Plenary Programme
Updated: August 04, 2022
BUILDING BRIDES 2022: 33rd Annual Conference of Academia Europaea
Co-organised with the Barcelona Knowledge Hub of Academia Europaea and the Young Academy of Europe (YAE)
Class meetings and plenary conference will be held at the Auditorium of the Barcelona Biomedical Research Park (PRBB), Doctor Aiguader 88, 08003 Barcelona. GOOGLE MAPS
TUESDAY, 25 OCTOBER 2022
10:00 – 16:00
Class C-Life Sciences conference + welcome to new members elected in 2021 and 2022.
17:00 – 19:30
Closed Board meeting at the Institute for Catalan Studies (IEC)
Advisory Group meeting to be included
Board dinner to follow at local restaurant l’Antic Forn (Pintor Fortuny, 28. 08001 Barcelona)
WEDNESDAY, 26 OCTOBER 2022
08:15
Check-in for Class meeting participants at registration desk at PRBB
09:00 – 10:30
Class meetings held in parallel (A1, A2 and B)
10:30 – 11:00
Coffee break
11:00 – 12:30
Continuation of Class meetings
12:30
Check-in for conference participants not attending Class meetings, at registration desk at PRBB
Sandwiches and finger food on PRBB terrace
13:30 – 13:45
Opening of plenary conference “Building Bridges” 2022 at the PRBB
Marja Makarow, President of Academia Europaea
Ricard Guerrero, Director of the Barcelona Knowledge Hub
Moniek Tromp, Chair of the Young Academy of Europe
13:45 – 16:15
Debate sessions on hot topics in science policy
Rapporteur: Nisha Gaind, Bureau Chief – Europe, Nature
13.45 – 14.35: Session 1 (40 min for panel + 10 min for questions).
Science policy for the future
- Robert-Jan Smits (Chair), Eindhoven University of Technology
The European perspective- Andreu Mas-Colell, Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology
Interplay between regional and European policies- Moniek Tromp, Young Academy of Europe and University of Groningen
Next-generation science policy
14.35 – 15.30: Session 2 (45 min for panel + 10 min for questions).
Towards an inclusive and representative academic landscape
- Linn Leppert (Chair), Young Academy of Europe and University of Twente
- Steven Curry, Imperial College London
Policy changes for improving inclusion and diversity in academia- Yvonne Galligan, Dublin Institute of Technology
Shaping gender equality in academia- Katalin Solymosi, Young Academy of Europe and ELTE Eötvös Loránd University
Diversity and inclusion in EU13 countries
15.30 – 16.15: Session 3 (35 min for panel + 10 min for questions).
Asking more from research
- Marja Makarow (Chair), Academia Europaea and University of Helsinki
- Shankar Balasubramanian, University of Cambridge
Fast track DNA sequencing for vaccine development and cancer therapy- Helga Nowotny, Vienna Science and Technology Fund
Social innovations – the case of Social Security
16:15 – 17:00
Coffee break
17:00 – 18:30
Welcome Ceremony. New members elected in 2021 Class A1, A2 and B only.
Coordinator: Genoveva Martí
Master of ceremonies: Donald Dingwell
18:30
Glass of cava
20:30
President’s Dinner (Hotel Casa Fuster, Passeig de Gràcia, 132. 08008 Barcelona)
Thursday, 27 October 2022
9:00 – 11:00
Annual Business Meeting for AE Members
11.15 – 12:15
Debate sessions on hot topics in science continued
Session 4: Environment and sustainability
- Poul Holm (Chair), Verena Winiwarter, Peter Wagner other speakers (TBA, to be announced)
12:15 – 13:00
Lunch break
13:00 – 16:35
13:00 – 14:50: Session 5. Frontiers of science: what’s around the corner?
- 13.00-13.05: Carl-Henrik Heldin (Chair), Nobel Foundation
- 13.05-13.15: Laudatio and presentation of the Erasmus Medal to Philippe Aghion by Andreu Mas-Colell
- 13.15-13.45: Philippe Aghion, College de France, INSEAD, and London School of Economics. Academia Europaea Erasmus Medal 2021. The promise of the creative destruction paradigm
- 13.45-14.15: Kirsten Drotner, University of Southern Denmark
- 14.15-14.45: Jean-Marie Tarascon, College de France
14:45 – 15:15 | Coffee break
15:15 – 16:35:
- 15.15-15.25: Laudatio and presentation of the 2022 André Mischke YAE Prize for Science and Policy by Gemma Modinos, Outgoing Chair of the Young Academy of Europe
- 15.25-15.55: Gergely Toldi, University of Auckland, New Zealand, Hungarian Young Academy and Academia Europaea Budapest Knowledge Hub
Young Academy of Europe Prize Lecture 2022- 15.55-16.05: Laudatio and presentation of the Academia Europaea Gold Award to Sierd Cloetingh by Robert-Jan Smits
- 16.05-16.35: Sierd Cloetingh, Utrecht University Academia Europaea Gold Award Lecture 2022
16:35 – 17:00
Coffee break
17:00 – 18:00
3rd edition (Human and Social Sciences) of the Barcelona Hypatia European Science Prize Ceremony Session
- 17.00-17.30: Opening remarks by Major of Barcelona, City Council, Ricard Guerrero, Marja Makarow
Laudatio by Genoveva Martí- 17.30-18.00: Nancy Cartwright, Durham University
18:00
Concluding remarks and announcement of Building Bridges 2023
18:15
Closing toast