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. See detailed description (Word file).

Since 1996/7, the Academia has organised and run international events under the following thematic headings some examples include;

'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] programme: Sponsored by the Wenner Gren Foundations and the Compagnia di San Paolo

• 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

• 'The Formative years of Scholars'.
• “The University in the Market”. November 2007,Stockholm
• "DIVERSIFICATION OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND THE ACADEMIC PROFESSION". March 2009. Turin (archive and presentations)
• "From Information to Knowledge: from Knowledge to Wisdom in Higher Education Institutions". Stockholm, November 2009

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

• Complexity, Heidelberg, 2008
• Causality, Venice, 2009

'Humanities in Europe' programme:

• 2004. A meeting held to discuss European Research Policy and the proposed European Research Council. Royal Belgian Academies, Brussels. Download: Full archive
• 2007 “Cultural divisions and regional knowledge: A new approach to European humanities research, as a basis for our common culture, future and constitution”. Berlin, 11 – 12th June. With the Berlin-Brandenburg Akademy of Sciences.

Mathematics Section

• “The Future of Mathematical Education In Europe”. December 2007. Under the auspices of the Portuguese Presidency of the EU.

Medicine & Physiology Series
• Imaging and models of Brain Function. March 2001,

• Calcium oscillations. March 2002,

• Obesity and Diabetes. March 2003,  [archive]

• Brain Plasticity: From Neurobiology to Neurology  March 2004[archive].
• Reactive Oxygen Species in health and Disease.
• Molecular and Cellular Mechanisms of Tissue Damage and Repair, March 2007. [Archive]

Musicology Section
• Ars Musica - Musica Sacra. October 2002, Regensburg.

Chemistry Section 

• Different faces of Chemistry, 2003. Paris  report.

• Why the world needs Chemistry. 2007, Krakow.background document

Literature and Theatrical Studies Section
• Post-colonial Literature. Helsinki September 2004. organised [programme | report]

• 2005 Potsdam; "The Lisbon Earthquake: the shockwaves of culture. A one-day workshop
• Literature for Europe: European Identities and European Literature in a Globalizing World”. With the ESF. Vadstena, Sweden, 12-16 May 2007
• “Dialogue of Cultures – Literary aspects”.  Toledo. September 2007.

Classics and Oriental Studies Section
• Islamic Art: the periphery of Europe. Berlin September 2004. [programme | report | abstract].

• Jointly with the Medicine & Physiology Section: "Constantine the African and his Liber Pantegni". Helsinki, 2009  Archive

Earth and Cosmic Sciences Section

• "Topo-Europe” an exploratory workshop with the ESF.Download: Programme (Powerpoint)
• "Earth System Modelling: Geomotion”. Programme rationale 
• "Topo-Europe 2009": Heidelberg. archive

Linguistics Studies Section

• “The origin of Language competences and the conditions of language acquisition: An interdisciplinary challenge”.  With the Singer-Polignac Foundation, Paris   December 2007. archive

Bilateral meetings
• 2004: Joint meeting with the Estonian Academy. "European Research & Scholarship: Regional Perspectives" [programme]