In this tenth edition of the Annual Meeting of the New Champions, also known as "Summer Davos", the ERC will take part with 14 people: President Prof. Jean-Pierre Bourguignon, Vice President Prof. Mart Saarma and 12 ERC grantees. Based in Tianjin, China, this World Economic Forum event will gather some 1,500 participants from more than 90 countries, including top researchers, leaders from fast growing enterprises, government, media and civil society. The 2016 edition will address the Fourth Industrial Revolution and Its Transformational Impact.
The ERC speakers will participate in 9 sessions, including the ERC Ideas Lab, "Fighting Superbugs", on 27th June, on emerging strategies to fight drug-resistant infections. As a panellist in the Forum debate "Betting on Moon Shots", Prof. Bourguignon will discuss how the revival of corporate-led research affects scientific progress. Among various sessions, Prof. Saarma will speak about Parkinson's disease. Half of the ERC grantees are also part of the Young Scientists
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The ERC leaders and ERC grantees are available to speak to the press.
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Participant with ERC affiliation:
- Jean-Pierre Bourguignon, ERC President
- Mart Saarma, ERC Vice President
- Gerardo Adesso, University of Nottingham, Associate Professor
- Fleming Besenbacher, Aarhus University, Professor of Nanoscience and Physics, Chairman of the Board of the Carlsberg Foundation
- Kevin Foster, Oxford University, Full Professor of Evolutionary Biology
- Martin Fussenegger, Professor of Biotechnology and Bioengineering
- Nicole Joller, ETH Zurich, SNSF Assistant Professor
- Sander van Kasteren, Leiden University, Assistant Professor
- Bradley Nelson, ETH Zürich, Professor of Robotics and Intelligent Systems
- Bjorn Schuller, Imperial College London, Associate Professor (Reader) in Machine Learning and Senior Lecturer; University of Passau, Full Professor of Complex and Intelligent Systems
- Fabio Sciarrino, Rome La Sapienza, Associate Professor in Matter Physics
- Stefan Sieber, Max Planck, Professor and Chair of Organic Chemistry II
- Maria Elena Torres Padilla, University of Strasbourg, group Leader and Director
- Viola Vogel, ETH Zürich, Professor and Deputy Chair of the Department of Health Science and Technology
