ERC President to speak at the European Forum Alpbach 2021
WEDNESDAY 25 AUGUST
14:00 - 15:30 | Thinking Future. Points to Ponder
Johan ROCKTRÖM, Director, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, is a speaker.
FRIDAY 27 AUGUST
17:00 - 17:30 | Keeping Track: Securing Health
Jean-Pierre BOURGUIGNON will be interviewed by Sarah WHEATON, Political Chief Editor of POLITICO Europe
SATURDAY 28 AUGUST
09:15 - 10:45 | Financing Research & Innovation in a European Health Union
Jean-Pierre BOURGUIGNON will be a panellist in this plenary session, moderated by Ellmeier WILFRIED, President BioMED Alliance
Other speakers: Cristina BESCOS, Managing Director, EIT Health Spain; Axel PRIES, Dean, Charité University Medicine
11:00 - 12:00 | Financing Research & Innovation in a European Health Union Cont.
Jean-Pierre BOURGUIGNON will also take part in an on-site workshop on this topic, moderated by Siegfried WALCH, Management Center Innsbruck.
Other speakers: Cristina BESCOS, Managing Director, EIT Health Spain; Ellmeier WILFRIED, President, BioMED Alliance
11:00 - 12:00 | Microbiology – Innovation in Adapting to Environmental Change
Antje BOETIUS, Director, Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, is a speaker.
THURSDAY 2 SEPTEMBER
17:00 - 18:30 | Europe’s Economic Potential - The Past. The Now. The Future
Hélène REY, Lord Bagri Professor of Economics, London Business School, is a speaker, alongside e.g. Johannes HAHN, European Commissioner for Budget & Administration.
About the European Forum Alpbach
The European Forum Alpbach is a platform that drives ideas for an empowered and democratic Europe. It brings together young people, leading scholars, thinkers, scientists, policy makers, business people and civil society actors from Europe and from all over the world to engage and contribute to its mission of shaping a stronger Europe.
