Friday 13th July
09:30 - 10:30
Keynote address by Máire Geoghegan-Quinn - Policy - Commissioner for Research Innovation & Science
10:45 to 12:15
"Exploring promises and timescales in research and policy" with Prof. Dr. Helga Nowotny - President of the ERC
Room: Liffey Hall 2
This session will explore what characterises contemporary techno scientific promises and how they are linked with normative imaginations of the future. This also includes reflecting on who should participate in defining these futures and how they might be reached.
14:45 to 15:45
Keynote Address: Prof. Dr. Helga Nowotny - Research Policy - President of the ERC
Room: The Liffey A
16:15 to 17:15
ERC press briefing with ERC President Prof. Dr. Helga Nowotny and ERC grantee Prof. Luke O'Neill (also ESOF keynote speaker)
Press Conference Room
Press invitation
ERC Grantees at ESOF
The ERC would have 3 scientific sessions:
Saturday 14th July
13:15 to 14:45
“Boosting Frontier Research in Europe”
Room: Wicklow Meeting Room 3
ERC grant holders: André Mischke, Simone Turchetti, Thomas Schäfer, Leif Schroeder
Moderator: Carl Johan Sundberg
Five outstanding scientists funded by the ERC present Europe as breeding ground for excellent researchers and high quality research favoring the establishment of a true European (ERC) spirit among those engaged in the scientific community.
13:15 to 14:45
"Quantum computing: the final frontier?"
Room: Wicklow Meeting Room 2
ERC grant holders: Antonio Acin, Jeremy O'Brien, Szabolcs Csonka
Moderators: José Labastida, Antonella Di Trapani
Leading researchers will present cutting edge projects on one of the most intriguing scientific questions facing us today.
Sunday 15th July
08:00 to 9:30
Ageing: from genome to sex
Room: Liffey Hall 2
ERC grant holders: Schumacher Björn, Paul Stewart, Alexei Maklakov, Virpi Lummaa
Moderators: Carmen Garcia Fernandez, Eleni Zika
Old age is increasingly associated with many chronic diseases including cancer and cardiovascular disorders, thus presenting an important socioeconomic burden. It is therefore crucial to identify appropriate interventions to keep the aging population healthy.
10:45 to 12:15
Adaptation or extinction? Responses to radical climate changes
Room: Wicklow Hall 2
ERC grant holders: Siwan Davies, Heather M.Stoll, Valentina Bosetti
Moderators: Carmen Garcia Fernandez, Claudia Jesus-Rydin
Join three outstanding scientists funded by the European Research Council (ERC) to debate the answers to these questions.
More information about the ERC funding opportunities will be available at the EU Research Career desk of the European Commission Stand, n°16 in the exhibition area.
Joint flash information sessions about ERC, Euraxess and Marie Curie funding opportunities for individual researchers as well as a short presentation about the Euraxess portal are scheduled to take place on the stand.
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Máire GEOGHEGAN-QUINN, Member of the EC in charge of Research and Innovation attends the ESOF Policy Day in Dublin (video)
