Programme MSCA 2019
“Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions to foster scientific excellence”
4-5 June 2019, Bucharest, Romania, ARCUB Cultural Centre
Day 1, June 4th
8:30 – 9:30
Registration of participants
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: Christian DOELLER – Director at Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Leipzig, Germany | Kavli Institute for Systems Neuroscience, NTNU, Trondheim, Norway
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 - 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 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 - 16:45 – 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
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)
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