Building Bridges 2024

Academia Europaea Board Meeting (closed session)

Registration

Internal Meetings – Block 1

• Class A1 – Humanities
• Class A2 – Social and Related Sciences
• Class B – Exact Sciences
• Class C – Life Sciences
• Young Academy of Europe

Lecture for High School Students

Lunch

Internal Meetings – Block 2

• Class A1 – Humanities
• Class A2 – Social and Related Sciences
• Class B – Exact Sciences
• Class C – Life Sciences
• Young Academy of Europe

Academia Europaea Hubs’ Meeting (closed session)

Academia Europaea Annual Business Meeting 

Social Program

We invite you to join one of the two-hour tours, offering the opportunity to explore some of the most captivating highlights of Wrocław:

• Wrocław’s Four Domes: A Modern Art Experience
• Step into History: Discover the Panorama Racławicka
• Wrocław: A Charming Polish Gem
• Afrykarium: A Technological Safari

Check for more  details in the registration form.

Welcome Reception 

Registration

Class B session – Exact Sciences

Chair: Prof. Paolo Papale

• Prof. Heino Falcke, MAE – “Towards the ends of space and time – the first image of a black hole”
• Prof. Verena Winiwarter, MAE – “Energy transitions of the past: is there something to learn from history?”
• Prof. Ambrogio Fasoli, MAE -“Fusion energy and the European path to power plants”
• Prof. Jean-Jacques Quisquater – “And the winner is: cybersecurity and/or AI: the future for research”

Coffee break

• Prof. Monica Bello – “Art & Science” lecture: “Science and art in dialogue, creativity across disciplines”
• Prof. Emmanuelle Charpentier – Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2020, MAE – “CRISPR-Cas9: microbiology as a motor for innovations in medicine and agronomy”

André Mischke Young Academy of Europe Prize

• Dr Jacek Kolanowski – “Opportunities and Challenges for Early-and-Mid-Career Researchers in Trans-Sectoral and Community Engagement: A Chemical Biologist’s Methodological Perspective”

Lunch

Opening and Welcome to New Members of Academia Europaea

Coffee break

Class C session – Life Sciences

Chair: Prof. Éva Kondorosi

• Prof. Eske Willerslev – “The Genomic History of Western Eurasia, Human History, Ecosystem Change, Disease Susceptibility and Infectious Disease”
• Prof. Yvonne Buckley, MAE – “Biodiversity in a warming world: how climate, climate action and land use shape biodiversity patterns” 
• Prof. Botond Roska, MAE -“Restoring vision”
• Prof. Rino Rappuoli, MAE –“How microbes can help address climate change”

President’s Dinner

Exclusive dinner party for Members of Academia Europaea, held at the prestigious The Bridge Hotel nestled in the heart of historic Wroclaw. Places are strictly limited, required prior registration through the application form below.

Registration

Panel Discussion on Urban Innovations

The panel will explore the scientific foundations supporting the transformation of cities into smart, beautiful, inclusive, climate-neutral, and resilient environments. Experts will discuss advancements in urban infrastructure, green technologies, and smart governance, focusing on case studies and projects aligned with three interlinked top priority initiatives at the EU level: EU Mission Climate Neutral and Smart Cities, EU Mission Adaptation to Climate Change and the New European Bauhaus Facility. Participants will also examine the integration of technology and urban planning to create resilient, future-ready cities. The discussion will also touch on emerging technologies such as digital twins, AI-driven urban management systems, and renewable energy microgrids. This meeting represents a significant step toward establishing the Academia Europaea Excellence Hub Smart & Resilient City Hub acting as a role model for the green transformation in synergies with 5 EU Missions and the New European Bauhaus Pioneer Hub. The panel will emphasize the importance of interdisciplinary collaboration, integrating perspectives from urban planning, environmental science, technology, and social policy to ensure holistic solutions.

• Prof. Katarzyna Chojnacka, MAE
• Prof. Barbara Widera
• Dr. Kathrin Golda-Pongratz, MAE 
• Prof. Phoebe Koundori, MAE
• Prof. Simon Goldhill, MAE
• Dr. Magdalena Głogowska, PhD

Coffee break

Class A1 session –  Humanities

Chair: Prof. Poul Holm

• Prof. Rubina Raja, MAE – “Making and breaking cities: the historiography of urban archaeology in the MENA region”
• Prof. Samuel Lieu, MAE – “Between Rome and China – Christianity and Manichaeism on the Silk Road”
• Prof. Shalom Lappin, MAE – “The deep learning revolution in AI”
• Prof. Helen Kennedy, MAE – “What does a good digital society look like?”

Lunch

Class A2 session – Social and Related Sciences

Chair: Prof. Björn Wittrock

• Prof. Piotr Sztompka, MAE – “Moral turn in contemporary theory of society”
• Prof. Edyta Roszko – “The importance of global indigenous history in the era of climate change”
• Prof. Michele Lamont – “Seeing Others: How Recognition Works and How it Can Heal a Divided World”
• Prof. Jürgen Kocka, MAE – “The interplay of capitalism, family and inequality in social history”

Coffee break

Class Chairs Panel Discussion – “What can sciences and scholarship learn from each other?”

The concluding session aims to bridge the gap between the sciences and humanities. Rapid advancements in technology and our evolving understanding of society necessitate a holistic approach. By exploring synergies between these disciplines, we seek to address complex global challenges, foster sustainable development, and ensure equitable distribution of scientific benefits. This session will encourage dialogue on how to effectively integrate knowledge from various fields to create a more resilient and adaptable future.

• Prof. Poul Holm – Humanities
• Prof. Éva Kondorosi – Life Sciences
• Prof. Paolo Papale – Exact Sciences
• Prof. Björn Wittrock – Social and Related Sciences

The end  of the Building Bridges 2024 Conference

Social programme 

Full-Day Tour to Książ Castle: Poland’s Hidden Treasure. Check for more  details in the registration form.

Welcome and Short Presentations by New Class A1 Members

Lunch

Unraveling Language Development and Communication, Self-Talk and GPT

• Pierluigi Cuzzolin – “Some thoughts on the relation between historical linguistics and typology”
• Michael Schulte – “Periodization in early North Germanic and Germanic”
• Livio Gaeta – “Walser German minorities in the Italian Alps and their place within the SAE area”
• Aylin Küntay – “The development of language and communication in the early years”
• Manfred Krifka – “The syntactic and semantic representation of the self in self-talk”
• Janet Pierrehumbert – “Linguistics in the era of GPTs”

Alternates: 

• Shanley Allen – ” Increasing diversity in language acquisition research: The Acquisition Sketch Project”
• Bernhard Hurch – “Hugo Schuchardt’s Data Sourcing Program. The beginning of empirical studies in the 19th century”
• Daniel Petit – “Split possession in Albanian”

The Section of History and Archaeology aims to pursue a multidisciplinary orientation on the production of science in the field of Humanities, combining it with current societal concerns. Therefore, it has chosen the theme “In Times of War…” for its meeting within the scope of the 35^th Academia Europaea Conference.

Opening addressed by Amélia Polónia, Chairperson of the History & Archaeology Section

Manuel Fernández-Götz,  University of Edinburgh – “The darkest sides of war: Genocide and ethnic cleansing from a deep history perspective”

Bogdan Murgescu, University of Bucharest – “Challenges for the production of historical narratives regarding the experiences of World War I and World War II”

Marcin Wodziński, University of Wroclaw – “World Wars and Hasidism: How War Changes Religion”

Sorin Antohi, Orbis Tertius Association, Bucharest – “War, Heritage, and National Identity: The Changing Mental Maps of Ukraine”

Note: Each 30 minutes include 10 minutes of debate at the end of each presentation, the length of  shall be around 20 minutes

Open debate – Armed conflicts and genocide: how neutral can scholarly research be?

Introduction of Class A 2 and its Sections

Welcome of New Members and short self-presentations by these members

Break

Welcome and self-presentations (continued).

Lunch Break

Prof. Piotr Sztompka, Jagiellonian University, Krakow – “From Laws to Mechanisms: A New Approach to Explanation in the Social Sciences”

Prof. Michele Lamont, Harvard University – Recognition through Work and Environmental Justice (Title TBC)

Break

Prof. Jürgen Kocka, Humboldt University, Berlin – “The Changing Relationship between History and the Social Sciences in Intertemporal Comparative Research”

Possible additional talk

Introduction and Short Presentations by New Class B Members

Prof. Erol Gelenbe – MAE, Chair AE AI Task Force, IITIS-PAN – Brief Introduction

Prof. Leszek Rutkowski –  MAE, Polish Academy of Sciences, AGH University, Kraków, Poland – “Green Deep Learning: Minimizing Energy Use with Data Stream Techniques”

Prof. Christian Napoli – Sapienza University of Rome, Italy –
“Artificial intelligence and large language models: from evaluation to trustworthiness”

Prof. Jerzy Stefanowski –  Polish Academy of Sciences,  Poznań UNiversity of technology, Poland – “Explaining machine learning models with prototypes and counterfactuals”

Prof. Erol Gelenbe – MAE, Chair AE AI Task Force, IITIS-PAN -“The Use and Misuse of AI for Cybersecurity”

Panel Discussion – “An European Approach to AI”

• Erol Gelenbe
• Christian Napolitano
• Jean-Jacques Quisquater
• Leszek Rutkowski
• Jerzy Stefanowski

Introduction of Class C and its sections

Welcome and short introduction of the participting new members

A few selected talks of new members from the different sections:

• 11:00-11:25 –  Louise de Vet – “Mother Nature as economic mentor”
• 11:25-11:50 – Francis Mojica – “Over three decades devoted to CRISPR”
• 11:50-12:15 – Liliane Schoofs – “The role of neuropeptides in learning and memory”
• 12:15-12:40 – Natalia Prevarskaya – “Oncochannelopathies of prostate cancer”

Lunch break

Highlights of Class C research:

• 14:00-14:30 –  Rino Rappuoli – “The power of microbes and a sustainable planet”
• 14:30-15:00 –  Balázs Gulyás – “Maintenance of high cognitive performance during ageing”
• 15:00-15:30 – Péter Hegyi – “Enhancing the impact of scientific research on policy-making”
• 15:30-15:50 – Task Force/Working group propositions
• 15:50-15:55 – Concluding remarks

Registration, networking

Presentation of YAE’s latest activities and collaborations, the Arts & Science initiative – Katalin Solymosi (Chair, Young Academy of Europe)

Scientific Talks by YAE Members:

• 10:00 – 10:20 – Prof. Borja Franco Llopis (SH) – “Museums and alterity. The construction of the other in the museum discourses of the 21st century”
• 10:20 – 10:40 – Dr. Philippa Warren (LS) – “Drawing breath after spinal cord injury”
• 10:40 – 11:00 – Alejandro Criado (PE) – “Chemical innovations in graphene for enhanced FET biosensor diagnostics”

Moderator: Anna Kuppuswamy (Selection Committee Vice-Chair, Young Academy of Europe)

Future Directions for the Young Academy of Europe

Moderator – Marc Yeste – (Secretary, Young Academy of Europe)

Lunch break

State-of-the-Art Overview of Early to Mid-Career Researchers’ Organizations in Europe

• 13:00 – 13:20 –  Slawomir Czarnecki  (Chair, Academia Iuvenum) -“Presenting the exemplary development program” – Academia Iuvenum (AIM) at the University of Wroclaw
• 13:20 – 13:40 –  Maciej Sałaga (Chair, Polish Young Academy) – “Polish approach of investing in early career researchers”
• 13:40 – 14:00 – Katalin Solymosi (Chair, Young Academy of Europe) – “The mission and activities of the Young Academy of Europe”

Panel on Various Early- to Mid-Career Research Organizations in Europe and Q&A Session

• Steve Evans – Academia Europaea (AE)
• Slawomir Czarnecki –  future vice-chair or chair of AIM (to be determined in October), Academia Iuvenum of WroclawTech (AIM)
• Maciej Sałaga, Łukasz Sadowski, Jacek Kolanowski – Polish Young Academy (AMU PAN)
• Katalin Solymosi, Anna Dzimitrowicz – Young Academy of Europe (YAE)