
Plenary Programme
Latest update: October 10th
BUILDING BRIDGES 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
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TUESDAY, 25 OCTOBER 2022
09:30 – 16:30 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, Nature magazine
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
The panel will focus on discussing systemic actions for improving demographic, geographic, and ethnographic diversity at research and educational institutions, and identify best practices for an inclusive and representative academic landscape across Europe.
Linn Leppert (Chair), Young Academy of Europe and University of Twente
Steven Curry, Imperial College London
Practical steps toward diversity and inclusion 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: Scientific and scholarly research results are a public good to be benefitted by society
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
16:15 – 17:00 Coffee break
17:00 – 18:30 Welcome Ceremony. New members elected in 2021 Class A1, Class A2 and Class B only.
Coordinator: Genoveva Martí
Master of ceremonies: Donald B. Dingwell
Musical introduction, by Dani Jané, Barcelona, Spanish guitar
Improvisation / Calm / Milonga / Gipsy lament
18:30 Glass of cava, and refreshment
THURSDAY, 27 OCTOBER 2022