Day 1 - Wednesday 2 April |
| 13:00-13:45 | Greek EU Presidency Welcome and Political Speeches [video](Banquet Hall) Chair: Christos VASILAKOS, General Secretary for Research and Technology (GSRT), Greece Welcome address by the Greek EU Presidency: Konstantinos ARVANITOPOULOS, Minister of Education and Religious Affairs, Greece Political addresses: Máire GEOGHEGAN-QUINN, European Commissioner, Research & Innovation Stefania GIANNINI, Minister of Education, Universities and Research, Italy Christos VASILAKOS, General Secretary for Research and Technology (GSRT), Greece |
| 13:45-14:45 | Opening Session: Global Research Infrastructures, Setting the Scene [video](Banquet Hall) Chair: Octavi QUINTANA-TRIAS, Principal Adviser, Directorate-General for Research & Innovation (RTD), European Commission Hans MÜLLER PEDERSEN, Director for the Danish Agency for Science, Technology and Innovation, Denmark Dom ENGLISH, Group Manager, Research and Strategy Group Department of Education, Australia Henry MARKRAM, Coordinator, Human Brain Project, The Swiss Federal Institute for Technology in Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland |
| 14:45-15:15 | Coffee Break (Banquet and N. Skalkotas Foyers) |
| 15:15-17:15 | (Banquet Hall) Chair: Agnieszka ZALEWSKA, [ PDF ], President, The European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN) Council Rapporteur: Frédéric SGARD, Project Administrator, Organisation for Economic Co-operation & Development (OECD) Keynote speaker: Geoffrey BOULTON, [ PDF ], Regius Professor of Geology, University of Edinburgh, The Royal Society, United Kingdom Panellists
- Octavi QUINTANA-TRIAS, [ PDF ], Principal Adviser, Directorate-General for Research & Innovation (RTD), European Commission
- Francis TUSUBIRA, [ PDF ], Chief Executive Officer, UbuntuNet Alliance, Uganda
- Milena ZIC FUCHS, Professor, Croatian Academy of Sciences & Arts, University of Zagreb, Croatia
- Hongjie XU, [ PDF ], Chief Scientist of Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility Project (SSRF), Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
- Joseph SIFAKIS, [ PDF ], President, National Council for Research and Technology, Greece; Professor, The Swiss Federal Institute for Technology in Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland
- Lucy SCOTT, Data and Information Coordinator, United Nations Development Program (UNDP) Global Environment Facility (GEF) Agulhas and Somali Currents Large Marine Ecosystem (ASCLME) Project, South Africa
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| 17:15-17:45 | Coffee Break (Banquet and N. Skalkotas Foyers) |
17:45-19:15 | (Banquet Hall) Chair: Ditta ZIZI, [ PDF ], Branch Manager, Department of Education, Australian Government, Australia Rapporteur: Bernhard FABIANEK, Policy Officer, European Commission Keynote speaker: Daniel ADAMS, [ PDF ], Chief Director, Emerging Research Areas & Infrastructure, Department of Science & Technology, South Africa Panellists - Janet THORNTON, [ PDF ], Director, European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), European Bioinformatics Institute (EBI), United Kingdom
- Carlos ALEJALDRE, [ PDF ], Deputy Director General, International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER)
- Askar KUTANOV, [ PDF ], Regional Coordinator Central Asian Research and Education Network (CAREN) Project, Kyrgyzstan
- Sergio BERTOLUCCI, [ PDF ], Director for Research and Computing, European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN)
- Claudia BURGER, [ PDF ], XFEL Management Board Managing Director, Administrative Director, Germany
- Sergey SALIKHOV, [ PDF ], Director, Department for the Development of Priority Directions in the Ministry of Education and Science, Russia
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| 19:15-19:20 | "Research and Art" Competition / Exhibition Presentation (official welcome by the Curator Elizabeth PLESSA)
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| 19:20-20:30 | Welcome Cocktail (N. Skalkotas Foyer) |
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Day 2 - Thursday 3 April |
Parallel Thematic Sessions, Part 1 |
| 09:00-11:00 | Environment: Marine and Arctic Research Infrastuctures[video] (N. Skalkotas Hall) | Palaeoanthropology & Cultural Heritage [video] (MC2 Hall)
| Food Security [video] (MC3 Hall)
| E-Infrastructures, Part 1: Sustainability & Business Models (Banquet Hall)
[video] | Chair: Maria UHLE
Director for International Activities, GeoSciences Directorate, NSF, United States | Chair: Suzanne MILLER
CEO & Director, Queensland Museum Network, Australia | Chair: Lidia BRITO
Director for Science Policy and Capacity Building, Natural Science Sector, UNESCO | Chair: Vasilis MAGLARIS
Professor, National Technical University of Athens (NTUA), Greece | | Rapporteur: | Rapporteur: | Rapporteur: | Rapporteur: | Barak HERUT, [ PDF ],
Director General, Israel Oceanographic & Limnological Research Ltd (IOLR), Israel | Marteyn VAN GASTEREN, [ PDF ],
Centro Nacional de Investigación sobre la Evolución Humana (CENIEH), Spain | Imma SUBIRATS, [ PDF ],
Food & Agriculture Organisation (FAO), United Nations (UN), Italy | Sandra COLLINS, [ PDF ],
Director, Digital Repository of Ireland (DRI), Ireland | | Speakers: | Speakers: | Speakers: | Speakers: | - Mike THORNDYKE, [ PDF ],
Scientific Coordinator, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences/Göteborg University, Sweden
- Sara IVERSON, [ PDF ],
Scientific Director, Ocean Tracking Network (OTN), Canada
- Donatella CASTELLI, [ PDF ],
iMarine Project Director, Information Science & Technologies Institute, Italian National Research Council (ISTI-CNR), Italy
- Kostas NITTIS, [ PDF ],
Secretary General, European Global Ocean Observing System (EuroGOOS), Association Internationale Sans But Lucratif (AISBL)
- Ian WRIGHT, [ PDF ],
Director, National Oceanography Centre (NOC), Science and Technology Directorate, United Kingdom
- Gelsomina PAPPALARDO, [ PDF ],
Senior researcher, Institute of Methodologies for Environmental Analysis, National Research Council (CNR-IMAA), Italy
| - Hervé BOCHERENS, [ PDF ],
Professor, University of Tübingen, Germany
- Rob ELLAM, [ PDF ],
Professor/Director, Scottish Universities Environmental Research Centre (SUERC), United Kingdom
- Loïc BERTRAND, [ PDF ],
Director, IPANEMA, Synchrotron SOLEIL, France
- Demetrios KAFETZOPOULOS, [ PDF ],
Research Director, IMBB, FORTH, Greece
- Eva-Maria GEIGL, [ PDF ],
Head of Research CNRS, Institut Jacques Monod, CNRS, France
- Kristina JØRKOV THOMSEN, [ PDF ],
Center for Nuclear Technologies, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark
- Eugenio CASINI,
Regional Specialist XRF - XRD, PANalytical, Italy
| - Segenet KELEMU, [ PDF ], Director General, International Center for Insect Physiology and Ecology (ICIPE), Kenya
- Abad CHABBI, [ PDF ],
Research Director, French National Institute for Agricultural Research (INRA), France
- David STUART, [ PDF ], Director of Instruct & MRC Professor of Structural Biology, University of Oxford, United Kingdom
- Murat OZGOREN, [ PDF ],
Chair, ESFRI Health & Food Strategic Working Group (HF SWG), Professor, Dokuz Elylul University, Turkey
- Tim BENTON, [ PDF ],
Professor, University of Leeds, United Kingdom
| - Dany VANDROMME, [ PDF ],
Professor, National Institute of Applied Sciences (INSA) οf Rouen, France
- Niels HERSOUG, [ PDF ],
General Manager/Chief Programme Officer, Delivery of Advanced Network Technology to Europe (DANTE), United Kingdom
- Satoshi MATSUOKA, [ PDF ],
Professor of Computer Science, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan
- Thierry VAN DER PYL, [ PDF ],
Director "Excellence in Science", European Commission
- Maryline LENGERT, [ PDF ],
Senior Advisor, European Space Agency (ESA), Italy
- Nick JONES, [ PDF ],
Director, NZ eScience Infrastructure (NeSI), New Zealand
- Catherine RIVIERE, [ PDF ],
Chair of the PRACE Council and CEO of GENCI, France
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| 11:00-11:30 | Coffee Break (Banquet and N. Skalkotas Foyers) |
Continuation of the previous Parallel Thematic Sessions |
| 11:30-13:00 | Environment: Marine and Arctic Research Infrastructures [video] (N. Skalkotas Hall)
| Palaeoanthropology & Cultural Heritage, continuation[video] (MC2 Hall) | Food Security, continuation[video] (MC3 Hall) | E-Infrastructures, Part 2: New Professions and Skills (Banquet Hall)
[video] | - Sigi GRUBER
Head of the Marine Resources Unit, Directorate-General for Research & Innovation (RTD), European Commission
- Nicole BIEBOW, [ PDF ],
Head of International Cooperation Unit, Alfred-Wegener-Institut, Helmholtz Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung, Germany
- John GUNN, [ PDF ],
Chief Executive Officer, Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS), Australia
- Peter HAUGAN, [ PDF ], Professor, Geophysical Institute, University of Bergen, Norway
- Terry CALLAGHAN, [ PDF ], Professor, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Sweden
| - María MARTINON-TORRES, [ PDF ],
Dental Anthropology, Research Group Leader, Centro Nacional de Investigación sobre la Evolución Humana (CENIEH), Spain
- Richard (Bert) ROBERTS, [ PDF ],
ARC Australian Laureate Fellow & Director, Centre for Archaeological Science, University of Wollongong, Australia
- Francis THACKERAY, [ PDF ],
Professor, Institute for Human Evolution, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa
- Sileshi SEMAW, [ PDF ],
The Earliest Lithic Industries, Research Group Leader, Centro Nacional de Investigación sobre la Evolución Humana (CENIEH), Spain
- Bruno BRUNETTI, [ PDF ],
Professor, Centre SMAArt, University of Perugia, Italy
| - Artemis SIMOPOULOS, [ PDF ],
President, The Center for Genetics Nutrition & Health, United States
- Russ LEA, [ PDF ],
Chief Executive Officer, National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON) Inc., United States
- Rob LOKERS, [ PDF ],
Project manager research ICT projects at Alterra, Wageningen UR, Netherlands
| - Rhys FRANCIS, [ PDF ],
Director, eResearch Futures P/L, Australia
- Gudmund HØST, [ PDF ],
Director, Nordic e-Infrastructure Collaboration (NeIC), Norway
- Constantia ALEXANDROU, [ PDF ],
Professor, The Cyprus Institute, Cyprus
- Anne TREFETHEN, [ PDF ],
Professor, University of Oxford, United Kingdom
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| 13:00-14:15 | Lunch Break (N. Skalkotas Foyer) |
| 14:15-15:45 | (Banquet Hall) Chair: Zoran STANCIC, Deputy Director General, Directorate-General for Communications Networks, Content & Technology, European Commission Rapporteur: Clare MCLAUGHLIN, Science Counsellor, Australian Mission to the EU, Australia Keynote speaker: Franco ONGARO, [ PDF ], Director of Technical and Quality Management, European Space Agency (ESA) Panellists: - Anita LOOTS, [ PDF ], Associate Director, Square Kilometre Array (SKA) SA, South Africa
- Rosie HICKS, [ PDF ], Chief Executive Officer, Australian National Fabrication Facility (ANFF), Australia
- Gilles PATRY, [ PDF ], President & Chief Executive Officer, Canada Foundation for Innovation, Canada
- Dionysios TSICHRITZIS, Professor, University of Crete, Greece
- Jean GONNORD, [ PDF ], Chef de Projet, French Commissariat à l’Energie Atomique (CEA), France
- Ed PARSONS, [ PDF ], Geospatial Technologist, Google, United Kingdom
- Jean MOULIN, [ PDF ], General Advisor, Belgian Federal Science Policy Office, Belgium
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| 15:45-16:15 | Coffee Break(Banquet and N. Skalkotas Foyers) |
| 16:15-17:45 | (Banquet Hall) Address by Neelie Kroes, Vice-President of the European Commission responsible for the Digital Agenda (video-message) Chair: John WOOD, Secretary General, Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU), United Kingdom Rapporteur: Yannis IOANNIDIS, President and General Director, "Athena" Research & Innovation Center, Greece Keynote speaker: Francine BERMAN, [ PDF ], Council Co-Chair, Research Data Alliance, United States Panellists: - Ross WILKINSON, [ PDF ], Executive Director, Australian National Data Service, Australia
- Donald HOBERN, [ PDF ], Executive Secretary, Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF), Denmark
- Jean-Claude GUEDON, University of Montreal, Department of Comparative Literature, Canada
- Sverker HOLMGREN, Program Director, Nordic eScience Globalisation Initiative (NeGI), Sweden
- Helene LUCAS, [ PDF ], International Scientific Coordinator of the Wheat Initiative, French National Institute for Agricultural Research (INRA), France
- Kostas GLINOS, Head of Unit, 'Strategy, EFTA and enlargement countries, Russia Asia and Pacific', Directorate-General for Research & Innovation, European Commission
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| 18:15-18:45 | Bus Transport from Megaron to the Dinner Venue (first bus: 18h15, last bus: 18h45) |
19:30 | "Research & Art" Exhibition Award Ceremony- Christos VASILAKOS, General Secretary for Research and Technology (GSRT), Greece
- Robert-Jan SMITS, Director-General, Directorate-General for Research & Innovation (RTD), European Commission
followed by the Official ICRI 2014 Dinner at Balux Prive, Seaside Restaurant, Glyfada |
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Day 3 - Friday 4 April |
| 09:00-10:00 | Summary of Parallel Thematic Sessions [video](Banquet Hall) Chair: Daan DU TOIT, Senior S&T Representative to the EU, South African Department of Science & Technology, South Africa Rapporteurs: Barak HERUT, [ PDF ], Director General, Israel Oceanographic & Limnological Research Ltd (IOLR), Israel Marteyn VAN GASTEREN, [ PDF ], Centro Nacional de Investigación sobre la Evolución Humana (CENIEH), Spain Imma SUBIRATS, [ PDF ], Food & Agriculture Organisation (FAO), United Nations (UN), Italy Sandra COLLINS, [ PDF ], Director, Digital Repository of Ireland (DRI), Ireland
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| 10:00-10:30 | Coffee Break (Banquet and N. Skalkotas Foyers) |
| 10:30-12:00 | (Banquet Hall) Chair: Robert-Jan SMITS, Director-General, Directorate-General for Research & Innovation (RTD), European Commission Rapporteur: Ana ARANA ANTELO, [ PDF ], Head of Unit Research Infrastructures - DG R&I, European Commission Panellists: - John WOMERSLEY, [ PDF ], Chief Executive, Science & Technology Facilities Council (STFC), United Kingdom
- Ian CHUBB, Chief Scientist, Office of the Chief Scientist, Australian Department of Industry, Australia
- Hiroshi NAGANO, [ PDF ], Chair, OECD Global Science Forum, Japan
- Phil MJWARA, Director General, Department of Science & Technology (DST), South Africa
- Cristina GUTIÉRREZ-CORTINES, Member of the European Parliament, Spain
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| 12:00-13:00 | Closing Remarks[video](Banquet Hall) - Robert-Jan SMITS, Director-General, Directorate-General for Research & Innovation (RTD), European Commission
- Phil MJWARA, Director General, Department of Science & Technology (DST), South Africa
- Kostis CHATZIDAKIS, Minister for Development and Competitiveness, Greece
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| 13:00-14:00 | Light Lunch (Banquet and N. Skalkotas Foyers) |
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