Programme

01.12.2011 - Venue : Square Brussels Meeting Centre

CLOSING CEREMONY

- 13.00 : Registration

- 14.00 : Opening
               - Welcome by Christian Jourquin, Chief Executive Officer of Solvay
               - Opening of the Ceremony by HRH Prince Philippe
               - Address by EU Commissioner for Research, Innovation and Science Máire Geoghegan-Quinn
               - Address by IUPAC President Prof. Nicole Moreau : Year 2011, a brief summary

- 14.30 : Setting the debate
               - Introduction to the Young Leaders presentation by Andrew Liveris, President, Chairman and
                Chief Executive Officer of The Dow Chemical Company
                - Young Leaders' presentation: "The world in 2050: our expectations from the life sciences, chemistry,
                industry and governments to build a better world by 2050"

- 15.15 : Scientists' response
Prof. Ada Yonath, Nobel Prize Chemistry 2009

- 16.00: Coffee break

- 16.30 : Scientists' response
Prof. Jean-Luc Brédas , Francqui Prize 1997

- 17.15 : Round Table composed of :
                Ellen J. Kullman, Chief Executive Officer of DuPont and Jean Stephenne,
                President of GSK Biologicals, Prof. Ada Yonath and Prof. Jean-Luc Brédas,
               Dr. Stefan Michalowski, Executive Counselor of the OECD Global Science Forum
                and Hanna Trojanowska, Under-Secretary of State in the Ministry of Economy of Poland
                to be moderated by Mrs Jacki Davis. The panel will discuss the findings of the earlier presentations
               as well as explore the challenge that industry and science face in demonstrating to
               the public the value of scientific advances.

- 18.15: Concluding remarks by Kurt Bock, Chairman of the Board of Executive Directors of BASF SE

- 18.20 : Official closing by Prof. Dr. Maciej Nalecz, Director, Division of Basic and
Engineering Sciences, UNESCO, Paris

- 18.30 : Cocktail, kindly supported by