At the 2019 – Sustainable Industrial Processing Summit (SIPS-2019 – https://www.flogen.org/ ), which was held at Paphos, Cyprus (October 23 – 26, 2019), a Symposium was organized in honor of Prof. Alain Tressaud, EurASc Vice-President, during which he was awarded of the 2019 Fray International Sustainability Award for “Leadership in developing new technologies that contribute to a…
At the 2019 - Sustainable Industrial Processing Summit (SIPS-2019 - https://www.flogen.org/ ), which was held at Paphos, Cyprus (October 23 – 26, 2019), a Symposium was organized in honor of Prof. Alain Tressaud, EurASc Vice-President, during which he was awarded of the 2019 Fray International Sustainability Award for “Leadership in developing new technologies that contribute to a sustainable development in the environmental, economic, and social points of view”.The European Academy of Sciences urges on the efective adoption of measures to fight climate change and comply with the Paris Agreement to limit global warming, based on a sound scientific knowledge. This official declaration has been prepared by the Earth and Environmental Sciences Division and it has been approved by the General Board of…
The European Academy of Sciences urges on the efective adoption of measures to fight climate change and comply with the Paris Agreement to limit global warming, based on a sound scientific knowledge. This official declaration has been prepared by the Earth and Environmental Sciences Division and it has been approved by the General Board of EurASc. *** "The European Academy of Sciences highlights the urgency of climate action Madrid, October 20th, 2019 The European Academy of Sciences (EURASC) welcomes the recent publication of three special reports by the International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) in just one year. These special reports have been approved by the 195 governments represented at the IPCC. They will serve as the scientific basis for delegates of the 25th Conference of the Parties of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) who are about to meet at COP25 in Santiago de Chile to progress on the implementation of the Paris Agreement and move towards its goal of limiting global warming to well below 2°C above preindustrial temperature and pursue efforts to limit warming to 1.5°C. The IPCC report on 1.5°C of global warming provides abundant details of the growing implications of a warming climate and highlights that limiting global warming to 1.5°C would require rapid, farreaching and unprecedented changes in all aspects of society. The report on land shows that land is a critical resource that is already under growing human pressure, that climate change is adding to these pressures and that keeping global warming to 1.5°C or well below 2ºC can be achieved only by reducing greenhouse gas emissions from all sectors including land and food. The report on ocean and cryosphere highlights the deteriorating state of the ocean as it is becoming warmer, more acidic and less productive, coastal extreme events are becoming more extreme from sea level rise, with profound consequences of climate change for ecosystems and people, and the urgency of prioritizing timely, ambitious and coordinated action. Taken together these scientific assessments provide the clearest and most comprehensive knowledge on climate change, its impacts, and the solutions available. They highlight the urgency to drastically reduce greenhouse gas emissions towards net zero (any residual emissions being offset by active removals) as early as 2050 to meet the objectives of the Paris Agreement. The reports also highlight the need to develop adaptation responses to limit the inevitable impacts of climate change, including in developing countries, which require knowledge sharing and financial support. The European Academy of Sciences strongly recommends that this tremendous effort by the scientific community should be embraced by the delegates at COP25 to progress rapidly in the full and timely implementation of the Paris Agreement in order to limit the extent and consequences of climate change. Professor Doctor Rodrigo Martins and Professor Doctor Helene de RodePresident and Perpetual SecretaryEuropean Academy Sciences of Sciences" *** Download the documentSET 2020 – The 19th International Conference on Sustainable Energy Technologies will be held in Istanbul, Turkey, on the 18th – 20th August 2020. More information will be coming out soon.
SET 2020 - The 19th International Conference on Sustainable Energy Technologies will be held in Istanbul, Turkey, on the 18th – 20th August 2020. More information will be coming out soon.In the frame of the collaborative laboratory on paper Electronics launched in Portugal, hereby we are announcing the hiring of an Executive Director for the lab as well as of 27 positions for Master and pHD owners according to the announcements given below : https://cemop.uninova.pt/news/colab-almascience-recruiting-27-science-and-economics-jobs
In the frame of the collaborative laboratory on paper Electronics launched in Portugal, hereby we are announcing the hiring of an Executive Director for the lab as well as of 27 positions for Master and pHD owners according to the announcements given below : https://cemop.uninova.pt/news/colab-almascience-recruiting-27-science-and-economics-jobsProf. Thomas Ebbesen, Fellow of EurASc and Director of ICFRC Strasbourg (France), has been awarded the CNRS Gold Medal on July 3rd, 2019.
Prof. Thomas Ebbesen, Fellow of EurASc and Director of ICFRC Strasbourg (France), has been awarded the CNRS Gold Medal on July 3rd, 2019.The upcoming “Sustainable Industrial Processing Summit & Exhibition” (2019-SIPS) will take place from 23 to 27 October 2019 in Paphos, Cyprus, (https://www.flogen.org/sips2019//index.). These events are important moments in international scientific life and deal with various issues such as materials science, metallurgy, solid-state chemistry on a global scale. Among the scientists to be honored at the 2019 Summit will be…
The upcoming “Sustainable Industrial Processing Summit & Exhibition” (2019-SIPS) will take place from 23 to 27 October 2019 in Paphos, Cyprus, (https://www.flogen.org/sips2019//index.). These events are important moments in international scientific life and deal with various issues such as materials science, metallurgy, solid-state chemistry on a global scale. Among the scientists to be honored at the 2019 Summit will be an “Alain Tressaud International Symposium on Solid State Chemistry for Applications and Sustainable Development”, whose Flyer is attached. Download the flyer More information on the website hereI would like to propose that EURASC takes some initiatives against the “bureaucratisation” of science. What I mean is (unfortunately) very well know to each of us.We spend more and more time in writing reports and in submitting proposals.We have less and less time to do research and follow our students.But also research tends to…
I would like to propose that EURASC takes some initiatives against the "bureaucratisation" of science.What I mean is (unfortunately) very well know to each of us.We spend more and more time in writing reports and in submitting proposals.We have less and less time to do research and follow our students.But also research tends to be accepted (through proposals) and evaluated (through reports) by using more and more “objective” parameters base on counting the number of papers, patents, thesis, etc but which are not really centred on the main aspect of scientific innovation and scientific outcome in term of knowledge.This is not just at the level of the personal work of scientists. The scientific performance of universities and research centres is also evaluated using bureaucratic or economic criteria which are not always adapted to evaluate a scientific enterprise. Several scientists, philosophers, sociologists have reflected on what are the conditions under which we can develop creative thinking which can bring to new concepts and new discoveries. For instance, Max Weber in his lecture “Science as a Profession" of 1919, writes that one needs "sincere and profound enthusiasm”, “inspiration", "intuition” but also that such qualities need "months of time", "very hard work”, and finally that often “hazard” is a key factor since "ideas come when we do not expect them, and not when we are brooding and searching at our desks. Yet ideas would certainly not come to mind had we not brooded at our desks and searched for answers with passionate devotion”.Today there is a huge emphasis on excellence in science and on the need of having original ideas in research projects. However the time and the reflection needed to develop them is less and less, submerged as we are by administrative procedures. This implies a transformation of the role of researchers and teachers which leaves our original missions uncovered. In the long run, the quality we offer to students and stakeholders of the university system is dangerously at risk.This transformation is particularly evident (or very often driven) by the way scientific projects are evaluated and managed at the European level (one partial exception, in my opinion, is ERC grants). Therefore I think that EURASC would be in a very good position (as potential natural interlocutor of the EU) to raise this question. Dimitri Batani Officer of the Scientific Committee Physics DivisionWatch the video of the thank you message of Commissioner Carlos Moedas On June 3rd, 2019, in Brussels (Belgium) – Prof. Rodrigo Martins, President of EurASc, and Chair of the Global Leadership and Service Award Commission has awarded Commissioner for Research, Science and Innovation of the European Commission, Carlos Moedas for his distinguished leadership and…
Watch the video of the thank you message of Commissioner Carlos Moedas On June 3rd, 2019, in Brussels (Belgium) - Prof. Rodrigo Martins, President of EurASc, and Chair of the Global Leadership and Service Award Commission has awarded Commissioner for Research, Science and Innovation of the European Commission, Carlos Moedas for his distinguished leadership and service to the international community in the field of Innovation in Science and Technology for a better life of humankind. Prof. Hélène de Rode, Perpetual Secretary of EurASc has also participated to this event. Read the answer of Commissioner Carlos Moedas [smartslider3 slider="6"]Prof. László Gömze A. invites you to the 1st European Conference on Silicon and Silica Based Materials (ec-siliconf1) which will be held at Miskolc-Lillafured (Hungary) in October 7th-11th, 2019. The peer reviewed and accepted papers of the conference will be published by IOP (United Kingdom) in OPEN ACCESS periodicals Journal of Physics: Conference Series (JPCS)….
Prof. László Gömze A. invites you to the 1st European Conference on Silicon and Silica Based Materials (ec-siliconf1) which will be held at Miskolc-Lillafured (Hungary) in October 7th-11th, 2019. The peer reviewed and accepted papers of the conference will be published by IOP (United Kingdom) in OPEN ACCESS periodicals Journal of Physics: Conference Series (JPCS). The participants of the ec-siliconf1 conference have opportunities also to publish their unpublished original manuscripts free of charge in the OPEN ACCES international scientific journalsEpitoanyag - Journal of Silicate based and Composite Materials. Journal Epitoanyag-jsbcm has good Citation Index and are refered by THOMSON REUTERS, INDEX COPERNICUS, Web of Science, ESCI and many others. At present the journal has ISI-Impact Factors 1.079 (see www.isi-impactfactor.com/journals/41). The formal requirements, peer reviewing procces and other informations you can read in the journal website of http://en.epitoanyag.org.hu . Online registration and abstract submission are available in the conference websites of www.ec-siliconf.eu The deadline for abstracts submission is June 30th, 2019.Prof. Paolo Colombo, member of EurASc, will chair the XVI ECerS (European Ceramic Society) Conference which will take place in Torino (Italy) on June 16 to 20, 2019. For more information, please visit the website here.
Prof. Paolo Colombo, member of EurASc, will chair the XVI ECerS (European Ceramic Society) Conference which will take place in Torino (Italy) on June 16 to 20, 2019. For more information, please visit the website here.