ECSS 2019 - Highlights

Around 180 deans, department heads, research directors, senior academics, industry and public policymakers from over 30 countries met in Rome, Italy, October 28-30, for the 15th edition of the European Computer Science Summit, ECSS 2019. With the main theme ‘Social Responsibility of Informatics’, the summit was a platform of inspiring presentations and lively discussions dedicated to an array of interdisciplinary topics regarding the interplay between Informatics and Ethics, Law, Privacy as well as Responsible Research and Innovation and Artificial Intelligence.

The conference in 2019 had a renewed and enriched format consisting of the main summit of three days composed of several complementary events and sessions. The program started on Monday with two workshops, the Workshop of the WIRE Working Group and the Leaders Workshop. Both workshops offered a unique networking forum for leaders of Informatics institutions and research groups, and academics acting on gender diversity initiatives and focused on concrete issues and practical solutions.

Workshop of the WIRE Working Group

Social Responsibility of Informatics

Award Ceremony

Beyond lively discussion, presentations, and networking, there was also time for celebration. At a special Award Ceremony, Informatics Europe announced the project ‘Welcome.TU.code’ submitted by Doctor Nysret Musliu and Professor Reinhard Pichler on behalf of the Faculty of Informatics, TU Wien, Austria as one of the two winners of the 2019 Best Practices in Education Award. The second project honoured is the ‘Erasmus+ InventEUrs project - Inventors4Change (I4C)’, as a joint venture of Eduard Muntaner-Perich, Mireia Frigola-Fortià and Jordi Freixenet from University of Girona as well as Safia Barikzai from London South Bank University and Valentina Poggioni and Alfredo Milani from University of Perugia. The winner of the 4th Minerva Informatics Equality Award was TU Dublin Computer Science, Ireland, for their gender equality initiatives and policies to develop the careers of female Faculty. ERCIM, the European Research Consortium for Informatics and Mathematics, presented the Cor Baayen Young Researcher Award for Ninon Burgos and András Gilyén. 

Dialogue with Members - Members' Voice

Workshop Bridging the Digital Talent Gap

Overall, the conference was a great success. We would like to thank our co-organisers, the International Research Area on Foundations of the Sciences of the Pontifical Lateran University, as well as the ECSS 2019 sponsors, CINI - Consorzio Interuniversitario Nazionale per l'Informatica, Roma Tre University, "Sapienza" University of Rome, University of Rome "Tor Vergata", and Elsevier, whose support contributed to setting up such a high-quality event.

The next Summit, ECSS 2020, will be held in Sofia, Bulgaria, October 26-28, co-organised by the Faculty of Mathematics and Informatics, Sofia University. It will be again a unique opportunity to join your European peers to debate the future of our field and contribute to a stronger European Informatics community.

Save the dates on your calendar! ECSS 2020, 26-28 October.

• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 

• Enrico Nardelli, Informatics Europe President, is opening the ECSS 2019

• Gianfranco Basti, Pontifical Lateran University, at ECSS 2019 opening

• Geraldine Fitzpatrick, TU Wien, is leading the Leaders Workshop on Monday

• Participants of the WIRE Workshop on Monday

• At the WIRE Workshop

• Talk by Minerva Award Winner 2018: University of Bamberg represented by Caroline Oehlhorn

• Talk by Minerva Award Winner 2017: Radboud University represented by Lejla Batina

• Talk by Minerva Award Winner 2016: University College London represented by Alexandra Silva

• Small talks and networking at coffee breaks

• Representatives of Sofia University, co-organisers of the ECSS 2020 in Sofia, Bulgaria

• Leaders and WIRE Workshops Joint Session 'Unconscious Bias - Promoting Diversity'

• Gregor Engels, Paderborn University, co-organiser of the Leaders Workshop

• Small group discussions at the Leaders and WIRE Workshops Joint Session

• Sharing best practices with colleagues at the Leaders and WIRE Workshops Joint Session

• Round-table dialogues at the WIRE Workshop

• Lively discussions at the WIRE Workshop

• Fabrizia Benini, DG CONNECT, European Commission, shares the EU policy perspective on gender diversity at the WIRE Workshop

• Participants and organisers of the WIRE Workshop

• Elisabetta Di Nitto, Politecnico di Milano, co-chair of the Social Responsibility of Informatics Sessions

• Virginia Dignum, Umeå University, is talking about Responsible Artificial Intelligence

• Markus Püschel, ETH Zurich

• Mireille Hildebrandt, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, is Speaking Law to Computer Scientists and Other Folks

• Hélène Kirchner, Inria

• Tony Belpaeme, Ghent University, is discussing Ethical/Social Responsibility Issues in Social Robots

• Springer books exhibition

• Bernd Stahl, De Montfort University, is talking about Responsible Research and Innovation in ICT

• Guglielmo Tamburrini, University of Naples, is chairing the Panel on Social Responsibility of Informatics

• Philip Larrey, Pontifical Lateran University, at the Panel on Social Responsibility of Informatics

• Peggy Valcke, KU Leuven, at the Panel on Social Responsibility of Informatics

• Hannes Werthner, TU Wien, at the Panel on Social Responsibility of Informatics

• Winners of the 2019 Best Practices in Education Award from TU Wien with Letizia Jaccheri (Award Chair), Alessandra Migliore (Microsoft) and Enrico Nardelli (Informatics Europe President)

• Winners of the 2019 Best Practices in Education Award from Erasmus+ InventEUrs project - Inventors4Change (I4C) with Letizia Jaccheri (Award Chair), Alessandra Migliore (Microsoft) and Enrico Nardelli (Informatics Europe President)

• Minerva Award Winners from TU Dublin with Dana Petcu (Award Chair), Beate List (Google) and Enrico Nardelli (Informatics Europe President)

• Winners of the ERCIM Cor Baayen Award with Jos Baeten (ERCIM President) and Enrico Nardelli (Informatics Europe President)

• Cristina Pereira, Informatics Europe Executive Director, is opening the Dialogue with Members Session

• Public launching of the Informatics Europe Higher Education Data Portal

• Paola Mello, University of Bologna, is reporting on Ethical/Social Impact of Informatics as a Study Subject

• Susan Eisenbach, Imperial College London, is presenting the report on the Wide Role of Informatics at Universities

• Brainstorming at the Informatics Europe Creative Coffee Break

• Lively discussions at the Informatics Europe Creative Coffee Break

• Small talks at the conference dinner

• Networking at the conference dinner

• At the conference dinner

• Past and current heads of Informatics Europe - Carlo Ghezzi, Enrico Nardelli, Lynda Hardman and Christine Choppy

• Current and future Board Members of Informatics Europe

• Fabrizia Benini, European Commission, is opening the Talent Gap Workshop on Wednesday

• Fabrizia Benini, European Commission, Paola Inverardi, University of L'Aquila, Anna Wypior, SAP SE, and Andrea Dal Piaz, Roma Tre University at the Discussion Panel 'The Digital Talent Gap in Europe'

• Daniele Nardi, 'Sapienza' University of Rome, is introducing the Artificial Intelligence breakout session

• Tanya Suarez, BluSpecs, at the Artificial Intelligence breakout session

• Javier Lopez, University of Malaga, is introducing the Cyber Security breakout session

• Alexander Riedl, European Commission, at the Cyber Security breakout session

• Gregor Engels, University of Paderborn, and Alessandro Bogliolo, University of Urbino, are introducing the Software Engineering breakout session

• Ernesto Pimentel, CODDII, Alessandro Bogliolo, University of Urbino, and Anna Wypior, SAP SE, at the Talent Gap Workshop Software Engeneering breakout session

• Small group discussions at the Talent Gap Workshop Software Engeneering breakout session

• Brainstorming at the Talent Gap Workshop Artificial Intelligence breakout session

• Brainstorming at the Talent Gap Workshop Cyber Security breakout session

• Paola Inverardi, University of L'Aquila, is talking about Ethics and Privacy in the Digital Societies

• Rapporteurs, Facilitators and Organisers of the Talent Gap Workshop

• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
•