Council for Scientific and Industrial Research conference, Pretoria, South Africa

Eager to build on the success of 2015 and 2016, SFSA2017 will again serve as a large, open, public platform for debating the science and society interface. ERC participation will include the intervention of Scientific Council's Vice-President Klaus Bock in the Forum's opening plenary, as well as the session "Frontier Research for Inclusive Development" with Prof. Bock, DG RTD Director General Robert-Jan Smits and three ERC grantees.