Research cooperation between the JRC and Portugal

10:00-10:30   Registration

10:30-11:30   Opening session

• Portuguese research and innovation landscape, Paulo Pereira, Vice-President of the Foundation for Science and Technology and Portuguese Member of the JRC Board of Governors
• Joint Research Centre: Scientific and Technical Support to EU Policies, Elke Anklam, Director of the Institute for Health and Consumer Protection, Joint Research Centre, European Commission

11:30–12:30   Session I

• How the JRC works with EU Member States and research laboratories, Ulla Engelmann, Head of Interinstitutional and Stakeholder Relations, JRC
• Cooperation between the Joint Research Centre and Portugal in the Building Sector, Artur Pinto, Head of the European Laboratory for Structural Assessment, JRC

12:30-14:00   Networking lunch

14:00–16:00   Thematic worshops

Environment and Eco-innovation

Chairperson: Carlos Borrego, University of Aveiro, Portuguese Delegate to the FP7 Environment Committee

Speakers:

• Water resources and ecosystem services, Ana Isabel Lillebø, Centre for Environment and Sea Research (CESAM), University of Aveiro
• JRC activities in the field of water resources and ecosystems, Sandra Poikane, Institute for Environment and Sustainability, JRC
• Renewable energies research at JRC, Irene Pinedo, Scientific Officer, Institute for Energy and Transport, JRC
• Renewable, smart and efficient energy, António Joyce, National Laboratory for Energy and Geology (LNEG)

Discussion

Nanobiotechnology and Food Safety

Chairperson: Teresa Petersen, INL - International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory

Speakers:

• Lab-on-chip system with integrated detection for food safety, João Pedro Conde, INESC Microsystems and Nanotechnologies
• Harmonisation of methods for safety assessment and for detection of nanomaterials in consumer products, Elke Anklame, Director of the Institute for Health and Consumer Protection, JRC
• Food safety and methods, Leonor Nunes, National Institute for the Sea and the Atmosphere (IPMA)
• Implementing the EU regulatory framework related to food safety - the role of the Joint Research Centre, Franz Ulberth, Head of Standards for Food Bioscience, JRC

Discussion

Security and Space

Chairperson: Mário Caetano, Foundation for Science and Technology Space Office, Portuguese Delegate to the FP7 Space and GMES Committees

Speakers:

• Technology for Security, John Rodrigues, INOV INESC INOVAÇÂO
• Earth Observation to Reach a Global Security, António Nunes, GMV
• National Authority of Civil Protection and GMES Services, Giuseppe Corgnalia, National Authority for Civil Protection (ANPC)
• Monitoring and Early Warning Systems for Natural Disasters, Alessandro Annunziato, Institute for the Protection and Security of the Citizen, JRC
• Large Forest Fires Management, Domingos Xavier Viegas, Department of Mechanicial Engineering, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Coimbra
• Forest Fires, Droughts and Floods Monitoring activities at the JRC, Andrea Camia, Institute for Environment and Sustainability, JRC

Discussion

16:00–16:30   Closing speeches

• Elke Anklam, Director of the Institute for Health and Consumer Protection, JRC
• Paulo Pereira, Vice-President of the Foundation for Science and Technology and Portuguese Member of the JRC Board of Governors

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14:00-14:30   Registration

14:30-15:30   Opening session

• Welcome address, Paulo Pereira, Vice-President of the Foundation for Science and Technology and Portuguese Member of the JRC Board of Governors - Maria João Romão, Executive Coordinator of the Scientific Council on Exact Sciences and Engineering, Foundation for Science and Technology
• Joint Research Centre: Scientific and Technical Support to EU Policies, Ulla Engelmann, Head of Interinstitutional and Stakeholder Relations, Joint Research Centre, European Commission

15:30–16:15   Workshop on job and cooperation opportunities with the JRC

• How to cooperate with the JRC
• Overview of large research infrastructures at the JRC
• Opportunities for assistance from the JRC Portuguese National Contact Point

Milena Raykovska, Interinstitutional and Stakeholder Relations, JRC

Maria João Romão, Executive Coordinator of the Scientific Council on Exact Sciences and Engineering, Foundation for Science and Technology

16:15-16:45   Coffee break

15:30–16:15   Workshop on job and cooperation opportunities with the JRC (contd.)

• Job opportunities and current openings at the Joint Research Centre, Miriam Costantino, JRC
• Working at the JRC - personal experience: success stories of Portuguese researchers in the JRC, Margarida Rodrigues, JRC

17:30–18:00   Open discussion and closing session

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