Conference Schedule (preliminary)
Mon, 28 Oct Tue, 29 Oct Wed, 30 Oct
(Last updated: 25 Apr 2024)
09:00 - 10:00 Special Informatics Europe Introductory Session
10:30 - 11:00 ECSS 2024 Official Opening
- Jean-Marc Jézéquel, Informatics Europe / IRISA / University of Rennes (France)
- Enrico Nardelli, University of Rome "Tor Vergata" (Italy)
Two sessions will run in parallel between 11:00 and 18:00.
11:00 - 18:30 Leaders Workshop - "Dealing with interdisciplinarity and sustainability in research groups and departments"
Chair: Elisabetta Di Nitto, Politecnico di Milano (Italy) and Kim Mens, Université catholique de Louvain (Belgium)
11:00 - 18:00 Professional Development Workshop for Early Career Researchers
Chairs: Dimka Karastoyanova, University of Groningen (the Netherlands) and Irene Vanderfeesten, KU Leuven (Belgium)
11:00 - 11:05 Welcome and Introduction
11:05 - 12:30 Session 1: Navigating a Research Career in Academia
12:30 - 14:00 Lunch
14:00 -16:00 Session 2: ECSS Doctoral Symposium
16:00 - 16:30 Coffee break
16:30 - 18:00 Session 3: What makes a PhD Project a Success?
19:00 - 22:00 Welcome Cocktail including the Early Career Researchers Poster Session
Monday's coffee breaks are scheduled at 10:00 & 16:00 (30' each) and lunch at 12:30-14:00, for all sessions.
08:30 - 12:00 Keynotes Session - "Reflecting on the past and the future of Informatics in Europe"
Chairs: Jean-Marc Jézéquel, Informatics Europe / IRISA / University of Rennes (France) and Enrico Nardelli, University of Rome "Tor Vergata" (Italy)
Keynote Speaker:
- Mark Harman, Meta Platforms Inc. and UCL (UK), on "Assured LLM-Based Software Engineering"
- Dorothea Wagner, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) (Germany)
Session Panelists:
- Lynda Hardman, CWI (the Netherlands) & Utrecht University (the Netherlands)
- Carlo Ghezzi, Politecnico di Milano (Italy)
- Enrico Nardelli, University of Rome 'Tor Vergata' (Italy)
Two sessions will run in parallel between 13:00 and 15:00.
13:00 - 15:00 Cultivating Diversity: Integrating Inclusive Design into Informatics Education Workshop
Chairs: Dympna O'Sullivan, TU Dublin (Ireland) and Simona Motogna, Babeş-Bolyai University (Romania)
Supported by IE's Ethics and Diversity & Inclusion Working Groups
13:00 - 15:00 Green ICT and ICT for Green Workshop
Chair: Marco Aiello, University of Stuttgart (Germany)
Supported by IE's Green ICT Working Group
15:30 - 16:30 Informatics Europe Awards Ceremony
- Best Dissertation Award (sponsored by Springer)
- Minerva Informatics Equality Award (sponsored by Google and co-organized with EUGAIN COST Action)
16:30 - 17:30 Informatics Europe Sessions
Chairs: Jean-Marc Jézéquel and Nuria Anguera, Informatics Europe
16:30 - 17:00 Dialogue with Members - Informatics Europe Activities and Outcomes
17:00 - 17:30 Informatics Europe General Assembly
18:00 - 23:00 Sightseeing & Official Dinner
Tuesday's coffee breaks are scheduled at 10:00 & 15:00 (30' each) and lunch at 12:00-13:00, for all sessions.
Two sessions will run in parallel for the whole day.
09:00 - 16:00 Workshop co-organised with National Informatics Associations
Chairs: Pekka Orponen, Aalto University (Finland), Heri Ramampiaro, NTNU (Norway) and Manuel Carro, Technical University of Madrid/IMDEA Software Institute (Spain)
The workshop will include three sessions:
- AI in Informatics Education ("lessons from 1 year of ChatGPT"; broad view)
- Socio-political aspects of AI
- Research Evaluation
10:30 - 16:00 Education Workshop
Chairs: Michael Kölling, King's College London and Jan Vahrenhold, University of Münster
Supported by IE's Education Research Working Group
Theme: "Academia/Industry Collaboration in Higher Education"
Wednesday's coffee break is scheduled at 10:30 (30') and lunch at 12:30-14:00, for all sessions.
