Forum Annual Conference

2010 Annual Conference

Nurturing Talent:

The role of European foundations in building human capacity in research

7-8 December, Stuttgart, Germany

hosted by

Robert Bosch Stiftung

Good research needs good people. European research foundations support many thousands of researchers in the sciences and humanities. The 2010 Annual Conference of the European Forum on Philanthropy and Research Funding will focus on how foundations and other funders work with the researchers they support to foster creativity and innovation, and encourage mobility, international networking and the development of research leaders of tomorrow.

Confirmed speakers include:

Professor Enric Banda, Director of Science and Research, Fundación 'la Caixa'
Professor Liselotte Højgaard, University of Copenhagen
Professor Maria Teresa Lago, University of Porto & Scientific Council of the European Research Council (ERC)
Professor Helmut Schwarz, President, Alexander Von Humboldt Stiftung
Professor Rolf Tarrach, Rector, University of Luxembourg
Professor Gunnar Tornqvist, Lund University

The pre-programme is now available here

Registration

To register, please fill in the registration form and return it by 25 November 2010 to:

events@efc.be | F: +32.2.512.3265

Please note that the conference will begin at 13.00 on 7 December and will end at 13.00 on 8 December.

Practical information

Stuttgart is well served by the main road and rail networks and the main airport – with direct flights to a large range of European destinations – is only 20km from the city centre. Stuttgart is also easily reached from Frankfurt Airport: a direct train from the airport to the main station takes approximately 1 hour and 15 minutes.

For full details, please download the conference handbook here ( 276 KB)

Contact

For further information please contact researchforum@efc.be