The ESF-ZWM Seminar took place in Strasbourg, France, on 5-7 February 2009.
This short course was aimed at highly-qualified early-career research administrators and research scientists from ESF Member Organisations and similar backgrounds. It was jointly run by the European Science Foundation and the ZWM (Centre for Research and Science Management, Speyer) in order to to broaden the skills and experience of the participants, and to reinforce the skills base available to research organisations and the ERA, both individually and collectively.
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European Science Foundation, Strasbourg
Future Leaders in European Science Policy and Research
Session 1 - 8.00-12.45 - Chair: Marja Makarow
Between cooperation and competition: the relationship between national and European research funding systems
Professor Dieter Imboden Swiss National Science Foundation, SNSF, CH | |
Deputy Director General Anneli Pauli European Commission, EC | |
Professor Bernd Huber League of European Research Universities, LERU |
Infrastructure, an interface between disciplines, regions and academia/industry
| Professor Felicitas Pauss European Organisation for Nuclear Research-CERN,CH |
Professor Iain Mattaj European Molecular Biology Laboratory - EMBL, DE | |
Dr. Gerhard Kratky The Austrian Science Fund -FWF, AT |
Session 2 - 14.00-17.00 - Chair: Hanns Seidler
High Quality Tools: Peer Review and bibliometry Dr. Sybille Hinze Institute for Research and Quality Assurance | |
Research Integrity: Good Scientific practice vs. scientific misconduct Professor Ulrike Beiseigel Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft - DFG - Ombudsman, DE |
After dinner speech
| Science for Society Professor Marc van Montagu Institute Plant Biotechnology for Developing Countries, Ghent University, BE |
Session 3 - Chair: Professor Dieter Imboden
Modernisation of governance of universities and research organisations
Professor Hanns Seidler Center for Science and Research Management- ZWM-Speyer, DE | |
Dr. Reinhard Grunwald (presented by Professor Hanns Seidler) Center for Science and Research Management - ZWM-Speyer, DE |
Creativity: Structure vs. Chaos - fostering in novel-types of research institutes
tba | Professor Hans-Georg Kräusslich Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg, DE |
Professor Marja Makarow ESF and University of Helsinki, FI |
Concluding discussion and feedback from participants
Dr. Beate Scholz Consultant in Training and Careers, DE |