[Ip-health] European Commission nominates high-level advisory group on research and science

[Michelle Childs]

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  European Commission nominates high-level advisory group on research
and science

Brussels, 11 April 2008
European Commission nominates high-level advisory group on research
and science
The European Commission announced today the names of 22 personalities
who will make up the European Research Area Board (ERAB). These
persons come from the fields of science, academia and business and
will provide independent and authoritative advice to the European
Commission on European research and science policy, whose objective is
to realise a European Research Area.

Janez Poto=C4=8Dnik, Commissioner for Science and Research said: "The
debate on the Green Paper on the future of science in Europe has shown
that there is strong need and support for making research in Europe
more European. This can only be done in partnership with Member
States, the research community, business and many other stakeholders.
I count on the new ERAB to advise me and the Commission services on
how we can facilitate the development of a true European Research Area."

ERAB is expected to play a key role in helping to develop, promote and
evaluate policy initiatives and actions to meet the goals of the
European Research Area. It underlines the importance the Commission
attaches to drawing on independent expertise and advice in a policy
area that is set to further climb on the EU's political agenda. One of
ERAB's key tasks will be to provide the Commission with an annual
report on "the state of the European Research Area".

ERAB succeeds and builds on the European Research Advisory Board
(EURAB), whose mandate ran from 2001 to 2007. In its Green Paper "The
European Research Area: New Perspectives[1]" the Commission announced
a reform of EURAB in order to enhance its role. Over the course of six
years EURAB issued over 30 reports and recommendations including on:

     * Research and societal engagement
     * Research management in the European Research Area
     * Scientific publication: policy on open access
     * International research cooperation
     * The social sciences and humanities in the 7th Framework Programme
     * Stimulating the regional potential for research and innovation


The members of ERAB have been appointed in a personal capacity. The
list of members was proposed to the Commission by an independent high-
level committee, established for this purpose in 2007 and consisting
of Ms Vaira Vike-Freiberga, former President of the Republic of
Latvia, Dr Andrew Dearing, Secretary General of the European
Industrial Research Management Association, and Ms Claudie Haigner=C3=A9,
former French Minister of Research and New Technologies (2002-4) and
European Affairs (2004-5).
List of 22 Nominees to the European Research Area Board

     * Dr. Reinhold ACHATZ, Vice-president, Siemens Corporate Research
and Technologies (DE)
     * Dr. Robert AYMAR, Director General, European Organization for
Nuclear Research (CERN)(CH)
     * Prof. Lajos BALINT, Director of International Relations ,
National Information Infrastructure Development Institute (HU)
     * Dr. Jean J BOTTI, Chief Technical Officer, EADS (DE)
     * Dr. Adelheid EHMKE, President, European Platform of Women
Scientists EPWS (BE)
     * Mr Frank GANNON, Director General, Science Foundation Ireland
(IRL)
     * Dr. Barbara HAERING, Chief Executive Officer , ECONCEPT (CH)
     * Prof. David KING, Director, Smith School of Enterprise and the
Environment (UK)
     * Dr. Leif KJAERGAARD, Chief Technology Officer Danisco A/S  (DK)
     * Prof. Marja MAKAROW, Chief Executive Officer, European Science
Foundation (FR)
     * Prof. Karol MUSIOL, Rector, Jagiellonian University, Krakow (PL)
     * Prof. Zaneta OZOLINA, University of Latvia (LV)
     * Prof. Maria Cristina PEDICCHIO, Faculty of Sciences, Universit=C3=A0
di Trieste (IT)
     * Prof. Alain POMPIDOU, Centre National de la Recherche
Scientifique (CNRS) (FR)
     * Dr. Carlos Maria ROMEO-CASABONA, Director, Inter-University
Chair in Law and the Human Genome, University of Deusto (ES)
     * Dr. Unni STEINSMO, President, Chief Executive Officer, SINTEF
(NO)
     * Prof. Lena Treschow TORELL, President, Royal Swedish Academy of
Engineering Sciences (SE)
     * Dr. Jan VAN DEN BIESEN, Vice-president , Philips Research (NL)
     * Dr. Georg WINCKLER, President, European University Association
(BE)
     * Prof. John WOOD, Principal, Faculty of Engineering, Imperial
College London (UK)
     * Dr. Ingrid W=C3=9CNNING TSCHOL, Head of Science and Research, Robert
Bosch Stiftung (DE)
     * Prof. N=C3=BCket YETIS, acting President, T=C3=9CBITAK (TR)

For additional information on ERAB: http://ec.europa.eu/research/erab/

[1] COM(2007) 161 final, 4.4.2007

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Michelle Childs
Head of European Affairs
Knowledge Ecology International
michelle.childs@keionline.org

"The world we have made, as a result of the level of thinking we have
done thus far, creates problems we cannot solve at the same level of
thinking at which we created them=E2=80=9D  Albert Einstein