keynote Address: Christian Keysers "The empathic brain"
10:45am •
Culture lab: the application of science to art and artefacts
1:15pm •
Conversations about science: the role of ‘social media’
Trinity College, Dublin
9:30am •
Science meets Poetry III
Wicklow Hall 1
8:00am •
How can you turn Astronomy into Business Clusters?
10:45am •
How to overcome the challenges facing the European IPR system?
1:15pm •
Impact of Open Innovation in PROs and Universities
4:00pm •
What do investors look for in business propositions?
Wicklow Hall 2A
8:00am •
Tomorrow's vaccines today
9:30am •
Can Europe save the pharma industry?
10:45am •
Open science - best practice in sharing the research process with the public
1:15pm •
Stem cells in personalised medicine
4:00pm •
Are science journalists doing their job?
Wicklow Hall 2B
10:45am •
What is the impact of sustainable energy technologies?
1:15pm •
Mind the gap: connecting brain research to educational policy
4:00pm •
What is inquiry-based science education?
Wicklow Meeting Room 1
10:45am •
Hot Science 3
1:15pm •
Lost Down Memory Lane
4:00pm •
Revealing the past: remote sensing techniques in archaeology
Wicklow Meeting Room 2
1:15pm •
Quantum computing: the final frontier?
4:00pm •
What's so captivating about black holes?
Wicklow Meeting Room 3
1:15pm •
Boosting Frontier Research in Europe
Wicklow Meeting Room 4
9:30am •
Gathering of Euroscience Travel Grant recipients
5:45pm •
Euroscience Science Writers Award Ceremony
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Sunday
, July 15
Wednesday
, July 11
Thursday
, July 12
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, July 13
Saturday
, July 14
3rd Floor Foyer
4:00pm •
Closing / Handover Ceremony
Auditorium
9:30am •
Keynote Address: Huanming Yang "Genomics and 'the Century of Biology' "
10:45am •
China & Europe Partnership Symposium: Science and the City of the Future
Ecocem Room
8:00am •
From smart homes to intelligent electrical grids
1:15pm •
Sustainable green infrastructure: in seas and forests, from fields to cities
Liffey Hall 1
10:45am •
Transferable skills for the commercial world: Would Einstein get hired today?
1:15pm •
Opportunities and challenges for the next generation of European scholars
Liffey Hall 2
8:00am •
Ageing: from genome to sex
10:45am •
Adaptation or extinction? Responses to radical climate changes
1:15pm •
Lost in translation
The Liffey A
10:45am •
The impact of ice sheet and ocean interactions on climate change
1:15pm •
Can we survive a day without satellite navigation?
2:45pm •
Science-2-Business Keynote Address: Pearse Lyons "Building a Billion-Dollar Business – a real-life story"
The Liffey B
9:30am •
Keynote Address: Jocelyn Bell Burnell "We are made of star stuff"
12:15pm •
Mathematics you can hear
2:45pm •
Keynote Address: Lars Steinmetz "The road from genomics to personalised medicine"
Wicklow Hall 1
10:45am •
Action-based Entrepreneurship education: the way forward for SET students?
1:15pm •
What should universities do to encourage more spin-outs and licensing arrangements?
Wicklow Hall 2A
8:00am •
Probiotics: alternative medicine or an evidence-based alternative?
1:15pm •
Ageing in Europe: Abyss or opportunity?
Wicklow Hall 2B
10:45am •
How to motivate scientists to engage with the public
1:15pm •
What will power Europe's future?
Wicklow Meeting Room 1
8:00am •
The third mission of the University
1:15pm •
The true cost of personalised cancer medicine
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