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The
Annual Charles L. Miller Lecture
The
Future of Science and Technology in
Europe
By
José Mariano Gago
Minister of Science, Technology and
Higher Education, Portugal
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About
the Speaker:
 Professor
José Mariano Gago is an experimental
high energy physicist and a Professor
of Physics of at the Instituto Superior
Técnico (IST) in Lisbon, Portugal.
He graduated as an electrical engineer
from the Technical University of Lisbon
and obtained a PhD in Physics from
the École Polytechnique in
Paris. He worked for many years as
a researcher at the European Organisation
for Nuclear Physics (CERN) in Geneva,
Switzerland and in Portugal's Laboratory
for Particle Physics (LIP), which
he chaired. Prof. Gago is member of
the CERN Council. He chaired the High
Level Group on Human Resources for
Science and Technology in Europe.
As
Minister of Science and Technology
(S&T) during 1995-2002, Professor
Gago was responsible for science and
technology and for information society
policies. He launched the Ciencia
Viva movement to promote S&T culture
and S&T in society. During the
Portuguese EU presidency (2000), he
prepared, along with the European
Commission, the Lisbon Strategy for
the European Research Area and for
the Information Society in Europe.
In 1998 he also launched the Eureka-Asia
Initiative in Macao.
During
the 2007 Portuguese EU Presidency
he promoted the adoption of a strategy
for the future of S&T in Europe
and for the modernization of universities
in the EU.
Prof.
Gago was President of the International
Risk Governance Council (IRGC) in
Geneva and is a member of IRGC Board.
He is a member of the Academia Europaea.
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