European Academy of Sciences

The European Academy of Sciences (Latin: Academia Scientiarum Europaea) is an international non-profit organization (AISBL) aiming to promote excellence in science and technology.[1] Based in Liège, Belgium, it has 500 members, including 65 Nobel Prize and Fields Medal winners, from 63 countries. It is registered in and operates under rules and regulations of Belgium, and was on 17 December 2003 established as an AISBL by Belgian royal decree.

Since 2004, the academy has published multidisciplinary annals, e-newsletters for science and technology, and since 2009 various books. Its first general assemblies and ceremonies of awards were organized in Brussels (Palais d'Egmont, Palais des Académies) and since 2009, each year in another country (2009: Università di Bologna, Italy; 2010: Academy of Athens, Greece; 2011: Università di Milano, Italy; 2012: Université de Liège, Belgium; 2013: L.C.C de Toulouse, France; 2014: Cada do Infante, Porto, Portugal; 2015: Le Quartz Centre de Congrès Brest, France). Since 2012 the academy has also organized an annual symposium called The Future of Sciences in the 21st Century.

Divisions

The Academy has nine divisions:

Objectives

The major objective of the academy is to establish efficient collaboration among scientists, researchers, educators, engineers, and public authorities worldwide. The academy promotes interaction between basic and applied research and eases transfer of knowledge between knowledge and end-users. Theacademy contributes towards the development of international policies in science and technology and facilitates the creation of a critical mass needed for solving the most important scientific problems. The Academy draws upon its membership and current information about scientific and technological progress to identify the most important problems and to discuss the ways for their solutions.

Awards

Leonardo da Vinci Award

The European Academy of Sciences established the Leonardo da Vinci Award in 2009 for Outstanding Lifelong Achievement. One award is attributed per year.[2]

Awardees

Blaise Pascal Medals

The Blaise Pascal Medal

The European Academy of Sciences established the Blaise Pascal Medal in 2003 to recognise an outstanding and demonstrated personal contribution to science and technology and the promotion of excellence in research and education. Up to six medals may be awarded in any one year.[3]

Awardees

Symposia: The Future of Science in the 21st Century

Following an annual tradition, the European Academy of Sciences (EURASC) organizes each year a Ceremony of Awards honouring scientists for their works in different fields of science. The ceremony, hosted in an European University, is generally coupled with a one-day symposium focussing on a subject of general interest. The speakers are invited to give talks accessible to a multidisciplinary scientific audience. The main purpose of the event is to allow our members and guest scientists, to learn, discuss and exchange ideas on subjects of interest for eventual collaborations but also for dissemination in the public and among the European leaders, which is one of the mission of the Academy.

Symposium 2012: Sustainability

The 2012 symposium, the first one of this nature, took place the day before the Ceremony of Awards, on 25 October 2012, at the Université de Liege in Belgium.

Symposium 2013: Science and Aerospace

To bring together international experts representing several different EURASC disciplines in the context of scientific contributions to and challenges from aerospace, a technology in which Toulouse is a major centre, together with local scientists and engineers, in anticipation of mutual education and inspiration.

Symposium 2014: Sciences and Ethics

The broad theme Science and Ethics has been a subject of concern for scientists, philosophers, science administrators and decision-makers since the end of WW2, and much more recently since the development of biotechnologies. As a matter of fact, this subject has become a matter of public interest, and not only of specialists. Many problems are involved : the self-representation of science and its internal values (the so-called epistemic values), the public understanding of science, the role of expertise in political decision, the relationships between ethics and law, and the increasing necessity of an ethical education of scientists themselves (see the recommendations of ALLEA and of some national committees of UNESCO).

Symposium 2015: Climate change impacts

The complete title of the event is "Climate Change: impacts on ocean, food production, health and the economy"

Books edited by the European Academy of Sciences

- "Practical Aspects of Computational Chemistry II, An Overview of the Last Two Decades and Current Trends" by Jerzy Leszczynski, Manoj k. Shukla (authors)
Fourth special issue of the European Academy of Sciences
- "Practical Aspects of Computational Chemistry 1 An Overview of the Last Two Decades and Current Trends" by Jerzy Leszczynski, Manoj K. Shukla (editors)
Third special issue of the European Academy of Sciences
- "Recent Advances in Computational and Applied Mathematics" by Theodore E. Simos (editor)
Second special issue of the European Academy of Sciences
- "Practical Aspects of Computational Chemistry Methods, Concepts and Applications" by Jerzy Leszczynski, Manoj K. Shukla (co-editors)
First special issue of the European Academy of Sciences

Controversy

Before the creation of the Belgian AISBL European Academy of Sciences, one Italian group using the same name in 2002 had come under scrutiny for listing members who were unaware of their names being used,[19] for holding meetings in secret, and for allegations of fraudulent use of research funds.[20] The European Academy of Sciences is not a member of umbrella organisations like the InterAcademy Panel on International Issues[21] or the All European Academy,[22] and the U.K.'s Royal Society issued a statement on 31 October 2002 warning scientists "to exercise due caution before making financial commitments" to EAS.[23]

External links

References

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  3. ↑ Blaise Pascal Medal of the European Academy of Sciences, http://www.eurasc.org/medals/pb_medals.asp
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  22. ↑ "All European Academies members". Retrieved 2010-06-25.
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