Leuven annual conference Main Programme "Beyond Lisbon:Europe a Knowledge Intensive Society"

Event Location: Leuven, Belgium

Event date: 8 - 11 September, 2010

STILL TIME - REGISTER for the 22nd Annual Conference of the Academia Europaea

Venue: main programme sessions - Promotiezaal, Academy Building “De Hallen”, “Naamsestraat 22, 3000 Leuven, Belgium. 9 - 11th September  map link here

• Programme (26 August version): "Beyond Lisbon: Europe as Knowledge-Intensive Society"
•   download word version (1 eptember version)
•   download pdf          

                             

 

 The conference will bring together senior European research policymakers, science users and leading researchers, to debate European Science in the following areas:

• The Lisbon Agenda 2010 and beyond: Aspiration or Reality?
• European Science: technologies at the cutting edge?
•  Nanosciences;Robotics;Plant genetics and geography
• European Scholarship: serving Society?
• Law; Sociology and Economics
• European Humanities: putting Europe into context?
• Medical and Bio-medical sciences including neuroscience
• Synthesis and future challenges for ‘European’ Science?

Throughout the event there is a Poster exhibition (exhibit your latetest research or that of your group - no charge and register below) and free "Science Cafe" for more intimate discussion:

Other events:

  8 September - Section "mini symposia"/ meetings (see main programme for details)

  9 September - Section meetings continued; Annual Business Meeting of members [link ] and   

 Opening ceremony:  Programme download here 1 Sept. version]:

• Presentation of the  2010 Erasmus Medal to Professor Jean M.J.Fréchet (University of California Berkeley), who will also give the Erasmus Lecture. [full document]

• See his home page; CV; Biography; awards; research group

 

The 2010 Award has been sponsored by The Heinz-Nixdorf Foundation

• 2010 Burgen Scholars awards to young Belgium based scholars (recipients details here)
• Introduction of new Academy members elected in 2009 

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YOU CAN STILL REGISTER ONLINE HERE

and also

PAY the REGISTRATION FEES HERE

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BOOK YOU HOTEL DIRECT TOP GET SPECIAL RATES Hotel information HERE    

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General Information sheet (Maps, Travel and alternative Hotel booking websites)  click HERE

WARNING: the meeting is in Leuven, which is called ‘Louvain” in French and English (and ‘Löwen” in German), but which is NOT  the same as Louvain-la-Neuve … If you intend to fly into Charleroi (Ryan Air and other bargain-rate companies), and that is (relatively) close to Louvain-la-Neuve, with probably direct buses going there, but it is NOT where you should go … please take care!

Organiser contact information HERE

Belgium organising group  

Some Sections are holding small meetings outside of the main conference programme. Dates and times are given in the Prorgamme document. Contact your Section chair for further information (see this page for details)  

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CALL FOR POSTERS

If any member wishes to offer a poster for display during the meeting, please complete the POSTER OFFER form here.  Selection of posters will be made by the relevant Section committee.

You can use the Academia Poster Template if you wish

download it here (PowerPoint)