Conference Programme


 

Tuesday 6 June, 14.00 - 19.30

  • 10 years of EU-LIFE: Joining forces for strong voices in science
  • The future of science
  • The role of creativity in science
  • Poster session

 

Wednesday 7 June, 9.00 - 14.30

  • The role of collaboration and multidisciplinarity in science
  • The role of  proactivity in science
  • Legacy of EU-LIFE and vision for the future

 

* Please note all times are local (GMT)

 

 

Envisioning the research places of the future

 

Confirmed speakers

Maria Leptin, President of ERC

Maria Leptin
President of European Research Council (ERC)

 
Manuel Aleixo, Head of Unit for ERA Governance and Implementation

Manuel Aleixo
Head of Unit for European Research Area (ERA) Governance & Implementation, European Commission
 
Edith Heard, Director General of the European Molecular Biology Laboratory

Edith Heard
Director General of EMBL and Professor of College de France
 
Elvira Fortunato, Minister of Science, Technology and Higher Education of Portugal

Elvira Fortunato
Minister of Science, Technology and Higher Education of Portugal
 
António M. Feijó, President of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation

António M. Feijó
President of Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation

 
Wolf Reik, Director, Cambridge Institute of Science, Altos Lab

Wolf Reik
Director, Cambridge Institute of Science, Altos Lab

 
Kurt Deketelaere, Secretary General of the League of European Research Universities (LERU)

Kurt Deketelaere
Secretary General of League of European Research Universities (LERU)
 
Stefano Boeri, Architect & Professor of Urban Planning at Milan Politecnico ©Michelangelo Foundation

Stefano Boeri
Architect and Professor of Urban Planning at Milan Politecnico
 
Henrique Leitão, Senior Researcher and Head of Department for the History & Philosophy of Science, University of Lisbon

Henrique Leitão
Senior Researcher and Provost (Pro-Reitor) of the University of Lisbon
 
Ana Botella, Deputy Director, Centro de Arte Moderna (CAM) Gulbenkian

Ana Botella
Deputy Director of the Centro de Arte Moderno (CAM) Gulbenkian
 
Amos Abolaji, Associate Professorat University of Ibadan and Funder, Drosophila Research & Training Centre

Amos Abolaji
Associate Professor, University of Ibadan and Founder of Drosophila Research & Training Centre
 
Alex Jordan, Group Leader at the Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior

Alex Jordan
Group Leader at the Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior 
Mónica Bettencourt-Dias, Chair of EU-LIFE and Director of IGC

Mónica Bettencourt-Dias
Chair of EU-LIFE and Director of Instituto Gulbenkian Ciência (IGC)
 
Giulio Superti Furga, Co-Chair of EU-LIFE and Scientific Director of CeMM

Giulio Superti Furga
Co-Chair of EU-LIFE and Director of Research Center for Molecular Medicine of the Austrian Academy of Sciences (CeMM)
 
Luis Serrano, Director of CRG

Luis Serrano
Founding Chair of EU-LIFE and Director of Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG)
 
Jo Bury, Managing Director of VIB

Jo Bury
Founding Chair of EU-LIFE and Former Managing Director of Vlaams Instituut voor Biotechnologie (VIB)
 
André Rendeiro, Principal Investigator at CeMM

André Rendeiro
Principal Investigator at Research Center for Molecular Medicine of the Austrian Academy of Sciences (CeMM)

 
Marta Agostinho, Executive Director of EU-LIFE

Marta Agostinho
Executive Director of EU-LIFE