From Research to Economic Success
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Erwin-Schrödinger-Saal
Plenary
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in englischer SprachePlenary session in cooperation with the European Research Council
Knowledge as a production factor is becoming more and more important in the global race for resources, heightening the pressure to enhance the commercial exploitation of current research results. How will the role of top-level research change in the future innovation system?
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Edward ASTLE
Pro Rector (Enterprise), Imperial College London
| 1989-1997 | Executive and Regional Director at Cable & Wireless plc |
| 1997-1999 | Managing Director at the BICC Group |
| 2001-2008 | Executive Director of National Grid plc |
| since 2008 | Pro-Rector Enterprise at Imperial College London |
| since 2009 | Non-executive Director at Intertek Plc |
| Previously he held senior business strategy positions in the UK and France. He is a Trustee of the Shannon Trust. |
Dr. Nicole GROBERT
ERC Starting Grant 2009 and ERC Proof of Concept Grant 2011; Royal Society University Research Fellow and Professor of Nanomaterials, Department of Materials, University of Oxford
| Nicole Grobert holds a Royal Society University Research Fellowship in the Department of Materials, Oxford University. | |
| Her research focuses on establishing growth systematics for the controlled generation of nanostructured materials' with a particular focus on novel carbon and non-carbon based nanomaterials, including nanoparticles, nanotubes, nanorods, graphene and other 2D nanomaterials. Close collaboration with internationally leading industries enables her to develop multifunctional hierarchical nanostructures for their implementation in the health-care sectors and for their use in energy and structural applications. |
PhD Davide IANNUZZI
ERC Starting Grant 2007 and ERC Proof of Concept Grant 2011; Professor in Experimental Physics, Faculty of Science, VU University Amsterdam
| After completion of his academic education in Italy, Davide Iannuzzi (Laurea degree in Physics at the University of Padua in 1995, PhD in Physics at the University of Pavia in 2002) moved to the United States, where he spent almost four years as a postdoctoral fellow, first at Bell Laboratories (NJ) and then at Harvard University (MA). | |
| In 2005, he came back to Europe thanks to a fellowship of the Dutch National Foundation (NWO) that allowed him to set his own group at the VU University of Amsterdam, where he has been working since then. | |
| In 2011, he co-founded a start-up company (Optics11) to bring a technology of his to market (fiber-top technology). | |
| He has been bestowed with several international awards, and he has co-authored more than 70 papers and 5 patent applications. | |
| Since January 2013, he has been Professor in Experimental Physics via the University Research Chair program of the VU University Amsterdam. |
Helga NOWOTNY
Member, Austrian Council for Research and Technology Development; Chair, ERA Council Forum Austria, Vienna
| 1959 | Doctorate in Jurisprudence, University of Vienna |
| 1969 | Ph.D. in Sociology, Columbia University, New York |
| 1996-2002 | Professor of Philosophy and Science and Technology Studies, ETH Zurich |
| Teaching and Research Positions at the Institute for Advanced Study, Vienna; King's College, Cambridge; University of Bielefeld; Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin; Ecole des Hautes Etudes et Sciences Sociales, Paris; Science Center for Social Sciences, Berlin; Collegium Budapest | |
| 1998-2004 | Director, "Collegium Helveticum", ETH Zurich |
| 2001-2006 | Chair, EURAB - European Research Advisory Board of the European Commission |
| 2002-2004 | Director, Branco Weiss Fellowship Programme "Society in Science" |
| 2005-2011 | Chair, Scientific Advisory Board of the University of Vienna |
| 2007-2010 | Vice-President ERC - European Research Council |
| 2010-2013 | President, ERC - European Research Council |
| Professor em., Science and Technology Studies, ETH Zurich |
