COST Info Session#

13:30-15:30h (CET) on 10 December, 2021.
Hybrid format, partly with physical presence, partly via Zoom.

The COST Association, in collaboration with the Academia Europaea, the Academia Europaea Budapest Knowledge Hub, the Hungarian Academy of Sciences and the National Research, Development and Innovation Office (NKFIH), is pleased to announce the COST Info Session which will be held in Budapest, at the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, on 10 December 2021, from 13:30 hrs to 15:30 hrs CET. The event is organized in hybrid format, partly with physical presence, partly via Zoom.

The COST Info Session will offer a great opportunity for the COST Association to present its achievements to a Hungarian audience and for Hungarian leaders of COST projects to share their experiences.

Due to the pandemic situation, the event will be organized in a hybrid format, which means that some speakers will be present in person at the premises of the event, while other speakers might join in via Zoom, and similarly, physical presence of the audience will be limited and the larger audience will be requested to join online, via the Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81317496843?pwd=ZTNpbW4yRUtnR1dTQTdGenJtT29wdz09.
Meeting ID: 813 1749 6843
Passcode: 947087

To attend in person, please register in advance and present your vaccination certificate at the entrance of the building. Registration: https://forms.gle/uuZ3hBGrYPxGiEzW8.
Venue: Hungarian Academy of Sciences (address: 1051 Budapest, Széchenyi István tér 9., Nagyterem (Large Lecture Hall), 2nd floor).

AGENDA OF THE SESSION#

13:30 WELCOME

• Prof. Sierd Cloetingh, former President of the COST Association
• Dr Ronald de Bruin, Director of the COST Association
• Dr István Szabó, Vice President for Science and International Affairs, National Research, Development and Innovation Office Hungary (NKFIH)

14:00 - 14:30 PRESENTATION ON COST PROGRAMME - JOIN AN ACTION

• Christer Halen, Policy Administrator at COST Association

14:30 - 15:15 PANEL ON EXPERIENCES OF HUNGARIAN COST PARTICIPANTS

• 3 Hungarian COST participants: Dr Péter Ódor, Vice-Chair of Action CA18207, Dr Brigitta Tóth, Vice-Chair of Action CA16219 and Dr Csaba Fehér, Science Communication Coordinator of Action CA18229
• Moderator: Prof. John Bartzis, interim-Vice President of the COST Association

15:15 - 15:30 Q&A AND WRAP-UP

Download the invitation.

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