[ Sofia Events ]

Moderator: Lidia Galabova, Committee of Young Scientists, USB
Damian Damianov Chairman, Union of Scientist in Bulgaria (USB)
Martin Felix Gajdusek Austrian Science and Research Liaison Office - ASO Sofia

14:00 – 14:45 Plenary Session I – Mobility as an Alternative to Brain Drain
Cornelis Mario Vis Strategy and Policy D.1, DG Research Brussels
Higher Education and Scientific Potential
Angel Popov Vice Chairman of USB

14:45 – 15:00 Coffee break

15:00 – 16:00 Plenary Session II – Solving the Problem of Brain Drain – Approaches
Institutional Level Strategies
Moderator: Elisaveta Gurova Bulgarian Research Mobility Centre, SU
- From Brain Drain to Brain Circulation, Attila Pausits Danube University Krems, Austria
- N.N., Kamen Velev Bulgarian National Science Fund(requested)
- Solving the Brain Drain Problems – an Institutional Level Strategy, Angel Baltov Director of the Training and Development Centre of BAS, Naum Yakimov Chief Scientific Secretary and Vice-President of BAS

16:00 – 16:15 Coffee break

16:15 – 17:15 Plenary Session II – Solving the Problem of Brain Drain – Appropriate Practices Institutional Level Strategies
Moderator: Naum Yakimov Chief Scientific Secretary and Vice-President of BAS
- Romanian Mobility Centre and Other Initiatives for Supporting the Mobility of Young
Scientists, Teodora Rusu Romanian Mobility Centre, Regional Office, City of Iasi
- Europe-wide Assistance of Mobile Researchers, Elisaveta Gurova Bulgarian Research Mobility Centre, Sofia University
- doktorat.at – Austrian Doctoral Candidates and Young Researchers, Michael Wissgott, Helga Kahofer Vienna University, Austria

17:30 – 18:45 Round Table
The Impact of the European Research Area on the Development of Young Scientists
Moderator: Naum Yakimov Chief Scientific Secretary and Vice-President of BAS
A non-formal discussion about “brain drain” and mobility on institutional level.

19:00 – 20:30 Invitation to a buffet

20th October 2006, Friday
9:00 – 10:15 Session III – Possibilities for Development of Young Scientists
Networks as an Alternative to Brain Drain
Moderator: Elisaveta Gurova Bulgarian Research Mobility Centre, SU
- Improving the Matrix by Remodeling the Agents: Can a Network Structure be Effective
Against the Brain Drain?, Nikolay Vitanov USB
- Romania: the Return of the Brains, Monica Alexandru Agency for Governmental Strategies, Romania
- Impact of European Scientific Researchers on Balkan Countries, Ventsislav Shopov Committee of Young Scientists, USB
- Networking as a Tool for Integration of Young Bulgarian Scientific Community in Europe, Marina Encheva, Fanny Koleva, Nadia Kolcheva Association of Doctoral Students in Bulgaria

10:15 – 10:30 Coffee break

10:30 – 11:45 Session IV – Reintegration of Young Scientists after Mobility
Moderator: Lidia Galabova Committee of Young Scientists, USB
- The Young Scientists: Some Problems and Solutions, Ognian Tsanev USB
- Researchers Mobility Policy - EU objectives and national preparation, Karina Anguelieva Ministry of Education and Science, Directorate "Scientific Research", Bulgaria
- Return and Reintegration Mechanisms after Mobility, Alyosha Dakov Foundation “EVRICA”, Bulgaria
- Problems of Young Scientists in Bulgaria, Lubomir Lubenov USB, Committee of Young Scientists, Bulgaria

11:45 – 12:00 Coffee break

12:00 – 13:00 Session V – Mobility and Brain Drain – Practical Experience
Moderator: Nikolay Vitanov, USB
Membership in European Associations: Options for Career Development Antoaneta Yotova Euroscience, Bulgaria
- Brain Drain Trends Among Young Scientists in Bulgaria in the Post-Socialist Period, Todor Galev Bulgarian Academy of Science
- BG Vs. BD GBG : Or Sketches of my Quasi-practical Experience in Brain Gain, Brain Drain and Glasperlenspiel, Ivailo Dimitrov Institute of Philosophy, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
- Where Have All the “Good” Brains Gone?: In Search of Solutions to the Brain Drain Phenomena, Lidia Galabova Committee of Young Scientists, USB

13:00 – 14:00 Lunch
End of the Workshop