SCIENCE ADVICE FOR POLICY
BY EUROPEAN ACADEMIES

SAPEA to hold workshops for Academies

SAPEA is hosting two workshops that aim to strengthen cooperation among Academies and to support individual Academies in providing evidence-based policy advice. These workshops will offer the opportunity for Academies to meet and exchange ideas, with discussions on topics such as challenges faced by Academies when providing scientific advice for policy, working models and organisational structures, … Read more

SAPEA event in Hamburg, Germany 5 October 2017

The world’s oceans remain the largest food source on our planet and more than one billion people depend on them for sustenance and business alike. Germany is no different in that respect, its fisheries are a modern high-tech industry and they provide a significant amount of employment opportunities to the people of northern Germany. However, … Read more

New topic: Novel carbon capture and utilisation technologies – research and climate aspects

SAPEA experts from across Europe are contributing their knowledge and expertise on this topic. This work follows a request by the College of Commissioners, led by Commissioner Cañete. The SAM High Level Group (HLG) have been asked to provide scientific advice based on existing research on the climate mitigation potential of carbon capture and utilisation (CCU) … Read more

SAPEA in Cardiff, UK

Visitors to the Cardiff International Food & Drink Festival explored food from the oceans from 14 -16 July 2017 with talks, exhibitions and food tastings. Celebrating Hordaland, Norway which has been twinned with Cardiff since 1996, a Norwegian food stand offered new types of food from the sea and provided information about SAPEA’s work on … Read more

New topic: Authorisation processes of plant protection products in Europe

SAPEA experts from across Europe are contributing their knowledge and expertise in this topic, in response a request from the College of European Commissioners, led by Commissioners Moedas and Andriukaitis. The SAM High Level Group has been asked to provide a scientific point of view by February 2018. The scoping paper for this topic is … Read more

Euro-CASE 2017 conference on cybersecurity

The Euro-CASE 2017 conference on Cybersecurity will take place from 7-8 November in Poznan, Poland. The event is co-organised by the Polish Academy of Sciences, its Poznań Branch and Committee on Informatics, and the Poznań Supercomputing & Networking Center. It will address the security aspects in cyberspace, paying special attention to critical infrastructures, protection of internet of … Read more

Academia Europaea and ALLEA to hold joint annual conference

Academia Europaea and ALLEA have joined forces to organise their first joint international conference in partnership with the Young Academy of Europe (YAE) and the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. The meeting will take place in Budapest, Hungary, in the historic building of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences on 4, 5 and 6 of September 2017, with a … Read more

ALLEA publishes revised edition of The European Code of Conduct for Research Integrity

ALLEA published the revised edition of The European Code of Conduct for Research Integrity, on 24 March 2o17. This document serves the European research community as a framework for self-regulation across all scientific and scholarly disciplines and for all research settings. In Brussels, Belgium, the publication was presented to the European Commissioner for Research, Science and Innovation, … Read more