EurASc Meeting & Events

The last Ordinary General Assembly of the Presidium took place by Internet on May 29th, 2020.

The last Ordinary General Assembly of the Presidium took place in Brussels on April 12th, 2019.

Commissioner Carlos Moedas met the Representatives of the European Academy of Sciences in Brussels on December 3rd, 2018. On this occasion, Prof. Rodrigo Martins, President of the European Academy of Sciences, has presented the Petition in favor of “Horizon Europe”.

Read the letter of Commissionner Carlos Moedas

To see more information about the Petition in favor of “Horizon Europe”, follow this link

The Symposium and Ceremony of Awards of the European Academy of Sciences took place at the Center for Interdisciplinary Research (ZiF Center) in Bielefeld (Germany), on October 18-20, 2018.

The Symposium was entitled ““Integrity and Responsibility in Science: Navigating through Conflicting Social and Epistemic Demands”. 

The Ceremony of Awards has rewarded 6 Blaise Pascal Medals and 1 Leonardo da Vinci Award. The Blaise Pascal Medallists are Prof. Avelino Corma, in Chemistry; Prof. Carlos Duarte, in Earth Sciences; Prof. Emmanuel Gdoutos, in Engineering; Prof. Paolo Samori, in Materials Science; Prof. Alice Guionnet, in Mathematics; and Prof. Peter Hänggi, in Physics. Prof. Sir John Ball has received the Leonardo da Vinci Award. 

–> More information in our website

–> Read the report of the event written by Prof. Martin Carrier

The Symposium and Ceremony of Awards of the European Academy of Sciences took place in the Lisbon Academy of Sciences on October 26-27, 2017. It was organised by Prof Rodrigo Martins, Vice President of EurASc.

For more information, please visit the website of EurASc, or our blog

In the frame of the activities promoted by EURASC, it took place on 28th June in Brussels a debate between the head of divisions of EURASC, with Prof. R. Martins  aiming to establish the impact of nanotechnologies in particular, and of Science and Technology in general, in contributing for an Innovation Agenda for Europe from which all will benefit.

The discussion has involved how the 3 main pillars of our progress do interact (Education;  Creativity and Industry Application) and how science can contribute for this agenda of welfare and comfort for all.

This event was supported in the frame of  EU projects Nano2All and BET-EU

The Symposium “The Future of Science in the 21st Century : Progress in Science, Progress in Society”, and the Ceremony of Awards took place in the Palais des Academies, Brussels (Belgium), on November 18th and 19th, 2016. This event was a real success. The pictures of the Symposium and Ceremony of Awards are available here.

Prof. Claude Debru, President of EURASC; Prof. Charles Joachain, President of the Royal Academy of Belgium; Prof. Gianfranco Pacchioni, Blaise Pascal Medal 2016 in Chemistry; Prof. Elvira Fortunato, Blaise Pascal Medal 2016 in Materials Science; Prof. Ni-Bin Chang, Blaise Pascal Medal 2016 in Earth and Environmental Sciences; Prof. Alain Tressaud, Vice-President of EURASC; Prof. Hélène de Rode, Perpetual Secretary of EURASC; Prof. Isabel Maria Andrade Martins Galhardas de Moura, Professor at Faculty of Sciences and Technology of New University of Lisbon (FCT NOVA); Prof. Maria da Graça Carvalho, European Commission, DG Research & Innovation; Dr. José Inácio Faria (MEPs – European Parliament); Dr. Antonio Vasco Alves Machado, Ambassador, Portuguese Embassy in Brussels, Belgium; Prof. Marta Catellani; Dr. Rita Magalhães (MEPs – European Parliament); Prof. Louis Legendre; Prof. Pierre Braunstein; Dr. José Gonçalves, Sr. Vice-Presidente da Câmara Municipal de Almada (Vice-President Almada Town Council); Prof. Günter Haufe; Prof. Rodrigo Martins, President of the Materials Science Department (DCM); Prof. Michael Alania; Prof. Natividad Carpintero-Santamaria; Prof. Fernando Santana, Dean of Faculty of Sciences and Technology of New University of Lisbon (FCT NOVA); Prof. Jean Etourneau; Prof. Paul Tréguer; Prof. Luis Vega; Prof. Yuri Shokin; Prof. João Rocha; Prof. Alberto Carpinteri; Prof. Antonio Camacho; Prof. Martin Carrier; Dr. Paulo Joaquim Anacleto Costa (MEPs – European Parliament); Prof. Dimitri Batani; Prof. Robert Chang; Eng. Alain Pereira, Cabinet Chief of the Almada Town Council; Prof. Gordana Popovic; Prof. Christos Tokamanis