Morning session Chairs: Prof. Jose LABASTIDA, ERC EA ; Profs. Elvira FORTUNATO and João ROCHA, members of EurASc

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09.00 - 09.15 am: Introduction to the ERC 10th Anniversary by Prof. Jose Labastida, Head of the Scientific Management

Department of the European Research Council

"The role of ERC in boosting Science in Europe"

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09.15 - 09.45 am: Prof. Yvette van Kooyk, ERC Advanced Grant, Amsterdam,Netherlands

Lecture: "Will nanovaccines be the new generation of cancer vaccines?"

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09.45 - 10.15 am: Prof. Tim P. Vogels, FENS-Kavli Network Oxford Univ., UK

Lecture: "Innovating funding for innovation: An early-career perspective on European Grants"

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10.15 - 10.35 am: Prof. Luís Pereira, ERC Starting Grant, CENIMAT-FCT|NOVA, Portugal

Lecture: "A new era of electronics and photonics on paper"

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10.35 - 10.55 am: Coffee Break

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10.55 - 11.15 am: Prof. Pedro Barquinha, ERC Starting Grant, CENIMAT-FCT|NOVA, Portugal

Lecture: "Transparent and flexible electronics with embedded energy harvesting based on oxide nanowire devices (TREND)"

 

11.15 - 11.35 am: Prof. Mara G. Freire, ERC Starting Grant, CICECO, Portugal

Lecture: "Design of Effective Purification Platforms for Biopharmaceuticals"

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11.35 - 12.25 am: Round Table with moderator: Dr. Carlos Ribeiro, Champalimaud Foundation

"The role of ERC in the research career and groundbreaking work"

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12.25 - 01.45 pm: Lunch

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Awards Ceremony

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October 27th, 2017

Academy of Sciences, Lisbon

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Afternoon session Chairs: Prof. Alain TRESSAUD, President of EurASc; Prof. Hélène de RODE, Perpetual Secretary of EurASc; Prof. Ana SANCHEZ, Member of the Board of Directors of the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT); Prof. Jose LABASTIDA, ERC EA 

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01:45 - 02.15 pm: Presentation of diplomas to new members, Leonardo da Vinci Awardee and Blaise Pascal Medalists

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02.15 - 02.45 pm: Prof. Vincenzo BALZANI (Bologna, Italy), Leonardo da Vinci Award

                                    Presented by Prof. Nick Serpone, Head of the Materials Science Division

Lecture: “Chemistry and creativity”

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02.45 - 03.15 pm: Prof. Michael MINGOS (Oxford, UK), Blaise Pascal Medal in Chemistry

                                    Presented by Prof. Pierre Braunstein, Head of the Chemistry Division

Lecture: "Structural and Bonding Patterns in Molecular Clusters"

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03.15 - 03.45 pm: Prof. Nikita MOROZOV (RAS, Moscow, Russia), Blaise Pascal Medal in Engineering

                                    Presented by Prof. Hélène de Rode, Perpetual Secretary of EurASc

Lecture: "Mechanics and nanomechanics"

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03.45 - 04.00 pm: Coffee Break

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04.00 - 04.30 pm: Prof. Luis LIZ-MARZAN (Bilbao, Spain), Blaise Pascal Medal in Materials Science

                                    Presented by Prof. Nick Serpone, Head of the Materials Science Division

Lecture: “Colloidal Nanoplasmonics”

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04.30 - 05.00 pm: Prof. Felix OTTO (Leipzig, Germany), Blaise Pascal Medal in Mathematics

Presented by Prof. Luis Vega, Representative of the Mathematics Division

Lecture: "Randomness in Partial Differential Equations"

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05.00 - 05.30 pm: Prof. Francisco AYALA (UC-Irvine, USA), Blaise Pascal Medal in Life Sciences.

                                    Presented by Prof. Daniel Scherman, Head of the Medicine and Life Sciences Division

Lecture: "Two revolutions: Copernicus and Darwin"

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05.30 - 06.00 pm: Conclusion of the event Awards Ceremony