Workshop "Research integrity: individual and collective responsibility"

International symposium

Research integrity: individual and collective responsibility

Organized by the Centre for Ethics, University of Tartu

in cooperation with the European Commission, Estonian Research Council and

Estonian Ministry of Education and Research

1st of November, 2017

Venue: Suur-Ameerika 1, Tallinn, Estonia

Chair: Isidoros Karatzas, Head of the Ethics and Research Integrity Sector, European Commission, DG Research & Innovation

Registration for the workshop

Programme:

13:00- 13:30 Opening

Margit Sutrop, Head of the Centre for Ethics Centre, Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Humanities, Professor of Practical Philosophy, University of Tartu, Estonia

Indrek Reimand, Deputy Secretary General for Higher Education and Research, Estonian Ministry of Education and Research, Chairman of the Board of the Estonian Research Council

13:30-14:15 Prof. Hub Zwart, Scientific Director of the Centre for Society and the Life Sciences, Radboud University Nijmegen

Addressing research integrity challenges on the European level: from

diagnostics to tools (harvest of the Horizon 2020 PRINTEGER project)

14:15-15:00 Lauran Qualkenbusch, Director of the Office for Research Integrity, Northwestern University, USA

The value and function of institutional research integrity offices: a US experience

15:00- 15:30 Coffee break

Chair: Prof. Toivo Maimets, Director of the Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Tartu, Member of the Board of the Estonian Research Council

15:30-16:00 Prof. Margit Sutrop, Head of the Centre for Ethics, Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Humanities, University of Tartu

Ways of promoting research integrity. Estonian experience

16:00-17:00 Panel discussion What is the value of an ethics code for a researcher?

led by prof. Toivo Maimets

Participants:

Isidoros Karatzas, Head of the Ethics and Research Integrity Sector, European Commission, DG Research & Innovation

Indrek Reimand, Deputy Secretary General for Higher Education and Research, Estonian Ministry of Education and Research

Tarmo Soomere, President of the Estonian Academy of Sciences, Professor of Coastal Engineering, Tallinn University of Technology

Katrin Niglas, Vice Rector for Research, Tallinn University

Kristjan Vassil, Vice Rector for Research, University of Tartu

17:00-17:15 Dr. Andres Koppel, Director General of the Estonian Research Council

Long journey: Preparing the Estonian Code of Conduct for Research Integrity

17:15 Signing of the Protocol of the Estonian Code of Conduct for Research Integrity

17:30-18.30 Reception

This symposium will take place in the framework of the 22nd Forum of National Ethics Councils (NEC) organized by the Estonian Ministry of Social Affairs and the Estonian National Council of Bioethics with the support of the European Commission from November 1-2, 2017 in Tallinn