Plenary Programme
Please note that all times listed below are according to Central European Time (CET).
Speakers delivering virtual presentations marked in blue.
DAY 1: WEDNESDAY, 20 OCTOBER 2021
| 10:30 am | Welcome to Building Bridges 2021 |
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Sierd Cloetingh, AE President (Distinguished Professor, University of Utrecht) Ricard Guerrero, AE Barcelona Knowledge Hub Academic Director |
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| 10:45 am | Recap of Class meetings by Chairs |
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Class A1-Humanities: Poul Holm, Trinity College Dublin Class A2-Social and Related Sciences: Björn Wittrock, Uppsala University and Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study Class B-Exact Sciences: Don Dingwell, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich Class C-Life Sciences: Eva Kondorosi, Biological Research Centre, Szeged |
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| 11:15 am | Break |
| 11:45 am | Academia Europaea Erasmus Medal and Lecture, “Upside-Down: Revolutions in Physics, Old and New” |
| AE Erasmus Medallist: Sir Roger Penrose, University of Oxford and 2020 Nobel Laureate in Physics | |
| Laudatio: Lord Martin Rees, Astronomer Royal, University of Cambridge | |
| Introduction: Sierd Cloetingh, AE President | |
| 12:30 pm | Academia Europaea’s Gold Award: “Science, Scientific Publishing and Scientific Advice for Policy: 50 years of personal experiences” |
| Gold Award recipient: Ole Petersen, Cardiff University, AE Cardiff Knowledge Hub | |
| Laudatio: Sierd Cloetingh, AE President | |
| 1:15 pm | Break for lunch |
| 3:00 pm | Balzan Prize Lecture I: “The Amazon and Global Change” |
| 2020 Balzan Prize Winner: Susan Trumbore, Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry | |
| Chair: Sierd Cloetingh, AE President | |
| 3:45 pm | Barcelona 2021 speaker I: “Volcanism: from wonder and fear to experiment and intervention” |
| Don Dingwell, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich and AE Munich Knowledge Hub | |
| Chair: Sierd Cloetingh, AE President | |
| 8:00 pm |
AE President’s Dinner (optional; for on-site delegates that registered specifically for this event), at Hotel Casa Fuster (Passeig de Gràcia 132, 08008, Barcelona). |
DAY 2: THURSDAY, 21 OCTOBER 2021
| 9:30 am | AE Annual Business Meeting of AE members |
| Chair Sierd Cloetingh, AE President | |
| 10:45 am | Break |
| 11:30 am | Welcome and introduction from the AE President-Elect |
| Marja Makarow, AE President-Elect, (Professor, University of Helsinki) | |
| 11:45 am | Balzan Prize Lecture II: “How Should We Think About Freedom?” |
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2006 Balzan Prize Winner: Quentin Skinner, Queen Mary University of London Chair: Peter Wagner, ICREA and University of Barcelona |
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| 12:15 pm | André Mischke YAE Prize 2021 for Science and Policy |
| André Mischke YAE Prize 2021 winner: Marian Verhelst, KU Leuven | |
| Introduction: Gemma Modinos, Chair, Young Academy of Europe (King’s College London) | |
| Laudatio: Arild Husby, Uppsala University | |
| 1:00 pm | Break |
| 2:30 pm | Young Academy of Europe (YAE) Panel: “Redefining Rewards & Recognitions for European Scholars” |
| Chair: Gemma Modinos, Chair, Young Academy of Europe (King’s College London) | |
| Panellists: Michael Murphy, European University Association; Konstantinos Glinos, Unit for Open Science, European Commission; Rebecca Lawrence, F1000Research; Moniek Tromp, University of Groningen and Young Academy of Europe (YAE) | |
| 3:45 pm | Barcelona 2021 speaker II: “The mysteries of memory: how it is stored (the engram) and how it is retrieved (the ecphory). How to erase, manipulate or cure memory loss” |
| Mara Dierssen, Centre for Genomic Regulation, Barcelona | |
| Chair: Eva Kondorosi, Biological Research Centre, Szeged | |
| 4:20 pm |
Close and farewell toast from outgoing President Sierd Cloetingh |
| 4:30 pm |
End of Building Bridges 2021 |