Conference Schedule

Oct. 25           Oct. 26           Oct. 27

  Monday, 25 October 2021

• 09:00 Registration desk opening
• 09:00 - 10:00 Special session for New (2021) Informatics Europe Members 

ECSS 2021 Official Opening [Video Recording]

• 10:45 - 11:00 
  • Prof. Guillermo Cisneros, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM) Rector
  • Prof. Enrico Nardelli, Informatics Europe president 
  • Ana Isabel Cremades Rodríguez, General Director for Research and Technological Innovation

Leaders Workshop

Workshop Chairs: Harald Gall, University of Zurich and Manuel Carro, ETSIINF (UPM)/IMDEA Software Institute

• 11:00 – 13:00 Open Science in Europe: a Perspective (Keynote talk and Colloquium) [Video Recording]
  

Roberto di Cosmo, INRIA, Towards a software pillar for open science: challenges and opportunities [Slides]

• 13:00 – 14:30 Lunch Break

• 14:30 – 16:00 Open science and its impact on career development [Video Recording]
  A Shared Session with the Professional Development Workshop for Early Career Researchers (Panel, Q&A, and Breakout Sessions)

  Moderator:  Roberto di Cosmo, INRIA
  Panelists:  Ernestina Menasalvas, Technical University of Madrid  [Slides]
                     Elisabetta Di Nitto, Politecnico di Milano
                     Yves Deville, UC Louvain [Slides]

• 16:00 – 16:30 Coffee Break

• 16:30 – 18:00 Open science and funding agencies (Keynote Talk and Colloquium) [Video Recording]
  Arthur Lupia, Assistant Director, National Science Foundation, How open science practices increase the public value and legitimacy of scientific research  [Slides]
  

Professional Development Workshop for Early Career Researchers

Workshop Chairs: Elisabetta Di Nitto, Politecnico di Milano and Standa Živný, University of Oxford

• 11:00 - 11:05 Welcome and Introduction

• 11:05 – 13:05 Session 1: Keynote Speeches [Video Recording]
  
  • 11:05 – 11:35 Justyna Petke, University College London, How to achieve high quality research  [Slides]
    
  • 11:35 – 12:05 Gerardine Fitzpatrick, TU Wien, Leading in research: creating environments for clever people to do great work   [Slides]
    
  • 12:05 – 12:35 Lynda Hardman, CWI/Utrecht University, A Career in the Informatics Community   [Slides]
    
  • 12:35 – 13:05 Wolfgang Emmerich, UCL/Zühlke Group, Medical devices become mobile apps - the tale of the NHS covid-19 app   [Slides]
    

• 13:05 – 14:30 Lunch Break

• 14:30 – 16:00 Open science and its impact on career development - Shared with Leaders Workshop [Video Recording]

• 16:00 – 16:30 Coffee Break 

• 16:30 – 18:00 Session 3: Open Discussion with Industrial Guests [Video Recording]
  The goal of this session is to openly discuss the points highlighted by the speakers in the morning and to get the viewpoint of our industrial guests:

  • Ruoyi Zhou, Director, IBM Research Europe - Dublin
  • Nuria de Lama, European Programs Manager, Atos & Board of Directors, Big Data Value Association
  • Africa Real, HP Digital Platforms & Design Lab R&D

Welcome Cocktail 

• 18:30 - 20:00 Welcome cocktail including the Early Career Researchers Posters Session  [Proceedings]

   Tuesday, 26 October 2021

• 08:00 Registration desk opening

Scientific Main Theme - 'Informatics for a Sustainable Future'

Chairs: Dick Bulterman, CWI / Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and Michèle Weiland, EPCC - University of Edinburgh

• 09:00 – 10:30 Session 1 [Video Recording]
  

• 10:30 – 11:00 Coffee Break

• 11:00 – 12:30 Session 2 [Video Recording]
  

  Marina Jirotka, University of Oxford, Reading the road: The challenges and opportunities of responsible research and innovation in helping develop sustainable societies  [Slides]
  Frank van Harmelen, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Fighting fire with fire: responsible AI through regulation or innovation? [Slides]
  

• 12:30 – 14:15 Lunch Break 

• 14:15 – 15:00 Session 3: Discussion with Speakers [Video Recording]
  

Informatics Europe Special Sessions

Session Chairs: Enrico Nardelli and Nuria Anguera, Informatics Europe

• 15:00 – 16:00 Informatics Europe Awards Ceremony [Video Recording]
  
  • Best Practices in Education Award (sponsored by Microsoft) - Winner announcement by Jean-Marc Jézéquel, IRISA / University of Rennes (Award Committee Chair) and Short Talk by Winner. [Slides]

• • Minerva Informatics Equality Award (sponsored by Google) - Winner announcement by Letizia Jaccheri, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (EUGAIN Action Chair) and Short Talk by Winner. [Slides]

• 16:00 – 16:30 Coffee Break

• 16:30 – 17:30 Dialogue with Members - Informatics Europe Activities and Outcomes [Video Recording]

[Slides]

• 17:30 – 18:30 Informatics Europe Annual General Assembly

Official Dinner

• 19:30 Transfer departs from the summit venue
• 20:00 - 23:30  Cocktail and dinner at the restaurant Masia de Jose Luis

   Wednesday, 27 October 2021

• 08:30 Registration desk opening

WIRE-EUGAIN Workshop

"Sustainability and Gender Balance – How to Retain Girls and Women in Computer Science"

Workshop Chairs: Karima Boudaoud, Université Côte d’Azur and Christopher Staff, Institute of Technology, Carlow

• 09:30 – 09:40 Opening and Welcome from Workshop Chairs
• 09:40 – 10:10 Policy Makers’ Point of View
  Chair: Letizia Jaccheri, Action Chair EUGAIN, NTNU
  Speaker: Mina Stareva, European Commission, EU Support for Sustainable Gender Equality in Research and Innovation in Informatics [Slides]
  
• 10:10 – 11:40 From School to University  [Video Recording]
  Chair: Monica Landoni, Leader Working Group 1 EUGAIN, Università della Svizzera italiana
  Speakers:
  Lafifa Jamal, University of Dhaka, Empowering girls through information and communication technology (ICT) education: where do we stand? [Slides]
  Robert Hanák, University of Economics in Bratislava, Cross cultural social and psychological determinants of girls’ decisions to study information and communication technologies (ICT) at university [Slides]
  Zeynep Şahin Timar, Karadeniz Technical University, Effective strategies for encouraging girls in computing: learning from existing initiatives [Slides]
  Katarina Pantic, Weber State University, Sustaining women's participation in Computer Science (CS) majors: lessons learned from women who persevered
• 11:40 – 12:00 Coffee Break
• 12:00 – 12:35  From Bachelor and Master to Ph.D.  [Video Recording]
  Chair: Erika Abraham, Leader Working Group 2 EUGAIN, Aachen University
  Speakers:
  Miguel Goulao & Catarina Gralha, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, How do different problem-solving styles affect gender inclusion in Computer Science courses? [Slides]
  Larissa Schmid, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Toward awareness creation of common challenges women are facing in academia: a case study from a German perspective [Slides]
  
• 12:35 – 13:10  From Ph.D. to Professor  [Video Recording]
  Chair: Steve Kremer, Leader Working Group 3 EUGAIN, Loria
  Speaker: Geraldine Fitzpatrick, TU Wien, From PhD to Professor: choices, supports, and structures [Slides]
  
• 13:10 – 14:30 Lunch Break
  
• 14:30 – 16:15 Diversity and Sustainability in Computer Science - Part 1  [Video Recording]
  Chair: Lynda Hardman, CWI/Utrecht University
  Panelists: Reyyan Ayfer, Bilkent University
                    Lafifa Jamal, University of Dhaka
                    Gabrielle Keller, Utrecht University
                    Alexandra Silva, University College London
                    Judith Good, University of Amsterdam
                    Ivana Drobnjak, University College of London
• 16:15 – 16:30 Coffee Break
• 16:30 – 17:30 Diversity and Sustainability in Computer Science - Part 2 [Video Recording]
  
• 17:30 – 17:45 Closing Remarks [Slides]  [Video Recording]
  Patricia Lago, STSM Coordinator EUGAIN, VU Amsterdam
  Maria Roussou, Science Communication Manager EUGAIN, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
  Barbora Buhnova, Vice-Chair and ITC Conference Coordinator EUGAIN, Masaryk University, Czech Republic