Dear Members of the Young Academy of Europe,
Many of you joined us in Budapest for our Annual General Meeting and joint meeting with the Academia Europaea. Those who were there, will agree that is was a wonderful occasion held in a beautiful backdrop of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. We had a very productive first day where we were joined by hfp consulting, who lead an informative workshop on time management. We all then went on to enjoy the Launch Party for the YAE charity, were new and old members got to network and form new friendships. Due to the new charity status of the YAE we spent some time discussing the Bylaws and also heard some interesting presentations from several of the National Young Academies, which we hope will join us in helping to grow the YAE in numbers and status.
Finally we had the important business of electing our new board members in which there were 7 vacant positions. Members of the Board who stepped down were: Sven Bestmann, Nicole Grobert, and Alexander Fidora. Their contribution and countless efforts on behalf of the YAE were enormous and we owe them a great debt of thanks.
Following the outcome of the election, the composition of the new Board for 2017/2018 is as follows:
Marcel Swart | Chair |
Mangala Srinivas | Vice-Chair |
Sebastian Leidel | Treasurer |
Monica Brinzei | Secretary |
Yan Lavallee | Selection Committee Chair |
Lydia Schumacher | Selection Committee Vice-Chair |
Sylvestre Bonnet | Selection Committee Vice-Chair |
Toma Susi | Membership Chair |
Karin Sigloch | Membership Vice-Chair |
Manuel Fernández-Götz | Membership Vice-Chair |
Kate Black | Communications Chair |
Raúl Arenal | Communications Vice-Chair |
Following our own AGM, there was the Joint AE/ALLEA/YAE meeting, where the YAE was well represented during the scientific sessions, both by speakers and session leaders. The highlight of the Joint Meeting however was the very first YAE Annual Prize, which was awarded to Rianne Letschert, Rector of Univ. Maastricht, you can read more about Rianne and the prize here.
We have already started planning the next annual AGM meeting, which will most likely take place in Barcelona in the third week of November. We hope many of you will be able to join us then.
Best wishes
YAE Board