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.
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.
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Young Academy of Europe signs affiliation agreement with Academia Europaea
Today, an affiliation agreement between the Young Academy of Europe (YAE) and the Academia Europaea (AE) was signed.
The ceremony took place in Barcelona on the occasion of an AE Board meeting, in the presence of YAE Chair André Mischke, YAE Vice chair Thomas Schäfer, AE President Lars Walløe, and AE Vice President Sierd Cloetingh. The agreement confers certain mutual privileges to YAE and AE members and intends to “stimulate coordination, cooperation and exchange across the scientific generations”.