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Newsletter #4
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Torino, 3 March, 2010
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ESOF2010 Preliminary Programme launched at the AAAS
Annual Meeting in San Diego
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 ESOF2010 Preliminary
Programme was officially announced to the press and the attendees on
February 20 during AAAS 2010 Annual Meeting in the San Diego Convention
Centre.
Peter Agre, President of the AAAS, and Albert H. Teich, Director of
Science & Policy Programs of the AAAS and member of the ESOF2010
Programme Committee, introduced the ESOF2010 presenters: Enrico Predazzi,
ESOF2010 Champion, and Luigi Civalleri, Scientific Programme Coordinator.
AAAS (American Association for the Advancement of Science) annual meetings
are outstanding events in the international scientific world. Hundreds of
participants visited our booth at the Exhibition to gather
information on the programme highlights and registration procedures, and to
get to know host city Torino.
The Preliminary Programme is now available online at http://www.esof2010.org/schedule
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 Registrations
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Registrations are open from January 15. You can register
directly at http://www.esof2010.org/registration
Special rates are available for individuals under 35, teachers,
Euroscience members, groups of 20 people, and early registrants (by May
31). Speakers, organizers, moderators and press members will be admitted
free of charge. Registered journalists will benefit from a dedicated press
area.
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Exhibition
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 The ESOF2010 Research&Innovation
Exhibition will be a perfect venue to present your activities, products
and services: ESOF2010 aims at attracting a diverse audience from all
scientific disciplines, journalists, policy-makers, science communicators,
and managers.
Many prominent institutions – such as the Swedish Research Council, the
Swiss National Science Foundation, the Nanjang Technological University and the Aahrus University, the Karolinska
Institut, EIROforum and Science – already confirmed their presence
at our exhibition.
In the Exhibition menu you will find all information you need to
participate. Do not miss the opportunity of becoming an ESOF2010 exhibitor!
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Speed Dating
registrations open
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 The registrations for
the ESOF2010 European Research&Business Speed Dating are now
open. The Speed Dating, which will take place on July 6, is a
partnering event organised in co-operation with the Torino and the Piemonte
Chambers of Commerce in the framework of the Enterprise Europe Network.
These one to one meetings are a unique opportunity for companies,
research centres and universities to meet potential partners for research
projects, cooperation agreements and technology transfer.
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ESOF2010 Internet
Platform for young researchers
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The ESOF2010 Internet Platform for young researchers will be
launched on March 12 during the Workshop "Open Science -
Science 2.0" at the EURODOC
Annual Conference in Vienna.
This innovative platform will feature on line debates, consultations and
collaborative document writing among young researchers, with the aim of
pre-discussing the Career Programme themes and gathering opinions from
those who will not be able to attend ESOF2010.
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Site visits
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 The site visits will
offer direct contact with industrial and research top centres.
The programme will include two day trips: on July 8 to the CERN in Geneva (on the French-Swiss
border) and on July 9 to the JRC
in Ispra (Lago Maggiore, about 2 hours from Torino). All other site
visits will be in and around Torino.
The complete programme and the relevant costs will soon be available on http://www.esof2010.org/programme/site_visits
When registering for ESOF2010 you may express your interest in site visits.
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ESOF2010 communication campaign
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ESOF2010 just launched a new communication campaign,
featuring a new visual identity together with the claim Science is in
the air. The campaign conveys youth, freshness and the message that
ESOF2010 in Torino is accessible to all – the city skyline
can be seen in the background.
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Harold Kroto in streaming on ESOF2010 website
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On March 9, Sir Harold Kroto,
1996 Nobel Prize for Chemistry and Honorary Chair of ESOF2010 Steering
Committee, will meet young people in Torino on two different
occasions.
In the morning, Sir Harold will meet over 1500 high school students, and
he will tell them that becoming a scientist and working in scientific
research is “the best way to make a contribution to mankind”. The lesson
will be streamed live on the ESOF2010 website at 10.00 a.m. (CET).
In the afternoon, Sir Harold will entertain over 300 primary school kids
with his Buckyball workshop. This activity was designed by Kroto himself
after the discovery of the C60 molecule. The shape of these molecules,
similar to football balls, gave him the idea for this fascinating
scientific game, involving students and their teachers. Members of the
Juventus F.C. team will be present.
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