European Research Council to meet world leaders in Davos 2014
The ERC delegation will participate in seven sessions during the summit: see ERC programme here.
The ERC delegation:
- Sir Tim Hunt, ERC Scientific Council member; Nobel Prize laureate in Physiology or Medicine 2001; Cancer Research UK
- Prof. Helga Nowotny, former President of the ERC (2010-2013); Professor em., Vienna Science and Technology Fund (WWTF)
- Prof. Wolfgang Lutz, ERC Advanced grant holder; Founding Director of the Wittgenstein Centre for Demography and Global Human Capital
- Prof. Dr Elizabeth Blackburn, Nobel Prize laureate in Physiology or Medicine 2009, Morris Herzstein Professor in Biology and Physiology, Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of California, San Francisco.
See biographies here
ERC Press activities
The ERC will hold a press conference on Wednesday 22 January at 14.45-15.15, “(Re) search for growth” (Press Conference room, Congress Centre).
Speakers: Belgian Prime Minister Elio Di Rupo, Nobel Laureate Sir Tim Hunt and former ERC President Helga Nowotny.
They will speak about investing in R&D and the most creative ideas in and beyond times of budgetary restraint, and more.
The ERC delegation will be available for interviews during the forum.
For press requests, please contact:
Madeleine Drielsma, ERC Press Adviser – madeleine.drielsma@ec.europa.eu – M: +32 498 98 43 97
The full programme of the World Economic Forum (WEF) is available here
