Venues & Programs

	Melbourne	Sydney
date	Tuesday 18^th March, 8:30am–2:00pm	Wednesday 19^th March, 8:45am–2:00pm
venue	[map] Yarra Room, Level 2, Melbourne Town Hall northeast corner of Swanston and Collins Streets, Melbourne CBD	[map] The Refectory, Holme Building, Camperdown Campus, The University of Sydney Science Road, entry off Parramatta Road at Ross Street
booking	attendance is free of charge, but registration is essential to secure your participation as numbers are limited, 02 6125 7885 / rsvp@feast.org

Welcome and Introduction
8:30am	Melbourne only Welcome from the Melbourne City Council and the Office of Knowledge Capital Cr Carl Jetter	—
8:42am	Melbourne only Welcome from the EU Delegation John Hesketh Richards Economic Counsellor to the Delegation of the European Commission to Australia	—
8:45am		Sydney only Welcome from The University of Sydney Prof John Hearn Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic & International) at The University of Sydney
8:54am	Introduction to the Workshop and overview of proceedings and target outcomes Dr Mark Matthews Executive Director of the Forum for European-Australian Science and Technology Cooperation
Session A — The role of Australian-European cooperation in the international science and innovation system An opportunity to highlight the role of international cooperation in general, and Australian-European cooperation in particular, as an integral component of science and technology. In so doing, to complement and balance perspectives that focus on the “national innovation system”.
9:00am	Global Challenges and the European Response — the ERA concept and Australia Dr Martin Grabert Head of the COST Office in Brussels and a director of the European Science Foundation
9:20am	Melbourne only An Australian Government perspective Ms Jessie Borthwick Head of Science and Research Division in the Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research	Sydney only An Australian Government perspective Ms Mary Finlay General Manager of the International Science Branch in the Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research
9:40am	The new European Research Council — its aims, objectives and implementation Dr Bernardus Tubbing Project Officer at the European Research Council
10:00am	How best to articulate Australian-European cooperation in the context of the international science and innovation system panel discussion
10:30am	coffee break
Session B — Articulating the Industry-Science relationship between Australia and Europe more effectively than at present An opportunity to consider the potential for intensifying industry/business involvement in Australian-European S&T cooperation.
11:00am	Sustainable Metals: The Challenge for Europe and Australia Prof Geoffrey Brooks Professor of Engineering at Swinburne University of Technology
11:20am	Melbourne only Food Futures: The Challenge for Europe and Australia Dr Bruce Lee Director of the Food Future Flagship at CSIRO	Sydney only Strengthening Industry-Academic Partnerships in Biotechnology Prof Tony Weiss Founding Director of the Molecular Biotechnology Program at The University of Sydney
11:40am	Strategies for Intensified Industry Involvement in Research and Innovation Cooperation with Europe Dr Mark Matthews Executive Director of the Forum for European-Australian Science and Technology Cooperation
12:00pm	How best to intensify Australian-European research and innovation cooperation involving industry and business discussion panel
Session C — Overall lessons for intensified S&T engagement An opportunity to draw together the discussion in order to seek to define: how best to intensify Australian-European academic cooperation within the context of wider global cooperative relationships; strategies toward Australian-European cooperation in which industry-academic collaboration plays a stronger role than at present.
12:30pm	Australian view Dr Mark Matthews Executive Director of the Forum for European-Australian Science and Technology Cooperation European view Dr Martin Grabert Head of the COST Office in Brussels and a director of the European Science Foundation
1:00pm	light buffet lunch
Optional Side Meetings
2:00pm–3:00pm	confirmed attendees will be given the option of participating in smaller side meetings with the speakers (subject to availability)

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