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| 27 November | Marie Curie Fellows workshop | |
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| Welcome Reception, National Gallery of Australia | ||
| 28 November day 1 | 1 | Research Without Borders chair: Dr. Jim Peacock, Chief Scientist of Australia |
| Australian opening Hon. Julie Bishop, MP, Minister for Education, Science and Training | ||
| European opening His Excellency Mr. Bruno Julien, Ambassador and Head of Delegation of the EC to Australia and New Zealand | ||
| The Importance of International Collaborations to Queensland the ‘Smart State’ Mr. Ken Smith, Queensland Department of the Premier and Cabinet | ||
| FEAST Revisited: How Far Have We Come? Prof. Ron Johnston, Australian Centre for Innovation and International Competitiveness | ||
| presentation of Marie Curie Fellows | ||
| 2 | International Research Policy chair: Mr. Graham Cook, Deputy Secretary, Department of Education, Science and Training | |
| Intercontinental Nexus for Forefront Science Dr. Jim Peacock, Chief Scientist of Australia | ||
| EU International Policy: FP7 and Beyond Mr. Alessandro Damiani, Head of International Scientific Cooperation Policy, EC DG Research | ||
| The Changing Nature of the Australia-Europe Relationship in Research Dr. Carol Nicoll, Minister Counsellor, Australian Mission to the European Union | ||
| European Research Policy: Within and Beyond the EU Prof. Norbert Kroó, European Research Council | ||
| short film “Elephants Dream” | ||
| 3 | Strategies for Collaboration chair: Prof. Lawrence Cram, DVC, The Australian National University | |
| Strategic Opportunities: the Big Picture from the UK Dr. Lloyd Anderson, Director of Science, British Council | ||
| Member State Strategies — What Australia Needs to Know Dr. Martin Hinoul, Business Development Manager, Leuven High Technology Region | ||
| The COST Model Dr. Martin Grabert, Executive Director, COST | ||
| FEAST-France presentation | ||
| 4 | Strategies for Collaboration: Infrastructures and Facilities chair: A/Prof. Don Martin, OzNano2Life, UTS | |
| Regional and Global Collaboration in Big Science Prof. Sir Chris Llewellyn Smith, Executive Director, United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority | ||
| EMBL — Building International Capacity Dr. Iain Mattaj, Director General, European Molecular Biology Laboratory | ||
| A State Perspective Mrs. Faye Burton, Executive Director, Office of Science and Technology, Victorian Department of Innovation, Industry and Regional Development | ||
| European Approaches to Infrastructure: The ESFRI Roadmap Dr. Renzo Tomellini, Head of Nanosciences and Nanotechnologies Unit, EC DG Research | ||
| official Conference Dinner, Questacon | ||
| 29 November day 2 | 5 | The Human Factor chair: Prof. Warwick Anderson, CEO, National Health and Medical Research Council |
| Research Collaboration and Mobility: an Australian Perspective Prof. Graeme Hugo, The University of Adelaide | ||
| Marie Curie Actions in FP7 Dr. Barbara Rhode, Adviser to the Director, People Programme, EC DG Research | ||
| Scientific Mobility & Institutional Collaboration: Managing the Diversity Dr. Pascal Perez, representative of CIRAD in Australia | ||
| Australian Researchers’ Mobility Portal | ||
| 6 | Challenges: Reforming Research Systems and Driving Innovation chair: Prof. Don Scott-Kemmis, The Australian National University | |
| Publicly Funded Research Institutions: the Challenge of Internationalisation Dr. Anthos Yannakou, CEO, CSIRO Food Science Australia | ||
| European Support for Health Research in the Upcoming 7th Framework Programme Dr. Indridi Benediktsson, Scientific Officer Health RTD, EC DG Research | ||
| Innovation & Internationalisation Mr. Grant Kearney, CEO, Innovation Xchange | ||
| European Approaches to Leading Change in Research Systems Dr. Renzo Tomellini, Head of Nanosciences and Nanotechnologies Unit, EC DG Research | ||
| Queensland-Europe Research Collaborations Initiative (QERCI) presentation | ||
| 7 | The Sciences of the Future chair: Prof. Ron Johnston, Australian Centre for Innovation and International Competitiveness | |
| Agricultural BioScience & Technology: Developments and Applications in the Post-Genome Era Prof. German Spangenberg, Director, Plant Biotechnology Centre, Victoria | ||
| Environment and Climate Change Research – the European Perspectives Dr. Claus Brüning, Environment RTD, EC DG Research | ||
| Biomedical Research in Transition: The Rise of Interdisciplinary Approaches Prof. Bob Williamson, The University of Melbourne | ||
| Seeding Emerging Technologies: The FET Approach Dr. Gustav Kalbe, FET Open Domain, EC | ||
| short film “A Stem Cell Story” | ||
| 8 | Europe and Australia: The Next 5 Years chair: Prof. Michael Dopita, ARC Federation Fellow, The Australian National University | |
| FP7 ICT Work Programme Dr. Stephen Pascall, Adviser to the Director, EC DG Information Society | ||
| Australian Universities Abroad: Beyond Students Prof. Ian Chubb, Vice-Chancellor and President, The Australian National University | ||
| International Collaboration — Where and How? A Perspective from the Australian Research Council Prof. Peter Høj, CEO, Australian Research Council | ||
| wrap-up and farewell Dr. Neil Hamilton, Executive Director, FEAST | ||
| 30 November | FEAST-France workshop | |
| site visit ANSTO OPAL reactor | ||
National Gallery of Australia from 6:00pm on Monday 27 November.
The Innovative Research Universities Australia (IRUA) invites you to the welcome reception at the National Gallery of Australia. The evening includes a tour of the gallery up coming new exhibition “Egyptian Antiquities from the Louvre, Journey to the afterlife”.
More details about the venue at:
Questacon, from 7:00 pm on Tuesday 28 November.
The official Dinner is hosted at Questacon, The National Science and Technology Centre.
Visit of the ANSTO OPAL reactor, Lucas Heights (Sydney), on Thursday 30 November from 1 or 2pm, to be confirmed.
In adition to the Agency’s support of the FEAST Conference, ANSTO will organise a visit of it’s new and flagship research facility at Lucas Heights near Sydney for the delegates or speakers. OPAL stands for Open Pool Australian Light-water reactor. The OPAL reactor is a multipurpose facility for radioisotope production, irradiation services and neutron beam research. It’s construction started in 2002 and should be fully operational by early 2007.
The FEAST Conference 2006 will be the highlight of a week rich in European-Australian events. Amongst them FEAST and its partners invite the delegates to participate in workshops and sites visits. Due to limited availability, booking is essential when you register to the Conference.
More details about the site at: