Event Location: Leuven, Belgium

Event date: 8 - 11 September, 2010

22nd Annual Conference of the Academia Europaea

Venue: Promotiezaal, Academy Building “De Hallen”, Naamsestraat 22, 3000 Leuven, Belgium, 9 - 11th September

Programme: "Beyond Lisbon: Europe as Knowledge-Intensive Society"

Detailed programme

The conference has brought together senior European research policymakers, science users and leading researchers, to debate European Science in the following areas:

• The Lisbon Agenda 2010 and beyond: Aspiration or Reality?
• European Science: technologies at the cutting edge?
  • Nanosciences;Robotics;Plant genetics and geography
• European Scholarship: serving Society?
  • Law; Sociology and Economics
• European Humanities: putting Europe into context?
• Medical and Bio-medical sciences including neuroscience
• Synthesis and future challenges for ‘European’ Science?

Throughout the meeting there was a Poster exhibition and free "Science Cafe" for more intimate discussion, and also a number of "Mini-symposia" took place. On 9 September there was the Annual Business Meeting of members, the Opening ceremony, and the presenation of the ERASMUS medal to Frechet.

• Presentation of the 2010 Erasmus Medal to Professor Jean M.J.Fréchet (University of California Berkeley), who gave a very interesting Erasmus Lecture. Click here to see some pictures of award ceremony.
  

• For more information on Frechet see his home page; CV; Biography; awards; research group or visit his page on this server
  

• Burgen Scholars 2010
  

• Introduction of new members elected in 2009
  

• General photo gallery
  
  
  

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The conference was preceded by various meetings, including the nomination subcommittees, the council meeting and the general assembly. In the latter the three independent members elwcted to council were:
Cinzia Ferrini (ITA) (who remains as a member of the Board)
Susan Bassnett (UK) elected for a second and final term
Balazs Gulyas (Sweden) elected for a first term

The conference also included a reception in a beautiful chapel and a formal dinner on the last evening of the conference. Participants and officials are encouraged to send further pictures or more detailed reports to be added to above material. Send such material to office@ae-info.org.