«European Perspectives of German-Russian Scientific Cooperation »

Conference organized by the German Research Foundation (DFG)

with support of the Delegation of the European Commission to Russia

Tuesday, 24 February 2009

20:00 – 22:00 /

Buffet Reception hosted by the Head of the EC Delegation to Russia, Mr. Marc FRANCO

/ Bolshaya Polyanka, 11/14, (M. Polyanka)

Wednesday, 25 February 2009

09:00 – 09:30 /

Registration of the participants

/ Hotel Radisson SAS Slavyanskaya,
Europe Square 2
(M. Kievskaya)
09:30 – 10:15 / Welcome Addresses:
Prof. Dr Matthias KLEINER, President of the German Research Foundation (DFG)
Dr Andrey FURSENKO, Minister for Science and Education of the Russian Federation (tbc)
Mr. Klaus Michael UCKEL, Head of Unit European Research Policy, EUREKA, Federal Ministry of Education and Research of Germany (BMBF)
Mr. Marc FRANCO, Head of the EC Delegation to Russia
Prof. Dr Vladislav PANCHENKO, Chairman of the Board of the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (RFBR)
10:15 – 10:30 / Prof. Dr Matthias KLEINER:
„The DFG´s European Strategy and Russia“
10:30 – 11:30 / Presentation of Best Practice Scientific Cooperation:
  • Engineering: Prof. Alexander SHIPLYUK /
    Dr Uwe GAISBAUER
  • Archaeology: Prof. Hermann PARZINGER

11:30 – 12:00 /
Coffee Break
12:00 – 13:00 /
  • Physics: Prof. Bernd BÜCHNER /
    Prof. Alexander VASILIEV
  • Life Sciences: Prof. Tatyana ORETSKAYA /
    Prof. Peter FRIEDHOFF
Moderator: Dr Annette SCHMIDTMANN,
Head of the Research Careers Division, DFG
13:00 – 14:30 /
Round Table Discussion
Prof. Dr Ernst-Ludwig WINNACKER,
Secretary General of the European Research Council (ERC)
Acad.Konstantin G. SKRYABIN, Director of the Centre for Bioengineering, RAS
Acad. Mikhail V. UGRYUMOV, Counsellor of RAS Presidium
Acad. Alexey R. KHOKHLOV, Vice-Rector, MSU
Prof. Leonid M. GOKHBERG, Vice-Rector, HSE
Prof. Vladimir MAYER,
Head of theCNRS Office for Russia & CIS
Mr. Richard BURGER,
S&T Counsellor of the EC Delegation to Russia
Questions and Answers
Moderators:
Dr Beate KONZE-THOMAS, Deputy Member of the DFG Executive Board
Dr Alice RAJEWSKY, Director DFG Russia/CIS Office
14:30 – 16:00 /
Lunch
16:00 – 17:30 /
Information Session on ERC and Mobility Schemes
Mr. Uwe DAVID, KoWi
Mrs.Anna PIKALOVA, FP7 Mobility NCP
Mr. Nicola SCARAMUZZO, EC Delegation to Russia
Mrs. Nicole SCHRÖDER, EU-Bureau BMBF
17:30 – 18:00 /
Questions and Answers