SCIENCE ADVICE FOR POLICY
BY EUROPEAN ACADEMIES

New topic: Food from the Ocean

SAPEA is playing a major role in providing timely, independent and evidence-based expertise on the topic of food from the oceans within the Scientific Advice Mechansim. The work on this topic is in response to a request from the College of European Commissioners, led by Commissoner Vella, for scientific advice from the SAM High Level … 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

Explanatory Note on New Techniques in Agricultural Biotechnology

SAPEA brought experts together from across Europe to priovide extensive support to the SAM High Level Group for an Explanatory Note on New techniques in Agricultural Biotechnology. The Explanatory Note was published on Friday 28 April 2017, in response to a request from the College of Commissioners led by Commissioner Andriukaitis. The Explanatory Note provides a detailed scientific description 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

The launch of SAPEA

SAPEA (Scientific Advice for Policy by European Academies) officially launched in Brussels, Belgium on 13 December 2016. To mark the launch of the event, Presidents of the five European Academy Networks (Academia Europaea, ALLEA, EASAC, Euro-CASE and FEAM) joined the European Commission Director-General for Research and Innovation, Dr Robert-Jan Smits. SAPEA Chair for 2017 and … Read more