Workshops, conferences and meetings
Thematic events: Over the past six years, there has been a shift in emphasis for Academia initiated events, towards series of related activities that address a theme or common topical issue. Since 1996/7, the Academia has organised and run international events under the following thematic headings;
''Virtuality''in Europe:
• The Virtual University (October 1999) Stockholm
• Virtuality in Europe (March, 2000) Paderborn
• Collaboration and Ownership in the Digital Economy. Cambridge UK. April 2001
• ''Virtuality II''. November 2001. Venice
''I.T. and Society'' series:
• Symposium on Informatics. April 1996. Amsterdam
• The impact of electronic publishing. April 1997, Stockholm
• Electronic communication and research in Europe . April 1998, Darmstadt
• ''Serenate'' - end user workshop. Montpellier, January 2003.
''HERCULES'' - Higher Education, Research and Culture in European Society:
• New challenges for the Academic Profession. May 1996. Rotterdam
• Interdisciplinarity and the organisation of knowledge in Europe . September 1997. Cambridge (UK)
• The universal importance of fundamental science. June 1999. Budapest
• High bandwidth for European Education and Research. 1999. November. Uxbridge (HiBeer)
• The ''Virtual University''. October 1999. Stockholm.
• ''Excellence in Higher Education, June 2002, Stockholm
Reconstruction in South Eastern Europe
• Reconstructing Scientific Collaboration in Southeast Europe. March 2001 . Venice.
• AE Statement to the UNESCO Ministerial on "Rebuilding Co-operation in Southeast Europe (SEE) in the Fields of Science and Research. Paris October 2001.
''Basic Ideas in Science'' series (from 2005)
• Mirror Symmetry. January 2005
Download: programme | abstract | participants
Miscellaneous, workshops
• Imaging and models of brain function March 2001, Heidelberg. Organised by Prof. Ole Petersen in conjunction with the Klaus Tschira Foundation.
• Calcium oscillations March 2002, Heidelberg. Organised by the Physiology and medicine Section in conjunction with the Tschira Foundation.
• Obesity and Diabetes March 2003, Heidelberg. Organised bt the Physiology and Medicine Section in conjunction with the Klaus Tschira Foundation [archive]
• Ars Musica - Musica Sacra October 2002, Regensburg. Organised by David Hiley, Chair of the Musicology and History of Art and Architecture Section.
• Brain Plasticity: From Neurobiology to Neurology
The Klaus Tschira Foundation sponsored a meeting at their conference centre in Heidelberg on 4-6 March 2004 [archive].
• Role of Humanities in Europe, 16 December 2004. A meeting held to discuss European Research Policy and the proposed European Research Council. Royal Belgian Academies, Brussels.
Download: [archive zip]
• Different faces of Chemistry, 2 October 2003. Paris Chemistry section workshop report.
• Post-colonial Literature. Helsinki September 2004, organised by Theo D''Haen (Literary & Theatrical Studies section) [programme | report]
• Islamic Art: the periphery of Europe. Organised by Barbara Kellenr-Heinkele (Berlin) September 2004. [programme | report | abstract].
• 2004: Joint meeting with the Estonian Academy. "European Research & Scholarship: Regional Perspectives" [programme]
London 14-15 January: "Basic Ideas in Science”. Number 1: " Mirror Symmetry" (closed). Organiser Prof Jules Deutsch. Multidisciplinary, high-level workshop series.
Heidelberg 10-12 March. Joint with the Klaus Tschira Foundation. "Reactive Oxygen Species in Health & Disease”. Organiser Prof. Ole Petersen (Physiology & Medicine Section)
Budapest, 17-18 March. "Topo-Europe” an exploratory workshop with the ESF. Organiser, Prof. Sierd Cloetingh (Earth & Cosmic Sciences section). Further information from Dr Gabor BADA [gabor.bada@falw.vu.nl]
Potsdam/Berlin, Germany. September 22-24, 2005. The XVIIth annual conference of the Academia, celebrating the Year of Physics and Einstein and the Year of Planet Earth.
Local organiser: Prof. R. Emmermann. "The Scientific and Cultural Architecture of Man in Nature”.
Potsdam, Germany. 21 September. "The Lisbon Earthquake: the shockwaves of culture. A one-day workshop organised by Prof. Theo D’Haen (Literary and Theatrical Studies Section).
Krakow, Poland. Autumn 2005. "Why the World Needs Chemistry”, a multidisciplinary public event, in collaboration with the ESF/COST. Local organiser Prof. Jerzy Haber (Chemistry Section).
Stockholm, 9-11 November. "The Formative Years of Scholars”. In collaboration with the Wenner Gren Foundation. A two-day symposium, with publication under the auspices of the Academia ‘HERCULES’ committee. Local organiser, Prof Bertil Daneholt bertil.daneholt@swgc.org
Heidelberg, November/December. "Earth System Modelling: Geomotion”. In collaboration with the Klaus Tschira Foundation. Organiser: Prof. Sierd Cloetingh (Earth & Cosmic Sciences Section)