Scientific programme
On 23 and 24 October, Building Bridges 2019 will offer a series of lectures delivered by scholars of different countries and expertise, including winners of the prestigious Erasmus Medal and of the Balzan Prizes, in addition to two COST lectures, and the AE Distinguished Lecture that closes the meeting. Together with these AE lectures, there will be other activities offered by both the AE itself and by the Young Academy of Europe (YAE). The calendar, timetable, speakers and tentative titles are shown on the following pages. Please take into account that the titles of the lectures are as they currently stand at this First Call announcement (May 23, 2019). In the course of the coming weeks, this initial tentative schedule may change. The Barcelona Knowledge Hub website (http://barcelona.acadeuro.org) and the Manners Conferences and Events website (this website) will announce changes as they are made known.
Tentative Programme (at August 01, 2019)
Tuesday, 22 October. Afternoon and evening
16.00-19.00 Closed meeting of the Board of Trustees of the AE. Location: Puig i Cadafalch Room, IEC
19.30 Board dinner at a restaurant nearby.
14.00-19.00 YAE AGM. Location: Sala d’Actes, Residence CSIC (C/Hospital 64, Barcelona)
20.00 Informal YAE dinner (at own expense)
Wednesday, 23 October. Morning
Location: At the IEC, different rooms, until 14:45
Workshops of the AE Classes/Sections and YAE meetings
09.30-13.30 Parallel Class sessions, to involve New Members: Classes A1, A2, B and C and the YAE.
(At different locations of the IEC.)
Chair of Class A1: Poul Holm, Trinity College Dublin
Chair of Class A2: Björn Wittrock, Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study
Chair of Class B: Donald B. Dingwell, University of Munich
Chair of Class C: Alexei Verkhratsky, University of Manchester
Chair of YAE: Mangala Srinivas, Radboud University Nijmege
Coordinated by:
Alexander Fidora MAE, ICREA Professor, Autonomous University of Barcelona
After a welcome by the Class chairs and introductory remarks by the respective Section chairs, new members will have the
opportunity to briefly introduce themselves and their work.
11.30-13.00 Joint Round Table session, combining Class A1 and A2. Location: Prat de la Riba Hall, IEC
Chaired by Shalini Randeria
Lecture by:
Dame Marilyn Strathern, MAE, Cambridge, UK. “Counting people”
(The sessions of Classes B and C continue until lunch time)
13.30-14.30 Ad hoc Sections Committees and YAE (lunch to be arranged by the chairs as they wish)
Information on the talks organised by the YAE can be obtained from the YAE Chair, Mangala Srinivas, Mangala.Srinivas@radboudumc.nl; chair@yacadeuro.org
12.30-18.30 Registration Desk opens at the Barcelona Athenaeum. (c/Canuda 6, Barcelona)
(A 7-minute walk from the IEC):
Check-in and Conference badge delivery by Manners Conferences and Events
14.45 onwards. All delegates move to the main conference venue (Barcelona Athenaeum)
Wednesday, 23 October. Afternoon.
Venue: Conference Room Oriol Bohigas, at the Barcelona Athenaeum
START OF BUILDING BRIDGES 2019. (The 31st AE Annual Conference)
15.30 Welcome to new AE Members (those elected in 2018 and in 2019)
Coordinated by:
Genoveva Martí MAE, ICREA Professor, University of Barcelona
16.30 Erasmus Medal and 2019 Heinz-Nixdorf Foundation Erasmus Lecture 1
Aleida Assmann MAE, Konstanz (Literature)
“Re-imagining the Nation: Memory, Identity and the Emotions”
Laudator: Vladimir Biti MAE, University of Vienna (Comparative literature)
17.30 Erasmus Medal and 2019 Heinz-Nixdorf Foundation Erasmus Lecture 2
Sonia Livingstone MAE, London School of Economics
“Realising children’s rights in relation to the digital environment”
Laudator: Kirsten Drotner MAE, University of Southern Denmark, Odense (Media Studies)
18.30 Reception at the Barcelona Athenaeum premises
20.30 President’s Dinner, Optional
The dinner is open to all Conference attendees, with a special call to new AE Members of 2018 & 2019.
Venue: Norai Restaurant, next to the Royal Shipyards (Reales Atarazanas), an outstanding museum of maritime warships (Av. de les Drassanes s/n). (A 15-minutes-walk from both the IEC and Athenaeum, down La Rambla).
Cost: 45 euros. (Registration through Manners Conferences and Events. If possible, please register for these activities when registering on-line for the Annual Conference.)
Thursday, 24 October. All day.
Venue: Conference Room Oriol Bohigas, at the Barcelona Athenaeum
BUILDING BRIDGES 2019. (The 31st AE Annual Conference) (Cont’d)
08.00 Registration continues, Manners Conferences and Events desk
09.25 Opening welcome by:
─ Sierd Cloetingh, President of the Academia Europaea
─ Ricard Guerrero, Academic director of the Barcelona Knowledge Hub
─ Mangala Srinivas, Chair of the Young Academy of Europe
09.30 Balzan Lecture 1
─ Detlef Lohse, Twente, Netherlands (Fluid Dynamics), 2018 Prize winner
“Bubble puzzles”
10.00 Balzan lecture 2
─ Marilyn Strathern MAE, Cambridge, UK (Anthropology), 2018 Prize winner
“New and old worlds: A perspective from Social Anthropology”
10.30 Coffee Break
11.00 COST Lecture 1
─ Anca Nemuc, Romania
“inDust: International network to encourage the use of monitoring and forecasting. Dust products”
11.30 COST Lecture 2
─ Ralph Koebnik, Montpellier
“Integrating science on Xanthomonadaceae for integrated plant disease management in Europe”
12.00 The 2019 Adam Kondorosi Award and Lecture (TBC)
─ Ray Dixon, FRS (John Innes Centre, Norwich, UK)
“Engineering Biological Nitrogen Fixation for Agricultural Benefit”
Laudator: Jens Stougaard
12.45 Lunch
14.00 Building Bridges 2019 Distinguished Lecture 1
─ Konstantin Novoselov, MAE, Manchester, UK (Nobel Laureate 2010)
14.30 Discussion panel organised by the YAE: “The future for young scholars”
Rolf Tarrach, President, European University Association (EUA)
Johannes Klumpers, Head of Scientific Advice Mechanism Unit (SAM), European Commission
Graham Caie, Vice Pres., European Federation of Academies of Sciences & Humanities (ALLEA)
Mangala Srinivas, Chair, Young Academy of Europe (YAE)
Toma Susi, Vice-Chair, Young Academy of Europe (YAE)
15.30 Break
15.45 The 2019 Young Academy of Europe ‘Andre Mischke Prize’
─ Janusz Bujnicki, Poznań
16.15 Building Bridges 2019 Distinguished Lecture 2
─ Luc Steels MAE, ICREA/IBE (UPF-CSIC Barcelona)
“Why superintelligent AI will never exist”
16.45-17.30 Close and departing drinks
(TBC: To be confirmed)
Friday, 25 October. Optional.
Excursion to Montblanc. Post-Conference field trip.
Visit to the walled medieval city of Montblanc (115 km south-west from Barcelona)
Cost: 75 euros. (Registration through Manners Conferences and Events. If possible, please register for these activities when registering on-line for the annual conference.)
All day (Buses departure at 08.00, Plaça Universitat, Barcelona)
Arrival in Montblanc at approximately 09.30
The archaeology and traditions of Montblanc
The medieval and Jewish quarters of Montblanc
Catalan lunch in a masia nearby
Wines and olive oils tasting
Games
Geology of the Montblanc region.
Buses at 18.00. Back in Barcelona at approximately 20.00