More specifically, it has the following aims:
- to explore the state of the art of research related to sustainability challenges;
- to get a better understanding of current obstacles to achieving sustainable development goals;
- to highlight potential avenues for change based on new scientific insights
The event will be webstreamed:
Day 1
Day 2
| PROGRAMME |
| Monday 02 December 2019 | 12:15 – 18:00 |
Opening Session: Are we creating Pathways to Sustainability?Moderator: Waldemar KÜTT, Acting Director, European Research Council Executive Agency (ERCEA)Rapporteurs: Lino PAULA and Frank KUHN, Scientific Officers, ERCEA |
| 11:30 - 12:15 | Registration |
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12:15 | Welcome Address Waldemar KÜTT, Acting Director, ERCEA |
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12:20 | Introduction to the Conference Jean-Pierre BOURGUIGNON (see bio), President of the European Research Council (ERC) |
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12:25 Jean-Eric PAQUET, Director-General, DG Research and Innovation Sustainability as a compass for R&I policy |
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12:35 Motoko KOTANI, Executive Director, RIKEN Striving for sustainability by extending the frontiers of knowledge |
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12:50 Patrick CARON, President, High Level Panel of Experts (HLPE) for Food Security and Nutrition CIRAD SDG related contradictions invite us to interface differently with decision makers! |
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13:05 Johan ROCKSTRÖM, Director of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research Planetary Stewardship in the Anthropocene |
| 13:25 | Q&A |
| 13:40 | Coffee break |
Session 1: Human behaviour and sustainability
Moderator: Angela LIBERATORE, Head of Unit Social Sciences and Humanities, ERCEA |
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14:10 Péter SZABO People and forests in historical perspective |
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14:30 Jordi SUNYER Brain development and air pollution ultrafine particles in school children |
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14:50 Vasileios KOSTAKIS New Technologies Won’t Reduce Scarcity, but Here’s Something That Might |
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15:10 Elisa MORGERA Benefit-sharing for an equitable transition to the green economy - the role of law |
| 15:30 | Q&A |
| 15:50 | Coffee break |
Session 2: Feeding the future?
Moderator: Philippe CUPPERS, Head of Unit Life Sciences, ERCEA |
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16:20 Nils BUNNEFDELD Resolving conflicts between food security and biodiversity conservation under uncertainty |
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16:40 Eva KONDOROSI Dual exploitation of natural plant strategies in agriculture and public health: enhancing nitrogen-fixation and surmounting microbial infections |
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17:00 Nicolas PLUMERE In-Field Live Sensing of Nitrate in Crops for Real-Time Fertilization Adjustment |
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17:20 Patrice Daniel CANI Targeting the gut microbiota to improve cardiometabolic disorders : the case of Akkermansia muciniphila as next generation beneficial microbe |
| 17:40 | Q&A |
| 18:00 | End of day one sessions |
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Tuesday 03 December 2019 | 9.00 – 16.00 |
Session 3: Affordable and clean energy
Moderator: Martin PENNY, Head of Unit Physical Sciences and Engineering, ERCEA |
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09:00 Giulia GRANCINI Hybrid Perovskite semiconductors: a Game Changer in New Generation Photovoltaics |
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09:20 Matteo BALLOTTARI Improving photosynthetic solar energy conversion in microalgal cultures for the production of biofuels and high value products |
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09:40 Natalia FABRA The energy transition: challenges and opportunities |
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10:00 Ioannis PAPAKONSTANTINOU Intelligent functional glazing with self-cleaning properties to improve the energy efficiency of the built environment |
| 10:20 | Q&A |
| 10:40 | Coffee break |
Session 4: Tackling climate change
Moderator: Alejandro MARTIN-HOBDEY, Head of Unit Call and Project follow-up coordination, ERCEA |
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11:10 Anne MAGURRAN Biological diversity in a changing world |
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11:30 Lisa WINGATE Carbonic anhydrase: where the CO2, COS and H2O cycles meet |
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11:50 Anna KUPARINEN Complex eco-evolutionary dynamics of aquatic ecosystems faced with human-induced and environmental stress |
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12:10 Nadia AMELI Kick-starting global climate investments: uncovering hidden links in climate finance and exploring dynamic evolution of investment networks for policy design |
| 12:30 | Q&A |
| 12:50 | Lunch |
Session 5: Sustainable cities and communities
Moderator: Michel VANBIERVLIET, Head of Unit Ethics Review and Expert Management, ERCEA |
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13:50 Maarten VAN HAM Socio-spatial inequality and the life course. Breaking the vicious circle of poverty and segregation |
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14:10 Oksana MONT Urban sharing: concepts, methods and initial findings |
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14:30 Markos PAPAGEORGIOU Sustainability, Transportation and Automated Vehicles |
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14:50 Samuel SANCHEZ Tiny self-powered submarines: Nanorobots for clean water |
| 15:10 | Q&A |
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15:30 | Closing remarks Jean-Pierre BOURGUIGNON (see bio), President of the ERC |
| 16:00 | End of conference |
More information
Frontier Research: Creating Pathways to Sustainability (brochure)
CORDIS Results pack on Pathways to sustainability: A better relationship between the planet and its people