BUILDING BRIDGES 2021#
The 2021 annual member conference of Academia Europaea (AE) and Young academy of Europe (YAE)#
THE CONFERENCE WEBSITE
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The (virtual) plenary conference sessions#
The plenary conference sessions will take place on 20th and 21st of October. The event will be open to all AE and YAE members.
There will be a programme of outstanding AE speakers:#
Roger Penrose (2020 Erasmus Medal winner and recent Nobel Laureate - Mathematics and Physics) will deliver the delayed 2020 Erasmus Lecture, Ole Petersen (AE Hon. Vice president, Cardiff Hub Director and AE Gold medallist - Physiology) will present the Gold medal Lecture.
Other keynote lectures will be given by Quentin Skinner (Balzan Prize winner - Social and European History), Mara Dierssen (Cognition, behaviour and health), Don Dingwell (Munich Hub Director, Hon. Vice president and trustee -Volcanology), and Susan Trumbore (Balzan prize winner – Carbon cycling in plants and soils).
There will also be a Young Academy Panel debate and the presentation of the YAE Andre Mischke Prize for 2021 to Grant Hill-Cawthorne, Director of the UK Parliamentary Office for Science and Technology (POST).
All members are welcome to register and participate. #
Members elected this year (2021) will be invited to come to Barcelona in 2022 for a normal physical conference.
Programme#
Wednesday, 20 October (PRBB Auditorium)#
| Start | Activity |
|---|---|
| 10:30 | Welcome to Building Bridges 2021 Sierd Cloetingh, AE President (Distinguished Professor, University of Utrecht) |
| 10:45 | Recap of Class meetings by Chairs Class A1-Humanities: Poul Holm Class A2-Social and Related Sciences: Björn Wittrock, Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study Class B-Exact Sciences: Don Dingwell, LMU Munich Class C-Life Sciences: Eva Kondorosi, Institute of Plant Biology, Biological Research Centre, Hungarian Academy of Sciences Centre of Excellence |
| 11:15 | Break |
| 11:45 | Academia Europaea Erasmus Medal and Lecture, “Upside-Down: Revolutions in Physics, Old and New” AE Erasmus Medallist: Sir Roger Penrose, Oxford University, and 2020 Nobel Laureate in Physics Laudatio: Lord Martin Rees, Astronomer Royal, University of Cambridge Introduction: Sierd Cloetingh, AE President |
| 12:30 | Academia Europaea’s Gold Award: “Science, Scientific Publishing and Scientific Advice for Policy: 50 years of personal experiences” Gold Award recipient: Ole Petersen, Cardiff University, AE Cardiff Knowledge Hub Laudatio: Sierd Cloetingh, AE President |
| 13:15 | Break for lunch |
| 15:00 | Balzan Prize Lecture I: ““The Amazon and Global Change” 2020 Balzan Prize Winner: Susan Trumbore, Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry Chair: Sierd Cloetingh, AE President |
| 15:45 | Barcelona 2021 speaker I: “Volcanism: from wonder and fear to experiment and intervention” Don Dingwell, LMU Munich and AE Munich Knowledge Hub Chair: Sierd Cloetingh, AE President |
| 16:30 | End day 1 |
Thursday, 21 October (PRBB Auditorium)#
| Start | Activity |
|---|---|
| 9:30 | AE Annual Business Meeting of AE members Chair Sierd Cloetingh, AE President |
| 10:45 | Break |
| 11:30 | Welcome and introduction from the AE President-Elect Marja Makarow, AE President-Elect (Professor, University of Helsinki, and Director, Biocenter Finland) |
| 11:45 | Balzan Prize Lecture II: “How Should We Think About Freedom?” 2006 Balzan Prize Winner: Quentin Skinner, Queen Mary University of London Chair: Peter Wagner, ICREA and University of Barcelona |
| 12:15 | André Mischke YAE Prize 2021 for Science and Policy André Mischke YAE Prize 2021 winner: Marian Verhelst, KU Leuven Introduction: Gemma Modinos, Chair, Young Academy of Europe (YAE) Laudatio: Arild Husby, Uppsala University |
| 13:00 | Lunch break |
| 14:30 | Young Academy of Europe (YAE) Panel: “Redefining Rewards & Recognitions for European Scholars” Chair: Gemma Modinos, Young Academy of Europe (YAE) Panellists: Michael Murphy, European University Association; Konstantinos Glinos, Unit for Open Science, European Commission; Rebecca Lawrence, F1000Research (TBC); Moniek Tromp, Vice-Chair, Young Academy of Europe (YAE). |
| 15:45 | Barcelona 2021 speaker II: “The mysteries of memory: how it is stored (the engram) and how it is retrieved (the ecphory). How to erase, manipulate or cure memory loss” Mara Dierssen, Centre for Genomic Regulation - Barcelona Chair: Eva Kondorosi, Institute of Plant Biology, Biological Research Centre, Hungarian Academy of Sciences Centre of Excellence |
| 16:20 | Close and farewell toastfrom outgoing President Sierd Cloetingh |
| 16:30 | End of Building Bridges 2021 |
Download the plenary programme
(last updated 12 October 2021).
See you in Barcelona!#
