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Monday 10th April
8.00-9.00   Registration (C8 Renold Building)
9.00-9.15  
Welcome by the Professor Dame Nancy Rothwell, MRC Research Professor and Vice President for Research The University of Manchester
   
  Chairperson: Jason Rutter (Room C16)
9.15-9.45  
'Science and the Public: from deficit to dialogue'
Steve Miller – University College London (UK)
9.45-10.30  
Panel: Istvan Palugyai, European Union of Science Journalists' Associations/Science editor Nepszabadsag (Hungary)
Chris Smith, Dept. of Pathology, Cambridge University/The Naked Scientists (UK)
Marco Stoffella, University of Venice (Italy)
Jenny Wetton, Museum of Science & Industry in Manchester (UK)
10.30-11.00 COFFEE/TEA & POSTER DISPLAYS
 
  Chairperson: Jason Rutter (Room C16)
11.00-11.25  
Nathalie Moncel - Centre d'études et de recherches sur les qualifications (France)
11.25-11.50  
Gadi Rothenberg - van 't Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences, University of Amsterdam (The Netherlands)
11.50-12.15  
Vladimir Demidyuk - University of Manchester (UK)
12.15-13.00  
'How to Win a Nobel Prize' - Dr Tim Hunt FRS, Cancer Research UK
13.00-13.30  
Discussion from the floor
13.30-14.30 LUNCH
14.30-15.00
Poster Displays
 
Delegate Presentations
15.00-17.00

Session M1
(Room F1)

Session M2
(Room F2)

Session M3
(Room G1)

Session M4
(Room G2)

Session M5
(Room H1)

Session M6
(Room H2)

Session M7
(Room H5)

Session M8
(Room H6)

17.00-18.30
'Research Speed Dating' - The Harwood Room, Barnes Wallis building
19.30-21.30
Wine Reception & Buffet - Manchester Museum – Animal Life Gallery
Brief Presentation by Museum Curator – Palaeontology