Promotional webpage for the 2nd biennial Assembly of Euroscience, in Freiburg-im-Breisgau, Germany, 6-8 July 2000. Safety copy Oct 00. Shortcut to my talk of 08 Jul 00. Original document.


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Euroscience Biennial General Assembly 2000
(Freiburg im Breisgau)

The biennial assembly will be held during the
Science Festival
taking place in Freiburg in Breisgau

June 21 to July 9, 2000

with 550 events including workshops, lectures, exhibitions,
shows, discussions...

The Biennial Assembly will take place
in Freiburg in Breisgau (Germany)
6 to 8 July 2000

Bürgerhaus/Seepark and University premises

Local secretariat (only during the assembly)
tel +49 761 808 781

Euroscience is invited to hold its biennial meeting in Freiburg in Breisgau, from 6 to 8 July, during the science festival organised in this city from June 21 to July 9.

Access

Freiburg im Breisgau is easily accessible by road and by train (on the line Frankfurt-(or Mainz)-Koblenz-Basel. It is also connected by a regular bus service to the Basel/Mulhouse/Freiburg airport.

Provisional Agenda

Organising Committee: Benedikt Hoffmann, Joachim Lerch (Freiburg), Norbert Glaser (Munich), Robert Klapisch (Geneva), Claude Kordon (Paris), Wilhelm Krull (Hannover), Françoise Praderie (Paris), Barbara Stumpp (Freiburg)

July 5

15:00

Former Senate of the Albert-Ludwig University

Meeting of the Euroscience Governing Board

Small meeting room, Oberschulamt

Meeting of the Rammal Award jury

19:00

Welcome cocktail

July 6

8:00

Bürgerhaus/Seepark

Registration

9:00

Opening session

9:15

Claude Kordon, Paris: Report by the President

Discussion and vote

10:30

Euroscience Rules of Procedure

11:00

Coffee break

11:30

Euroscience membership

12:15

Report by the nominating committee. General discussion. Elections to the Governing Board

Small Room, Bürgerhaus/Seepark

Science café for Gymnasium students (in German)
"Responsibility of Scientists towards the State, the Economy and the Public"

12:45

Cold lunch

14:00

Treasurer's report on management and financial matters. Presentation of the 1998 and 1999 accounts. Vote.

14:30

Euroscience communication: Bulletin, Web site, press etc.

15:00

Euroscience Foundation and national collecting bodies.

15:30

Debate on other strategic issues.

16:30

Coffee break

17:00

Meeting of the newly elected Governing Board

Small Room, Bürgerhaus/Seepark

Seminar: Organising a Science Café: why and how?

18:00

Foyer Bürgerhaus/Seepark

Poster sessions, presentation of local companies, job-orientation booths etc

19:30

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"

July 7

Joint Nature/Euroscience Symposium : "Limits and Limitations to Research"

9:00

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

10:45

Coffee break

11:15

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

12:45

Cold lunch

14:00

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)

17:00

General debate and conclusions

18:00

press conference, Bürgerhaus/Seepark

19:30

Banquet

July 8

9:00

Kollegiengebäude (Albert-Ludwig University)

Meeting of Working group

Kollegiengebäude (Albert-Ludwig University)

Meeting of local/regional sections

Carl Schurz Haus (Albert-Ludwig University)

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?

12:45

Cold Lunch

14:00

Science café (Carl Schurz Haus)

Growth, energy policies, and protection of the environment at the beginning of the XXI century (In German and English)

16:00

Science café (Carl Schurz Haus)

Perspectives and dangers of artificial techniques in Human reproduction (in German)
Zukunft und Gefahren der künstlichen Reproduktionstechniken beim Menschen

17:30

Closure

20:00

Concert: Missa Gaia, A Jazz Mass for the Beauty of the Earth

St. Ursula Gymnasium, Eisenbahnstr. 45

Conference secretariat:
Congrès Louis Pasteur - 19 rue du Maréchal Lefebvre - 67100 Starsbourg - France
Tel : +33 3 88 79 15 00 - Fax: +33 3 39 53 18 - Email: congres@adm-ulp.u-strasbg.fr

Last updated on 18/07/2000
F. Kordon on behalf of the Euroscience Board
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