The ERC delegation will participate in several activities, including the European Commission press breakfast and ERC press briefing, an ERC exhibitor-sponsored workshop and a public policy symposium. See full ERC programme here.
The ERC delegation is composed of:
- ERC President, Prof. Jean-Pierre Bourguignon
- Dr Theo Papazoglou, Support to the ERC Scientific Council
- Prof. Walter Salzburger, ERC grantee (Starting Grant 2007 and Consolidator Grant 2013)
- Prof. Anna Fontcuberta i Morral, ERC grantee (Starting Grant 2009).
Two members of the ERC Scientific Council will also participate in the conference: Prof. Klaus Bock and Prof. Nils Chr. Stenseth.
ERC press activities
The ERC will hold a press briefing on Saturday 15 February at 14:00PM-14:45PM (Montreux Room 3, Swissôtel Chicago). For the first time in the United States as ERC President, Jean-Pierre Bourguignon will speak about how a young European research funding institution has been able to accomplish solid achievements by building on its relationship of trust with the scientific community. He will be accompanied by two ERC grantees.
The press briefing will be followed by bilateral interviews on Saturday 15 February from 15:00 to 17:00PM.
ERC President Jean-Pierre Bourguignon will also be a speaker at the European Commission Press Breakfast on Friday 14 February at 07:45-9:00AM (Montreux Room 3, Swissôtel Chicago) with Rudolf Strohmeier, RTD Deputy Director-General.
For press requests, please contact:
maud.scelo@ec.europa.eu
Mobile phone: + 32 460 752 466
Office number: +32 2 29 81521
Also visit the EU stand at AAAS 2014 to find more (n° 611).
Other ERC activities at AAAS 2014
Saturday 15 Feb
10:30 - 11:30 AM
Funding opportunities in the EU for creative minds from anywhere in the world
Grand Ballroom D North (Hyatt Regency Chicago)
Presenters:
- Dr Theodore Papazoglou, Head of Unit ‘Support Unit to the Scientific Council’,
- Dr Louise Byrne, Research Programme Officer for Marie Curie Actions, Research Executive Agency
- Dr Viktoria Bodnarova, Regional Representative, of EURAXESS Links North America
- Prof. Walter Salzburger (ERC grantee, StG 2007 and CoG 2013)
- Dr Illapha Cuba Gyllensten (Marie Curie Fellow)
See here for the details of the session.
Sunday 16 Feb
10:00 - 11:30 AM
Global Excellence: New Drivers and Innovative Solutions
Grand Ballroom C North (Hyatt Regency Chicago)
Organizers and moderator:
- Prof. Klaus Bock, ESOF 2014, Danish Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation
- David Budtz Pedersen, ESOF 2014, Danish Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation
Discussant:
- Gunnar Öquist, Umeå University
Speakers:
- Prof. Jean-Pierre Bourguignon, President of the European Research Council
- Dr Suzanne Fortier, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
- Prof. Bertil Andersson, Nanyang Technological University
See here for the details of the session.
