World Science Forum 2019

20 - 23 November 2019
10.30 - 14.30
Budapest, Hungary
https://worldscienceforum.org/
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ERC programme

Wednesday 20 November

11:00 - 12:30    Careers Session – The European Research Council: funding opportunities for brilliant minds

Venue: Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Reading Room
Speakers:

  • Angela LIBERATORE, Head of Unit - Social Sciences and Humanities, ERCEA
  • Agnes-Melinda KOVACS, ERC grantee
  • Jason REIFLER, ERC grantee

Thursday 21 November

11:30 - 13:00    Thematic Session - What Humans Will Be after Genome Editing of Human Embryonic Stem Cells?

Venue: Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Large Lecture Hall

Moderator: Maria Felipa FERRAZ DE OLIVEIRA, Head of the Ethics Sector, ERCEA

Speakers:

  • Jennifer MERCHANT, Full Professor, Université Panthéon-Assas Paris 2
  • Lluis MONTOLIU, Research scientist CSIC, National Centre for Biotechnology (CNB-CSIC)
  • Margaret SLEEBOOM-FAULKNER, ERC grantee
  • Anna VEIGA, Director, Barcelona Stem Cell Bank, Centre for Regenerative Medicine in Barcelona

11:00 - 12:30    Thematic Sessions - Centenary of Organized International Science Cooperation and Science Diplomacy

Venue: Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Ceremonial Hall

Moderators: Elisa REIS, Vice-President, International Science Council - Alik ISMAIL-ZADEH, Secretary and Member of the Governing Board, International Science Council

Speakers:

  • Jean-Pierre BOURGUIGNON, President of ERC, Chair of the Scientific Council, European Research Council (ERC)
  • Daya REDDY, President, International Science Council (ISC)
  • Krishnaswamy VIJAY RAGHAVAN, Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government of India
  • Stéphanie BALME, Dean of College, SciencesPo Paris
  • Atish DABHOLKAR, Director, Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP)

Friday 22 November

11:30 - 13:00    Thematic Session - Science engagement: redefining the uneasy relations with politics and policy? Some transatlantic dimensions

Venue: Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Library Conference Hall

Moderator: Teresa STOEPLER, Executive Director, InterAcademy Partnership for Policy (IAP)

Speakers:

  • Cary FUNK, Director, science and society research, Pew Research Center
  • Alexander GERBER, Programme Chair / Research Director, Rhine-Waal University / INSCICO
  • Claudia ARADAU, ERC grantee
  • Jason REIFLER, ERC grantee