Norwegian-Estonian Research Cooperation Programme

Final Conference

Laulasmaa, September 21–22, 2017

AGENDA

September 21, 2017

Video about the Norwegian-Estonian Research Cooperation Programme (Estfilm Production OÜ)

Welcome and opening addresses

• Mailis Reps, Estonian Ministry of Research and Education
• Dagfinn Sørli, Ambassador of Norway
• Andres Koppel, Estonian Research Council

 Norwegian-Estonian Research Cooperation Programme –views from Donor programme partner perspective
Ms. Birgit Jacobsen, Research Council of Norway

Presentations of the projects

• Activity-dependent regulation of BDNF and Arc: master genes in synaptic plasticity
  Prof. Tõnis Timmusk, Tallinn University of Technology
• Targeting glioma stem-like cells with tumor penetrating peptides
  Dr. Tambet Teesalu, University of Tartu
• Language and auditory brain: studies on central sound representation in auditory cortex
  Dr. Risto Kalervo Näätänen, University of Tartu
• Sami – Estonian language technology cooperation: similar languages, same technologies
  Dr. Heiki-Jaan Kaalep, University of Tartu
• Novel Anaysis and Design Tools for Low-Density Parity-Check Codes
  Dr. Vitaly Skachek, University of Tartu
• DNS and 3D Reynolds Stress Turbulence Modeling in Particulate Channel Flows with Inter-Particle Collisions and Applications
  Dr. Aleksander Kartušinski, Tallinn University of Technology
• Animals in changing environments: Cultural mediation and semiotic analysis
  Dr. Timo Maran, University of Tartu
• Role of enzymes processivity in degradation of recalcitrant polysaccharides
  Prof. Morten Sorlie, Norwegian University of Life Sciences
•  Biodiversity in the dark: High-throughput sequence analyses of arctic fungal communities (BioFun)
  Dr. Leho Tedersoo, University of Tartu
• DNA-based early detection and diagnostics of alien invasive forest pathogens and tracing of their introduction pathways into northern Europe
  Dr. Kalev Adamson, Estonian University of Life Sciences
• Political and socio-psychological determinants of inclusive integration context and their inter-dependencies
  Prof. Raivo Vetik, University of Tallinn
• Topical issues of consumer credit in Estonia and Norway
  Prof. Kåre Lilleholt, University of Oslo
• Understanding policy change: Financial and fiscal bureaucracy in the Baltic Sea Region
  Ms. Olga Mikheeva, Tallinn University of Technology
• Cultural half an hour – Music and Laulasmaa
   Ms. Anu Kivilo, Arvo Pärt Centre

September 22, 2017

• The importance of international research cooperation and Project partner’s views on the Norwegian-Estonian research cooperation
  Prof. Clive Bramham, University of Bergen
• H2020s Twinning scheme as a clever way to support your research project
  Dr. Anja Hegen, University of Bergen
• Norwegian-Estonian Research Cooperation Programme: experiences from the Programme Committee
  Dr. Karen Gammelgaard, University of Oslo
• EEA/Norway Grants – perspectives of new period
  Ms. Pille Pikker, Estonian Ministry of Research and Education
• The Czech–Norwegian Research Programme – Achievements and Experience
  Mr. Štěpán Obrtlík, Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports, Czech Republic
• Results of the Norwegian Financial Instruments Research programme in Latvia
  Ms. Irina Stoļarova, Senior project manager at the State Education Development Agency, Latvia (Department of Management and External cooperation)
• Closing of the conference
  Prof. Margus Lember, University of Tartu