PROGRAMME OVERVIEW
Update: 27 October 2005 |
| Sunday
November 13 |
Welcome Cocktail at the Belgian
Comic Museum
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| Monday
November 14 |
Registration / Welcome coffee
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Opening
Session (presentations)
Special guest: Asimo,
the most advanced humanoid robot in the world
Opening speech:
Janez Potočnik, Commissioner for Science and Research, European
Commission
Viviane Reding, Commissioner for Information Society and Media,
European Commission
Keynote speech:
Wolfgang Heckl, Director-General, Deutsches Museum Munich (Germany)
and laureate of the 2004 Descartes Communication Prize
Alan Leshner, CEO, American Association for the Advancement
of Science AAAS (USA)
Donghong Cheng, Head of Science Communication, Chinese Association
for Science and Technology (China) |
Press
conference
Janez Potočnik, Commissioner for Science and
Research, European Commission |
| Exhibition
opening |
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| Lunch
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| Auditorium
2000 |
Auditorium
500 |
Room C |
Room D |
Room E |
Room F |
Room G |
Room H |
From sharks to quarks television goes live for European
science
in conjunction with EBU |
Science at school – lost cause or real winner?
in conjunction with EIROforum |
Press Briefing:
FishBase: Fishes of the world in the computer. |
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Science goes local:
local media matters |
Communicating difficult issues in medical research |
How to reach the business media? |
Media Training
Writing for the media and the public
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Media Training
Developing an external communication strategy
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Press
Briefing:
People: How clean is the air in European cities? |
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Science
by SMS - serving science in a swift moving society
in conjunction with PCST |
Is there a future for scholarly publishing?
in conjunction with APLSP |
Press Briefing:
Forecasting flood events: Europe at the leading edge |
Science
in the EU decision-
making process
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Talking
nano: what makes nanotechnology so special |
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Media
Training
Training scientists in communication skills
- Module I
in conjunction w/ PCST |
Media
Training
Media skills for project managers
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Media Training
Communicating in a crisis
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Press Briefing:
Raphael: Sustainable nuclear energy for all uses
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| The robot
show: from science fiction to school rooms - robots revolutionise
research outreach |
Cocktail reception
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| Tuesday
November 15 |
Registration
/ Welcome coffee
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| Auditorium
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Auditorium
500 |
Room C |
Room D |
Room E |
Room F |
Room G |
Room H |
Science in the street, science on the beaches - pulling
crowds for research with public events
in conjunction
with EUSCEA |
Science journalism in Europe: luxury or necessity?
in conjunction
with EUSJA |
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Practical tips for press officers
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Communicating EU food & health research
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Communicate internationally - with NIS partners
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Media Training
Media
skills for project managers
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Media Training Communicating
in a crisis |
Press
Briefing:
Polar research: The major European projects |
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Press Briefing:
Methane in the ocean: A concern for the environment? |
Communicate to the public: science festivals & science
weeks |
Advancing European protocols for science communication
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Media Training Writing
for the media and the public |
Media Training
Developing
an external communication strategy |
Prospects and perils of science communication: the
researcher’s experience
in conjunction with Euroscience |
Beyond
‘Frankenfood’: communicating science-based debates w. stakeholders
in conjunction with Euractiv |
Press Briefing:
Fusion energy and ITER: What's next? |
Europe in pace:
Taking off without the public?
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Survival of the best - How to maximize your
media impact
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How to Communicate an interdisciplinary project? |
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Press Briefing:
Creating a global weather forecasting system with GEANT 2 |
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Lunch |
Science
centres - privileged fora for communicating European
Research
in conjunction with
ECSITE |
I heard it on the radio- hands-on solutions for science
& the spoken word
in conjunction with
SCIRAB |
Press
Briefing:
ESOPE: A new therapeutic approach for local tumours |
Getting your research results
into the press |
Communicating environmental research |
Science communication: new frontiers & models |
Media Training
Training scientists in communication
skills - Module II
in conjunction w/ PCST |
Formation média
Communiquer pour les scientifiques
: de la théorie à la pratique |
Press
Briefing:
EUDD: The new European train driver's desk |
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Closing Session
Achilleas Mitsos, Director General, Research
DG, European Commission - Moving towards the 7th Framework Programme
Award of the Communication Prizes
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