Programme

18:00

Welcome address:

 

Mr Daniel Zeichner, M.P.

18:15

Introductory speeches:

 

Brenda King– President, President of the Sustainable Development Observatory, Member of the Employers' Group, EESC

Dr Claire Ruskin  – CEO Cambridge Network

18:30 – 20:15

Round-table discussion – Science and Industry going places:

 

  • Lord Rees, Cosmologist and astrophysicist, University of Cambridge tbc
  • Professor Monica Grady, Professor of Planetary and Space Science,

The Open University

  • Professor Ulrich Samm, Director of the Jülich Research Centre, Member of the EESC

 

Interactive questions and answers with and from the floor

Moderator: Michael Smyth, Vice-President EESC - University of Ulster

20:15 – 20:30

Closing remarks:

Lord Balfe, House of Lords EU External Affairs Sub-Committee – former Member of the EESC

20:30 – 21:30

Networking cocktail & reception