
Programme of the Ceremony of Awards
Continuation of the Symposium
November 19th, 2016
Espace Baudouin
Palais des Académies
Rue Ducale 1
B – 1000 Bruxelles
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Part IV. Short Term / Long Term / Industry
Chairman of the session: Prof. Alberto Carpinteri, Head of the Engineering Divison of EURASC.
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09.00 – 09.30 am: Prof. Yves Poullet (Namur)
Lecture: « Law, a response to the risks of technology application ? »
09.30 – 10.00 am: Prof. Koen Debackere (Leuven)
Lecture: « Research and the Industry of the Future »
10.00 – 10.30 am : Prof. Torsten Wilholt (Hanovre)
Lecture: « Why and in what sense ought scientific research to be free? »
Conclusion of the Symposium
10.30 – 11.00 am : Prof. Claude Debru, President of EURASC
11.00 – 11.20 am : Coffee break
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11.20 - 12.00 am: Ceremony of Awards of Blaise Pascal Medals, delivery of diplomas to the new Fellow of EURASC, and photos.
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12.00 - 01.45 pm: Lunch
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Chairman of the Ceremony of Awards: Prof. Alain Tressaud, Vice-President of EURASC
02.00 - 02.30 pm : Opening speeches of the Awardees Lectures
02.30 - 03.00 pm : Prof. Gianfranco Pacchioni, Blaise Pascal Medal in Chemistry
Lecture : "Two-dimensional oxides: new structures, new functions and new materials"
03.00 - 03.30 pm : Prof. Ni-Bin Chang, Blaise Pascal Medal in Earth and Environmental Sciences
Lecture : "How does Artificial Intelligence work with Remote Sensing Technologies for
multi-scale Environmental Change Detection?"
03.30 - 04.00 pm : Prof. Elvira Fortunato, Blaise Pasal Medal in Materials Science
Lecture : "Where Science Fiction meets reality"
04.00 - 04.15 pm :Final Conclusion by Prof. Claude Debru, President of EURASC
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