ERC to meet world leaders in Davos 2015

The ERC will take part in around 15 sessions and will be represented by President Prof. Jean-Pierre Bourguignon. 11 ERC grant holders will participate:

• Prof. Uri Alon, ERC Advanced Grant holder, Institute of Science Weizmann (IL)

• Prof. Flemming Besenbacher, ERC Advanced Grant holder, Chairman of the Supervisory Board, Carlsberg A/S, Aarhus University (DK)

• Dr Jane Calvert, ERC Consolidator Grant holder, University of Edinburgh (UK)

• Dr Maarten Merkx, ERC Starting Grant holder, Technische Universiteit Eindhoven (NL)

• Prof. Birger Lindberg Moller, ERC Advanced Grant holder, University of Copenhagen (DK)

• Prof. Erika von Mutius, ERC Advanced Grant holder, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (DE)

• Prof. Sir Konstantin Novoselov, Nobel Prize laureate in Physics (2010), ERC Starting and Synergy Grant holder, University of Manchester (UK)

• Prof. Sir Christoforos Pissarides, Nobel Prize laureate in Economic Sciences (2010), ERC Advanced Grant holder, University of Cyprus (CY)

• Prof. Tania Singer, ERC Starting Grant holder, Max Planck Society (DE)

• Prof. José Manuel Baselga Torres, ERC Advanced Grant holder, Vall d'Hebron Institute of Oncology (IL)

• Prof. Hélène Rey, ERC Starting Grant holder, London Business School (UK)

See biographies

ERC Press activities

Saturday 24 January, 10.30-11.00
Press conference
Speakers: Carlos Moedas, European Commissioner for research, innovation and science, Prof. Sir Christopher Pissarides, Nobel Prize Winner in Economics; ERC grantee with expertise in future of employment in Europe and Prof. Jean-Pierre Bourguignon, President of the European Research Council

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For press requests, please contact:

Madeleine Drielsma, ERC Press Adviser – madeleine.drielsma@ec.europa.eu

See ERC programme at Davos

The full programme of the World Economic Forum (WEF) is available here