World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2017
The ERC delegation will be led by its President, Prof. Jean-Pierre Bourguignon, and includes 9 ERC grantees (one Nobel laureate). Three of the grantees will take part as speakers in the ERC Ideas Lab session.
The ERC delegation will participate in some 16 sessions in Davos.
- Prof. Sir Christopher Pissarides – Nobel laureate in Economic Sciences (2010), ERC Advanced grant holder (2012), London School of Economics (UK), University of Cyprus (CY)
- Dr Bahador Bahrami – ERC Starting Grant holder (2012), University College London (UK)
- Prof. Flemming Besenbacher – ERC Advanced grant holder (2008), Aarhus University (DK)
- Prof. Stéphanie P. Lacour – ERC Starting and Proof of Concept Grant holder (2010, 2016), Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (CH)
- Prof. Jeremy O’Brien – ERC Starting and Consolidator Grant holder (2009, 2014), University of Bristol (UK)
- Prof. Hélène Rey – "The economist to watch in 2016" according to The Economist, ERC Starting and Advanced Grant holder (2007, 2015), London Business School (UK)
- Prof. Evelyn Ruppert – ERC Consolidator Grant holder (2013), Goldsmiths, University of London (UK)
- Prof. Martin Vetterli – ERC Advanced Grant holder (2009), President of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (CH)
- Prof. Harvey Whitehouse – ERC Advanced Grant holder (2015), University of Oxford (UK)
The ERC Ideas Lab session "The Science of Social Cohesion" with ERC grantees, professors Evelyn Ruppert, Harvey Whitehouse and Dr Bahrami will take place on the 18 January 16:30-17:45 (Congress Centre).
ERC President Bourguignon will speak in several sessions, including "Pathways to a 1.5 Degree World" on 17 January 16.15 – 17.30 (Congress Centre).
For interview requests, please contact:
Madeleine Drielsma, ERC Press Adviser (madeleine.drielsma@ec.europa.eu; mobile: +32 498 98 43 97)
