ESOF2010 Sessions Programme
Friday 2
| Auditorium | 500 | Londra | Istanbul | Madrid | Parigi | Roma | Atene | Dublino | Copenaghen | Other | |
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| 18.00 20.00 |
Opening Lecture
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Saturday 3
| Auditorium | 500 | Londra | Istanbul | Madrid | Parigi | Roma | Atene | Dublino | Copenaghen | Other | |
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| 09.00 10.15 |
Career Programme Opening Session: 1- The European Young Researchers’ Award (Euroscience); 2- Keynote talk by Mariano Gago: "The future of Science and Technology in Europe" |
The state of the art of quantum mechanics: Basics and applications |
Of genes and bodies: Developmental perspectives in vertebrate evolution |
Scientific rationality and policymaking: Making their marriage work |
Sustainable nuclear energy in the 21st century: Challenges for the fuel cycle |
Biotech, pharma industry and the academic world: why do they need each other and why is this needed for the benefit of society/patients |
Advancing science in developing countries |
Dietary polyphenols: what is their role in combating chronic disease? |
Informing and engaging citizens on climate change issues |
Anticipatory governance of emerging technologies: Foresight, engagement and integration |
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| 10.30 11.45 |
From disease management to health management: Population studies and their role in prevention |
Understanding and predicting functional responsiveness to physical activity in humans: a systems biology approach |
Nature & Naturejobs guide to career alternatives |
Are science journalists too tame to be a watchdog? |
Another eye in the sky? What kind of security can we expect from the EU's satellite based Global Monitoring System GMES? |
Employment opportunities for PhDs: The ABG experience in France and its applicability to the Italian situation |
The role of networks in shaping urban and territorial policies |
Science communication training for talking and listening: 1. Introduction |
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| 12.00 12.45 |
Keynote Talk
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Keynote Talk
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The geographical distribution of grants in Europe: Brain-Gain or Brain-Drain? |
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| 13.00 14.00 |
Pizza with the prof |
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| 14.15 15.30 |
Why the hell should I become an academic scientist? A debate on visions and realities of careers and lives in science |
When the final hour comes: End of life care, ethics, costs, and the role of the media |
Food allergies: Tracking the enemy within |
Particle physics research: Why does it matter? |
From molecules to ecosystem: Applying genomics to environmental research |
Science in a borderless world |
Breaking into the media: What training do scientists need? |
Making science understandable: Learning from agricultural extension |
The funding challenge for european research careers |
What's the impact of the European Charter for Researchers on my work? |
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| 15.45 17.00 |
Plants for sustainable food supply |
How do mathematics contribute to cancer modelling and healing therapies? |
Evidence-based policy versus policy-biased evidence: EU/US perspectives |
When Scientists read literature... |
Good research needs good management: And this can be learned! |
Scientific communication and the training of young researchers |
Misconduct in science communication and the role of editors as science gatekeepers |
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| 17.15 18.00 |
Keynote Talk
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Keynote Talk
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| 18.15 19.15 |
Plenary Lecture
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Sunday 4
| Auditorium | 500 | Londra | Istanbul | Madrid | Parigi | Roma | Atene | Dublino | Copenaghen | Other | |
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| 09.00 10.15 |
Feeding the world in times of global changes |
The challenges of a changing environment: How do animals cope? |
New comparable data on young researcher's mobility patterns available: what are the consequences for European Research Policy? |
European Research Area: An ERA of excellence and cohesion |
Personalized nutrition: Fitting into your genes |
Shedding light on neutrinos |
ATLAS (Automatic TransLAtion into Sign language): A project to improve deaf people inclusion |
High altitude research stations: New insights on climate change |
Science Communication Training for Talking and Listening - Writing a press release workshop |
Free Your Mind and the Rest will Follow |
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| 10.30 11.45 |
The dynamics of epidemics: How human mobility affects patterns |
The role of science and expertise in the environmental disputes |
Do children play along with stereotyping? |
Energy and Enthusiasm is Contagious: How early career scientists can help the world reach excellence in science? |
Science education + scientific interest = more scientists. Magical formula or wishful thinking? |
What's up with peer review: The future of peer review in policy, research and public debates. |
Inspiring future politics: how technology assessors can best stimulate the political debate |
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| 12.00 12.45 |
Keynote Talk
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| 13.00 14.00 |
Pizza with the prof |
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| 14.15 15.30 |
Euroscience General Assembly |
Sustainability: compromises and costs |
State of the art nanofood technology: Risks and benefits |
The idea of space: Mathematical musings on a fundamental concept |
Taming the wind: A strategic energy option for Europe |
Addiction treatment – the limits of research findings |
Would Einstein be on Twitter? Exploring the potential and limits of Web 2.0 in science & science communication |
International research infrastructures: The future of the European Research Area |
Science Communication Training for Talking and Listening – – Being interviewed Workshop |
Redefining the Research University - Collaborating over and beyond the walls of tradition |
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| 15.45 17.00 |
The promises of Gender Medicine: Are sex and gender the key to a better health care? |
DNA patenting: Truths and fears |
International Careers in Science |
Ions, light and antimatter: How do they help us address present health and energy problems? |
Scientists in the classroom and students in the lab: The making of future scientists |
Lands contaminated by nuclear testing - the Semipalatinsk experience |
MYMOSA: The pros and cons of motorcycles |
What would science look like if it were invented today? |
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| 17.15 18.00 |
Special Invited Talk
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Keynote Talk
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| 18.15 19.15 |
Plenary Lecture
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Monday 5
| Auditorium | 500 | Londra | Istanbul | Madrid | Parigi | Roma | Atene | Dublino | Copenaghen | Other | |
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| 09.00 10.15 |
How much can robots learn? |
Scientific cultures across Europe: Similarities and differences |
Innovation beyond the lab: sciences and the service sector |
Science without borders: Democratization of society and the development of Science&Technology |
The challenge of biodiversity |
Europe 2014 and onwards: A new deal between Member States and the European Commission |
Added value of structured doctoral training and postdoctoral mobility. |
Life sciences, scientists and regional development: does the international dimension matter? |
Taking Your Passion for Science to a Career Away from Research |
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| 10.30 11.45 |
The European Research Area: an ERA addressing the “Grand Challenges" |
Closing the loop: From body to mind and from mind to body |
Who is leading Research Policy? |
SmartOcean: Technology solutions for intelligent monitoring of marine resources. |
MRI scanners and the impact of the EU Physical Agents (EMF) Directive |
Is tenure track an attraction for young principal investigators? |
Support programmes for commercialisation of research results in knowledge based economies - The example of the Innovation Forum International |
Dual Career: how many computations to transform it into an advantage? |
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| 12.00 12.45 |
Keynote Talk
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Keynote Talk
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The world needs science... Science needs women |
Showcase: South Africa - a strategic science and technology partner for Europe |
Showcase: Compost - from waste to resource, from research to business |
Showcase: Global Comparison of Public R&D Programmes in the Automotive Sector |
Showcase: The Nordic Top-level Research Initiative – a model for co-operation in Europe? |
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| 13.00 14.00 |
Pizza with the prof |
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| 14.15 15.30 |
Towards the Next Generation Digital Earth: new approaches to the creation and sharing of environmental information |
The double-edged sword of ICT in energy consumption |
New opportunities in European drug research: the Innovative Medicines Initiative |
The Cosmos: A journey through its bright and dark constituents |
Nano to Touch communication workshop |
A new model for bringing bioscience from the bench to the market |
A career that's out of this world! The insider's guide to working in space exploration |
Creative Industries from Science to Business! |
Project management for young researchers: A fallacy spelled out |
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| 15.45 17.00 |
Origin of the universe: Its shape and evolution |
Warriors against claptrap: Are myth busters the new generation of scientist-citizens? |
African Observatory for Sustainable Development: Science in support to decision-making for development policies and programs |
From LHC to cancer therapy: How particle accelerators like cyclotrons and synchrotrons can be a tool to help in the fight |
Do Companies need Mathematics? |
Passionate about research? Funding opportunities in Europe for creative minds from anywhere in the world. |
The STARTENT Project: a case study on university-business collaboration for entrepreneurship education in Europe |
Getting to the Top of a Big Pile |
Special Session/Press Conference (in italian): Il precariato della ricerca in Italia |
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| 17.15 18.00 |
Keynote Talk
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Keynote Talk
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Showcase: The human side of Innovation |
Showcase: Ultrafast Science |
Showcase: Collegio Carlo Alberto - Committing to Research in Social Sciences |
Showcase: Nanotechnology and Light - from Nanomedicine to Solar Cells |
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| 18.15 19.15 |
Plenary Talk
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Tuesday 6
| Auditorium | 500 | Londra | Istanbul | Madrid | Parigi | Roma | Atene | Dublino | Copenaghen | Other | |
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| 09.00 10.15 |
The science of humour |
Disaster prediction and management: Breaking a seismo-ill-logical circulus vitiosus |
Tomorrow's photovoltaics: the new technology revolution |
Renaissance for discovery at CERN |
In search of a new model of innovation: the effective network between knowledge, finance and entrepreneurship |
New definitions in the International System of Units (SI) and development of European metrology |
Venture Capital: 3D experience on how VCs back promising and innovative business ideas |
Environmental risks for metals: From structures to artifacts |
European Research&Business Speed Dating |
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| 10.30 11.45 |
The electricity transmission grid: How to integrate more renewable energy sources |
From fish to humans: The evolution of regeneration and repair |
Improving the patient partnership in clinical research |
Synchrotron light for Europe: Widening access to science |
The different perceptions of patents |
Towards an effective nutrition labeling scheme in Europe |
Accelerating Innovation: Lessons from experienced entrepreneurs |
Identifying Ethical Issues of Emerging ICT Applications |
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| 12.00 12.45 |
Special Invited Lecture
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Keynote Talk
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Showcase: European Accelerators Models |
Showcase: Controversial spaces and disputed periods. Could simulators be developed into tools for handling complex issues? |
Showcase: simulating complex socio-economic systems - business and policy applications |
Showcase: From the clinic to the home - how technologies can help frail older people in the community |
European Research&Business Speed Dating |
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| 13.00 14.00 |
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| 14.15 15.30 |
What are the challenges to a democratic participation in scientific progress? |
More Years – More Life: tapping into the potential of the extended life. |
Epigenetics: Changes in genome functions that control differentiation, stem cell tumors, and ageing. |
School Programme Award Ceremony |
Reducing the toll of smoking-related disease and death: The case for tobacco harm reduction |
The European Galileo and EGNOS satellite navigation systems as key technologies for a sustainable green evolution of the transportation paradigm |
Tackling social tension through Science communication |
Enhancing value extraction from existing patent portfolios |
European Energy Research Alliance: the top of the league in energy research |
European Research&Business Speed Dating |
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| 15.45 17.00 |
Practical uses of recent developments in genetic technology |
Climate change prediction models: what's the point? |
GMO testing – a global and scientific challenge |
Bodily awareness and empathy: New trends in philosophy and cognitive neuroscience |
Education for the next generation of Innovators - Tyndall/Intel/IRCSET Collaboration |
Access to scientific knowledge: Sustainable development issues and the need for a new type of metaknowledge |
National Innovation Policies: A Cross-Country Perspective |
High risk-high reward research under the FP7-Cooperation programme: the Energy Theme experience |
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| 17.15 18.00 |
Keynote Talk
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Keynote Talk
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Science to Business Keynote session: Building the Entrepreneurial Economy |
Showcase: best practice model of academia and industry working towards a common goal |
Showcase: Monitoring for art safeguard and tourism management in Piemonte - the harmonisation of technologies, policies and actors |
Showcase: A trip in Torino Valley |
Sponsored Showcase session - Research and Innovation for sustainable chemistry: the Bracco Imaging and Novamont cases |
European Research&Business Speed Dating |
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| 18.15 19.15 |
Pleanry Lecture
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Wednesday 7
| Auditorium | 500 | Londra | Istanbul | Madrid | Parigi | Roma | Atene | Dublino | Copenaghen | Other | |
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| 09.00 10.15 |
Neuroscience, technology and the self-image of man |
450 million years of evolution: What can bats, plants and fish tell us about climate change? |
Economics at work: what economic research says on the minimum wage, development and the crisis |
Scientists in direct contact with the public in science centres and museums |
Fibres from asbestos to carbon nanotubes: Science, health and policy making |
Showcase: You can neutralize carbon emissions - make grow microalgae! |
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| 10.30 11.45 |
Ten years of human presence on the International Space Station |
Regenerative medicine: The long winding road from promise to reality |
The missing mediator: Science debates in a knowledge based society |
The impact of new technologies on education and learning mechanisms |
Space from Earth Science to Exploration |
Re-creating a Mediterranean identity through science |
Showcase: the Little, The Larger and the Best - A successful Venture Capital backed Start Up |
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| 12.00 13.00 |
Keynote Talk
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Keynote Talk
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