SiE04 - Strength through cohesion: protecting European neuroscience in a turbulent world (12:00-13:00)

Political division in Europe is taking a toll on research and freedom of movement. Neuroscience is by its very nature a highly collaborative and interdisciplinary field that demands coherent funding, legislation, data sharing – most importantly – low barriers to exchange of people and ideas across borders.

This session will gather together experiences of researchers affected by recent events, such as Brexit and the suspension of Swiss participation in the ERC, that have made a material impact on research. Senior representatives from research funding agencies, policy experts and funding agencies will advise and discuss approaches to mitigating the effects of political obstacles and seek participant input on how we can protect European research as a community.

Speakers:

• Prof. Eveline Crone, Erasmus University Rotterdam & Leiden University, NL & Vice-President European Research Council (ERC)
• Prof. Hengartner, President ETH Board, CH
• Prof. Tara Spires-Jones, Dementia Research Institute, University of Edinburgh, UK & President-elect British Neuroscience Association
• Prof. Micah Allen, Center of Functionally Integrative Neuroscience, Aarhus University, DK.
• Timothy O’Leary, FENS-Kavli Scholar, University of Cambridge, UK
• Carolina Rezaval, FENS-Kavli Scholar, University of Birmingham, UK
• Tobias Hauser, FENS-Kavli Scholar, University College London, UK