This year’s AGM will be held in Barcelona, at the Dr Aiguader Building, University Pompeu Fabra (for more details about the venue, travelling and accomodation see below) and run from 12.30 on Wednesday the 15th of October until 13.00 on Thursday the 16th of October. Registration is €125, and covers all meals including the AGM dinner.
In addition to updates on the YAEs activities and organisation since the last AGM, and electing new board members, we use the AGM as an opportunity for members to network and hear about each-other’s work, to explore ways for the YAE to contribute to European science-policy, and to develop skills in leading innovative research groups. This year we will (i) launch the new Inquiry webinar series , this year on AI; (ii) explore how to develop ERC Synergy Grants; and (iii) have a fieldtrip to a museum on the theme of History of Science.
The AGM is integrated with Academia Europaea’s annual ‘Building Bridges’ conference. You can learn more about Building Bridges, and register (there is separate registration) here. Building Bridges runs from Thursday 16th to Friday 17th October, and YAE members are encouraged to attend this conference after the AGM is over, as it collects together lectures from some of the leading scholars in Europe today. On Friday afternoon, at Building Bridges, the YAE will award the André Mischka Prize, and hold a panel discussion on trust in science, at Building Bridges.
AGM Programme
| Start – End | Activity | Speakers/Moderator |
| Wednesday 15th October 2025 | ||
| 12.30-13.30 | YAE AGM opening lunch | Meeting opened by Anna Kuppuswamy (Vice Chair) |
| 13.30-14.30 | Welcome and summary of the year. 1. Welcome & update activities 2024/2025 2. Welcome to new FYAEs 3. Treasurers report | Scott Bremer (Chair) Wolfgang Tress (Treasurer) |
| 14.30-14.45 | Coffee Break | |
| 14.45-15.45 | Board elections 1. Pitches of candidates running for elections 2. Electronic voting | Marc Yeste (Secretary) |
| 15.45-16.00 | Coffee break | |
| 16.00-17.00 | Research talks by new members Three talks from new YAE members: Klaas-Jan Tielrooij Joeri Tijdink Carme Font Paz | Nicoletta Liguori (Selection Committee PE Chair) |
| 17.00-17.20 | Results of the YAE elections | Marc Yeste (Secretary) |
| 17.20-18.30 | Aperitif | |
| 19.30-21.30 | AGM dinner | |
| Start – End | Activity | Speakers/Moderator |
| Thursday 16th October 2025 | ||
| 09.00-09.45 | Launching the Inquiry webinar series An opening talk for this years series on the topic of AI, opened by YAE member Dr. Emma Gordon. | Mona Simion (Comm. Chair) |
| 09.45-10.45 | What is an ERC Synergy Grant, and how to apply? A presentation by ERC Vice-president Prof. Eystein Jensen and ERC Synergy advisor Giuliano Scalzi, followed by workshopping a synergy idea put forward by YAE members. | Anna Kuppuswamy (vice chair) |
| 10.45-13.00 | Field trip and lunch A guided tour of historic academic texts at CRAI Biblioteca de Fons Antic, followed by a discussion on how interdisciplinarity and science-art collaboration was understood in the past. | Borja Franco (Comm. chair) |
The venue:
Day 1: Faculty of Medicine, University Pompeu Fabra.
Edifici Dr. Aiguader (campus del Mar)
Doctor Aiguader, 80
08003 Barcelona
Room: 61.119
Day 2: Seminario de la Sección de Prehistoria y Arqueología” (First floor, Facultat de Geografía e Història, Carrer de Montalegre, 6)
More precise instruction on reaching the venue will follow.
The AGM dinner: Ca La Nuri restaurant (https://restaurantcalanuri.com/en/)
Hotels: The local organising committee has suggested the following hotels as being well located relative to the AGM and Building Bridges:
Hotel Ciutadella: https://www.hotelciutadellabarcelona.com/EN/home.html
Resa Inn: https://www.resainn.com/
Hotel Ibis Bogatell: Hotel Ibis Bogatell
Residencia Universitaria Resa Campus del Mar: https://resa.es/residencias/barcelona/campus-mar/
Emergency contacts:
Scott Bremer (Chair): scott.bremer@uib.no / +47 48 34 75 84
Marc Yeste (Secretary): marc.yeste@udg.edu