CAETS Annual Meeting 2017
La Real Academia de Ingeniería ha organizado, bajo el lema “Bioeconomía: retos para la ingeniería”, el Congreso Anual de CAETS que se ha celebrado en Madrid los días 13 a 17 de noviembre.
Los días 14 y 15 el congreso tuvo lugar en el Salón de Actos de la Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingenieros Industriales de Madrid (UPM) y se desarrolló según el siguiente programa:
Tuesday 14th November
Opening ceremony. Welcome authorities
- Opening speech Fereres, E. CAETS President / RAI, Spain.
Inaugural Speech:
Engineering and the Bioeconomy
Hüttl, R. F. Chairman of the Board and Scientific Executive Director, GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Germany.
Session I. Bioeconomy: Food Security
Moderator:
Romagosa, I. Professor of the University of Lleida, Department of Plant Production and Forestry Science, Spain.
Speakers:
- The future of food.
Fresco, L. O. President of the Executive Board of Wageningen University & Research, Netherlands.
Fischer, R.A. Honorary Research Fellow, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation - CSIRO, Australia
Guillou, M. President of the Board of Directors of Agreenium - French Agricultural, Veterinary and Forestry Institute, France.
Session II. The New Genetic Engineering
Moderator:
Cerdá, E. Professor Emeritus of the University of Seville, Spain
Speakers:
Beyer, P. Research Professor, BIOSS Centre for Biological Signaling Studies - Freiburg University, Germany
Ortega, S. Head of the Transgenic Mice Unit, Spanish National Research Centre - CNIO, Spain.
Christou, P. Research Professor of the Catalan Institution for Research and Advanced - ICREA, Spain
Session III. The Blue Bioeconomy
Moderator:
Domínguez, Jaime Director of the Superior Technical School of Engineering of Seville, Spain.
Speakers:
Almås, K. A. Special Adviser of SINTEF Ocean / Vice President of the Norwegian Academy of Technological Sciences, Norway.
Coll, M. Researcher of the Institute of Marine Sciences - ICM, Spain
Kaushik, S. J. European Research Area Chair of Eco Aqua Institute, ULPGC, Spain.
Fredheim, A. Research Director of SINTEF Ocean, the Foundation for Scientific and Industrial Research - SINTEF, Norway.
General Discussion
Intergenerational debate
Wednesdeay 15th November
Session I. Transition to a Renewable Energy World
Moderator:
Domínguez, José. Professor of the University of Seville, Spain
Speakers:
Díaz, A.R. Director C - Energy, Climate and Transport, Institute for Prospective Technological Studies, CE.
- The geopolitics of renewable energies: a strategic perspective
Escribano, G. Head of the Energy and Climate Change Program, Elcano Royal Institute, Spain.
Wagner, H.J. Chair for Energy Systems and Energy Management, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany.
Broadening the vision I
Key Note Speech I
- Sarma, S. Vice President for Open Learning, MIT Department of Mechanical Engineering, U.S.
- Wessner, C. Professor of Global Innovation Policy, Georgetown University, U.S.
Knowledge and Innovation Communities (KIC): new models to boost innovation
Moderator:
Zufiria, J.A. General Director of IBM Europe, Spain.
Speakers:
- Muñoz, J.L. Managing Director of EIT Climate KIC Spain & EIT Cross-KIC Spain Lead, Spain.
- Contreras, J. EIT Digital Spain Director, IMDEA Software Institute, Spain.
- Pérez Villareal, B. Director of EIT Food CLC South, Spain.
- Pugliese, M. EIT Health Spain Managing Director, Parc Científic de Barcelona, Spain.
- Lasa, M. Iberia Managing Director InnoEnergy, Spain.
Closing ceremony
CAETS President speeches
- Dowling, D.A. CAETS Past-president / RAEng, UK.
- Cáceres, L. CAETS President-elect / ANI, Uruguay.
Closing address by CAETS President
- Fereres, E. CAETS President / RAI, Spain.
Thursday 16th November
CAETS Council meeting
Broadening the vision II. Ethics in Engineering
Moderator:
Brunet, P. Professor of the Polytechnic University of Catalonia, Spain.
Speakers:
- Bonfield, D. RAEng Visiting Professor of Inclusive Engineering, Aston University, Towards Vision, University of Bath, Stevenage, UK. (Speech)
- Torras, C. Professor of Research of Institut de Robòtica i Informàtica Industrial, CSIC-UPC, Spain.
- Koizumi, H. Honorary Fellow of Hitachi, Ltd., Japan. (Speech)
Diversity in Engineering
End of the convocation