PROGRAMME

Updated August 30th, 2020

September 2 - 6, 2020
 PROGRAMME

Note Key

All sessions in the programme (physical, hybrid and Virtual Session

virtual) will be live-streamed.

Full registration allows access to physical, hybrid, Session recorded and available on demand
online, and on demand sessions.
.
https://www.esof.eu/en/register.html OPEN Open access session
Online registration allows access to live-streamed
sessions, including open access. HOT Hot Topic

Keynote Keynote Session or Keynote Speech

2

8:30 - 10:00
Auditorium
28A
Room 28H
Freshwater-seawater dynamics
in coastal zones: advancing
Room 27A science and technology for
sustainable management
University of Padova
To Bee or not to Bee?
University A. Avogadro of
Eastern Piedemont
Room 27B
HOT
Responsible Creativity: on the
verge of a Fashion Revolution
Virtual International Talent Support
Room 1
CONNECTOR - Combining
Scientists & Citizens for Ocean
Virtual Research
OYSTER / EuroMarine -
Room 2 European Marine Research
Virtual Network’
Room 1
The prestige of scientific
expertise vs. technology
Virtual demand: parallel routes with a
common innovative purpose?
Room 3 Marie Curie Alumni
Association
EuroScience Governing Board
ES Room meeting
10:15 - 11:45
Keynote Speeches
Immunity, from Cancer to
COVID-19: Dreams and
Challenges A.Mantovani
Big Data meets Big Theory: the
dawn of new scientific method?
S.Succi
Artificial Intelligence in Finance:
will Fintech algorithms run our
money towards sustainability?
ModeFinance s.r.l.
Agriculture on the front line, what
the world can learn from African
Scientists
Scidev.Net
Engaging the public with the
scientific process in science
engagement organisations
ECSITE
Systems’ integrators for a
Sustainable Circular
Bioeconomy
BIOVOICES H2020 Project
What will the world of research
look like in 10 years?
Challenges and opportunities
of future research ecosystem
Elsevier
HOT
EuroScience Governing Board
meeting
Wednesday, September 2nd
12:00 - 13:30
Opening Ceremony
(Auditorium 15:00 - 17:30)
Keynote Session
Climate change: local to global
risks and responses
V. Masson-Delmotte, F. Giorgi,
H.O. Pörtner, J. F. Skea
HOT
Open innovation: a key driver
for decarbonizing ships and
shipping
Fincantieri S.p.A.
Technology and finance for
sustainability
Confindustria
Sharing is caring?
Can local practice turn into
transformative change in a
collaborative economy?
European Research Council
A sustainable bioeconomy: A
global challenge for a shared
future
BiOrbic SFI bioeconomy
research centre Ireland
CRISPR: what’s next?
European Research Council
Executive Agency
EuroScience General assembly
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 Thursday, September 3rd
8:30 - 10:00 10:15 - 11:45 12:00 - 13:30 14:30 - 16:00 16:15 - 17:45 18:00 - 19:30
Frontier research in Europe: Keynote Session PHD4INNOVATING: How can Keynote Session Keynote Speeches Addressing Roadblocks in
reflecting on the past, looking COVID-19: Ground-breaking high-level training, policy From Genes to Genomes: What the Pandemic is Teaching Research Assessment Reform
to the future research on brain impacts & makers and economic players Science, Technology and Us About Science, Politics and EMBO/DORA
Auditorium European Research Council
the search for plant-based
SISSA Policy to reveal the Secrets of Sustainability? J.D. Sachs
vaccines C. Cookson, T. Hartung, Life S. Jasanoff, M. Giacca, M.
Room28A 1 HOT OPEN D. O’Reilly, D.B. Pedersen Morgante
The Climate Challenge
Explained G. Haug Keynote Speech
HOT OPEN
The mobility of researchers: Research for the 21st century
Permanent Insecurity: A Forced out, Welcome in: How should public money be
Roots and routes of “Migration Building BRIDGES: Big obstacles, opportunity a
Science International strategy European action for spent? O. Leyser
on the Western Balkans”:(Im)- Research Infrastructures for concrete project for a pan-
to support displaced and researchers at risk
Room 28H refugee scientists and science Mobilities and Reception. Diplomacy and Engagement European pension scheme Keynote Session
University of Trieste
students CNR Italian Research Council through Science RESAVER Consortium The Exscalate4CoV project
TWAS IIASA Elettra Sincrotrone Trieste
The magic triangle? What Filming Electrons in Motion Joining forces towards a global
Extending the body into digital 21st century Responsible What?Vs. So What? Innovation in times of
Smart Cities try to achieve Elettra Sincrotrone Trieste Research and Innovation
technology: an evolutionary Science communication in time COVID-19
WWTF Vienna Science and network
Room 27A perspective
Technology Fund MaREI ERI, University of Cork
of crisis EuroScience
ICTP EuroScience

Drinkable Water network  Does science for missions Sensing and Shaping Smart Tracking multiple career Citizen Science for the UN I COMPUTE THEREFORE I
resilience in a Regional Climate undermine the mission of Cities in the Post-COVID Era pathways of doctoral Sustainable Development AM…ethical AI with and for
Change Framework science? UNIDO candidates Goals people
Room 27B AcegasApsAmga OECD EUA Council for Doctoral IIASA Elsevier
Education OPEN

Transformative concepts in Genomic medicine: new ethical The future of The future of life: Synthetic Ethical dimensions of genome Going viral?
medicine, from systems and social challenges Neurotechnologies: benefits, living cells? editing: opinions and debates International dispersion of
Virtual medicine to cell-based Centre for Genomics challenges and social European Research Council across fields and countries genetically modified viruses
Room 1 therapies and gene editing Regulation implications CNRS Inserm outside of contaminated
COST Association European Research Council University of Toulouse 3 facilities
Executive Agency Science Magazine
HOT OPEN
Effective Sustainable Policies Transfer of Industry 4.0 from UTOPIAE – how to cope with Challenges and Opportunities Network user security and
for Career Development in research to industry the uncertainty and achieve of Collaborative Design: Case privacy solutions in the era of
Virtual Research Free University of Bolzen - optimal performance in safer Studies for Electric and artificial intelligence and GDPR
Room 2 Leibniz Information Centre Bolzano complex systems Automated Mobility University of Athens
ESTECO SpA TU Ilmenau

Open data infrastructures - a Shallow Geothermal: a Waste not: Municipal Solid The quest for Atlantis: Can the EU become a hot-shot Genome editing, disease
driver for innovation promising renewable resource Waste as an opportunity for Discovering the treasures of valley for tech start-ups? resistance and animal welfare
Virtual ecosystems for heating and cooling new business models in the the Blue Bioeconomy Science|Business Publishing Roslin Institute
Room 3 ELIXIR Romanian Geoexchange Circular Economy Bio-based Industries Joint LTD
Society Bio-based Industries Joint Undertaking (BBIJU) HOT
Undertaking (BBIJU)

Impact of COVID-19 on the The quest for reliability in the The future of European How to show the research Mind the gap: Bridging the
career development of Skillset required of researchers face of an “infodemic” Science “global Europe” community who you are expectation gap between
ES Virtual Researchers of the 21st century Elsevier Wellcome Trust EuroScience researchers and employers
EuroScience
Room EuroScience
OPEN
Elsevier MCAA
Mendeley
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 Friday, September 4th
8:30 - 10:00 10:15 - 11:45 12:00 - 13:30 14:30 - 16:00 16:15 - 17:45 18:00 - 19:30
Keynote Session Keynote Session Scientific Infrastructures for Keynote Speeches Scientific Diplomacy for
Blue skills to feed jobs in the Economic Growth and
If COVID-19 is the 9/11 moment Cities of the Future: the peace: from CERN to the Freedom: Inter-Cultural
for global public health, Mediterranean and Black Sea challenge between climate Productivity: the role of
Auditorium what needs to happen next? Region change and pollution
SESAME synchrotron and the
knowledge I. Visco
Dialogue for Science
new SEEIIST initiative University of Trieste
28A L. Brito, C. Coockson, M. OGS Trieste I. Homeier, E. E. Molyneux, T.
CERN
Hamaguchi, R. Horton, S.A. Karim, Oni, M. Lenarčič, G. Močnik Inquiry Based Research: What?
M. Kazatchkine
Why? And How? B.Barish
HOT OPEN
Smart Healthcare System: can Leveraging evidence for policy Understanding public trust and Keynote Speeches Exobiology and Solar System
Bottom-up climate actions − development and health distrust in science Stories of science, stem cells Exploration: Habitability on
urgent need or utopian Artificial Intelligence and
Room 28H Robotics improve the quality of intervention: results from the PCST and freedom E. Cattaneo Early Mars and Search for
structure? European Joint Action on Biosignatures with ExoMars
Center for the Promotion of life? Towards Genomic Scale Drug
Health Information Rover Altec SpA
Science Televita SpA Design R. Sabatini HOT
Sciensano

The marine litter problem: Keynote Speeches Healthy food - improving Plan S and Open Science – Plan S and Open Science – Beyond the Lab: Career Paths
sources, dispersion and The Darwinian Lesson of optimal consumer choices are we on the right track? are we on the right track? between Science and Policy
COVID-19 D. Pievani
Room 27A impacts European Commission Part 1 Part 2 EFSA and ZSI
ARPA FVG Technology transfer & Research Executive Agency Research Council of Norway Research Council of Norway
collaboration I. Mattaj
WIN – Weblike Innovation Perspectives on science- Soil Health: the biggest Protection of marine habitats The role of Hydrogen for Energy Harvesting: a panel
Network: A European Hub for related fake news among challenge facing Europe? and reduction of CO2 along sustainable global transport discussion
Innovation in Life Science young people in Central- European Commission coastal areas: scientific and and trade Fincantieri University of Rjieka
Room 27B Bio4Dreams Eastern Europe and Italy Joint Research Centre social aspects
ELTE Municipality of Monfalcone Public-Private Partnerships for
ship & shipping. Fincantieri

Rethinking Science Open research infrastructure in Women in Science: Is it all fair China’s rise is reshaping global Rethinking Science Digital skills for the industry of
Communication: Science science and innovation policies in meritocracy? science Communication: Experience the future
Virtual Stories in Perspective studies: a journey within RISIS European Research Council European Commission from the COVID-19 Pandemic Carlos Härtel
Room 1 Science Stories and its datasets Joint Research Centre Science Stories
CNR Italian Research
Council

Inclusion and gender diversity Anti-cancer immune response Will I walk again? How next Virtual patient cohorts: Advancing Health Care with Where is the ethics when
in research environments: a "a la carte": Recent advances generation artificial limbs are breaking the data deadlock Big data and Machine scientific information is
Virtual little less conversation, a little and future developments of shaping the future of medicine IMI - Innovative Medicines Learning: Case studies and misused?
more action please immunotherapy European Research Council Initiative challenges WFSJ
Room 2 Marie Curie Alumni European Research Counci Executive Agency COST Association
Association Executive Agency

Turning contemporary cities World Café for Regional Advancing R&I ecosystems in Networking the Western Scientific data sharing and its The EU and You: European
into smart, interactive and safe Innovation Ecosystems the Western Balkans with Balkans R&I community impact on scientific careers and Research Funding and Career
Virtual urban living Connected at European Level regard to their ERA integration towards success their evaluation development
Room 3 European Research Council EURODOC EC DG R&I EC DG R&I Inserm European Research Council
Executive Agency International Service Facility International Service Facility

Open science in time of
pandemics: the experience of
ES Virtual the Research Data alliance
Room working group on COVID-19
in the international landscape
Data Research Alliance
Graphene meets Graphite:
towards a cleaner environment
Center for Dialogue
EU-Open Science Policy The role of science in global How sensemaking allows us to AAAS Late-Breaker COVID-
Platform response to crisis: lessons make sense of the related Session
Open Science Policy Platform learned from the COVID-19 misinformation crisis? AAAS
Pandemic SISSA Media lab
ESOF2018 Toulouse: Video
EuroScience
legacy (13:30-14:30) 5

8:30 - 10:00
How to capture the
entrepreneurial potential of
women? Approaches in
Auditorium business and education
28A HÉTFA Research Institute
Effectiveness, usefulness and
ethical impact of screening
tests in children in a cross-
Room 28H border setting
Institute for Maternal and
Child Health- Burlo Garofolo
The ERC AROMA-CFD project:
Computational Methods in
Fluid Dynamics with
Room 27A Applications in Biomedicine,
Environment and Industry
SISSA
Into the era of gravitational
wave astrophysics
Room 27B SISSA
Sustainable Development
Goals - Planet on a diet for a
Virtual healthy future
Univerity of Novi Sad
Room 1
Predicting social impact and
innovation trajectories: public
Virtual and private investment at early-
stage
Room 2 IN srl and ETH Zurich
Virtual
Room 3
How Clusters and
Ecosystems help to connect
ES Virtual science and business
European Commission- DG
Room Growth
10:15 - 11:45
Keynote Session
How to save the world!
Achieving social, economic and
environmental sustainability
through innovation
N. Shalev, Z. D’Agostino,
A. van Jaarsveld
Cultural Heritage and Science:
Perspectives in Law and Policy
University of Trieste
Re-Thinking Vaccines
European Research Council
HOT OPEN
Super-computing and the
science & technology of the
future
MaX Center of Excellence
HOT OPEN
Transforming Construction
Waste into Energy Efficiency
Solutions
IZNAB Sp. z o.o.
I want to be an Open Scientist!
Research Evaluation and
Incentives to boost Open
Science and Research Careers
EOSCsecretariat.eu
CNR
Misinformation: An age old
problem or a global threat to
health
Wellcome Trust
12:00 - 13:30
SEA Science Tea: BlueMed's
young voices on the future of
the Mediterranean Sea
CNR Italian Research
Council
Science Diplomacy and
Oceans Management
South African Dept. of
Science and Technology
Nanomedicine – tiny tools to
beat the giant cancer challenge
University of Lisbon
Who is responsible for
transferable skills and how can
RRI and Open Science help?
University of Edinburgh
Advancing Global Relisience
and Fostering Cross-border
Cooperation through Disaster
Diplomacy Efforts
National Science Foundation
Smart EcoDigital Cities and
Regions - Challenges and
Solutions for a Sustainable
Future
Cooperative State University
Baden-Wuerttenberg
EYRA Ceremony
OPEN
14:30 - 16:00
Keynote Speeches
From basic science to advanced
medicine A. Yonath
Experiences of pandemic
crises surge and research-
guided responses
University of Trieste
Human Factor in Industry 4.0
Umbra Group
How to govern an effective
science-policy interface?
Lessons in addressing the
Euro-Mediterranean challenges
EMUNI
Ground-breaking research on
when the ground shakes:
advancements on earthquakes
European Research Council
Would Einstein get hired
today? Entrepreneurship
education and Design Thinking
for career development and
transition to industry
DKFZ German Cancer
Research Centre
Envisioning Psychedelic
Prescription Medicine in
Europe: A Science Vision
Quest
University of Vienna
MIT Media Lab
Raising the standard of
excellence in Hungarian basic
research
ELKH
Saturday, September 5th
16:15 - 17:45 18:00 - 19:30
Brain Drain - Brain Gain - Brain Trieste Declaration of Human
Circulation Duties - A Code of Ethics of
Academies of Science Shared Responsibilities
HOT OPEN S. Paoletti, J. Sachs, S. Taylor
Regione Friuli Venezia Giulia Resident sub-sea drones:
and MIT: enhancing excellence digitalization and AI to support
in science and technology a safe and sustainable energy
transfer transition
Regione FVG Saipem SpA
SISSA
Virtuous Agriculture, a new
beneficial model for health & EIROforum science - bringing
environment the future closer
Andrea Illy CERN
Marriage counselling: How can Accessibility, Equity, and
we get difficult public/private Health Safety for all persons
partnerships in Horizon to despite COVID-19 and after it
work? Federsanità ANCI FVG
Science|Business Publishing
Ltd.
Lifting the lid on impact WANTED – Brave Men &
investment - Investing with and Women for hazardous journey
for impact in the 21st century towards a better transfer
MitoTech culture in science & research
Helmholtz Institute
HOT
Artificial Intelligence: A blessing The integrated heart -
or a threat for society? mathematical models and
European Research Council algorithms for cardiac diseases
Executive Agency Milan Polytechnic Institute
‘Data revolution’: what should Creative Explorations in
everyone be asking? Artificial Intelligence, Robotics,
Sense About Science and Autonomous Systems
San Jose State University
Voice of Early-Career
Researchers on Research
Culture
EuroScience Friends of ESOF and
EuroScience Reception
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 Sunday, September 6th
8:30 - 10:00 10:15 - 11:45 12:00 - 13:30

Auditorium Closing Ceremony

28A (Auditorium 15:00 - 17:30)

Keynote Session Keynote Speeches Innovative approaches to user-

Emerging Technologies: The
New Quantum Revolution Era
Room 28H T. Calarco, R. Fazio, J.I. Latorre,
G. Santoro, V. Smelyanskii
HOT
Optimal transport, from nature to
machine learning A. Figalli
Recent progress in artificial
intelligence: what impact on
science and on society? M. Mézard
centred development of
Healthcare solutions
European Commission
Research Executive Agency

Inclusion and empowerment of
people with disabilities in the
Room 27A Balkans: the European
Network for Inclusion Beyond
the Borders
Rittmeyer Institute FVG
Fusion Mobility: A systemic
approach for a connected and
Room 27B human future mobility
Fusion Mobility Memmingen
Institute
Learning Cities and Learning
Regions: local development
throughout lifelong learning
Regione FVG
Simulations driven industry, the
case of shipbuilding and
maritime
Fincantieri S.p.A.
Incorporating users in the
deployment of Autonomous
Vehicles
University of Udine
Lost in the sea? Can science
guide citizens in seafood
consumer decisions?
EMUNI

The "I Support Sustainability" Illuminating Cultural Heritage:

project from research to preservation
Virtual ARDISS Regione FVG ESP Central
Room 1

Career development for The emotional roller coaster of

researchers in Europe – building a Career in Science
Virtual Sharing good practice, building MRC Laboratory of Molecular
Room 2 bridges Biology
Lancaster University

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 DISCUSSION TRAILS

Index

Science Diplomacy 9 Entrepreneurship and Tech-Transfer 15

Healthcare 10 IT and Digital Technology 16

Medicine and Ethics 11 Sustainability 17

Careers in Science 12 Open science and Open Data 19

Science, Policy and Citizen Engagement 13 Smart and Sustainable Cities 20

Advanced Research 21

Social Science 23

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SCIENCE DIPLOMACY

Thu. 3rd Building BRIDGES: Big

Research Infrastructures for
Diplomacy and Engagement
through Science
IIASA
Forced out, Welcome in:
European action for
researchers at risk Room 28H
University of Trieste

Scientific Diplomacy for

Fri. 4th Scientific Infrastructures for
Room 28A peace: from CERN to the
SESAME synchrotron and the
new SEEIIST initiative
CERN
Room 28A Freedom: Inter-Cultural
Dialogue for Science
University of Trieste

Sat. 5th Advancing Global Relisience

and Fostering Cross-border
Trieste Declaration of Human
Duties - A Code of Ethics of
Virtual Room 1 Cooperation through Disaster Room 28A Shared Responsibilities
Diplomacy Efforts S. Paoletti, J. Sachs, S. Taylor
National Science
Foundation

SEA Science Tea: BlueMed's

young voices on the future of
Room 28A the Mediterranean Sea
CNR Italian Research
Council

Science Diplomacy and

Oceans Management
Room 28H South African Dept. of
Science and Technology

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 8:30 - 10:00 10:15 - 11:45 12:00 - 13:30 14:30 - 16:00 16:15 - 17:45 18:00 - 19:30

HEALTHCARE

Fri. 4th Keynote Session
If COVID-19 is the 9/11 moment
for global public health,
what needs to happen next?
L. Brito, C. Coockson, M.
Hamaguchi, R. Horton, S.A. Karim,
M. Kazatchkine
HOT OPEN
Smart Healthcare System: can
Artificial Intelligence and
Robotics improve the quality of
life?
TELEVITA
Leveraging evidence for policy
development and health
intervention: results from the Room 28H
European Joint Action on
Health Information
Sciensano

Virtual patient cohorts: Advancing Health Care with

breaking the data deadlock Big data and Machine
Virtual Room 2 IMI - Innovative Medicines Learning: Case studies and
Initiative challenges
Room 28A COST Association

Sat. 5th Effectiveness, usefulness and

ethical impact of screening
tests in children in a cross-
border setting
IRCCS Burlo Garofolo
Re-Thinking Vaccines Experience of pandemic Accessibility, Equity, and
ERC crisis surge and research-
Room 28H Health Safety for all persons
Room 27A guided responses despite COVID-19 and after it
HOT OPEN University of Trieste Federsanità ANCI FVG

Room 27B
Room 28H

Sun. 6th Innovative approaches to user-

centred development of
Healthcare solutions Room 28H
European Commission - REA

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 8:30 - 10:00
MEDICINE AND ETHICS
Wed. 2nd
Room 28H
Thu. 3rd Transformative concepts in
medicine, from systems
medicine to cell-based
therapies and gene editing
COST Association
Fri. 4th WIN – Weblike Innovation
Network: A European Hub for
Innovation in Life Science
Bio4Dreams
Sat. 5th
10:15 - 11:45
Keynote Speech
Immunity, from Cancer to
COVID-19: Dreams and
Challenges
A.Mantovani (10:15-11:00)
Genomic medicine: new ethical
and social challenges
Centre for Genomics
Regulation
Room 27B
Anti-cancer immune response
"a la carte": Recent advances
and future developments of
immunotherapy
ERC - Executive Agency
Room 27A
12:00 - 13:30 14:30 - 16:00 16:15 - 17:45 18:00 - 19:30
CRISPR: what’s next?
Virtual Room 3
ERC - Executive Agency
The future of Ethical dimensions of genome
Neurotechnologies: benefits, The future of life: Synthetic editing: opinions and debates
challenges and social living cells? across fields and countries
implications ERC CNRS, University of
Virtual Room 1
ERC - Executive Agency Toulouse 3
Going viral? Intentional
dispersion of genetically
Virtual Room 1 modified viruses outside of
contained facilities
Science Magazine
HOT OPEN
Genome editing, disease
Virtual Room 3 resistance and animal welfare
Roslin Institute
Will I walk again? How next
generation artificial limbs are
shaping the future of medicine Virtual Room 2
ERC - Executive Agecy
Nanomedicine – tiny tools to
beat the giant cancer challenge
University of Lisbon
Envisioning Psychedelic
Prescription Medicine in
Europe: A Science Vision
Quest Virtual Room 3
University of Vienna, MIT
Media Lab
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CAREERS IN SCIENCE
Wed. 2nd What will the world of research
look like in 10 years?
Challenges and opportunities Virtual Room 3
of future research ecosystem
Elsevier
HOT

Thu. 3rd Impact of COVID-19 on the Skillset required of researchers The mobility of researchers: Addressing Roadblocks in
career development of of the 21th century ES Virtual Room obstacles, opportunity a Research Assessment Reform
Researchers EuroScience . Room 28H concrete project for a pan- EMBO/DORA
EuroScience European pension scheme
RESAVER Consortium
Tracking multiple career
pathways of doctoral
Room 27B candidates
EUA Council for Doctoral
Education Room 28A

Effective Sustainable Policies How to show the research Mind the gap: Bridging the
for Career Development in community who you are expectation gap between
Research Virtual Room 2 ES Virtual Room EroScience researchers and employers
Leibniz Information Centre Elsevier MCAA
Mendeley

Fri. 4th Inclusion and gender diversity Blue skills to feed jobs in the
Beyond the Lab: Career Paths
Women in Science: Is it all fair
Room 27A between Science and Policy
in research environments: a Mediterranean and Black Sea
in meritocracy? ZSI, EFSA
little less conversation, a little Region Virtual Room 1
more action please OGS ERC
Marie Curie Alumni Ass.
Virtual Room 3 The EU & You: European
Research Funding and Career
development
ERC
Virtual Room 2 Room 28A
th
Sat. 5 Brain Drain - Brain Gain - Brain
Circulation
ES Virtual Room EYRA Ceremony Academies of Science Room 28A
HOT OPEN
OPEN
Voice of Early-Career
Researchers on Research
Culture
Sun. 6th Career development for
researchers in Europe –
The emotional roller coaster
of building a Career in
EuroScience
Sharing good practice, building Science Virtual Room 2
bridges MRC Lab. of Molecular
Lancaster University Biology

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 8:30 - 10:00 10:15 - 11:45 12:00 - 13:30 14:30 - 16:00 16:15 - 17:45 18:00 - 19:30

SCIENCE, POLICY and CITIZEN ENGAGEMENT

Wed. 2nd CONNECTOR - Combining

Scientists & Citizens for Ocean
Engaging the public with the
scientific process in science
Research engagement organisations Virtual Room 1
OYSTER / EuroMarine - ECSITE
European Marine Research
Network’

Virtual Room 2

Room 27B Room 28H

rd
Thu. 3 Frontier research in Europe: Keynote Session
reflecting on the past, looking From Genes to Genomes:
to the future Room 28A Room 28A Science, Technology and Policy
to reveal the Secrets of Life
European Research Council S. Jasanoff, M. Giacca, M. Citizen Science for the UN Keynote Speech
Morgante
Sustainable Development Research for the 21st century:
HOT OPEN
Goals How should public money be
IIASA spent?
O. Leyser (18:00-18:45)
Joining forces for a global 21st
ES Virtual Room The quest for reliability in the
century Responsible Research
face of an “infodemic” Room 27A
and Innovation network
Elsevier
MaREI ERI, University
OPEN College of Cork

Does science for missions The future of European

undermine the mission for ES Virtual Room Science “global Europe”
Room 27B science? Wellcome Trust
OECD

China’s rise is reshaping global Keynote Speech

Fri. 4th Virtual Room 1 science Inquiry Based Research:
Room 28A
European Commission What? Why? And How?
Joint Research Centre B.Barish (17:00-17:45)

The role of science in global

response to crisis: lessons
learned from the COVID-19
ES Virtual Room Pandemic
EuroScience

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 8:30 - 10:00
SCIENCE, POLICY and CITIZEN ENGAGEMENT
Sat. 5th How Clusters and Ecosystems
help to connect science and
business
European Commission - DG
Growth
ES Virtual Room
Sun. 6th Inclusion and empowerment of
people with disabilities in the
Balkans: the European
Network for Inclusion Beyond
the Borders
Rittmeyer Institute
10:15 - 11:45 12:00 - 13:30 14:30 - 16:00 16:15 - 17:45 18:00 - 19:30
Keynote Speech
Cultural Heritage and From basic science to
Science: Perspectives in Room 28A advanced medicine
Law and Policy A.Yonath (14:30-15:15)
University of Trieste
How to govern an effective
science-policy interface?
Lessons in addressing the
Room 27B Euro-Mediterranean challenges
EMUNI
Room 28H
Raising the standard of
ES Virtual Room excellence in Hungarian basic
research
ELKH
Learning Cities and Learning
Incorporating users in the
deployment of Autonomous
Regions: local development Vehicles Room 27A
throughout lifelong learning University of Udine
Regione FVG
Lost in the sea? Can science
guide citizens in seafood Room 27B
consumer decisions?
EMUNI
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ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND TECH-TRANSFER
Thu. 3rd
Fri. 4th
Virtual Room 3
Sat. 5th How to capture the
N
entrepreneurial potential of
women? Approaches in
business and education
HEFTA Research Institute
10:15 - 11:45 12:00 - 13:30
PHD4INNOVATING: How can
Room 28A high-level training, policy
makers and economic players
SISSA
Transfer of Industry 4.0 from
research to industry
Virtual Room 2 Free University of Bolzen -
Bolzano
Keynote Speech:
Technology transfer &
Room 27A
collaboration
I. Mattaj (11:00-11-45)
World Café for Regional Advancing R&I ecosystems in
Innovation Ecosystems the Western Balkans with
Connected at European Level regard to their ERA integration
EURODOC International Service Facility
of EC DG R&I
Room 28A
Room 27A
Virtual Room 2
14:30 - 16:00
Virtual Room 2
Virtual Room 3
Networking the Western
Balkans R&I community
towards success
International Service Facility
of EC DG R&I
The Human Factor in Industry
4.0
Umbra Group
Would Einstein get hired
today? Entrepreneurship
education and Design Thinking
for career development and
transition to industry
DKFZ
16:15 - 17:45 18:00 - 19:30
Innovation in time of
Challenges and Opportunities
of Collaborative Design: Case Covid-19
Studies for Electric and EuroScience
Automated Mobility
TU Ilmenau
Can the EU become a hot-shot
valley for tech start-ups?
Room 27A
Science|Business
HOT
Digital skills for the industry of
the future
Virtual Room 1 C. H. Härtel
.Public-Private Partnership
for ship & shipping
Fincantieri S.p.A. Room 27B
(17:00-17:45)
Marriage counselling: How
Room 27B
can we get the public/private
partnerships in Horizon to
succeed?
Science|Business
Virtual Room 1 Virtual Room 1
Lifting the lid on impact WANTED – Brave Men &
investment - Investing with and Women for hazardous journey
for impact in the 21st century towards a better transfer
MitoTech culture in science & research
Helmholtz Institute
HOT
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IT AND DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY

Wed. 2nd Artificial Intelligence in Finance:
will Fintech algorithms run our Room 27A
money towards sustainability?
ModeFinance

Thu. 3rd Extending the body into digital

technology: an evolutionary
perspective Room 27A I COMPUTE THEREFORE I
AM…ethical AI with and for
ICTP
Room 27B people
Elsevier
UTOPIAE – how to cope with OPEN
the uncertainty and achieve
Virtual Room 2 optimal performance in safer
Network user security and
complex systems
privacy solutions in the era of
ESTECO SpA Virtual Room 2 artificial intelligence and GDPR
University of Athens

Sat. 5th Super-computing and the Artificial Intelligence: A blessing

science & technology of the Virtual Room 2 or a threat for society?
Room 27B future ERC - Executive Agency
MaX Center of Excellence

HOT OPEN

‘Data revolution’: what should Creative Explorations in

Virtual Room 3 everyone be asking? Artificial Intelligence, Robotics,
Sense About Science and Autonomous Systems
San Jose State University

Sun. 6th Simulations driven industry, the

case of shipbuilding and Room 27B
maritime
Fincantieri S.p.A.

Keynote Speech
Recent progress in artificial
intelligence: what impact on Room 28H
science and on society?
M. Mézard (11:00-11:45)

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SUSTAINABILITY
Wed. 2nd Freshwater-seawater
dynamics in coastal zones:
advancing science and
technology for sustainable
management
University of Padova
To Bee or not to Bee?
University A. Avogadro of
Eastern Piedemont
HOT
Responsible Creativity: on the
verge of a Fashion Revolution
International Talent Support
Virtual Room 1
The prestige of scientific
expertise vs. technology
demand: parallel routes with a
common innovative purpose?
Marie Curie Alumni
Association
Thu. 3rd
Virtual Room 3
10:15 - 11:45
Room 27A
Agriculture on the front line, what Technology and finance for
the world can learn from African sustainability
Scientists
Scidev.Net
Systems' integrators for a
Sustainable Circular
Bioeconomy
BIOVOICES H2020 Project
Virtual Room 3
Shallow Geothermal: a
promising renewable resource
for heating and cooling
Romanian Geoexchange
Society
12:00 - 13:30 14:30 - 16:00 16:15 - 17:45 18:00 - 19:30
Keynote Session
Climate change: local to global
risks and responses
V. Masson-Delmotte, F. Giorgi, Room 28H
H.O. Pörtner, J. F. Skea
HOT
Room 27B
Confindustria
A sustainable bioeconomy: A
global challenge for a shared
future Virtual Room 2
BiOrbic SFI bioeconomy
research centre Ireland
Sharing is caring?
Can local practice turn into
transformative change in a Virtual Room 1
collaborative economy?
ERC
Waste not: Municipal Solid The quest for Atlantis: Keynote Speech
Waste as an opportunity for Discovering the treasures of What the Pandemic is Teaching
new business models in the the Blue Bioeconomy Us About Science, Politics and
Circular Economy Bio-based Industries Joint Sustainability? Room 28A
J.D. Sachs (16:15-17:00)
Bio-based Industries Joint Undertaking
Undertaking
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SUSTAINABILITY (CONTINUED)
Fri. 4th Bottom-up climate actions −
urgent need or utopian
structure?
Center for the Promotion of
Science
Graphene meets Graphite: Keynote Speech
towards a cleaner environment ES Virtual Room Economic Growth and
Center for Dialogue productivity: the role of
knowledge
I. Visco (16:15-17:00)
Energy Harvesting: a panel
discussion
University of Rjieka

Soil Health: the biggest

Room 28H Room 27B challenge facing Europe?
Room 28A Room 27B
JRC

The marine litter problem: Protection of marine habitats

sources, dispersion and and reduction of CO2 along
Room 27A coastal areas: scientific and Room 27B
impacts
ARPA FVG social aspects
Municipality of Monfalcone

Sat. 5th Sustainable Development Transforming Construction Virtuous Agriculture, a new

Goals - Planet on a diet for a Waste into Energy Efficiency beneficial model for health &
healthy future Solutions Virtual Room 1 environment
Univerity of Novi Sad IZNAB Andrea Illy Room 27A

Keynote Session
How to save the world!
Achieving social, economic and
environmental sustainability Room 28A
through innovation
N. Shalev, Z. D’Agostino,
A. van Jaarsveld

Sun. 6th The "I Support Sustainability"

project
ARDISS Virtual Room 1

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OPEN SCIENCE AND OPEN DATA
Wed. 2nd
Thu. 3rd Open data infrastructures - a
driver for innovation
ecosystems
ELIXIR
Fri. 4th Open science in time of
pandemics: the experience of
the Research Data alliance
working group on COVID-19 in
the international landscape
Data Research Alliance
ES Virtual Room
ES Virtual Room
Sat. 5th
10:15 - 11:45
Virtual Room 3
Open research infrastructure in
science and innovation policies
studies: a journey within RISIS
and its datasets
CNR Italian Research
Council
I want to be an Open Scientist!
Research Evaluation and
Incentives to boost Open
Science and Research Careers
EOSC Secretariat, CNR
Virtual Room 3
12:00 - 13:30 14:30 - 16:00 16:15 - 17:45 18:00 - 19:30
Open innovation: a key driver
for decarbonizing ships and
shipping Room 27A
Fincantieri S.p.A.
Keynote Speech
Stories of science, stem cells
and freedom Room 28H
Virtual Room 1 E. Cattaneo (16:15-17:00)
EU-Open Science Policy Plan S and Open Science – Plan S and Open Science –
Platform are we on the right track? - 1 are we on the right track? - 2
Open Science Policy Research Council of Norway Research Council of Norway Room 27A
Platform
Scientific data sharing and its
impact on scientific careers and
their evaluation Virtual Room 3
Inserm
Who is responsible for
transferable skills and how can
RRI and Open Science help? Room 27B
University of Edinburgh
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SMART AND SUSTAINABLE CITIES

Thu. 3rd Drinkable Water network 

resilience in a Regional Climate
The magic triangle? What
Smart Cities try to achieve
Sensing and Shaping Smart
Cities in the Post-COVID Era Room 27B
Change Framework WWTF Vienna Science UNIDO
AcegasApsAmga SpA and Technology Fund

Room 27B

Fri. 4th Keynote Session

Cities of the Future: the
challenge between climate
Room 28A
change and pollution
I. Homeier, E. E. Molyneux, T. Oni,
M. Lenarčič, G. Močnik

Turning contemporary cities

into smart, interactive and safe
urban living Virtual Room 3
ERC - Executive Agency

Smart EcoDigital Cities and

Sat. 5th Regions - Challenges and
Solutions for a Sustainable Virtual Room 3
Future
State University Baden-
Wuerttenberg

Fusion Mobility: A systemic

Sun. 6th approach for a connected and
human future mobility Room 27B
Fusion Mobility Memmingen
Institute

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ADVANCED RESEARCH

Wed. 2nd Keynote Speech

Big Data meets Big Theory:
the dawn of new scientific Room 28H
method?
S. Succi (11:00-11:45)

Thu. 3rd Keynote Session

COVID-19: Ground-breaking
Filming Electrons in Motion Room 27A
Elettra Sincrotrone Trieste
research on brain impacts &
Room 28A the search for plant-based
vaccines Keynote Session
C. Cookson, T. Hartung, D. The Exscalate4CoV project
O’Reilly, D.B. Pedersen Room 28H Elettra Sincrotrone Trieste
(18:45-19:00)
HOT OPEN

Fri. 4th The role of Hydrogen for

sustainable global transport
Room 27B and trade
Fincantieri S.p.A.
(16:15-17:00)
Exobiology and Solar System
Exploration: Habitability on
Early Mars and Search for
Room 28H Biosignatures with ExoMars
Rover
Altec SpA HOT

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ADVANCED RESEARCH (CONTINUED)

The ERC AROMA-CFD project: Keynote Speech

Sat. 5th Computational Methods in Towards Genomic Scale Drug
Fluid Dynamics with Room 27A Design Room 28A
Applications in Biomedicine, R. Sabatini (17:00-17:45)
Environment and Industry
SISSA

Regione Friuli Venezia Giulia Resident sub-sea drones:

Into the era of gravitational digitalization and AI to support
wave astrophysics Room 27B and MIT: enhancing excellence
a safe and sustainable energy
SISSA Room 28H in science and technology
transfer transition through the depletion
Regione FVG, SISSA of sub-sea gas fields
SAIPEM

Ground-breaking research on
when the ground shakes: EIROforum science - bringing
Virtual Room 1 advancements on earthquakes Room 27A the future closer
ERC CERN

The integrated heart -

mathematical models and
Virtual Room 2 algorithms for cardiac surgery
Milan Polytechnic Inst.

Sun. 6th Keynote Speech Keynote Speech

Emerging technologies: the Optimal transport, from nature
new quantum revolution era to machine learning
T. Calarco, R. Fazio, J.I. Latorre,
G. Santoro, V. Smelyanskii
A. Figalli (10:15-11:00) Room 28H
HOT

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SOCIAL SCIENCE

Thu. 3rd Permanent Insecurity: A

Science International strategy
Roots and routes of “Migration
on the Western Balkans”. (Im)-
Keynote Speech
What the Pandemic is
to support displaced and Mobilities and Reception. Room 28H Room 28A Teaching Us About Science,
refugee scientists and science CNR Italian Research Politics and Sustainability?
students Council G. Haug (17:00-17:45)
TWAS

What? Vs. So What?:

Science communication in
Room 27A time of crisis
EuroScience

Fri. 4th Keynote Speech

Rethinking Science
Communication: Science
Stories in Perspective
Science Stories
Virtual Room 1
The Darwinian Lesson of
COVID-19
D. Pievani (10:15-11:00)
Perspectives on science-
related fake news among
young people in Central-
Eastern Europe and Italy
ELTE
Room 27A
Room 27A
Virtual Room 1 Virtual Room 2
Understanding public trust and
Room 28H distrust in science
PCST
Rethinking Science Where is the ethics when
Room 27B Communication: Experience scientific information is
from the COVID-19 Pandemic misused?
Science Stories WFSJ
Healthy food - improving
optimal consumer choices How sensemaking allows us to AAAS Late-Breaker COVID-
European Commission - REA make sense of the related Session
ES Virtual Room misinformation crisis? AAAS
SISSA Media Lab

Sat. 5th Predicting social impact and

innovation trajectories: public
Misinformation: An age old
problem or a global threat to
and private investment at early- health
stage Wellcome Trust ES Virtual Room
IN srl and ETH Zurich

Sun. 6th Illuminating Cultural Heritage:

from research to preservation
ESP Central
Virtual Room 1
Virtual Room 2

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