10.00 – Opening doors and registration

10.30 – Opening statements by Pedro Martínez Ruano (Education Counsellor Embassy of Spain) y Elena Domínguez (Director CSIC, Representation to the EU in Brussels), and the Board of Directors of the CEBE and CENL associations (15 min)

10.45 – Keynote lecture 1 (45min): Membrane technology: the core of more sustainable processes? by Prof. Patricia Luis Alconero, ERC grantee and Group Leader in the Institute of Mechanics, Materials and Civil Engineering (IMMC), Université Catholique du Louvain, BE

11:30 – Coffee pause (20 min)

11:50 – Panel Discussion I: “Biotechnology: current limitations and coming challenges” (1h25min)
Facilitator: Rodrigo García Valiente, Amsterdam UMC 

  • Dr. Rosa Martín Pérez, Associate Director R&D, Interventional Oncology at Johnson & Johnson, BE
  • Dr. Ania Lukasiewicz, Wageningen University, Research Section Plant Breeding, NL
  • Dr. María Torres Toda, Epidemiologist at LNS – Laboratoire National de Santé, LUX

13:15 – Your research in 3 minutes (3 selected talks, 15min)

13.30 – pitch GAIN (10min)

13.40 – pitch IMEC (10min)

13:50 – Lunch and Poster Session (1h)

14:50 – Panel Discussion II: “Artificial Intelligence: where are we heading towards?” (1h25min)
Facilitator: Alessia Tomo, University of Antwerp, Faculty of Law 

  • Prof. Tom M. Heskes, Professor in Data Science and Vice dean of research, Radboud University, NL
  • Dr. Rafa Gálvez Vizcaíno, Research Associate at Computer Security and Industrial Cryptography (COSIC), KU Leuven, BE
  • Prof. Luis A. Leiva, Professor in Human-Computer Interaction and Machine Learning, Dept. Computer Science, University of Luxembourg, LUX

16:15 – Your research in 3 minutes (3 selected talks, 15min)

16:30 – Coffee pause (30 min)

Parallel session: Networking con GAIN, la Axencia Galega de Innovación

17:00 – Keynote lecture 2 (45min): Immunity in time and space by Jorge Domínguez Andrés, Junior Group Leader at Radboud University Medical Center, NL

17:45 – Prize ceremony (10min)

17:55 – Closing remarks (15min)

President CENL – Vicepresident CEBE

18:10 – Networking Reception – During this time, both art exhibitions will be presented: “Scientia” (CENL) and “Science Freeze or I’ll Shoot” (CEBE) (90min)

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