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The values of science: Towards an ethical charter for European research

High-level roundtable debate, focusing on questions of values and ethics in science, producing a new Charter for European Research.


With the European Union’s new research initiative, Horizon 2020, on the launch pad, we would like to invite you to join a select group of leaders in the research and innovation community to debate questions of values and ethics in science - and together, draft a new Charter for European Research.

This will be a short, simple document which we will publicise, along with the report of our meeting, to draw attention to the issue and, hopefully, improve the quality of decision-making on Horizon 2020 grant calls. This work is supported by the Templeton Foundation and the Faraday Institute at the University of Cambridge, with the assistance of Science|Business.

 

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Programme
Programme

10:00 - Welcome coffee

10:30 - Welcome: Atle Leikvoll, Ambassador of Norway to the EU

10:35 - Introduction and ground rules: John Wood, Secretary-General, Association of Commonwealth Universities

10:45 - Issue 1: Who benefits? (Private gain vs. public good) 

  • Luc Soete, Rector Magnificus, University of Maastricht 
  • Ioannis A. Tsoukalas, Member of the European Parliament 

11:45 - Issue 2: Is the money well-spent? (Trust vs. accountability)

  • Anne Glover, Chief Scientific Adviser to President Jose Manuel Barroso, European Commission
  • Karin Markides, President and CEO, Chalmers University of Technology 

12:45 - Buffet lunch 

13:15 - Issue 3: Who's the boss? (Freedom vs. solidarity) 

  • Jim Dratwa, Head of Ethics in Science and New Technologies, Bureau of European Policy Advisers, European Commission
  • Maria do Ceu Patrao Neves, Member of the European Parliament 

14:15 - Summary: John Wood and Richard L. Hudson, CEO & Editor, Science|Business

14:30 - Coffee

Speakers
Speakers
Gerald Achermann
Lecturer in Research Ethics, ETH Zurich
Anton Anton
Professor, Department of Hydraulics and Environmental Protection, Technical University of Civil Engineering of Bucharest
Diana Jane Beech
Research Associate, The Faraday Institute for Science and Religion, University of Cambridge
Jean-Claude Burgelman
Head of Unit, Relations with Stakeholders, DG Research and Innovation, European Commission
Mario Calderini
Professor & Director of the Intellectual Property Finance Institute, Politecnico di Torino; Member of the Board of Directors, Italian National Agency for Innovation
Vanessa Campo-Ruiz
Science Officer to the Chief Executive, European Science Foundation
Kurt Deketelaere
Secretary-General of the League of European Research Universities (LERU)
Jim Dratwa
Head of Ethics in Science and New Technologies, Bureau of European Policy Advisers, European Commission
Pavel Exner
Vice President, Scientific Council, European Research Council
Hallvard Fossheim
Director, Norwegian National Research Ethics Committee for the Social Sciences and Humanities
Anne Glover
Chief Scientific Adviser to Jose Manuel Barroso, President of the European Commission
Daria Golebiowska-Tataj
Governing Board Member, European Institute of Innovation and Technology
Kamal Hossain
Director, Research and International, National Physical Laboratory, UK
Helene Ingierd
Director, Norwegian National Commission for Research Ethics in Science and Technology
Kimmo Koski
Managing Director, Centre for Scientific Computing, Finland
Atle Leikvoll
Ambassador of Norway to the EU
Karen Maex
Professor in Materials Physics and Nanoelectronics, KU Leuven
Monica Marinucci
Director for the Research Industry, Oracle Europe, Middle East and Africa
Karin Markides
President and CEO, Chalmers University of Technology
Sarah Moore
Scientific Officer, European Science Foundation
Herman Nys
Professor in Health Law, Faculties of Medicine and Law, KU Leuven
Zaneta Ozolina
Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Latvia
Maria do Ceu Patrao Neves
Member of the European Parliament
Jos B. Peeters
Founder and Managing Partner of Capricorn Venture Partners
Laura Pontiggia
Policy Adviser, European Research Council
Vincent Reillon
Senior Science Officer, Science Europe
Luc Soete
Rector Magnificus, Maastricht University
Robert Sorrell
Vice President for Public Partnerships, BP
Marten Steen
Partner, HealthCap
Elzbieta Szelag
Professor in Neuroscience, Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology
Peter Tindemans
Secretary-General, EuroScience
Ioannis A. Tsoukalas
Member of the European Parliament
Esther van Zimmeren
Research Professor, University of Antwerp
Bernard Vergnes
Chairman, European Executive Council
John Wood
Secretary-General, Association of Commonwealth Universities
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The values of science workshop