The European Future Technologies Conference and Exhibition (18 public recordings)

Recordings of channel "The European Future Technologies Conference and Exhibition"

The European Future Technologies Conference and Exhibition 2011 is the second instalment of a new forum dedicated to frontier research in information and communication technologies. fet11 is a unique conference on visionary, high-risk and long-term research in information science and technology. Featuring an exceptionally broad range of scientific fields the event will seed new ideas across disciplines that will reshape the future.

  • Is the age of computation yet to begin?

    The theory of classical universal computation was laid down in 1936, was implemented within a decad...

    Presenters:

    • Artur Ekert (University of Oxford, National University of Singapore)

  • Welcome

    FET11 welcome

    Presenters:

    • Clive Cookson (Financial Times)

  • Political welcome address

    Presenters:

    • Neelie Kroes (vice president - European Comission),
    • Dr. Prof. Zoltán Cséfalvay (minister of state for economic strategy and parliamentary affairs - Ministry for National Economy),
    • József Pálinkás (president - HAS)

  • Official launch of FET-flagship pilots

    FET Flagships are science-driven, large-scale research partnerships pursuing a unifying goal of ach...

    Presenters:

    • Neelie Kroes (vice president - European Comission),
    • Hans Lehrach (Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics),
    • Jari Kinaret (Chalmers University of Technology),
    • Steven Bishop (University College London),
    • Henry Markram (EPFL),
    • Paolo Dario (Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna),
    • Adrian Ionescu (EPFL)

  • Panel discussion on the topic “large vs. small”

    "Large vs. Small" will be the motto of the moderated high-level panel discussion. Panellists will d...

    Presenters:

    • Robert Madelin (general director - European Commission Information Society and Media),
    • Jacques Stern (Agence Nationale de la Recherche),
    • Dr. Norbert Kroó (vice president - HAS, professor),
    • Paul Verschure (University Pompeu Fabra),
    • Paul ’t Hoen (Eindhoven Technical University),
    • Jerzy Langer (foreign secretary - Academia Europaea),
    • Clive Cookson (Financial Times)