Envisioning the research centres of the future - Programme | EU-LIFE

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