However, in the second half of the past century, it became possible to enshrine human dignity in constitutions and to move European integration forward on the basis of a comprehensive charter of fundamental rights in a way that makes us joyfully unable to even imagine a new war or conflict between the former European rivals. Nonetheless, we have to ask ourselves to what extent our choices for the future will be guided by experiences, values, or both. The tension between societal developments and our fundamental values and expectations will remain the most important driving force of our actions. All these contrasts and tensions will surely make the European Forum Alpbach 2013 very exciting.
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Plenary session on 22/08 @ 15.40: "Graphene – a great hope of future technologies?"
Chair: Helga Nowotny President, European Research Council, Brussels
ERC grantee:
Konstantin Novoselov, Nobel Laureate in Physics (2010); ERC Starting Grant 2007; Royal Society Research Fellow and Professor of Physics, The School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Manchester “Graphene, other 2D atomic crystals and their heterostructures”
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Plenary session on 22/08 @ 16.40 : "From research to economic success".
Introduction and Chair: Helga Nowotny
ERC grantees:
Nicole Grobert ERC Starting Grant 2009 and ERC Proof of Concept Grant 2011; Royal Society University Research Fellow and Professor of Nanomaterials; Awardee Royal Society Dorothy Hodgkin Fellowship (2003), University of Oxford
Davide Iannuzzi ERC Starting Grant 2007 and ERC Proof of Concept Grant 2011; Professor in Experimental Physics, University Research Chair, VU University Amsterdam
Full programme
Contact: L. Pontiggia
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