ERC President Jean-Pierre Bourguignon will speak in five sessions, including "Science with(out) Borders", "Enabling Scientific Breakthroughs across Borders" and "Accelerating investments in clean energy innovation".
The ten ERC grant winners, leaders in their respective fields, will shed light on a wide range of topics, including epigenetics. A dedicated ERC Ideas Lab, "Exploring Epigenetics with the European Research Council: Discover new ideas and insights", will take place.
This year, ERC grantee Prof. Maria-Elena Torres-Padilla is one of the Co-chairs of AMNC.
List of ERC grantees:
- Prof. Maria-Elena Torres-Padilla, Helmholtz Center Munich, Germany
- Prof. Gerardo Adesso, University of Nottingham, UK
- Prof. Ueli Grossniklaus, University of Zurich, Switzerland
- Prof. Michael Häusser, University College London, UK
- Prof. Nicole Joller, University of Zurich, Switzerland
- Prof. Sander van Kasteren, Leiden University, The Netherlands
- Prof. Magdalena Król, University of Warsaw, Poland
- Prof. J. Andrew Pospisilik, Max Planck Institute of Immunobiology and Epigenetics, Germany
- Dr. Marianna Obrist, University of Sussex, UK
- Prof. Vanessa Wood, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
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PRESS BRIEFING: Science Under Attack! Wednesday 28 June 11.45 -12.15 Dalian International Conference Center With support from the ERC, leading scientists examine why scientific evidence appears to be threatened, the need for borderless science in an era of growing protectionism, why public trust in key scientific theories has been eroded and the implications for business and society. Speakers:
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Media:
There will be an ERC press briefing (information will follow soon) and the ERC speakers are available for media interviews.
Press contact:
Madeleine Drielsma, ERC Press Advisor
The AMNC, is a key global event on science, technology and innovation, gathering young leaders from academia, fast growing enterprises, government and civil society, as well as the media, from over 90 countries. The 2017 edition will address the topic of "Achieving Inclusive Growth in the Fourth Industrial Revolution".