Sixteenth European Strategy Session of Council

Information Letter and Overview of Events 29 & 30 May

Information Letter (pdf)

16^th EUROPEAN STRATEGY SESSION OF COUNCIL

EUROPEAN COMMISSION
Berlaymont Building
Brussels, 29-30 May 2013

 

Time/Venue	Wednesday, 29 May 2013	Participants
11:00-11:45 Brussels Press Club Rue Froissart 95 1040 Brussels	Press Conference	Agnieszka Zalewska, President of Council Rolf Heuer, Director-General, CERN Tatsuya Nakada, Scientific Secretary
12:45 European Parliament Rue Wiertz 1049 Brussels	MEPs Lunch	Members of Parliament Council/CERN Representation **
15:00 President’s Gallery Berlaymont	Visit Talking Points/Exhibition (recommended but optional)	Registered participants in the European Strategy Session
18:30-19:30 Schuman Room Berlaymont	Panel Discussion “What do we get from basic research?”	- Panel Members* - Council/CERN Representation ** - One Council delegate per Member State - Other Invitees (80)
19:30 Mezzanine Schuman Room Berlaymont	Reception/Evening Buffet around Exhibition stands (upon invitation by the European Commission)	Registered participants in the European Strategy Session Participants Panel Discussion
Time/Venue	Thursday, 30 May 2013	Participants
09:30-11:30 Schuman Room Berlaymont	European Strategy Session	Registered participants in the European Strategy Session
12:00 Mezzanine Schuman Room Berlaymont	Lunch Buffet	Registered participants in the European Strategy Session
Justus Lipsius	Ministerial Lunch (Competitiveness Council) Presentation of the European Strategy for Particle Physics to Research Ministers (details to be confirmed by EC)	- Research Ministers - Council/CERN Representation: A. Zalewska, D-O. Riska, W. Van Doninck, T. Nakada, R. Heuer, S. Bertolucci

*Speakers:

Seán Sherlock, Minister for Research and Innovation of Ireland

Robert-Jan Smits, Director-General for Research and    Innovation  of the European Commission
Jan Van den Biesen, Vice-President for Public R&D at Philips
Maria Da Graça Carvalho, European Parliament’s rapporteur, Horizon 2020 Specific programme
Agnieszka Zalewska, President of the CERN Council
 Moderator:
Katja Adler, BBC correspondent
**CERN Representation:
CERN Management: R. Heuer, S. Bertolucci, F. Bordry, S. Lettow, S. Myers
President’s Group: A. Zalewska, W. Van Doninck, D-O. Riska, B. Jacobsen
Scientific Secretariat: T. Nakada, F. Zwirner, M. Krammer, Ph. Chomaz