Events

We kindly invite you to join online for our international event “Reproducibility of results in agricultural and life science” in the frame of the next workshop of MATE’s Research Excellence Programme and Flagship Research Groups Programme.  

The event provides a great opportunity to: (i) gain advanced knowledge on enhancing academic reputation, internationalization, and science reproducibility in agriculture from our esteemed international presenters and (ii) learn about the latest developments in research and internationalization at MATE. 

About the event  

Date, time: Monday, 14th April 2025, 10:30 am - 3:30 pm CET 

Place: MATE Buda Campus (1118 Budapest, Villányi str. 29-43.), Ceremony Hall with opportunity to join online (link will be sent later to registered participants) 

Registration: Participation in the event is free, but registration is required. Please complete this online form by Friday, April 4th to receive the link for joining the event online. 

PROGRAM

10:30–11:00 Registration 

11:00–11:30 Opening 

11:00–11:10 Prof. Dr. Csaba Gyuricza, Rector of MATE – Opening remarks 

11:10–11:30 Prof. Dr. Zoltan Kovacs, director of Research Strategy at MATE – Development of research ecosystem at MATE and position at the ranking lists 

11:30–12:50 Scientific session 1: Internationalisation of science   

11:30–12:30 Assoc. Prof. Dr. Hynek Roubik, Vice-dean for Science, Research and Doctoral Study (and Elected Dean), Director of BioResources and Technology Division, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague – Advancing Academic Excellence: Strategies for Growth, Organizational Development, and Scientific Reproducibility 

12:30–12:50 Dávid Békési, Head of International Relations, MATE – International relations and embeddedness of MATE, actual positions, the way forward  

12:50–13:30 Lunch break 

13:30–15:30 Scientific session 2: Practice of enhancement of academic reputation 

13:30–14:00 Prof. Dr.  Zoltán Lakner, Scientific Advisor, Research Excellence and Flagship Research Group Programmes – International embeddedness of research activity at MATE 

14:00–14:30 Dr. Monika Varga, Scientific Advisor, Research Excellence and Flagship Research Group Programmes – Science reproducibility in agriculture and related fields – activities of MATE in the OSIRIS project 

14:30–15:10 Prof.  Daniel Ames, Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Environmental Modelling and Software, Elsevier (Provo, UT, USA) – Data, Models, and Discovery: An Editor's Perspective on Reproducibility for Agricultural and Life Sciences in a Global Context 

The organisers reserve the right to change the programme.