The Tempus Public Foundation welcomes You and your Colleagues, to satisfy your interest in how one becomes a successful researcher, inventor in Hungary – what obstacles have to be faced, who and by what means can help in overcoming these, and how can the society benefit from the  individual achievements.

Time of the event:
25th szeptember, 2009, 16:00-18:00

Venue:
Millenáris (16-20 Kis Rókus st. Budpaest II.)
Palace of Miracles, parlor

Participants of the discussion:

• Dr. Gyula Csopaki, President, National Office for Research and Technology
• Dr. András Dinnyés, professor,  Szent István University, „father” of the first Hungarian clone mouse
• Prof. Gábor Domonkos, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, creator of the „Gömböc”
• Áron Losonczi, inventor of the light-passing  concrete, Ambassador to the European Year of Creativity and Innovation
• Prof. Tamás Németh, General Secretary, Hungarian Academy of Sciences
• Márta Posteinerné Toldi, Vice President, Hungarian Patent Office

István Palugyai, columnist of Népszabadság will be the moderator of the discussion.

Subjects of the discussion:

• What does ’knowledge based society’ mean? What is innovation?
• The culture of the exploitation of the results – restoration of the value of knowledge
• International experiences in researcher careers – Stay? Come back?
• The versatile inventor: invent, create, sell – Who and How can the researchers, inventors be helped?
• What is the role of the background institutes?

We welcome everyone to the public discussion!