28 · 29 May 2015 I Barcelona

#CERCA-FAPESP2015

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· 25 medical and life sciences institutes · 14 science and engineering centres · 5 humanities and social sciences institutions · 14,000 R&D Staff · Over 4,000 WoS papers per year · €400M Annual budget · 98 ERC grantees

*Data 2014

09:30 Registration 10:00 Opening Ceremony

· Dr Lluís Rovira, CERCA Institute Director

· Dr Carlos Henrique de Brito Cruz, FAPESP Scientific Director

· Hble. Mr Andreu Mas-Colell, Minister for Economy and Knowledge and CERCA Institute Chairman

View on the ERC results· Dr Núria Sebastian, Vice- President of the European Research Council

11:00 Coffee break

11:30 Overview of the CERCA SystemDr. Lluís Rovira

11:45 EIT Health: Innovation in Healthy Living and Active Ageing

Dr Josep Samitier, IBEC Director

12:15 Challenges to Accelerate Knowledge and Technology Transfer Processes

· Dr Maria Lois, CRAG

· Dr Laura Soucek, VHIO

· Dr Harry Westfahl Jr., LNLS

· Dr Hugo Luis Fragnito, IFGW- Unicamp

Moderator: Dr Miquel Pericàs, ICIQ Director

13:00 Keynote presentation · Dr Carlos Henrique de Brito Cruz, FAPESP Scientific Director

13:30 Close with refreshments

Programme28 May

10:00 Plenary lecture· Prof Antonio H. Castro Neto Centre for Advanced 2D Materials and Graphene Research Centre Director National University of SingaporeTwo-dimensional materials: from graphene to phospherene and beyond

Moderator: Dr Hugo H. Figueroa, Unicamp

10:45 Coffee break

11:15 Scientific Session 1: Nanotechnology and Photonics

· Dr. Niek van Hulst, Group Leader, ICFOMaking light work for society.

· Dr Pablo Ordejón, ICN2 DirectorNanodevices for Societal Challenges

· Dr Carlos Frederico de Oliveira Graeff, UNESP - BauruElectronic Spin Resonance combined with Electronic Structure Calculation as a powerful tool for organic semiconductors characterization

· Dr Hugo Luis Fragnito, IFGW- UnicampOptical Communications and Integrated Photonics

Moderator: Dr Laura M. Lechuga, ICN2 Group Leader

13:00 The Big Van Theory Graphene: The revolution of a pencil by Elisabet Prats (IMB-CNM-CSIC)Your future is not about your genes: let’s talk about epigenetics by Helena González (IRB)

13:30 Lunchtime

15:00 Scientific Session 2: Genomics and Human Health

· Dr Luis Serrano, CRG Director CRG as an integrative view on biology

· Dr Joan Guinovart, IRB Director Chemistry, biology and structures: a magic triangle for new approaches to biomedical research

· Dr Anamaria Aranha Camargo, Molecular Oncology CentreCancer genomics and personalized medicine in oncology

· Dr Maria José Soares Mendes Giannini, UNESP AraraquaraInsights of new molecules as antifungal to biofilms and their efficacy by alternative methods

Moderator: Dr Anna Bigas, Group Leader, IMIM

16:30 Scientific Session 3: Social Impact of Research

· Dr Marta Soler Gallart, CREA-UB Director & Full ProfessorSocial and political impact assessment based on research

· Dr Manel Esteller, Programme Director, IDIBELLBiomedical Research: Health and Economic Impact

· Dr Albert Esteve, CED DirectorDemographic research and policy making: a dialogue of the deaf?

· Dr Leandro Medrano, USPEconomy, society and the recent transformations in the urban space of Brazilian cities

Moderator: Dr Ada Ferrer, Deputy Director for Academic Programmes of the Barcelona GSE

17:30 Closing session:Dr. Carlos Henrique de Brito Cruz, FAPESP Scientific Director

18:00 Close

Sant Pau Art Nouveau site. Sant Antoni Maria Claret, 167, Barcelona

Programme29 May