By invitation only
Set up by the European Union in 2007, the European Research Council (ERC) is celebrating in 2012 its fifth anniversary. These five years of successful operations, groundbreaking discoveries and new opportunities for top researchers will be commemorated in Brussels on 29 February and 1 March 2012 with an event entitled “5 Years of Excellent IDEAS”.
The overarching theme is to look at the achievements of the ERC - the first pan-European funding body supporting frontier research on the basis of excellence. The event will feature scientific projects of its grant holders. It will also be an occasion for an exchange of views with policy-makers, scientific organisations and ERC counterparts from other parts of the world.
The event will be opened by Helga Nowotny, ERC President, and by the European Commission President Barroso (by video message). It will consist of a conference and of a celebrative part:
Wednesday 29 February
14:15 - 15:00 |
Registration |
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15:00 - 15:30 |
Opening address by Helga Nowotny, ERC President Video message by José Manuel Barroso, European Commission President |
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15:30 - 15:50 |
The "genesis" of the ERC: Ernst-Ludwig Winnacker, former ERC Secretary General, and William Cannell, Adviser to the Director General, DG Research and Innovation, European Commission | |
15:50 - 17:30
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Round-table discussion: "Excellence and brain circulation in the global scientific landscape" Moderator: Donald Dingwell, ERC Secretary General
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17:30 - 18:00 |
Coffee break |
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17:30 - 18:00 |
Press point (for journalists only) | |
18:00 - 20:30 |
Evening Celebration Evening celebrations with the participation of Máire Geoghegan-Quinn European Commissioner for Research and Innovation, Morten Østergaard, Danish Minister for Research, Innovation and Higher Education, and Amalia Sartori, Chair, ITRE Committee, European Parliament and Helga Nowotny, ERC President. Moderation: Jack Metthey, Director, DG Research and Innovation, European Commission, and Alex Taylor, journalist. Presentations by 5 ERC grant holders to celebrate 5 years of ERC:
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20:30 - 22:00 |
Cocktail dînatoire |
Thursday 1 March
Press Materials