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9 OCTOBER

08:30-09:15 Registration
09:15-09:30 Welcome and introduction: Joachim M. Buhmann,
Board Member, Department of Computer Science, ETH-Zurich, Switzerland
Bertrand Meyer,
President of Informatics Europe, ETH-Zurich, Switzerland.

IMAGE, IMPACT, INNOVATION

09:30-10:30 Keynote: Wolfgang Wahlster, Director of DFKI and Computer Science Department, Saarland University, Saarbruecken.
"ICT 2020 - The Research Program for Boosting Germany's Innovation Motor No. 1'' talk
Session chair: Jan van Leeuwen, Utrecht University, The Netherlands.

10:30-11:00 Coffee break

11:00-11:45 Keynote: Andrew Herbert, Managing Director of Microsoft Research, Cambridge, UK.
"Hot Topics in Computer Science at Microsoft Research" talk
Session chair: Christine Choppy, University Paris-XIII, France.

11:45-12:30 Keynote: Heikki Mannila, Helsinki Institute for Information Technology, Helsinki.
"Impact of Algorithmic Data Analysis" talk
Session chair: Josep Diaz, Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain.

12:30-13:00 Keynote: J Strother Moore, Member CRA Board of Directors, Department of Computer
Science, University of Texas at Austin
"Mission and Impact of the Computing Research Association (CRA)" talk
Session chair: Bertrand Meyer, ETH-Zurich, Switzerland.

13:00-14:30 Lunch, ETH Faculty Club

14:30-15:15 Keynote: Jon Oberlander, Director SICSA, School of Informatics, University of Edinburgh, Scotland.
"The Scottish Informatics and Computer Science Alliance" talk
Session chair: Hans-Ulrich Heiss, Technische Universität Berlin, Germany

15:15-16:00 Keynote: Friedemann Mattern,
Institute for Pervasive Computing, Department of Computer Science, ETH Zurich.
"Bibliometric Evaluation of Computer Science - Problems and Pitfalls" talk
Session chair: Jiri Wiedermann, Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic

16:00-16:30 Coffee break

16:30-17:30 PANEL: WHAT COUNTS AND WHY IN CS RESEARCH EVALUATION
Moderator:Christine Choppy University Paris-XIII, France.
Panellists: Josep Diaz, Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain, Antoine Petit, INRIA Paris-Rocquencourt Research Center, France, Jørgen Staunstrup, IT University, Copenhagen, Denmark, Jan van Leeuwen, Utrecht University, The Netherlands.
Discussion paper: download

17:30-18:15 Informatics Europe - General Assembly
Chair: Bertrand Meyer,
President of Informatics Europe, ETH-Zurich, Switzerland.

19:00-21:30 Conference dinner, ETH Faculty Club

10 OCTOBER
IMAGE, IMPACT, INNOVATION

08:30-9:00 Registration

09:00-09:45 Keynote: Liba Svobodova, SSME Advocate, IBM Research, Zurich Research Laboratory, Rüschlikon, Switzerland
"The Challenge of SSME: Services Science, Management and Engineering" talk
Session chair: Jørgen Staunstrup, IT University, Copenhagen, Denmark

09:45-10:30 Keynote: Manuel Hermenegildo, Director of IMDEA-Software, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Madrid, Spain.
"Perspectives on Software Engineering and Informatics Research in Spain and the IMDEA Initiative" talk
Session chair: Antoine Petit, INRIA Paris-Rocquencourt Research Center,France

10:30-11:00 Coffee break

11:00-13:00 Parallel sessions

Session I: `Informatics Education'
Session chair: Josep Diaz, Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain.

• J.C.M. Baeten and H.T.G. Weffers, Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands, "Internationalization of Informatics Education" doc / talk

• F. Gielen, Ghent University, Belgium, " SoftEnterprise - Introducing Entrepreneurship in the software engineering curriculum" doc / talk

• H-U. Heiss, N. Csonka, C. Raue, Technische Universitaet Berlin, Germany, "Outcome Analysis of a New Informatics Curriculum" doc / talk

• L. Kozma, Z. Illes, Z. Istenes, V. Heizlerne Bakonyi, Eotvos Lorand University, Budapest, Hungary, "A Sector-Specific Implementation of the European Qualification" doc / talk

Session II: `Informatics Image and New Approaches'
Session chair: Jan van Leeuwen, Utrecht University, The Netherlands.

• G. Hilkevica and S. Hilkevics, Ventspils University College, Ventspils, Latvia, "Interdisciplinary IT Research: Digital Signal Processing"doc / talk

• R. Nikolov, E. Gourova, M. Nisheva, Sofia University, Bulgaria, "Some Methodological Aspects of the Development of an ICT Research and Technology Development and Innovation Strategy for a Faculty of Mathematics and Informatics"doc / talk

• W. Reisig, Humboldt-Universitaet, Berlin, Germany, "In praise of a Theoretical Basis for New Software Paradigms"doc / talk

• B. Vöcking, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany, "Algorithm of the week - Communicating the fascination of algorithms to the public"doc / talk

13:00-14:30 Lunch, ETH Faculty Club

14:30-15:15 Keynote: Wilhelm Schaefer,
Vice-president and Chairman International Graduate School, Universität Paderborn, Germany.
"European Accreditation of Informatics Programmes" talk
Session chair: Letizia Tanca, Politecnico di Milano, Italy

15:15-16:15 PANEL: TOWARDS EUROPEAN STANDARDS FOR GRADUATION, ACCREDITATION AND CERTIFICATION IN INFORMATICS
Moderator: Gregor Engels, University of Paderborn, Germany.
Panellists: Vasile Baltac (CEPIS), Gordon Davies (ACM Education Board), Enrico Nardelli (University of Rome Tor Vergata), John O'Sullivan (CEN/ISSS) and Wilhelm Schaefer (University of Paderborn).

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Talks: talk 1 talk 2 talk 3 talk 4

16:15-16:30 Closing Remarks: Jan van Leeuwen, Utrecht University, The Netherlands

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