ESOF - Euroscience Open Forum 2016 in Manchester

Sunday 24 July

9:00 – 15:00 : DG RTD Science Communication seminar (Manchester Town Hall) – with the participation of ERC grantees TBC.

9.15 – 10.30 : Careers Workshop "Europe: opportunities for the world's best researchers"  with the participation of Martin Penny from ERC Executive Agency.  

Monday 25 July

12:50 - 15:20 : "Women in science: how to reboot the system"

ERC grantees: Conny Aerts, Virginie Orgogozo

Other speakers: ERC President Jean-Pierre Bourguignon, Scientific Council member Athene Donald, ERC Panel Chair Daniel Conley

14:15 – 15:30 : "Personalised medicine: hope of hype"

 ERC grantees: Gael Yver, Daniela Thorwarth

15:45 - 17:00 : "Deep Earth dynamics: what is happening underneath our feet?"

ERC grantees: Patrick Cordier, Eleonora Rivalta, Yan Lavallée, Fabrizio Nestola

Other speakers: former ERC Vice President Sierd Cloetingh

Tuesday 26 July

8:30 – 9:45 : "Me and my microbes: health, disease and the human microbiome"

ERC grantees: Peer Bork, Eran Elinav, Sabina Illi (Senior scientist in ERC project HERA)

Followed by press conference with the grantees (10.00 – 11.15)

10:00 – 11:15 : "Regression to the pre-antibiotic era: time to panic"

ERC grantees: Susanne Haussler, Roy Kishony, Johanna Coast, William Durham (Senior scientist in ERC project INTERACTINGMICROBES)

10:00 – 11:15 : "Can we simulate the human brain"

ERC grantees: Gustavo Deco, Marco Zorzi, Simon Thorpe, Axel Cleeremans

12:05 – 14:05 : "What drives interdisciplinary excellence"

With the participation of ERC President Jean-Pierre Bourguignon.

14:15 – 15:30 : "Will 2D materials save the world?"

ERC grantees: Kirill Bolotin, Michael de Volder, Xiangqian Jiang

Other speakers: ERC Scientific Council Member Tomas Jungwirth

14:15 - 14:45: ERC press conference

With ERC President Jean-Pierre Bourguignon

ERC speakers available for press interview - press contact: see below

Wednesday 27 July

12:00 - 13:00 : "Pi with the Prof"

With the participation of ERC President Jean-Pierre Bourguignon

15:45 – 17:00 : "Prevention is cheaper than cure"

ERC grantees: Harry J. de Koning, Olle Melander, Estefania Toledo (Senior scientist in an ERC project)

Thursday 28 July – Friday 29 July

Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Satellite event "Research and Society"

More information about the ERC funding opportunities will be available at the DG Research and Innovation booth in the exhibition area

More of the programme here

Press contact:

Madeleine Drielsma, ERC Press Adviser

T +32 (0)2 298 76 31

Samantha Christey, ERC Head of Sector
ESOF coordinator

M +32 479 866764