Second warm up of the Science 2020 Meeting

This Wednesday, October 21st, the second Warm Up Session of the Science 2020 Meeting will take place. The session will begin at 11:00 am, at the Center for Arts and Culture of Ponte de Sor, and will be streamed.

"Digital Planet: new opportunities, jobs, and businesses associated with Earth observation for climate action" was the theme chosen for this session and in debate will be researchers and industry representatives from the areas of Space, Oceans, Forests, Territory, and Aeronautics.

The third and last session of these warm ups of the Science 2020 Meeting will take place in Porto, on October 26th. These sessions seek to discuss the importance of scientific research in the recovery and resilience of the country in a pandemic context.

The Science 2020 Meeting will take place on November 2nd, 3rd and 4th in Lisbon. This year it has two Nobel Prize winners as special guests: Sir Richard Roberts, Nobel Prize for Medicine in 1993, and Aaron Ciechanover, Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 2004.

The Science 2020 Meeting is an FCT initiative, in collaboration with the National Agency for Scientific and Technological Culture - Ciência Viva and the Parliamentary Committee for Education and Science, and has the support of the Ministry of Science, Technology and Higher Education.

More information about the Science Meeting and Warm Up Sessions is available on the official website.