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 Our first
newsletter
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Enrico Predazzi - ESOF2010 Champion
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 Dear Friends,
On behalf of the ESOF2010 Team, I welcome you on board! This is an
exciting adventure that we would like to share with as many people as
possible.
ESOF2010 is an occasion not to be missed. Important scientific
personalities, researchers from various disciplines, politicians and
industrialists, teachers, students, journalists, and a large public with
a passion for science will get together and explore the latest frontiers
in science and technology. We will discuss the relationships between
science and society, debate the policies for supporting research, and
tackle important issues in science communication. There will also be
plenty of events to interest the public at large (Science in the City)
and activities specifically dedicated to young researchers (Career
Programme), potential entrepreneurs and investors in highly
innovative businesses (Science to Business), and science
communicators (Science to Media).
Even those who cannot actually be in Torino will be able to
participate in the work at ESOF2010 via the Internet, thanks to free
streaming technology.
Organising such a complex event is an honour and a great challenge, and
we need everybody’s support to help us make ESOF2010 a memorable
gathering. Thank you for joining us.
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 Top news
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Answer the Call for Proposals
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Adopting a bottom-up approach is vital for the success of
ESOF2010, so last December we launched a Call for Proposals for our
Scientific Programme. On February 16, 2009 we are opening the
Call to the other programmes: Career, Science to Business and Science in
the City. Everyone is welcome to apply: simply fill out the form on the
site www.esof2010.org
following the specified guidelines. The deadline is set on June 15, 2009 for the Scientific
Programme, and September 15, 2009 for Career,
Science in the City, and Science to Business Programmes
We are committed to address a wide range of themes and to hear as many  qualified voices as
possible, so please circulate this invitation to your colleagues
and friends. Feel free to forward it to email lists, Internet sources, or
other institutions that might be interested.
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Keynote and plenary sessions: first list of speakers
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Thirteen major scientific personalities have so far accepted
our preliminary invitation, and they will be part of ESOF2010:
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Sam Auinger
Angelika Brandt
Elena Cattaneo
Carlos Duarte
Ernst Fehr
Julia Fischer
Tecumseh Fitch
Raghavendra Gadagkar
Mohamed Hassan
Sheila Jasanoff
Tom Kirkwood
Vladimir Kutcherov
Svante Paabo
Leena Peltonen
Harriet Wallberg-Henriksson
Anton Zeilinger
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ESOF2010 at the AAAS annual meeting in Chicago
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 A delegation of the
ESOF2010 Team will attend the annual AAAS meeting,
held in Chicago on February 12-16, 2009. On February 13,
at 4 p.m., we will give a
20-minute presentation to the press.
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Euroscience, the
ESOF founder
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Euroscience is a
grass-roots organisation open to research professionals, science
administrators, policy-makers, teachers, PhD students, post-docs,
engineers, industrialists, and in general to any citizen interested in
science and technology and its links with society. It was founded in 1997
in order to
- Provide an open forum for debate on science and technology in Europe
- Strengthen the links between science and society
- Contribute to the creation of an integrated space for science and
technology in Europe
- Influence science and technology policies
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What is ESOF2010
made of?
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 The Scientific
Programme is the heart of ESOF2010: the Lingotto Conference Centre
will host many talks, seminars, workshops and debates in various fields of
knowledge, focusing on the problems of scientific communication and the
relationship between science and society. The Scientific Committee has
chosen ten themes for
the focus of discussion for this edition:
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Sustainable living
and moving
Evolution, development and adaptation of organisms
Moving into and up from our quantum world
Responding to global needs
Frontiers in energy research
Science, knowledge and belief
Memory and learning in organisms, social and artificial systems
Languages, cultures and variability
Integrating science with health care
Policy – what follows?
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Career Programme
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 The Career
Programme is dedicated to young researchers, who will be given an
important opportunity to meet and exchange ideas and experiences, and to
learn about the different international career opportunities in the
academic and in the industrial world. Thanks to the Pizza with the Prof
gatherings, young people will be able to meet important figures from the
world of research face to face, to chat about a wide range of topics in a
pleasant and informal environment.
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Science to
Business
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 In the Science to
Business programme, ESOF2010 will offer a series of appointments
dedicated to business and potential entrepreneurs, with a special focus on
applied research and opportunities for development of new highly innovative
businesses. The brand new event Science Speed Dating will provide
for a series of relaxed and brief interviews to match supply and demand,
thus facilitating the exchange of ideas between young researchers and
institutions, and between those with new ideas and those who might be able
to put them to practical use.
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Science to Media
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 Thanks to the Science
to Media programme, a specific agenda will be dedicated to discussion
on science communication, featuring meetings with journalists, researchers,
and science writers. Special appointments will be organised exclusively for
the press, with major scientific personalities attending ESOF2010.
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Science comes to
the city
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 ESOF 2010, with its
strong emphasis on communication, will draw in the entire city of Torino and the surrounding
area. The programme Science in the City will set the city centre in
motion, hosting exhibits, meetings and various forms of entertainment for
the general public. Streets and squares will be brought to life until late
in the evening. Moreover, numerous side events (conferences, prizes,
gatherings, etc.) will be hosted in various parts of the city.
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WebESOF:
Accessible Science
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 WebESOF will bring the event
closer to those who cannot participate in person. It will be possible to
attend conferences in real streaming, participate in video, and download
the contents of the various talks from the site www.esof2010.org.
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