Programme

08:30 - 09:00 

Registration

09:00 - 09:10 

Introduction to the sessions by

Pablo Amor, ERC Executive Agency, Director ad int.

09:10 - 10:10 

Session 1: Physical Sciences and Engineering

Brian M. Chase, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - Starting Grant 2010 / Earth System Science

Joanna Dunkley, Oxford University - Starting Grant 2010 / Astrophysics, Cosmology

Anja Verena Mudring, Ruhr-Bochum University - Starting Grant 2007 / Chemistry, energy efficiency

Moderator: Hans-Joachim Freund, ERC Scientific Council Member

10:10 - 11:10 

Session 2: Life Sciences

Monica Bettencourt Carvalho Dias, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation - Starting Grant 2010 / Cell Biology

Howard Jacobs, University of Tampere - Advanced Grant 2008 / Molecular Biology

Eiliv Lund, University of Tromsø - Advanced Grant 2008 / Epidemiology, Cancer

Moderator: Tim Hunt, ERC Scientific Council Member

11:10 - 11:40

Coffee break

11:40 - 12:40

Session 3: Social Sciences and Humanities

Christian Robert Lange, Utrecht University - Starting Grant 2010 / Religion, Islam

Wolfgang Lutz, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis - Advanced Grant 2008 / Demography, Climate Change

Thorsten Quandt, University of Hohenheim - Starting Grant 2009 / Interactive Media, Online Communication

Moderator: Nicolas Canny, ERC Scientific Council Member

 12:40 - 13:15

Closing speeches

Robert-Jan Smits, Director General, Directorate General for Research and Innovation, European Commission

Helga Nowotny, ERC President

 13:15

 End of conference