The Convention provides a platform to debate and inform policies that will contribute towards the building of a research and innovation eco-system in Europe that can support this objective.
The first edition took place in 2011.
This year, the ERC will participate in the following sessions on Monday 10 March 2014:
INNOVATION CAFE: ‘Global Challenges, Global Collaboration’
14:00 - 15:15 PM
Copper Hall
Speakers:
- Jean-Pierre Bourguignon, ERC President
- Derek Hanekon, South African Research Minister
- Jennie Yeung, President, UN Education Science Cultural Health Advancement Foundation
- Lino Barañao, Argentinian Research Minister
- Eddie Bernice Johnson, US Congresswoman
INNOVATION CAFE: ‘Shaping the 21st Century, imagining the 22nd’
14:00 - 15:15 PM
Silver Hall
Speakers:
- Athene Donald, Professor of Experimental Physics, Cambridge University, and Member of the ERC Scientific Council
- Dr. Ralf Speth, CEO Jaguar Landrover
- Jean Paul Herteman, CEO Safran
- Pedro Baranda, CEO Otis
- Dame Ellen MacArthur, Founder of the Ellen MacArthur Foundation
Nobel Masterclass
15:15 - 16:30 PM
Silver Hall
Speakers:
- Serge Haroche, Nobel Laureate and ERC grant holder
- Erik Lindahl, ERC Starting and Proof of Concept grant holder
- Liu Chun, Marie Skłodowska Curie Fellow
Moderator: Dara O’Briain, Irish comedian and television presenter
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