Programme

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Day 1 - Wednesday 2 April

13:00-13:45

Greek EU Presidency Welcome and Political Speeches [video]

(Banquet Hall)

Chair: Christos VASILAKOS, General Secretary for Research and Technology (GSRT), Greece

Welcome address by the Greek EU Presidency:

Konstantinos ARVANITOPOULOS, Minister of Education and Religious Affairs, Greece

Political addresses:

Máire GEOGHEGAN-QUINN, European Commissioner, Research & Innovation

Stefania GIANNINI, Minister of Education, Universities and Research, Italy

Christos VASILAKOS, General Secretary for Research and Technology (GSRT), Greece

13:45-14:45

Opening Session: Global Research Infrastructures, Setting the Scene [video]

(Banquet Hall)

Chair: Octavi QUINTANA-TRIAS, Principal Adviser, Directorate-General for Research & Innovation (RTD), European Commission

Hans M­ÜLLER PEDERSEN, Director for the Danish Agency for Science, Technology and Innovation, Denmark

Dom ENGLISH, Group Manager, Research and Strategy Group Department of Education, Australia

Henry MARKRAM, Coordinator, Human Brain Project, The Swiss Federal Institute for Technology in Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland

14:45-15:15

Coffee Break 

(Banquet and N. Skalkotas Foyers)
15:15-17:15

Plenary Session 1: Research Infrastructures for Global Challenges[video]

(Banquet Hall)

Chair: Agnieszka ZALEWSKA[ PDF ], President, The European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN) Council

Rapporteur: Frédéric SGARD, Project Administrator, Organisation for Economic Co-operation & Development (OECD)

Keynote speaker: Geoffrey BOULTON[ PDF ], Regius Professor of Geology, University of Edinburgh, The Royal Society, United Kingdom

Panellists

  • Octavi QUINTANA-TRIAS[ PDF ], Principal Adviser, Directorate-General for Research & Innovation (RTD), European Commission
  • Francis TUSUBIRA[ PDF ], Chief Executive Officer, UbuntuNet Alliance, Uganda
  • Milena ZIC FUCHS, Professor, Croatian Academy of Sciences & Arts, University of Zagreb, Croatia
  • Hongjie XU[ PDF ], Chief Scientist of Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility Project (SSRF), Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
  • Joseph SIFAKIS[ PDF ], President, National Council for Research and Technology, Greece; Professor, The Swiss Federal Institute for Technology in Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland
  • Lucy SCOTT, Data and Information Coordinator, United Nations Development Program (UNDP) Global Environment Facility (GEF) Agulhas and Somali Currents Large Marine Ecosystem (ASCLME) Project, South Africa
17:15-17:45

Coffee Break 

(Banquet and N. Skalkotas Foyers)

17:45-19:15

Plenary Session 2: Governance of Research Infrastructures[video]

(Banquet Hall)

Chair: Ditta ZIZI[ PDF ], Branch Manager, Department of Education, Australian Government, Australia

Rapporteur: Bernhard FABIANEK, Policy Officer, European Commission

Keynote speaker: Daniel ADAMS[ PDF ], Chief Director, Emerging Research Areas & Infrastructure, Department of Science & Technology, South Africa

Panellists

  • Janet THORNTON[ PDF ], Director, European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), European Bioinformatics Institute (EBI), United Kingdom
  • Carlos ALEJALDRE[ PDF ], Deputy Director General, International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER)
  • Askar KUTANOV[ PDF ], Regional Coordinator Central Asian Research and Education Network (CAREN) Project, Kyrgyzstan
  • Sergio BERTOLUCCI[ PDF ], Director for Research and Computing, European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN)
  • Claudia BURGER[ PDF ], XFEL Management Board Managing Director, Administrative Director, Germany
  • Sergey SALIKHOV[ PDF ], Director, Department for the Development of Priority Directions in the Ministry of Education and Science, Russia
19:15-19:20

"Research and Art" Competition / Exhibition Presentation (official welcome by the Curator Elizabeth PLESSA)

19:20-20:30

Welcome Cocktail (N. Skalkotas Foyer)

   

Day 2 - Thursday 3 April

Parallel Thematic Sessions, Part 1

09:00-11:00

Environment: Marine and Arctic Research Infrastuctures[video]

(N. Skalkotas Hall) 

Palaeoanthropology & Cultural Heritage [video]

(MC2 Hall)

Food Security [video]

(MC3 Hall)

E-Infrastructures, Part 1: Sustainability & Business Models (Banquet Hall)

[video]

 

Chair: Maria UHLE

Director for International Activities, GeoSciences Directorate, NSF, United States
Chair: Suzanne MILLER

CEO & Director, Queensland Museum Network, Australia
Chair: Lidia BRITO

Director for Science Policy and Capacity Building, Natural Science Sector, UNESCO
Chair: Vasilis MAGLARIS

Professor, National Technical University of Athens (NTUA), Greece
Rapporteur: Rapporteur:Rapporteur:Rapporteur:
Barak HERUT[ PDF ],

Director General, Israel Oceanographic & Limnological Research Ltd (IOLR), Israel
Marteyn VAN GASTEREN[ PDF ],

Centro Nacional de Investigación sobre la Evolución Humana (CENIEH), Spain
Imma SUBIRATS[ PDF ],

Food & Agriculture Organisation (FAO), United Nations (UN), Italy
Sandra COLLINS[ PDF ],

Director, Digital Repository of Ireland (DRI), Ireland
Speakers:Speakers:Speakers:Speakers:
  • Mike THORNDYKE, [ PDF ],
    Scientific Coordinator, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences/Göteborg University, Sweden

  • Sara IVERSON, [ PDF ],
    Scientific Director, Ocean Tracking Network (OTN), Canada

  • Donatella CASTELLI, [ PDF ],
    iMarine Project Director, Information Science & Technologies Institute, Italian National Research Council (ISTI-CNR), Italy

  • Kostas NITTIS, [ PDF ],
    Secretary General, European Global Ocean Observing System (EuroGOOS), Association Internationale Sans But Lucratif (AISBL)

  • Ian WRIGHT, [ PDF ],
    Director, National Oceanography Centre (NOC), Science and Technology Directorate, United Kingdom

  • Gelsomina PAPPALARDO, [ PDF ],
    Senior researcher, Institute of Methodologies for Environmental Analysis, National Research Council (CNR-IMAA), Italy
  • Segenet KELEMU[ PDF ], Director General, International Center for Insect Physiology and Ecology (ICIPE), Kenya

  • Abad CHABBI[ PDF ],
    Research Director, French National Institute for Agricultural Research (INRA), France

  • David STUART[ PDF ], Director of Instruct & MRC Professor of Structural Biology, University of Oxford, United Kingdom

  • Murat OZGOREN[ PDF ],
    Chair, ESFRI Health & Food Strategic Working Group (HF SWG), Professor, Dokuz Elylul University, Turkey

  • Tim BENTON[ PDF ],
    Professor, University of Leeds, United Kingdom
    
11:00-11:30

Coffee Break 

(Banquet and N. Skalkotas Foyers)

 

Continuation of the previous Parallel Thematic Sessions

11:30-13:00

Environment: Marine and Arctic Research Infrastructures [video]

(N. Skalkotas Hall)

Palaeoanthropology & Cultural Heritage, continuation[video]

(MC2 Hall)

Food Security, continuation[video]

(MC3 Hall)

E-Infrastructures, Part 2: New Professions and Skills

(Banquet Hall)

[video] 

  • Sigi GRUBER
    Head of the Marine Resources Unit, Directorate-General for Research & Innovation (RTD), European Commission

13:00-14:15

Lunch Break (N. Skalkotas Foyer)

14:15-15:45

Plenary Session 3: Innovation Potential of Research Infrastructures[video]

(Banquet Hall)

Chair: Zoran STANCIC, Deputy Director General, Directorate-General for Communications Networks, Content & Technology, European Commission

Rapporteur: Clare MCLAUGHLIN, Science Counsellor, Australian Mission to the EU, Australia

Keynote speaker: Franco ONGARO[ PDF ], Director of Technical and Quality Management, European Space Agency (ESA)

Panellists:

15:45-16:15

Coffee Break

(Banquet and N. Skalkotas Foyers)
16:15-17:45

Plenary Session 4: Big Data Management[video]

(Banquet Hall)

Address by Neelie Kroes, Vice-President of the European Commission responsible for the Digital Agenda (video-message)

Chair: John WOOD, Secretary General, Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU), United Kingdom

Rapporteur: Yannis IOANNIDIS, President and General Director, "Athena" Research & Innovation Center, Greece

Keynote speaker: Francine BERMAN[ PDF ], Council Co-Chair, Research Data Alliance, United States

Panellists:

  • Ross WILKINSON[ PDF ], Executive Director, Australian National Data Service, Australia
  • Donald HOBERN[ PDF ], Executive Secretary, Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF), Denmark
  • Jean-Claude GUEDON, University of Montreal, Department of Comparative Literature, Canada
  • Sverker HOLMGREN, Program Director, Nordic eScience Globalisation Initiative (NeGI), Sweden
  • Helene LUCAS[ PDF ], International Scientific Coordinator of the Wheat Initiative, French National Institute for Agricultural Research (INRA), France
  • Kostas GLINOS, Head of Unit, 'Strategy, EFTA and enlargement countries, Russia Asia and Pacific', Directorate-General for Research & Innovation, European Commission
18:15-18:45

Bus Transport from Megaron to the Dinner Venue (first bus: 18h15, last bus: 18h45)

19:30

"Research & Art" Exhibition Award Ceremony

  • Christos VASILAKOS, General Secretary for Research and Technology (GSRT), Greece
  • Robert-Jan SMITS, Director-General, Directorate-General for Research & Innovation (RTD), European Commission

followed by the Official ICRI 2014 Dinner at Balux Prive, Seaside Restaurant, Glyfada

   

Day 3 - Friday 4 April

09:00-10:00

Summary of Parallel Thematic Sessions [video]

(Banquet Hall)

Chair: Daan DU TOIT, Senior S&T Representative to the EU, South African Department of Science & Technology, South Africa

Rapporteurs:  

Barak HERUT[ PDF ], Director General, Israel Oceanographic & Limnological Research Ltd (IOLR), Israel

Marteyn VAN GASTEREN[ PDF ], Centro Nacional de Investigación sobre la Evolución Humana (CENIEH), Spain

Imma SUBIRATS[ PDF ], Food & Agriculture Organisation (FAO), United Nations (UN), Italy

Sandra COLLINS[ PDF ], Director, Digital Repository of Ireland (DRI), Ireland
 

10:00-10:30

Coffee Break (Banquet and N. Skalkotas Foyers)

10:30-12:00

Plenary Session 5: The Way Forward [video]

(Banquet Hall)

Chair:  Robert-Jan SMITSDirector-General, Directorate-General for Research & Innovation (RTD), European Commission

Rapporteur: Ana ARANA ANTELO[ PDF ], Head of Unit Research Infrastructures - DG R&I, European Commission

Panellists:

12:00-13:00

Closing Remarks[video]

(Banquet Hall)
  • Robert-Jan SMITS, Director-General, Directorate-General for Research & Innovation (RTD), European Commission
  • Phil MJWARA, Director General, Department of Science & Technology (DST), South Africa
  • Kostis CHATZIDAKIS, Minister for Development and Competitiveness, Greece
13:00-14:00

Light Lunch 

(Banquet and N. Skalkotas Foyers)