WAITING FOR ESOF 2018
As you probably know, the EuroScience Open Forum (ESOF) will take place from 9 to 14 July in Toulouse – France’s ‘Pink City’. Fernanda Bajanca, from the MCAA Policy Working Group, has the lowdown.
CALENDAR OF SESSIONS
Sat - Sun 7-8/07/2018 all day
MSCA satellite event (organised by the EC, participation of the MCAA)
Sat 7/07/2018 from 20:00
Science in the City event at the bar “Le Taquin”European Science Slam @ESOF2018: Smart nights on stage – science in 10 minutes
Tue 10/07/2018 from 8:45 to 10:00
Environmental impact of transportation on Europe: view of science and industry
Tue 10/07/2018 from 13:30 to 14:45
MCAA event : Core Issues for early career researchers and
strategies for effective media outreach
Wed 11/07/2018 from 10:15 to 11:30
Refugees and Higher Education. A discussion on best practices to integrate displaced students and academics in higher education
Wed 11/07/2018 from 13:30 to 14:45
Researcher Associations beyond borders: how many computations to design an interactive constellation?
Wed 11/07/2018 from 17:00 to 18:15
The lost generation of European Scientists: How to make the system more sustainable
Thu 12/07/2018 from 10:15 to 11:30
Open science: from concept to implementation
Fri 13/07/2018 from 8:45 to 10:00
The perspective of humanities and social science researchers. Challenges, prosperity and guidance
Fri 13/07/2018 from 10.15-1.30
Family-friendly research to boost women’s research careers – How to address work-life conflicts and balance professional and personal life in career development in research
Fri 13/07/2018 from 17:00 to 18:15
Increasing awareness of researcher mental health
… more details on the sessions:
Science in the City programme:
• European Science Slam @ ESOF2018: Smart nights on stage – science in 10 minutes, co-proposed by Marie Curie Alumni Association (MCAA), Wissenschaft im Dialog (WiD) and the Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG).
Scientific programme:
• Open science: from concept to implementation, roundtable discussion proposed by Maja Mise;
• Refugees and Higher Education. A discussion of best practices to integrate displaced students and academics in higher education, roundtable discussion proposed by Miguel Antonio Lim and Andreina Laera.
Careers programme:
• The lost generation. A discussion on solutions for the overproduction of overqualified researchers without permanent positions, roundtable discussion proposed by Sara Ricardo;
• Family-friendly research to boost women’s research careers – how to address work-life conflicts and balance professional and personal life in career development in research, roundtable discussion proposed by Giovanna Avellis;
• The perspective of humanities and social science researchers. Challenges, prosperity and guidance, roundtable discussion proposed by Nina Díaz Fernández;
• Increasing awareness of researcher mental health, workshop proposed by Brian Cahill;
• Researcher associations beyond borders: how many computations to design an interactive constellation?, proposed by Maria- Antonietta Buccheri.
Science to business programme:
• Environmental impact of transportation on Europe: view of science and industry, roundtable discussion proposed by Pavlo Bazilinskyy.
The MCAA Board is organising an event to promote the MCAA, to take place on 10 July from 14.00 to 15.00. Make sure to attend this event, as information about the General Assembly 2019 will be unveiled!
This month we launched a new webinar Open Science Clinique: Winning Marie Curie with Open Science (Accessible at https://www. youtube.com/watch?v=xZzUX9CajNk, organised in collaboration with FOSTER and EuroScientist. It addresses how we can put the Open Science concept into practice in our projects.
We look forward to seeing you in Toulouse!
Further reading:
The MCAA is ready for ESOF 2018!
Interview with ESOF Champion Anne Cambon-Thomsen
