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July
5
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15:00
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Former Senate of the Albert-Ludwig
University
Meeting of the Euroscience Governing Board
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Small meeting room, Oberschulamt
Meeting of the Rammal Award jury
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19:00
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Welcome cocktail
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July
6
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8:00
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Bürgerhaus/Seepark
Registration
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9:00
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Opening session
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9:15
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Claude Kordon, Paris: Report by the President
Discussion and vote
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10:30
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Euroscience Rules of Procedure
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11:00
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Coffee break
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11:30
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Euroscience membership
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12:15
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Report by the nominating committee. General
discussion. Elections to the Governing Board
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Small Room, Bürgerhaus/Seepark
Science café for Gymnasium students (in
German)
"Responsibility of Scientists towards the State, the
Economy and the Public"
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12:45
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Cold lunch
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14:00
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Treasurer's report on management and financial
matters. Presentation of the 1998 and 1999 accounts.
Vote.
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14:30
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Euroscience communication: Bulletin, Web site, press
etc.
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15:00
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Euroscience Foundation and national collecting
bodies.
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15:30
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Debate on other strategic issues.
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16:30
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Coffee break
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17:00
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Meeting of the newly elected Governing Board
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Small Room, Bürgerhaus/Seepark
Seminar: Organising a Science Café: why and
how?
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18:00
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Foyer Bürgerhaus/Seepark
Poster sessions, presentation of local companies,
job-orientation booths etc
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19:30
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Public lecture (in German, with simultaneous
translation into English)
Prof. Andrei Marga (Romanian Minister of National
Education, Bucharest)
"Die Umgestaltungdes Forschungssytems in Rumaenien im
europaeischen Kontext" / " Reconstruction of the Romanian
research system in the European context"
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July
7
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Joint
Nature/Euroscience
Symposium : "Limits
and Limitations to Research"
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9:00
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Keynote Lectures on Fundamental Issues followed by
discussion
Prof. Jürgen Mittelstrass (University of
Konstanz)
The Limits of Science and the Limitations of our
Knowledge
Prof. Yehuda Elkana (Central European University,
Budapest)
Interdependencies between Science and Society
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10:45
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Coffee break
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11:15
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Presentations and Debate on Limits and Limitations for
the Life Sciences
Prof. Peter McGuffin (University of Cardiff)
Opportunities and Limitations in Biomedical
Research
Prof. Martin Bobrow (University of Cambridge)
Bioethical Considerations and Regulatory
Policies
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12:45
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Cold lunch
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14:00
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Panel Discussion with emphasis on:
- Opportunities and Limitations for European
research (Edelgard Bulmahn (Wolf-Michael
CATENHUSEN, Parliamentary Secretary of State, Bundes
Ministerium für Bildung und Forschung,
Berlin)
- The functioning of scientific institutions and
the preservation of ethics in science
(Gérard Toulouse, ENS, Paris)
- Legal barriers vs. the need for
self-regulation. Favourable vs. unfavourable
institutional conditions
(Dominique Foray, University
Paris-Dauphine)
- International standards and regulations
(Peter Kearns, Biosafety expert, OECD)
- The role of the media and public opinion
(Philip Campbell, Nature)
- Towards a European research area: searching for
new frontiers (European Commissioner Philippe
Busquin)
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17:00
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General debate and conclusions
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18:00
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press conference, Bürgerhaus/Seepark
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19:30
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Banquet
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July
8
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9:00
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Kollegiengebäude (Albert-Ludwig
University)
Meeting of Working group
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Kollegiengebäude (Albert-Ludwig University)
Meeting of local/regional sections
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Carl Schurz Haus (Albert-Ludwig University)
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Science cafés (Carl Schurz Haus)
9:15 The
origins of Progress: why did modern science develop in
Europe rather than in India, China or Arabia? Ecrire: in
French and English ?
11:00 What can we learn from studying the
Sun -the star closest to us? How does the Sun impact on
our daily life?
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12:45
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Cold Lunch
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14:00
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Science café (Carl Schurz Haus)
Growth, energy policies, and protection of the
environment at the beginning of the XXI century (In
German and English)
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16:00
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Science café (Carl Schurz Haus)
Perspectives and dangers of
artificial techniques in Human reproduction (in
German)
Zukunft und Gefahren der künstlichen
Reproduktionstechniken beim Menschen
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17:30
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Closure
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20:00
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Concert: Missa Gaia, A Jazz Mass for the Beauty
of the Earth
St. Ursula Gymnasium, Eisenbahnstr. 45
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