Wednesday, 15 June 2011

Registration of participants, hotel Dedeman Trimoncium

Opening session
Moderator: Dimitrios Sanopoulos, CERTH (GR)

• Opening speech "Europe 2020 and the Innovation Union", Cornelis-Mario Vis, Adviser, Bureau of European Policy Advisers
• Sergej Ignatov, Minister of Education, Youth and Science, TBC
• Vesselin Metodiev, Member of the Parliament, TBC
• Rector of Sofia University, TBC

Plenary session 1 "Framework for researchers mobility and career development in Europe"
Moderator: Elissaveta Gourova, Sofia University (BG)

• Europe 2020: vision for ERA
  James Gavigan, European Commission, DG Research
• Towards a Single European labour market for researchers: The role of EURAXESS – Researchers In Motion initiative
  Kitty Fehringer, European Commission, DG Research
• Implementation of Charter & Code – challenges and potentials
  Hans M Borchgrevink, The Research Council of Norway (RCN)
• E*CARE project overview
  Dimitrios Sanopoulos, CERTH (GR)

Coffee break

Plenary Session 2 "Opportunities for researchers' mobility in Europe"
Moderator: Pierantonios Papazoglou, Research Promotion Foundation (CY)

• Marie Curie Actions: excellence, mobility and skills for researchers
  Mariam Benjdia, European Commission, EAC
• Funding excellence in Europe: ERC
  Iliana Nikolova, European Commission, ERC
• Researchers career at JRC
  Milena Raykovska, European Commission, DG JRC, TBC)

Lunch

Plenary Session 3 "Mobility and career of researchers: national practices and challenges"
Moderator: Adam Molnar, TETALAP (HU)

• Austria in a nutshell
  Julia Tschelaut, Austrian Federal Ministry of Science and Research (AT)
• The case of Switzerland
  Sofia Karakostas, Eidgenossische Technische Hochschule Zurich (CH)
• The case of the Czech Republic
  Viktoria Bodnarova, Centre for Administration and Operations of Academy of Sciences of Czech Republic (CZ)
• The case of Slovakia
  Katarina Kostalova, Slovak Academic Information Agency (SK)

Coffee break

Plenary Session 4 "Mobility and career of researchers: national practices and challenges"
Moderator: Julia Tschelaut, Austrian Federal Ministry of Science and Research (AT)

• The case of Hungary
  Adam Molnar, Tudomanyos es Technologiai Alapitvany (HU)
• The case of Greece
  Argyroula Sigala, Marianna Gritzala, National Hellenic Research Foundation (GR)
• The case of Cyprus
  Pierantonios Papazoglou, Research Promotion Foundation (CY)
• The case of Bulgaria
  Karina Anguelieva, Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski", NIS (BG)

Thursday, 16 June 2011

Plenary Session 5 "Challenges for EURAXESS"
Moderator: Katarina Kostalova, Slovak Academic Information Agency (SK)

• EURAXESS TOP & UNISALLL projects achievements
  Brigitte Ernst, Université de Liège
• Barriers for career and mobility of researchers: E*CARE project survey
  Elissaveta Gourova, Sofia University (BG)
• Challenges of industry-academia collaboration in South-Eastern Europe: I*SEEMob project
  Neven Duic, Vesna Babaja, Agency for Mobility and EU Programmes (HR)

Coffee break

Plenary Session 6, "Researchers Career and Mobility experience"
Moderator: Viktoria Bodnarova, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic (CZ)

• How mobility influences researchers' career success
  Mariagrazia Squcharini, OECD, TBC
• Role of Euraxess in making my and my family's life easier
  Elizabeth John (India), Researcher in the Czech Republic
• Challenges of Reversing Brain-Drain, the Israeli Experience
  Iseer Peer, Bar-Ilan University
• Setting up an university mobility centre
  Ralitza Soultanova, Centre de mobilite des chercheurs, Belgium
• Experience as a mobile researcher in UK and Finland
  Lidia Galabova, Marie Curie fellow in the UK

Lunch

Round table discussion: "Vision for EURAXESS 2020"
Moderator: Sofia Karakostas , Eidgenossische Technische Hochschule Zurich (CH)

• E*CARE Scenarios for EURAXESS
  Annika Glauner, Eidgenossische Technische Hochschule Zurich (CH)

Closing of conference