The One Ocean Science Congress (OOSC), organized by CNRS and IFREMER, will be held in Nice, France, 4 to 6 June 2025. It is a UN Special Event serving as the scientific foundation of the Third United Nations Ocean Conference (UNOC3). This three-day congress will generate science-based outcomes and recommendations to support the global discussions at UNOC3.
We welcome contributions from the international scientific community on 10 key themes, which are aligned with the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development and intended to inform the Ocean Action Panels of UNOC3. These themes are action- and solution-oriented, and designed to transcend traditional disciplinary boundaries:
The congress will include a combination of plenary sessions featuring keynote lectures, as well as oral and poster presentations. To foster greater interaction between science, society, action, and policy, and to involve civil society more broadly, ‘town hall’ meetings will also be organized.
On behalf of the EurASc President, Prof. Dr. Rodrigo Martins, I am pleased to invite you to the EurASc General Assembly Meeting #01/2024, which will be held via Zoom on July 29th at 10:30 AM CEST.
Please find below the agenda for the meeting:
1. General Information 2. Presentation of the Annual Report 2023 3. Event 2024 4. General Contact with Members 5. Other matters.
Any member can request resolutions/items on the agenda at least a fortnight before the meeting. We advise you to submit any resolutions you have by this deadline to ensure their inclusion (by 15 July).
The link and proxy will be sent in due time.
We look forward to your participation and to a productive meeting.
Following the symposium, on May 21, 2024, a cooperative conference took place between a EurASc delegation led by Prof. Rodrigo Martins and Jiangsu University in Zhenjiang. The conference was followed by visits to several scientific departments of Jiangsu University.
The EurASc Annual Symposium & Ceremony 2024 will be held at the Academy of Sciences of Lisbon, on October 29-30th of 2024, under the General Theme of “Science for Sustainability” which is aligned with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.
It is open to all the academics and researchers who will be interested to join, upon registration.
All the scientific fields fostering sustainability will be welcome according to the Divisions of EurASc:
Chemistry, Computational and information sciences, Earth and environmental sciences, Engineering, Materials science, Mathematics, Medicine and life sciences, Physics, and Social sciences and Humanities.
Promotion of the interaction between the academic and industrial sectors will also be fostered.
The scientific programme will comprehend the presentation of Lectures, discussions and the Award and PrizesCeremony, where the Leonardo da Vinci Award and the Blaise Pascal Medals for outstanding scientific achievements will be awarded and lectures will be delivered by the awardees. A Welcome session of the New Members is also being arranged.
Within the celebration of the EurASc 20th year anniversary, the edition of a celebratory book (to be published by a major world publisher) is under consideration.
A social programme is being planned, with guided tours to Lisbon and cultural places closeby.
Our symposium convenes distinguished scientists from various fields, including Chemistry, Environmental Sciences, Engineering, Materials Science, and Life Sciences, representing a diverse spectrum of expertise from European countries, the USA, and China. Central to our mission is the facilitation of meaningful exchanges between academia and industry, fostering collaborative efforts towards sustainable advancements. As we mark the 20th anniversary of EurASc, we are excited to announce special initiatives such as the publication of a commemorative book and the creation of a commemorative medal. Beyond scholarly discourse, our social program offers networking opportunities and cultural experiences, including a conference dinner, a guided tour of Lisbon, and a possible excursion.
We extend this invitation to you to consider sponsoring this event. Please refer to the attached “Sponsoring” file for standard sponsorship options, though we are flexible and open to discussing customized arrangements to best align with your objectives and preferences.
Stay tuned!
Our event page is currently under construction, but we’re working hard to bring you an amazing experience. Exciting details coming soon!
Join us this October 25-27 for the “Science in the Social Arena: How to Secure Public Credibility?” conference at ZiF, organized by Prof. Martin Carrier, Head of Social Sciences and Humanities EurASc Division.
The conference aims to address the relationship between science and society, specifically the lack of credibility of science in parts of the public. We’re bringing together professionals and working scientists to reflect on the issue and debate possible reasons for the declining reputation of more practice-driven branches of science.
Don’t miss this opportunity to be part of the conversation and help bridge the gap between science and society.
Public Credibility of Science
The conference is supposed to address the relationship between science and society. The intention is to bring together professional reflection on science and the expertise of working scientists. The more specific issue is the lack of credibility of science in parts of the public. We intend to debate possible reasons or causes of the declining reputation of more practice-driven branches of science. One of the traditional suspects is the commercialization and politicization of science: society shapes science such that its original culture of research is compromised. An opposite argument focuses on the growing interference of science in social matters. A contentious field is scientific policy advice, where critics claim that scientists have taken the lead and pushed elected representatives of the people to the margins. Third, trustworthiness needs to be earned by sound justification procedures. We seek to discuss conditions of justification as they arise in practice-driven fields. Methodological and institutional questions are supposed to take center stage. The fourth topical block is science communication. We want to focus on methodological virtues of science and explore ways to convey the spirit of scientific methods to critics.
In the frame of the conference Advanced Materials and Intelligent Manufacturing Forum, organized under the auspicious of the Zhengzhou University of Light Industry, the EurASc delegation composed of the president, the vice president and the heads of Materials, Chemistry and Life Science Divisions met with members of CAS, as well with EurASc fellow, Professor Alan Lau, president of the Technological and Higher Education Institute of Hong Kong.
During the forum, there was opportunity to introduce EurASc to all attendees, including high-ranking authorities of the university and of the province.
The topics of the talks given by EurASc members were:
Nanomaterials for Advanced Energy; electronics and Photonics Applications (A. Tressaud);
Metal Ligant cooperativity in molecular chemistry (P. Braunstein);
Intelligent Biomaterials: How nature can be transformed or mimicked for Revolutionary Medical and Energy Applications (D. Scherman);
Multifunctional Materials for Emerging Technologies (F. Rosei).
Wree invited a total of 12 academicians from the European Academy of Sciences, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and the Chinese Academy of Engineering to participate. They delivered speeches and exchanged views with local industrialists, researchers and engineers on their areas of expertise. Many constructive cooperation ideas and will follow up on to create better synergies between European countries and China.
On October 23rd-24th, 2023 the EurASc Symposium 2023 & Ceremony will take place in Madrid by invitation of the Real Academia de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales de España –SPAIN.
The Real Academia de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales de España, since its founding Statutes approved by the Royal Order of 25 February 1847, has the task of promoting the study and research of Mathematical, Physical, Chemical, Geological and Biological Sciences, and their applications, as well as to spread knowledge of them. Among its main functions is that of advising the Government on matters within its competence, particularly those of scientific policy that may have a bearing on the country’s scientific and technological development. Similarly, the Academy undertakes other tasks, such as organising meetings and seminars on the aforementioned specialities, publishing its journal and scientific reports, as well as other types of reports or studies, establishing and defining scientific and technical terminology, ensuring the appropriateness of the language, awarding prizes, etc.
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Address:
Real Academia de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales de España –SPAIN.
(C. de Valverde, 24, 28004 Madrid, Espanha)
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BECOME A SPONSOR
This event provides the ideal habitat for scientists, researchers, engineers, and companies/institutions to share their latest discoveries and opinions in the field of energy.
This event promotes the opportunity to discuss and exchange views on the latest discoveries, as well as to strengthen scientific and technical collaborations. In this way, an excellent forum for the dissemination of scientific and technical results.
For all these reasons, we invite you to take part in this international symposium by joining us as a Sponsor.
Three types of Sponsors will be recognized (Sponsorship Packages described below):
Bronze (€ 500)
One full registration to the event.
Lectures attendance, Lunches and social event included in the Program.
Your logo on EURASC 2023 webpage
Acknowledgement of your support in EURASC 2023 Booklet
Silver (€1,000)
Two full registrations to the event.
Lectures attendance, Lunches and social event included in the Program.
Your logo on EURASC 2023 webpage
Acknowledgement of your support in EURASC 2023 Booklet
Link to your website from the EURASC site
Gold (€ 2,000)
Three full registrations to the event.
Lectures attendance, Lunches and social events included in the Program.
Your logo on EURASC 2023 webpage
Acknowledgement of your support in EURASC 2023 Booklet
Link to your website from the EURASC site
Your logo displayed during opening and closing sessions
Your support will guarantee the success of the EurASc Annual Symposium & Ceremony 2023.
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us (contact@eurasc.eu).
ACCOMODATION
Accommodation is responsibility of each participant.
Madrid is the capital of Spain, and is home to the Spanish Royal family as well as the Spanish Government. It is a modern metropolitan city and an economical and industrial center of Spain, and, with its population of nearly 3,5 million people, is also the biggest city in Spain.
It is located in the centre of the Iberian Peninsula, and is surrounded by mountains and natural parks. Although it is located in the centre of the country, it has traditionally been the hub between different areas of Spain and is therefore connected to all major Spanish cities by train, road or air.
The weather in Madrid varies a lot depending on the season, from hot and dry in the summer, with temperature of approx. 29C-¦ / 85F-¦, to cold (4C-¦ / 39F-¦) and with some rain in the winter.
Attractions
Madrid has a lot of interesting attractions that offer both culture and amusement. The city is full of great monuments, like the royal palace, the Plaza Mayor or the many statuettes, and for people interested in art, the museums Del Prado, Reina Sofia or Thyssen have some of the most fantastic collections of famous Spanish painters like Velazquez, Goya, Picasso or Miro.
If you like to be entertained, Madrid has two big amusements parks (including the new Warner Bros park) and there are regular international concerts, big flea markets, parades and other activities going on.
To sport enthusiasts Madrid can offer everything from skiing (only 1 hour away by bus) during the winter, to golf all year round, as well as international sporting events and the possibility to practice nearly any sport at the University facilities.
If you like going out at night, Madrid has a very interesting nightlife throughout the whole week and which is available all year round. You can either go out for a tapa (Spanish snack), eat at a very nice restaurant, go to the cinema or one of the many theatres, or find nearly any type of bar or disco.
It was on October 24th and 25th of this year that we saw the first major EurASc post-pandemic event take place at the Fondation Universitaire Stichting in Brussels.
It was with great pleasure and honor that we received our fellows in this great ceremony, which had the premise of handing out the Leonardo da Vinci and Blaise Pascal Medal 2020 and 2021 awards, and followed with due emphasis the 2022 Awards to its winners, having the opportunity to hear them speak with passion about the work they do. We also had presentations from all Head’s of Division about the Future of Science – EurASc’s vision, where we could deepen our knowledge of the work done by the members as well as their future plans for the performance of each division. The ceremony came to an end on the afternoon of the 25th with the presentation of diplomas to the new fellows.
Notice of use: Interested parties may watch/download the pictures. Prof. Alvarez states ” I authorize the download and private use of these pictures, as well as non commercial public uses, provided the author of the photographs is acknowledged.” Higher resolution copies of the photographs can be obtained from the author upon request.
Because of drastic sanitary reasons occurring now in Europe, the L. da Vinci and B. Pascal Prizes ceremony + the delivery of EurASc diploma to new members will be dissociated from the scientific Symposium on the role of micro- and nano-technologies for medicine and life sciences that will take place on April 14th 2021.
The Prize Ceremony will take place in the second half of May 2021. You will be later informed of the new date.
