9:30 - 10:00 Official Opening Session

DRAFT PROGRAMME

Day 1 – 9th December 2010

8:30 Registration of participants

9:30 - 10:00 OFFICIAL OPENING SESSION

Moderator: Jan Truszczyński, Director General, Directorate General Education and Culture, European Commission

Keynote Speakers: José Manuel Barroso, President of the European Commission Jerzy Buzek, President of the European Parliament Androulla Vassiliou, European Commissioner for Education, Culture, Multilingualism and Youth

10:00 - 11:00 SESSION 1: Fostering MOBILITY Promoting circulation of researchers and knowledge from country to country

Moderator: Jordi Curell Gotor, Director Lifelong learning, higher education and international affairs, DG Education and Culture, European Commission

Keynote Speaker: Member of the European Parliament (tbc)

Speakers: Marina Resmini, Senior Lecturer at Queen Mary, University of London, Coordinator of the Marie Curie Research Training Network Nascent and of the Marie Curie Industry-Academia Partnership IRMED

Daniele Catalucci, Institute of Biomedical Technologies, National Research Council (CNR), beneficiary of Marie Curie International Outgoing Fellowship Pumping up the heart

11:00 - 11:15 Questions and Answers

11:15 - 11:45 Networking coffee break 11:45 - 13:15 SESSION 2: Enhancing EXCELLENCE Promoting circulation of researchers and knowledge between disciplines

Moderator: Georges Bingen, Head of the Unit: People Programme; Marie Curie Actions, DG Education and Culture, European Commission

Keynote Speakers: Andreu Mas-Colell, Professor at University Pompeu Fabra

Graham Stroud, Director of the Research Executive Agency

Speakers: Luisa Torsi, 2010 Heinrich Emanuel Merck Award for Analytical Sciences, Professor at University of Bari, Coordinator of the Marie Curie Initial Training Network Flexsmell

Christian Keysers, Professor at University Medical Centre Groningen, Marie Curie Excellence Team Leader of the NeuroEmpathy Project

13:30 - 15:00 Networking Standing Lunch (Movies and Exhibition of posters)

15:00 - 16:30 SESSION 3: Strengthening INNOVATION Equipping researchers with key skills by promoting circulation of researchers and knowledge between education, research and business

Moderator: Begoña Arano, Head of the Communication Unit, DG Research, European Commission

Keynote Speaker: Wolfgang Burtscher, Deputy Director-General of DG Research

Speakers: William Gallagher, Professor at University College Dublin, Coordinator of the Marie Curie Industry-Academia Partnership TARGET-MELANOMA.

Pauliina Damdimopoulou, Karolinska Institute, Marie Curie Fellow

16:45 - 17:15 Networking Coffee break 17:15 - 18:30 SESSION 4: Addressing SOCIETAL CHALLENGES Ensuring freedom of research to address future and unknown challenges

Moderator: Alessandra Luchetti, Acting Head of the Unit: FP6 Marie Curie Actions, DG Research, European Commission

Keynote Speaker: Representative from the Government of the Brussels-Capital Region (tbc)

Speakers: Presentation of 4 outstanding Marie Curie projects addressing major Societal Challenges.

19:00 Cocktail and Conference Dinner at Autoworld with Jazz music

Day 2 – 10th December 2010

09:30 - 11:00 SESSION 5: Shaping the FUTURE Next generation of Marie Curie Actions, perspectives for the future Building on the key achievements of the Marie Curie Actions so far, this round table will provide a unique opportunity to open dialogue between the different stakeholders and policy-makers and nurture discussion on the future evolution of the Programme to address efficiently the EU2020 strategy.

Challengers: Representative from the Government of the Brussels-Capital Region (tbc) Member of the European Parliament (tbc) Rolf-Dieter Heuer, director General of CERN Pauline Mattson, Member of the Euroscience Governing Council Conor O'Carroll, Research Director at the Irish Universities Association Stijn Donders, LMS International Izabela Stanisławiszyn, President of Eurodoc Guggi Kofod, Chair of the Marie Curie Fellowship Association

Rapporteur: Fausto Pedrazzini, Principal Researcher at Istituto di Fisiologia Clinica CNR, Member of the People Advisory Group

11:00 - 11:30 Networking Coffee break 11:30 - 12:30 CELEBRATING MOBILE RESEARCHERS IN EUROPE AND BEYOND

Celebration of the 50.000th Marie Curie Fellows

Keynote Speaker: Androulla Vassiliou, European Commissioner for Education, Culture, Multilingualism and Youth

Speakers: Marie Curie Fellows

12:30 - 12:45 CLOSING of the Conference by Ms Androulla Vassiliou, European Commissioner for Education, Culture, Multilingualism and Youth

12:45 - 14:30 Networking Standing Lunch