Latin America MCAA Research Conference

*Presentations available below*

The association of current and past fellows of the European programme Marie Sklodowska Curie Actions (MSCA) proudly hwld the first Latin America MCAA Research Conferencein Buenos Aires on 21 and 22 October.

The 2-day event was organised by the Argentinian and the Brazilian chapters of the Marie Curie Alumni Association - MCAA with the support of EURAXESS LAC and the Argentina-EU Liaison office in their quality of Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions national contact points (NCPs).

As part of the event, a public information session took place on Tuesday 22 at the Spanish Embassy to promote the Marie Sklodowska Curie Actions (MSCA) to the local community and show how Argentinian researchers and institutions can benefit from MSCA to carry out a PhD, a Post-doctorate or a research project with several European and international institutions. Brazilian and Argentinian researchers who secured MSCA grants shared their experience with the audience. Presentations are available below.

More at bit.ly/mcaalatam19

Agenda and Presentations

OCTOBER 21 • Monday

Secretaría de Gobierno de Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación Productiva de la Nación

09:00 – 09:15 Opening Ceremony

09:15 – 09:45 Keynote speaker, Mostafa Moonir Shawrav, 1_mcaa_overview.pdf

09:45 – 10:30 Showcasing Research - Brazil

Elaine Vieira, mcaa_argentina_elaine_br.pdf

Leonardo Dall'agnol, ltd_mcaa_latam_2019_v2.pdf

ltd_mcaa_latam_2019_v2.pdfJochen Junker, jochen_junker_mcaa.pdf

Elizabeth Moreira dos Santos Schmidt, e_schmidt_latam_buenos_aires_oct_2019.pdf

Gledson Emildio, mcaalatam_ge.pdf

10:30 – 11:00 Networking coffee

11:00 – 12:30 Showcasing Research - Argentina

Virginia Helena Albarracin,mcaa_latam_vha.pdf

Mariela Chertoff,curie_2019_chertoff.pdf

Victoria Flexer, flexer_mc_brazil-argentina.pdf

Natalia Gavazzo, presentacion_mcaa_natalia.pdf

Ezequiel Lentz,2019_latam_mcaa_lentz_0.pdf

Diego Gabriel Oliva, diego_oliva_ingar_santa_fe.pdf

diego_oliva_ingar_santa_fe.pdfJulieta Sztarker, mcaa_2019_julieta.pdf

mcaa_2019_julieta.pdfPablo Emiliano Tomatis, 1minute_slide_tomatispe_mcaa2019.pdf

12:30 – 13:30 Networking lunch

13:30 – 15:45 Science Policy Panel

Mariano Fressoli,ciencia_abierta_m_fressoli_m_curie.pdf

Virginia Helena Albarracin,mcaa_latam_women_in_science.pdf

Maria Julia Pettinari, charla_mcaa_2.pdf

Mostafa Moonir Shawrav

15:45 – 16:00 Networking coffee

16:00 – 16:45 3_academicpositions.pdf, Mostafa Moonir Shawrav, MCAA vice-chair

OCTOBER 22 • TUESDAY

MSCA Public Info session, Embassy of Spain

09:00 – 09:30 Opening

• Carlos López Ortiz, Embassy of Spain
• Luca Pierantoni, EU Delegacion to Argentina
• Paula Brennan, Oficina de enlace AR-UE
• Mostafa Moonir Shawrav, MCAA
• Charlotte Grawitz, EURAXESS Brazil

09:30 – 10:30 2019-10-11_msca.pdf, Paula Brennan, Oficina de enlace AR-UE

10:30 – 11:00 Networking coffee

11:00 – 11:30 ITN - Testimony of MSCA alumni

Point of view of a PhD student : Leonardo Dall'agnol, ltd_biocor_itn_mcaa_latam.pdf

Point of view of an institution, Mariano Pistorio, 2019-10-22_mariano_microwine.pdf

11:30 – 11:45 mcaa_argentina_embaixada_elaine.pdf - Testimony of MSCA alumni, Elaine Vieira

11:45 – 12:00 RISE - Testimony of MSCA alumni, Lizel Tornay, speme-_rise_embajada_0.pdf

12:00 – 12:15 erc_mcaa_2210.pdf Agustina Velo, Oficina de Enlace AR-UE, NCP ERC

12:15 – 12:15 infosession_ar-euraxess_0.pdf, Charlotte Grawitz, EURAXESS LAC representative

12:15 – 12:30 Closing remarks

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14:00 – 16:00 In depth training on EU funding for MSCA alumni

16:00 – 16:05 Closing Ceremony

Organisers: EURAXESS, MCAA Argentinian Chapter, MCAA Brazil Chapter, Secretaría de Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación Productiva de la Nación