3rd European Forum

on Ethics and Science for the Environment

October 12 - 14, 2008, Toruń Poland

III Forum nt. Etyki i Nauki na rzecz Środowiska

12 - 14 października 2008, Toruń

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Forum's office opening hours:
Sunday 12.10: 13.30 - 19.00
Monday 13.10: 8.30 - 17.00
Tuesday 14.10: 8.30 - 14.00

Program of the 3 rd Forum

Ethics and Science for the Environment – ESforE.

Sunday 12.10.2008, Artus’ House, 6 Rynek Staromiejski St.

The role and the place of local society in the university function and the university influence on the community
15:00 – 15:45 OPENING CEREMONY Prof. B. Buszewski, Prof. M. Jaskuła
15:45 – 17:00 Violin recital in the frame of International Festival FORTE Piano to commemorate 775 anniversary of founding of Torun,
Solenne Paidassi (Francja) – violin & Veronika Kopjova (Francja) – piano

17:00 – 17:30 COFFEE BREAK

Chairmen: Prof. B. Buszewski, Prof. Fr. Rozpłoch
17:30 – 18:00 L1 P. Całbecki, Marshal of the Kuyavia-Pomerania Province, Toruń (PL), Cooperation between local government and universities in the Kuyavia-Pomerania Province
18:00 – 18:30 L2 Prof. G. Bonn, Austrian Council for Research and Technology Development, Vienna (AT) Austria on the way to be a front runner in Europe
18:30 – 19:00 L3 T. Zwiefka, EU Deputy Bruxelles - Toruń, (PL - B) Creative and innovative Europe
19:00 – 20:30 DP1 Moderator: Prof. A. Radzimiński, M. Zaleski

Prof. A. Jamiołkowski NCU, Toruń PL; Prof. A. Radzimiński NCU Rector Magnificus, Toruń PL; Prof. P. Bianchi Rector Magnificus Ferrara University, Ferrara, IT; Prof. O. Meyer  Vice-Rector University of Bayreuth, Bayreuth, DE; Prof. K. Lisiecka Vice-Rector University of Economy in Katowice, Katowice, PL; Prof. Oleg I. Volkov Rector Magnificus Kiev University, Kiev, UA, Prof. Joni Apakidze Rector Magnificus of the Sokhumi State University, Tbilisi, GE

20:30 BANQUET of the MAYOR of TORUŃ CITY

Monday 13.10.2008 Main Hall of NCU, Campus, 11 Gagarin St.

The role of philosophy in the science development
Chairmen: Prof. D. Bauman, Prof. T. Sterzyński
09:00 – 09:45 L4 Prof. R. Ernst (Zürich, CH) Philosophy & Science: „The imperative of responsibility”
09:45 – 10:15 L5 Prof. A. Kaniowski (Łódź, PL) Congruencies & discrepancies between being a moral man, a politician and a good scientist
10:15 – 10:45 L6 Prof. J. Spałek (Kraków, PL) On differences between science and philosophy

10:45 – 11:30 COFFEE BREAK

Chairmen: Prof. H. Frank, Prof. A. Kaniowski
11:30 – 12:00 L7 Prof. M. Tempczyk (Toruń, PL) The meaning of philosophy for the natural sciences
12:00 – 12:30 L8 Dr. P. Łuków (Łódź, PL) The worth of science and the idea of university
12:30 – 13:00 L9 Dr. H.-P. Schiefer (Ternitz, A) The CO2 paradigm (Ptolemaic and Copernican view on that issue)
13:00 – 14:00 DP2 Prof. A. Maruska, Prof. J. Spałek, Prof. R. Ernst, Prof. A. Kaniowski, Prof. S. Dembiński
14:15 – 15:00 Local meeting with the representatives of AvH Dr. S. Baszio (Bonn, DE), DAAD Dr. R. Oberschmidt (Warszawa, PL), DFG
with the PhD students and young scientist (NCU, Faculty of Chemistry)

13:45 – 15:30 LUNCH

The energy, the matter and the medicine
Chairmen: Prof. M. Jackowski, Prof. T. Krzemiński
15:30 – 16:00 L10 Prof. O. Meyer (Bayreuth, DE) Life on Earth: Enduring principles, ecological consequences & human responsibility
16:00 – 16:30 L11 Prof. J. Lubiński (Szczecin, PL) Progress in clinical genetics of cancer diagnosis.
16:30 – 17:00 L12 Prof. J. Schubert (Rostock, DE) Concepts of medical care in 2008: patients' need & dignity or cost effectiveness at any price?
17:00 – 17:30 L13 Dr. Hab. G. Meinrath (Passau, DE) Nuclear Energy, the Ethics and the Future

18:00 DINNER

20:30 OD NOWA Student Club, 37a Gagarin St.

Religion and ethics in the civilization development
Moderator: Prof. M. Jasiński, Prof. M. Jaskuła, x. Prof. M. Mróz, Prof. J. Schubert
20.30 - 20.45 L14 X. Prof. J. Bagrowicz (Toruń, PL) Looking for a Master? Maybe an idol would be enough for me?
20.45 – 21.00 L15 Prof. Audrius Maruska (Kaunas, LT) Challenges faced supervising students (PhD etc.) in the new global research system
21.00 – 21.15 L16 Herbert Schmidt (Wissen, DE)
21.15 – 22.00 DP3 X. Prof. M. Mróz, Prof. P. Łuków, Prof. M. Jasiński, Herr H. Schmidt, Prof. V. Petrosyan
22.00 Czerwony Tulipan Concert

Tuesday 14.10.2008 Main Hall of NCU, Campus, 11 Gagarin St.

Achievements of the science for the environment
Chairmen: Prof. E. Helios-Rybicka, Prof. St. Ledakowicz
09:00 – 09:30 L17 Prof. J. Kijeński (Warszawa, PL) The Period of hydrogen or the period of methanol? In searching of the pure energy and the raw materials
09:30 – 10:00 L18 Prof. H. Górecki (Wrocław, PL) Two faces of phosphorus and its compounds
10:00 – 10:30 L19 Prof. F. Dondi (Ferrara, IT) Ethics and Culture of Responsibility in Chemical Education

10:30 – 11:30 COFFEE BREAK

Chairmen: Prof. A. Borkowski, Prof. B. Kosmowski
11:30 – 12:00 L20 Dr. G. Rossi (Ferrara, IT), LyondelBasell Industries are technology driven chemical company which create environmental friendly process paying attention to the remediation of past contamination of industrial sites
12:00 – 13:30 DP4 P4 Prof. F. Dondi, Dr. H. – P. Schiefer, Prof. J. Kijeński,  Prof. H. Górecki, Dr. S. Mazullo, M. Sęp, Lyondell-Basell Polyolefins  i Lyondell-Basell-Orlen Polyolfenis, Perlan Technologies

Forum sum up and final remarks

13:30 – 14:00 L21 Prof. H. Frank (Bayreuth, DE) The obvious and the simple; why is it so difficult to implement?

14:00 – 14:15 CLOSING CEREMONY
14:15 – 16:00 LUNCH
16:30 – TORUŃ SIGHTSEEING

L-lecture, DP- discussion panel