Posted on September 5, 2015

4th Annual Meeting of the Young Academy of Europe, 2015

The fourth annual meeting of the Young Academy of Europe took place on 7th September 2015 in Darmstadt, Germany. It was organised in conjunction with the Annual General Conference of the Academia Europaea (7th-10th September). All YAE members were also invited to  attend the AE meeting.
Agenda
08:30-09:00 Registration09:00-09:10 Welcome and introduction, Lynn Kamerlin (Chair of the YAE)09:10-09:30 Presentation of YAE activities and developments, Lynn Kamerlin (Chair of the YAE)

09:30-10:15 Plenary talk, Jean-Claude Burgelmann (DG Research and Innovation, European Commission)

10:15-10:45 Coffee break

10:45-11:30 Election of Board members

11:30-12:15 Debate on Resaver pension fund, Andreas Dahlén (European Commission) and Johan Huysse (VSNU), moderated by Christian Keysers (YAE Board)

12:30-13:30 Lunch/Networking

13:30-17:00 YAE scientific sessions

LS session
Nikolaus Weiskopf (Wellcome Trust Centre for Neuroimaging, UCL, London): “Towards in-vivo histology using magnetic resonance imaging”
Dana Branzei (FIRC Institute of Molecular Oncology Foundation, Milan): “DNA replication and recombination: tight connections”
Mangala Srinivas (Radboud Institute for Molecular Life Sciences, Nijmegen): “Shhh….listen!”

PE session
Artur Bednarkiewicz (Institute of Low Temperature and Structure Research, Polish Academy of Sciences, and Wroclaw Research Centre EIT+): “Luminescent nanoparticles for life sciences”
Nicola Pugno (University of Trento): “Bionicomposites”
Panayiota Poirazi (Foundation for Research and Technology – Hellas (FORTH), Heraklion): “The role of dendrites in memory formation”

15:30-16:00 Coffee break

SH session
Monica Brinzei (Institut de recherche et d’histoire des textes, Orléans: “Education, school institution and scholars-network during the late middle ages”
Christian Keysers (Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience, Amsterdam): “How our brain allows us to empathise with the actions, sensations and emotions of others”
Hagit Amirav (VU University, Amsterdam): “The interface between sociology and the study of history: Sociological perspectives on the Council of Chalcedon (AD 451)”

17:00-18:30 Panel discussion: Young scientist careers (Panelists: Anne Buttimer, Marie Farge, Gunnar von Heijne, Eva Kondorosi)

19:00 Reception

Venue
The YAE meeting will took place at TU Darmstadt:

Room A03
Karolinenplatz 5
64289 Darmstadt
Germany
9th September 2015. For further information please contact info@yacadeuro.org
Posted on July 30, 2014

3rd Annual Meeting of the Young Academy of Europe, 2014

The third annual meeting of the Young Academy of Europe (YAE) took place in Barcelona, Spain, on 15th July. As usual, the meeting was organized in conjunction with the annual conference of the Academia Europaea (AE). Keynote speakers were Núria Sebastián Gallés, President of the scientific council of the European Research Council (ERC) and Pablo Amor, Director of the European Research Council Executive Agency. Participants also included guests from other national and international young academies. For the first time since the creation of the YAE, the full Board was elected by the members. The annual meeting also featured scientific talks presented by YAE members from all three scientific domains. See the YAE press release for more information.

30th July 2014. For further information please contact info@yacadeuro.org
Posted on September 23, 2013

2nd Annual Meeting of the Young Academy of Europe, 2013

The second annual meeting of the Young Academy of Europe (YAE) was held in Wroclaw, Poland, on 16th September. The meeting took place concurrently with the 25th annual conference of the Academia Europaea (AE), with which the YAE maintains close ties. Professor Helga Nowotny, President of the scientific council of the European Research Council (ERC), addressed YAE members and guests from funding organizations and other national young academies. She emphasized the importance of evidence-based policy for decisions concerning the grand societal challenges in health, environmental, and energy topics. Further issues discussed during the YAE meeting included opening of the YAE to outstanding non-ERC-funded scientists and scholars from 2014. See the YAE press release for more information.

Press coverage: Research Professional

23rd September 2013. For further information please contact info@yacadeuro.org
Posted on December 9, 2012

Young Academy of Europe officially launched at 1st Annual Meeting in Brussels, 2012

The Young Academy of Europe (YAE) was officially launched at its first Annual Meeting in Brussels on 7th – 8th December 2012, hosted by European Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST).

The launch event was placed under the motto “How to enhance the European Research Environment for the Next Generation of Young Scientists” and brought together more than 70 scientists, policymakers, and representatives of European initiatives and funding agencies (see participant list) to explore avenues to create a synergistic European environment to do excellent research. See the YAE press release for more information.

Press coverage: Chemical & Engineering News (restricted access), Science Careers.

9th December 2012. For further information please contact info@yacadeuro.org