These and other questions will be answered when a Science Policy Paper is presented by the EIROforum members to the Science and Research Commissioner, Mr Janez Potočnik, his Directors and the Luxemburg Minister for Culture, Higher Education, Research, and Employment, Mr François Biltgen.

You are invited to come to this event, which will take place on 20 April, in the Press room of the Berlaymont building, 200 rue de la Loi, in Brussels from 17h00 to 19h00.

 
 
Programme
 

17:00 Movie – presenting the EIROforum   Welcome and summary of the event by Moderator Ms Katja Adler,   BBC News and Deutsche Welle correspondent 17:15 Presentation of the EIROforum Science Policy Paper by Professor David Southwood,   Director of the ESA Science programme; ESA is the current Chair of EIROforum 17:30 Response by Mr Janez Potočnik, the EU Science and Research Commissioner 17:45 Comments by Mr François Biltgen, the Luxemburg Minister for Culture,

 
For registration and accreditation, please reply to:

Ms Anne Arbaret
email : aarbaret@wanadoo.fr,
tel. : +33 1 44 07 21 78,
mobile : +33 6 07 49 09 14
with your name, media, date of birth and postal address.

You will be asked to present your press card and ID at the entrance.

A press release will be launched on 20 April and the EIROforum website will provide a link to the full contents of the Science Policy Paper.

(*)EIROforum comprises European Organisation for Nuclear Research, CERN; European Fusion Development Agreement, EFDA; European Molecular Biology Laboratory, EMBL; European Space Agency, ESA; European Southern Observatory, ESO; European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, ESRF; Institut Laue–Langevin, ILL.