Challenges for Mediterranean Research: Food, Resources and Territories – 28 de Abril 2017 – Évora

09h15 -10h15 . Interdisciplinary integration for problem solving research: the Mediterranean specificity Mediterranean research strengthening societal relevance:

François Lerin, IAMM (Montpellier)- CIEHAM Univ. Extremadura, Spain

Filipe Themudo Barata, CIDEHUS Uevora

The PRIMA challenge and EU-Africa collaboration frameworks: Agnieszka Romanowicz, DG-AGRI, EU Commission

10h15 . Coffee-break

10h45 -13h00 . Round Table: Priorities from different areas for enhanced sustainability in the Mediterranean.

Chair: Manuel Collares Pereira, IIFA

Production systems and soil: Mário de Carvalho, ICAAM

Climate Change and Water: António Heitor Reis, ICT

Ecosystem functioning and conservation: Miguel Araújo, CIBIO

Mediterranean Diet and Food quality: Cristina Dias, Hercules

Economy for inclusive development: Rui Fragoso CEFAGE

(each presentation 10 min: 2 slides on the unit + 3 slides with past highlights + 5 with future strategy for sustainability in the Mediterranean)

Summing up – Collaborations to be explored

13h00 – 14h00. Lunch-break

14h00 – 14h45 . Visit to solar energy experimental and R&D plant: Manuel Collares Pereira, Cátedra Energias Renováveis -Pólo da Mitra, Évora University

14h45 – 15h00. Welcome: Ana Costa Freitas, Rector, Évora University

15h00 – 17h00. Round-Table: The science-practice interface in the Mediterranean: challenges for research.

Chair: Teresa Pinto Correia, ICAAM, UÉvora

Invited Presentations:

Armando Martínez, General Coordinator of R&D, IFAPA-Inst Investigação Agrária, Andaluzia

Marcello Scalisi, Executive Director, UNIMED, IT

Rachid Mrabet, Director Scientific Division, Institut National Recherche Agronomique, Marroc

Final Presentations:

Chair of PRIMA General Assembly, Angelo Riccaboni

Minister for Science, Technology and Higher Education, Manuel Heitor

European Commissioner for Research, Science and Innovation, Carlos Moedas

17h00 – 17h30. Alentejo de Honra