Biodiversity Research Conference

All details and presentations of speakers can be found
here

Agricultural Biodiversity for nutrition and health, Round-table meeting

Speakers:
Mr. J.K. Frackowiak, Director of Polish Science Contact Agency
Mr. Jozef Turok, Regional Director for Europe, Bioversity International
Mr. Pablo Eyzaguirre, Bioversity International
Mr. Timothy Johns, McGill University, Canada
Mr. Mariusz K. Piskula, Polish Academy of Sciences
Ms. Alessandra Duurazzo/ Mr. Giuseppe Maiani, National Institute for Research on Food and

Nutrition, Rome
Mr. Heinrich Grausgruber, University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences, Vienna
Mr. Jürgen Lucas, Deputy Head of Unit, RTD DG, Direction: Biotechnologies, Agriculture, Food

European Commission
Mr. Paul Harding, Assistant Director General, Biodiversity International

Agro-Biotechnology: Risk Assessment Indispensable for the Implementation of GM Crops and the Follow-up Research on Agriculture Sustainability

Speakers:
Mr. Jens Hoegel, Unit E2 'Biotechnologies’, DG RTD, European Commission;
Ms. Nada Konickova, Technology Centre ASCR, Czech NCP;
Frantisek Sehnal, Biology Centre, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic;
Anja Vassen, Bundesamt für Verbraucherschutz und Lebensmittelsicherheit, Germany;
Gema P. Farinos, Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas, Spain;
Zdenek Opatrny, Faculty of Science, Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic;
Franco Pennacchio, University of Naples Federico II, Italy;
Justus Wesseler, Wageningen University and Research Centre, Netherlands;
Josef Soukup, Faculty of Agrobiology, Food and Natural Resources of the Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Czech

Republic;
Jaroslav Drobnik, BIOTRIN, Czech Republic;
Prof. Angharad Gatehouse, Newcastle University, UK.
Prof. Janusz Zimny, IHAR: Plant Breeding and Acclimatization Institute, Poland:
Dr. Sławomir Sowa, IHAR: Plant Breeding and Acclimatization Institute, Poland.

Quality, efficiency and solidarity of healthcare systems

Speakers:
Mr. Oyvind. Hope, Unit 'Medical and public health research’, DG RTD, European Commission;
Mr. Jan Paehler, Unit 'Medical and public health research’, DG RTD, European Commission;
Prof. dr hab. Tomasz Hermanowski, Warsaw University of Technology, Poland:
Ms. Dominika Radzymińska, Warsaw University of Technology, Poland:
Prof. Romuald Holly, Medical University of Lodz, Poland:
Ass. Prof. Przemysław Kardas MD, PhD, Medical University of Lodz, Poland:
Ms. Aneta Andrzejczyk, Medical University of Lodz, Poland:
Prof. Lukasz Sułkowski, The Academy of Management in Lodz, Poland:
Prof. Ronald J. Steingard, University of Massachusetts Medical School, USA;
Dr. Thomas P. Massey,Adjunct Professor, College of Professional and Continuing Education, Clark University, USA;
Prof. Giacomo Pignataro, Universita degli Studi di Catania, Italy;
Prof. Dr. Jacques Scheres, The academic hospital Maastricht, Netherlands;
Mr. Richard Maguire, UMASS Medical School, Netherlands;
Mr. William S. Mosakowski, President of the Public Consulting Group, USA;
Mr. James Waldinger, Public Consulting Group, USA;
Dr. Kai Michelsen, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences
Department of International Health, Maastricht University, Netherlands;
Dr. Matt Commers, MPH, Assistant Professor, Athena Institute in AAmsterdam, Netherlands;

Hepatic encephalopathy

Speakers:
Mr. Manuel Hallen, MD, Head of Unit 'Medical and Public Health Research’ Directorate for Health Research, European

Commission;
Prof. Jan Albrecht, Head Department of Neurotoxicology, Medical Research Centre, Polish Academy

of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland:
Prof. Vicente Felipo, Director, Laboratory of Neurobiology, Centro de Investigacion Principe Felipe, Valencia, Spain;
Prof. Andreas Bringmann, Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Leipzig,

Eye Hospital, Leipzig, Germany.

ICT for green cars

Speakers:
Prof. Jerzy Tokarzewski, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Warsaw University of Technology, Poland;

Mr. Konrad Makomaski, Business Development Director, Impact Automotive Technologies Sp z o.o.,

Poland:
Dr. Robert Rossa, Research and Development Centre of Electrical Machines KOMEL, Poland:
Dr. Zurek, Klaster Green Stream in Warsow, Poland:
Mr. Martin Pípa, Head of ITS Department, Transport Research Centre, Prague, Czech Republic;

Mr. Steve Philips, Forum of European National Highway Research Laboratories, FEHRL, Belgium;

Dr. Bert Pluymers, K.U.Leuven, Dept. Mechanical Engineering, Division PMA, Noise & Vibration

Research Group, Belgium;
Dr. Marcin Łuczak, Development Engineer, LMS International, Leuven, Belgium;
Ms. Griet Van Caenegem, Research Programme Officer, Unit 'Microsystems’, Directorate General

INFSO, European Commission.

ChangeBest

Meeting organized with Wuppertal Institute

Promoting the development of an energy efficiency service (EES) market
Good practice examples of changes in energy service bussiness, strategies, and supportive policies and measures in the course of the

implementation of Directive 2006/32/EC

Ethics in Health Research and Public Trust in Health Care

Polish Science for FP7 seminar
Speakers:
Prof. Dr. med. Andrzej GORSKI, Vice-President of the Polish Academy of Sciences,
Prof. Dr. med. Andrzej SZCZEKLIK, Medical College of the Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Poland,
Prof. Dr. Rose WINKLER, Université de Liege, Département des sciences biomédicales et précliniques,
Prof. Dr. med. François-Bernard MICHEL, member of the French Académie des Beaux-Arts and Académie Nationale de Médecine,
Dr. Peteris ZILGALVIS, Head of Unit 3 Governance and Ethics, Directorate L Science, Economy and Society, DG RTD, European

Commission

Future Internet: Architectures, Network Technologies and Services

Speakers:
Prof. Wojciech Burakowski, Faculty of Electronics and Information Technology, Warsaw University

of Technology,
Prof. Henryk Rybiński, Faculty of Electronics and Information Technology, Warsaw University of

Technology,
Dr inż. Grzegorz Danilewicz, Poznań University of Technology,
Mr. Kjeld Olesen, North Denmark EU Office,
Mr. Remy Bayou, Unit 'Future networks’, Directorate General INFSO, European Commission.

Zero Emission Coal Energy

Speakers:
Mr. Vassilios Kougionas, Research Programme Officer, Unit K2 Energy conversion and distribution systems, DG RTD;
Mr. Petre Petrov, Research Programme Officer, Unit K2 Energy conversion and distribution systems, DG RTD;
Mr. Jeroen, Research Programme Officer, Unit K2 Energy conversion and distribution systems, DG RTD;
Dr. Antonio Calabro, Energy Plants and Processes Division, Casaccia Research Centre, ENEA

Italian Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Environment;
Prof. dr hab. inż. Józef Dubiński, General Director of the Central Mining Institute;
Dr inż. Marek ?ci?żko, Director of the Institute for Chemical Processing of Coal;
Ms. Olga Ubra, Nuclear Power and Safety Division, Nuclear Research Institute, Czech Republic