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Programme

Programme MSCA 2019

“Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions to foster scientific excellence”
4-5 June 2019, Bucharest, Romania, ARCUB Cultural Centre

84-90 Lipscani Steet

Day 1, June 4th

8:30 – 9:30

Registration of participants

9:30 – 9:45

Welcome

Moderator: Susan WATTS

9:45 – 10:15

Opening Speeches

Bodo RICHTER – Deputy Head of Unit at Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions Unit C.2, DG EAC, European Commission

Adrian CURAJ– Director at Executive Agency for Higher Education, Research, Development and Innovation Funding (UEFISCDI)

 

10:15 – 11:00

Plenary session:

Keynote speaker: Joao ALBUQUERQUE SILVA – Policy Officer, DG RTD-Unit G.1 European Commission

11:00 – 11:15

Marie Curie Awards

Category “Scientific Careers for Policy Making” – Presentation of final candidates

11:15 – 11:45

Coffee break

11:45 – 12:30

Plenary

MSCA impact on organisations to best support the fellows (main achievements in Horizon 2020 and prospects for Horizon Europe)

Speaker:
Bodo RICHTER – Deputy Head of Unit at Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions Unit C.2, DG EAC, European Commission

12:30 – 12:45

Marie Curie Awards

Category “Sharing excellence” – Presentation of final candidates

12:45 – 14:00

Lunch break

14:00- 16:30

Parallel sessions 

  • S1: Widening participation and sharing excellence: the role of MSCA
    Chair: Anita TREGNER– MLINARIC – Vice Chair of MSCA Advisory Board
  • Rapporteur: Maria GORNA– Board Member of MCAA, Structural Biology Group Leader, University of Warsaw, Poland
    Speakers
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  • S2: Improving and facilitating synergies between Horizon Europe and ESIF
    Chair: Jennifer BRENNAN –  Director of Research, Development and Innovation, Technological Higher Education Association (THEA)
    Rapporteur: Bala ATTILI – Treasurer of MCAA, Researcher, University of Cambridge
    Speakers
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  • S3: Careers and mobility for an open European science landscape
    Chair: Cecilia CABELLO VALDEZ – Director R&I Policies and Internationalization, Spanish Foundation for Science and Technology (FECYT)
    Rapporteur:Mostafa Moonir  SHAWRAV – Vice-Chair of MCAA, Researcher, TU Wien
    Speakers

  • S4: Inter-sectoral mobility – MSCA as a tool for launching and fostering collaborations
    Chair: Mark WHITTLE –  Partner, Centre for Strategy & Evaluation Services LLP
    Rapporteur: Murat GUNEŞ – Secretary of MCCA, Assist. Prof. Dr. Erzincan Binali Yıldırım University
    Speakers
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  • 17:00 – 17:30
  • Widening participation in HE session
  • Moderator: Joao ALBUQUERQUE SILVA – European Commission DG RTD Unit B.5 – Spreading Excellence and Widening Participation

16:30 –16:45

Marie Curie Awards

Category “Innovation and Entrepreneurship” – Presentation of final candidates

18:30

Gala Dinner at the Romanian Athenaeum

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Day 2, June 5th

9:00 – 9:30

Welcome coffee

9:30 – 9:45

Summary of the day 1, introduction to day 2

9:45 – 11:00

Plenary

Speakers:
Antoaneta ANGELOVA – KRASTEVA – Director, Directorate General for Education, Youth, Sport and Culture, European Commission
Mario PEZZOTTI –  Vice-Rector for Research and Technology Transfer, University of Verona, Italy
ROB SMEETS – Director Public-Private Partnerships, Philips Chief Technology Office, Netherlands

11:00 – 11:30

Coffee break

11:30 -12:00

Award Ceremony
Presentations of MSCA award candidates (all categories)

12:00 – 12:45

Closing Plenary session:

Keynote speaker: Ada HAJDU – New Europe College

12:45 – 13:00

Closing remarks

Nicolae HURDUC – Minister, Romanian Ministry of Research and Innovation

13:00

Lunch

14:00 – 15:30

Side event
MCAA workshop

Towards Sustainable Research Career

Moderator: Sara Ricardo
Speakers: Maria Gorna, Mostafa Moonir Shawrav

Contact

msca2019@msca2019.eu

PARTNERS

This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 847457 — MSCA 2019

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