Professional Documents
Culture Documents
SCIENCE PROGRAMME
TEMPORARY LIST OF THE ACCEPTED SESSIONS
A DIGITAL WORLD........................................................................................................... 2
FRONTIER RESEARCH AND EXPLORING EXTREMES .......................................................... 3
GLOBAL CHANGE: CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES ................................................... 4
HEALTH IN OUR SOCIETIES ............................................................................................. 6
SCIENCE POLICY & TRANSFORMATION OF RESEARCH PRACTICE ................................... 7
SHARING KNOWLEDGE ................................................................................................. 10
SUSTAINABLE CITIES, SUSTAINABLE LIVING ................................................................... 12
THE USE/MIS-USE OF RESEARCH AND SCIENTIFIC ADVICE ............................................ 14
UNDERSTANDING DIVIDED SOCIETIES .......................................................................... 14
OTHERS ......................................................................................................................... 15
A DIGITAL WORLD
Big data and the future of democracy: How can people hold Nina Kajander European Commission -
analytics and algorithms to account? Joint Research Centre
Interactive round table
Ethical Issues Implied by Autonomous Machines Gabriel Ganascia University Pierre and
Interactive round table Marie Curie
Future smart society: Challenges and opportunities for Yosuke Takashima Japan Science and
people, jobs and technologies Technology Agency
Traditional panel discussion
Going digital - supporting the sustainable development Vinny Pillay South African
goals department of Science
Traditional panel discussion and Technology (South
African embassy)
International sharing and protection of medical and Kazuto Kato Graduate School of
associated data – Can we harmonize regulatory policies to Medicine, Osaka
facilitate medical research across the globe? University
Traditional panel discussion
Ethics and the use of new forms of (on line and personal) Carthage Smith Global Science Forum,
data for research OECD
Traditional panel discussion
Ethics, Social Values and Artificial Intelligence : the case of Thibault de Swarte IMT Atlantique
social networks
Workshop
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FRONTIER RESEARCH AND EXPLORING
EXTREMES
What’s next for particle physics? The LHC, and beyond Arnaud Marsollier CERN - European
Interactive round table Organization for
Nuclear Research
Exoplanets: The search for planets beyond our solar system Tajinder Panesor The Institute of Physics
Traditional panel discussion
Opening the window to the first stars Tajinder Panesor The Institute of Physics
Traditional panel discussion
Catalysis as efficient tool for eluding the greenhouse effect: Montserrat Gomez Laboratoire
transforming CO2 into sustainable chemicals Hétérochimie
Traditional panel discussion Fondamentale et
Appliquée, CNRS -
Université de Toulouse
3 - Paul Sabatier
Quantum technologies: a chance for women to take their Ralph Stübner COST Association
place in science?
Traditional panel discussion
The search for Dark Matter and its implications for our Terry O'Connor Science and Technology
understanding of the Universe Facilities Council
Traditional panel discussion
Growing mini-organs on a petri dish: myth or reality Mariam Benjdia European Research
Traditional panel discussion Council Executive
Agency
3
Flying with the ERC amidst atmospheric particles to Nicolas Sifakis European Research
understand their impacts on climate and health Council
Traditional panel discussion
Tiny But Mighty: Neutrinos and the New Frontiers of Katie Yurkewicz Fermilab
Science
Traditional panel discussion
Mapping the world's most precious resource Nina Kajander European Commission -
Innovative format Joint Research Centre
Let’s talk rubbish: creating value from crop and food waste. Elspeth Bartlet BioVale
Traditional panel discussion
Science in the Sustainable Development Goals: Where Peter Gluckman Office of the Prime
science advice meets science diplomacy Minister's Chief Science
Traditional panel discussion Advisor, New Zealand
Assessing and optimizing the societal value of Research Frédéric Sgard Global Science Forum,
Infrastructures OECD
Traditional panel discussion
Plastic pollution in the ocean: the solution from the civil Alexandra Ter Halle CNRS-IMRCP
society
Traditional panel discussion
Wine and global change : the challenge of economic Michaël Pouzenc LISST University of
globalization and new wine cultures Toulouse
4
Workshop
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HEALTH IN OUR SOCIETIES
Fetal Therapy by Fetoscopy : New Treatment and Ethical Marion Groussolles CNRS, Inserm &
View Université Toulouse III
Innovative format Paul Sabatier, UMR
1027
How can public opinion shape the future of genome Tacita Croucher Babraham Institute
editing? Why, how, what and when? An experiment in (member institute of
Open Science. the EU Life alliance)
Innovative format
Vaccine and Society : Improve vaccine understanding Brigitte Autran Consortium for
Interactive round table Research in Vaccines
(CoReVac)
One Health, for systems-based, integrative approach to Ioanna Stavridou COST Association
sustainable public health
Interactive round table
Coverage and Context: a comparative study of responses to Maria de los Angeles ‘Mundo Sano’
and perceptions of neglected tropical diseases Erazo Foundation
Interactive round table
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Advancing Drug Policy Reform: A New Approach To Aidan Gilligan SciCom - Making Sense
Decriminalisation of Science
Pro and con debate
The third millennium surgeon: a robot with artificial Anna Grazia Mignani European Research
intelligence Council Executive
Traditional panel discussion Agency
How to improve the involvement of patients in health Clémentine Schilte Institut Pasteur
research?
Traditional panel discussion
Challenges and benefits of digital technologies for ageing Karina Marcus COST Association
well
Traditional panel discussion
Homeopathy: the need for robust evidence to inform Tracey Elliott EASAC (European
consumer choice Academies Science
Traditional panel discussion Advisory Council)
The Magic of Memory - Can brain training techniques help Charlotte Reid EC-funded Horizon 2020
boost memory and improve mental health in later life? project Medit-Ageing
Workshop
The re-configuration of research and Innovation (R&I): New Matthias Weber AIT Austrian Institute of
directions and policy approaches for tackling global change Technology
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Innovative format
The Politics of Science: Funding SSH Research around the Gabi Lombardo European Alliance for
World SSH (EASSH)
Interactive round table
Science diplomacy on the ground: protecting researchers in Angela Liberatore European Research
difficult environments Council Executive
Interactive round table Agency
Experiments in responsible metrics: how can we use James Wilsdon University of Sheffield
indicators and data to support open science?
Interactive round table
Is the current measure of excellence perverting Science? A William Garnier SKA Organisation
Data deluge is coming, it is time to act.
Interactive round table
Women in science: let's change the world! Claudia Jesus-Rydin European Research
Interactive round table Council (ERC)
Supporting long-term research in a world of sudden Frédéric Sgard Global Science Forum,
change: The evolution of research funding in current OECD
financial and political contexts
Interactive round table
Reaching for Openness. Implementation - The Next Step for Maja Mise University of Split/Policy
Open Science Working Group (MCAA)
Interactive round table
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Gender Inclusiveness – A case for cultural change in life Sonja Reiland Centre for Genomic
sciences Regulation
Traditional panel discussion
How to give credit to scientists for their involvement in Fiona Murphy Murphy Mitchell
collecting, curating and publishing data & samples Consulting Ltd
Traditional panel discussion
Research integrity & ethics - are we getting it right? Vinny Pillay South African
Traditional panel discussion department of Science
and Technology (South
African embassy)
Assessing and enhancing the social impact of research Mark Ferguson Science Foundation
Traditional panel discussion Ireland
Science in Africa - working towards Agenda 2063 & new Jean ALBERGEL IRD
paradigms in STI partnerships
Traditional panel discussion
Social and Economic Considerations in Building Large-Scale David Moorman Canada Foundation for
Research Infrastructures Innovation
Traditional panel discussion
Climate change does not exist – telling apart facts from Nina Kajander European Commission -
fiction in climate reporting Joint Research Centre
Interactive round table
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SHARING KNOWLEDGE
Get out of the Bubble – How Scientific Literacy Can Isabella Kessel Robert Bosch
Empower Society Foundation
Innovative format
Bridging the Gap Between Experts and the People: Gero von der Stein Council for the Lindau
Rethinking Science Communication Nobel Laureate
Innovative format Meetings
What’s at stake in science popularisation? ProusTime as a Isabelle Serça Université Jean Jaurès -
literature-based experiment in knowledge sharing via Toulouse 2
transdisciplinarity.
Interactive round table
Has digital media changed the way people feel about Helen Garrison VA (Public & Science)
science?
Interactive round table
Too skeptical or not enough: Cross cultural differences in Deborah Blum Knight Science
reporting on emerging technologies Journalism Program -
Interactive round table MIT
Digital media: opportunities and risks for research Séverine Ciancia Traditional panel
Traditional panel discussion discussion
The science programme at SESAME - the light source for James Gillies Traditional panel
the Middle East and neighbouring regions discussion
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Traditional panel discussion
NextGen SciComm – digital tales from the Nordics Helen Garrison VA (Public & Science)
Traditional panel discussion
Crossing boundaries between science and history and Lucie Laplane CNRS, Universite Paris 1
philosophy of science Panthéon Sorbonne
Traditional panel discussion (IHPST)
Evident adaptation of girls to fundamental science and Sylvaine Turck- Association Femmes &
engineering: do they know it? Why are they so few ? how Chieze Sciences/ CEA
could we reverse this tendency and why ?
Traditional panel discussion
Mathematics, a cutting-edge tool for solving pressing Katerina Kaouri Cyprus University of
industrial and societal challenges Technology
Traditional panel discussion
Deaf people sciences education with innovative numerical Laure Laffont GET-UPS
tools including Sign Language
Workshop
11
SUSTAINABLE CITIES, SUSTAINABLE
LIVING
Cooperation: key to deliver energy transition in European Caroline Lapelerie Toulouse Métropole
urban areas
Innovative format
Light beyond Lighting, frontiers in Lighting Technologies: Georges Zissis Université Toulouse 3 -
The human-centric intelligent-lighting challenge. UMR 5213 LAPLACE
Interactive round table
How blue are our cities? - Lessons in water management Nina Kajander European Commission -
Interactive round table Joint Research Centre
Building Tomorrow’s Urban Nexus by STI as the Key to Natsuko Kawazoe Japan Science &
Realising SDG Targets Technology Agency
Traditional panel discussion
How to adapt cities to climate change? From Science to Valéry Masson Météo-France
Urban actors.
Traditional panel discussion
Urban diabetes: Towards personalized prevention of Aart van der Lely Erasmus University MC
globesity
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Traditional panel discussion
Big data: uncovering new mobility patterns and redefining Mickael Pero COST Association
planning practices
Traditional panel discussion
Food and nutrition security and agriculture: local and Tracey Elliott EASAC (European
global perspectives and connectivity Academies Science
Traditional panel discussion Advisory Council)
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THE USE/MIS-USE OF RESEARCH AND
SCIENTIFIC ADVICE
Stem Cells, the Right to Try and Misuse and Mistrust of Kirstin Matthews Rice University
Scientific Evidence and Regulation
Traditional panel discussion
Ethics & Principles of Science & Society Policy-Making: The Aidan Gilligan SciCom - Making Sense
Brussels & Cape Town Declarations of Science
Traditional panel discussion
Ensuring the quality and usefulness of science advice to Carthage Smith Global Science Forum,
policymakers in times of crisis OECD
Traditional panel discussion
Is it possible to define European values in discussions of Pere Puigdomenech Centre for Research in
Ethics of Sciences and New Technologies? Agricultural Genomics
Workshop
14
A society for all? From prejudice and discrimination to Christin-Melanie CIS-IUL, ISCTE-IUL
social inclusion in a globalized world Vauclair
Traditional panel discussion
Meeting Societal Challenges: Solving the Gender Paradox in Eivind Sætre NordForsk
Academia
Traditional panel discussion
OTHERS
Gender imbalance in STEM fields: why do girls ignore Florence Sèdes IRIT - Paul Sabatier
computer science?.... Toulouse III University
Workshop
Plastic pollution in the ocean : environmental perspectives Matthieu Mercier CNRS-IMFT, University
Traditional panel discussion of Toulouse
Big science in support of development: the astronomy William Garnier SKA Organisation
approach
Traditional panel discussion
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