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From2009-10-05
To2009-10-07
Course

The European Genetics Foundation (www.eurogene.org), Telethon Italy (www.telethon.it), the PROGEN Consortium (www.consorzioprogen.it) and the University of Bologna, under the aegis of the Italian Consiglio Universitario Nazionale (CUN), are promoting for the second year a course devoted to scientific officers responsible of the organization of the peer review of research projects in all areas of science. The aim of the course is to provide a platform of information/discussion on the themes related to the implementation of the best practices of peer review by public and private granting agencies. The programme will be focused on providing an overview of peer review-based models adopted by leading European and American granting agencies to implement strategies for funding scientific research. Lectures and round-tables involving preeminent policy-makers will delineate key issues and challenges for the diffusion of an effective peer-review-based system aimed at funding the best science. Interactive workshop sessions, chaired by Telethon Scientific Officers, will be the occasion for participants to discuss key themes and policies in peer review management and compare different perspectives on the basis of their specific work experience. The course will be aimed at scientific officers at the European level, and will accept a maximum of 50 students.

VenueEuroMediterranean University Centre of Ronzano, Bologna, ITALY
Directors

L. Monaco (Milan, Italy), G. Romeo (Bologna, Italy)

Speakers

Ezio Andreta (Commissioner of the National Agency for the Innovation, Milan, Italy),Omer Cebeci (Vice President of TUBITAK, Ankara, Turkey),Renat Bilyalov (ERC, Brussels, Belgium), Fabrizio Cobis(MIUR, Rome, Italy) Silvio Garattini (Director of the Mario Negri Institute, Coordinator of the Scientific Commission of the Italian Drug Agency - AIFA, Milan, Italy),Giuliana Gemelli (University of Bologna, Director of the Master in International Studies in Philantropy, Bologna, Italy),M. Heppener ( ESF, Strasbourg), Kenneth Keller (Director of the SAIS - Johns Hopkins University Bologna Center, Bologna, Italy),Josè Manuel Labastida (Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación, Madrid, Spain), Luciano Modica (University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy), Lucia Monaco (Chief Scientific Officer Italian Telethon Foundation, Milan, Italy), Francesca Pasinelli (Telethon, Milan, Italy), Giovanni Romeo (University of Bologna, Italy),Lisa Vozza (AIRC, Milan), John Williams (Head of Clinical Activities, Wellcome Trust, UK).

Programme
Monday, October 5 - Comparative analysis of different Peer Review systems
Morning Session (09:00-13:00)
09:00
Registration
R. Bilyalov
Funding Frontier Research : ERC peer review process
O. Cebeci
Tubitak Panel Review Process
10:30
Coffee break
S. Garattini
The project of AIFA on independent clinical research
L. Monaco
Promoting research towards the cure of genetic diseases: how a charity faces its challenges
L. Vozza
Peer review in cancer research: the AIRC review process
Discussion
13:00
Lunch break
Afternoon Session (14:30-18:00)
Parallel Workshop1
1. Managing the research portfolio: one Call does not fit all. 2. Key players and roles in the peer review process
16:30
Coffee break
Parallel Workshops
Wrapping up
Evening Seminar at the Collegio di Spagna:
G. Gemelli
The Rockefeller Foundation and the historical roots of peer-review in the international context
K. Keller
Peer review in American research universities
Tuesday, October 6 - Definition of Standards for Quality Assessment
Morning Session (9:30-13:00)
G.Romeo
t.b.d.
M. Heppener
Peer Review and the European Science Foundation
V. Ley
Peer review and Research Funding in Spain
10:30
Coffee break
E. Andreta
The strategy of science policy in the EU
Discussion
13:00
Lunch break
Afternoon Session (14:30-18:00)
Parallel Workshops
3. IT and AI tools to support and enhance peer review 4. Reviewers and reviews: optimizing the quality of the process
16:30
Coffee break
Parallel Workshops
Wrapping up

Wednesday, October 7 - Discussion of a Common Strategy for the Promotion of Peer Review in Europe

Round Table:
Feed-back from the afternoon workshops of the previous days
Participants:
Telethon staff and students
Moderator:
L: Monaco
10:30
Coffee break
Round Table:
How to prepare the future of peer review in Europe:
Participants:
All the invited speakers of the previous days
Moderators:
F. Pasinelli and G.Romeo
13:00
Lunch and departure

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