Category: Past events

Fiskevelferd i bærekraftig havbruk

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Etter petroleumsprodukter er fisk og sjømat Norges viktigste eksportvare, og denne er i økende grad dominert av laks fra havbruk. Oppdrettsnæringen har betydelige utfordringer knyttet til fiskevelferd og for stor dødelighet i produksjonen. Kom og hør hvordan det står til med fiskevelferden i norsk havbruk, og hvordan forskning kan bedre den.

bilde av en laks

Foredrag
08.10.2024 – 16.30–18.00
Realfagbygget, Allegaten 41, Auditorium 2

 

Etter petroleumsprodukter er fisk og sjømat Norges viktigste eksportvare, og denne er i økende grad dominert av laks fra havbruk. Oppdrettsnæringen i Norge har betydelige utfordringer knyttet til fiskevelferd og for stor dødelighet i produksjonen.

Norges Tekniske Vitenskapsakademi (NTVA) har for tiden fokus på teknologier som kan forbedre bærekraften i samfunnet i en bred kontekst. I samarbeid med Academia Europaea, Tekna og Det matematisk-naturvitenskapelige fakultetet ved UiB arrangerer NTVA et møte om hvordan det står til tilstanden til med fiskevelferden i norsk havbruk og forskning for å forbedre den.

Fagsjef for strategi og utvikling Geir Magne Knutsen i Bremnes Seashore vil først beskrive næringens utfordringer. Deretter vil forsker Sofie Remø (Havforskningsinstituttet) og professor Sigurd Olav Handeland (Universitetet i Bergen) belyse ulike sider av hvordan forskning kan bidra til bedre fiskevelferd.

Til slutt blir det spørsmål fra salen og antatt en interessant og lærerik diskusjon.

Det blir lett servering utenfor auditoriet fra kl. 16.00.  

Møtet er åpent for alle, og starter 16.30 i Auditorium 2 i Realfagbygget (underetasjen), Allegaten 41.

Arrangører: NTVA, Tekna Bergen og Academia Europaea Bergen.

Fusion power – the ultimate source for clean energy

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Nuclear energy is, together with solar radiation, the only presently known energy resource which can supply humanity for an in practice indefinite time span. This Horizons lecture, on September 16th, will describe the fundamental principles behind nuclear fusion, current research activities, and technologies being developed to make fusion power a reality.

a fusion reaktor

Foto/ill.: Illustration: David Parker/Science Photo Library

 

The lecture (held in English)

Nuclear energy is, together with solar radiation, the only presently known energy resource which can supply humanity for an in practice indefinite timespan. Peaceful nuclear energy generation is now based on fission of heavy nuclei such as uranium. The other process generates energy by fusing light nuclei into larger ones (i.e. colliding hydrogen nuclei to become helium). Controlled energy production based on fusion has many advantages but has so far not been realized in spite of intense research for more than 60 years.

However, significant progress now happens based on two technologies: magnetic confinement and strong laser pulses. Professor Odd Erik Garcia will describe the international development within magnetic confinement fusion, a topic he has been leading research projects within during the past decades, now as Head of Aurora Centre for Non-linear Dynamics and Complex Systems Modelling (DYNAMO) at UiT The Arctic University of Norway.

The most promising approach involves the magnetic confinement of a superheated, ionized gas—composed of electrons and hydrogen nuclei—within a controlled environment. This presentation will provide an overview of the fundamental principles behind nuclear fusion, current research activities, and the cutting-edge technologies being developed to make fusion power a reality. It will also explore the progress and timelines of key projects, including the ITER facility in France and the SPARC device near Boston, USA, which is pioneering the use of high-temperature superconductors.

Practical information

  • When: Monday September 16th, 2024. Coffee and refreshments will be served from 15.45, and the lecture starts 16.15
  • Where: Egget, Studentsenteret (Parkveien 1).
  • For whom: The lecture is intended for a wider audience, will be held in English, and is part of the Horizons seminar series of the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences dedicated to big questions. Everyone is welcome!

About the lecturer
Professor Odd Erik Garcia works at UiT, where he is the leader of tha UiT Aurora Centre for Nonlinear Dynamics and Complex Systems Modeling (DYNAMO). He is also a visiting Scientist and Fulbright Scholar at MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center.

Organisers
This lecture is a joint event organised by the Horizon Lecture Committee at the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences and Academia Europaea Bergen Knowledge Hub, supported by Selskapet til vitenskapenes fremme.

Strengthening democracy in Europe: what can be done?

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Webinar: Tuesday 24th September 2pm CEST, 1pm UK, organized by the Academia Europaea Cardiff Knowledge Hub.

2024 is the Year of Democracy, when more than 2 billion people go to the polls.

Every European has a deep stake in the policies that shape our lives, from tackling global crises like climate change, to local issues like the state of our schools and hospitals. Yet, many citizens feel disillusioned and disengaged from politics; some vote for populist parties and many do not bother to vote at all.

What are the main challenges facing democracy in Europe, and what can be done? What impact will new digital technologies like social media and AI have on the future evolution and health of democratic systems?

How can we promote the public sphere and public participation in our democracies? What is the state of the relationship between experts, policymakers and the public, and how can we strengthen this nexus?

Join us for this timely debate, which coincides with recent major reports on the state of democracy by the European Group on Ethics and the Joint Research Centre. It is free and open to all.

 

Confirmed panellists 

  • Barbara Prainsack MAE, Professor for Comparative Policy Analysis, University of Vienna and Chair of the European Group on Ethics in Science and New Technologies
  • Cathrine Holst, Professor in Philosophy of Science and Democracy, University of Oslo
  • Dr Mario Scharfbillig, Unit for Science for Democracy and Evidence-Informed Policymaking, Joint Research Centre (JRC), European Commission
  • Nils-Eric Sahlin MAE, Professor and Chair of Medical Ethics, Lund University and Vice-Chair of the European Group on Ethics in Science and New Technologies

The webinar will be chaired by Professor Ole Petersen MAE, Academic Director of the Academia Europaea Cardiff Knowledge Hub.

About the European Group on Ethics (EGE)

Founded in 1991, the European Group on Ethics (EGE) is an independent advisory body of the President of the European Commission. The EGE provides the Commission with high quality, independent advice on all aspects of EU legislation and policies, where ethical, societal and fundamental rights issues intersect with the development of science and new technologies. In 2023, it published an Opinion on Democracy in a digital age and in 2024 issued a Statement on Defending democracy in Europe.

About the Joint Research Centre

The Joint Research Centre is the European Commission’s science and knowledge service. Its recent work includes the report, Trustworthy public communications (2024), of which Mario Scharfbillig was joint author.

Registration

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Rosendalsveko

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Årets Rosendalsveko finner sted 5. – 6. august 2024:

Måndag 5. august:

  • Velkomst ved Vegard Bjørnevik (ordførar i Kvinnherad) Thea Vaage (styreleiar Folgefonnsenteret), Nils Gunnar Kvamstø (direktør Havforskingsinstituttet) og Margareth Hagen (rektor UiB)
  • Klima og natur i ei turbulent verd. Panelsamtale moderert av Frøy Gudbrandsen (VG)
  • Klima og ekstremvér. Innlegg frå forskarar ved UiB/Bjerknessenteret
  • Lunsj
  • Klimarisiko og naturbaserte løysingar. Fagleg innleiing av Siri Haugum (Lyngheisenteret) og Brigt Samdal (NVE), med påfølgende panelsamtale med Hans Inge Myrvold (SP), Une Bastholm (MDG), Terje Halleland (FRP) og Linda Merkesdal (AP).
  • Ekstremvér og beredskap. Fagleg innlegg ved Carlo Aall (Vestforsk) og panelsamtale moderert av Endre Iversen (Norge/Climatefutures)
  • Uteaktivitetar
  • Middag på Baroniet Rosendal

Tysdag 6. august

  • Korleis står det til med fjordane våre? Faglege innlegg (HI) og panelsamtale med Kjell Kvingedal (miljødirektør Statsforvaltaren), Sylvia Frantzen (HI) og Sondre Eide (Eide fjordbruk) moderert av Mari Myksvoll (HI/Bjerknes)
  • Vestlandet som foregangsregion for berekraftig havnæring. Innlegg av Bård Sandal (VFK) og Aslak Sverdrup (Innovasjon Norge) med påfølgande panelsamtale.
  • Vestlandske vegval – korleis lagar vi eit robust og berekraftig samfunn? Innlegg frå forskarar ved UiB/CET, paneldebatt og spørsmål frå salen
  • Lunsj
  • Framtidas turisme i Hardangerregionen. Innleiing om Berekraftig reiseliv ved Anna Maria Urbaniak-Brekke og Carlo Aall (Vestforsk) og deretter korte innlegg frå lokale aktørar og påfølgande panelsamtale med Peter Haugan (HI) Vegard Bjørnevik (ordførar Kvinnherad) og Timo Knock (ordførar Eidfjord).

Mer informasjon på Folgefonnsenterets nettsider. 

ERC StG Mentoring Event

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Save the date for the 4th ERC StG online mentoring event of YAE and AE Budapest Hub coming on June 3

AE Budapest Hub to co-organise an ERC StG Mentoring Event with YAE

On the 3rd of June 2024, between 14:00-16:00 hrs (CET), the Young Academy of Europe (YAE) in collaboration with the Academia Europaea (AE) Budapest Knowledge Hub will host an online event on Zoom for researchers from all around the world who would be interested in applying to the next round of the European Research Council’s (ERC) Starting Grant (StG). One of the main missions of this event series is to promote widening participation to researchers from EU13 and Associated Countries.

The online event will include two parts. First, a plenary information session with welcoming words from Prof. László Lovász (ERC Scientific Council member), Péter Hegyi (Academic Director, Academia Europaea Budapest Knowledge Hub) and Katalin Solymosi (Chair, Young Academy of Europe), followed by a presentation by Maria Leptin (President of ERC) about the why and what of the ERC’s recent changes to the evaluation of research proposals, and a talk by Angela Liberatore (Head of the Scientific Management Department at ERC Executive Agency) about the implementation of the recently introduced changes in the grant evaluation procedures. The presentations will be followed by a Q&A to be moderated by Scott Bremer (Vice-Chair, Young Academy of Europe).

The second part of the event will include three parallel sessions by domain, each featuring current YAE members who have recently secured an ERC StG and who will share their pieces of advice about grant proposal writing and oral interview preparation with the audience of the domain-specific break-out rooms: Physical Sciences & Engineering (PE), Life Sciences (LS), and Social Sciences & Humanities (SH).

Plenary part:

14:00-14:10 Opening – László Lovász (ERC Scientific Council Member)

  • Péter Hegyi (Academic Director, AE Budapest Hub)
  • Katalin Solymosi (Chair, YAE)

14:10-14:25 Maria Leptin (President, ERC): The why and what of the ERC’s recent changes to the evaluation of research proposals

14:25-14:35 Q & A

14:35-14:50 Angela Liberatore (Head of the Scientific Management Department at ERCEA): Implementing the novelties in ERC evaluations

14:50-15:00 Q & A

Moderator: Scott Bremer (YAE, Vice-Chair)

 

Second part of the event, with 3 different, parallel break-out sessions dedicated to the three domains:

15:00-16:00 Domain PE – Nicoló Maccaferri (physicist, material scientist, FYAE), Péter Nagy (chemist) and Manuel Souto Salom (chemist, FYAE), Moderator: Linn Leppert (theoretical physicist, YAE treasurer)

15:00-16:00 Domain LS – Gautam Dey (biologist, FYAE) and Zohreh Hosseinzadeh (biologist, FYAE), Moderator: Philippa Warren (biologist, YAE Membership Chair)

15:00-16:00 Domain SH – Jihan Zakarriya (literature scholar, FYAE) and Ágoston Berecz (historian), Moderator: Mona Simion (philosopher, YAE Recruitment Chair)

Registration is available here, and further information will soon be available on YAE’s website here. Zoom-link will be shared with registered users.

Details, documents and recordings of the previous YAE ERC StG Mentoring Events are available here.

Shaping careers in the digital era

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On the 30th of May 2024, between 15:00-16:30, the Young Academy of Europe (YAE) along with Science Advice for Policy by European Academies (SAPEA) is organizing a webinar about the impact of AI on academic careers and education, specifically focusing on its potential impact on work environments and jobs in academia. The event will feature Moniek Tromp (YAE, Outgoing Chair) as moderator and Gábor Kismihók (FYAE) as speaker, along with two other speakers, Anna Fabijańska and Mike Teodorescu.

The discussions will be inspired by a recent advice issued by the Scientific Advice Mechanism to the European Commission on the request of the College of Commissioners. The evidence review report and the Scientific Opinion reports responded to the question on: ‘Successful and timely uptake of artificial intelligence in science in the EU’ and were published on 15th of April, 2024. For this report, Cristina Blanco Sió-López (FYAE) acted as peer reviewer, and Gábor Kismihók (FYAE) was involved in the evidence-gathering workshops preparing the SAPEA-SAM evidence review report about AI. The report has been handed over to Commissioner Iliana Ivanova by Nicole Grobert (former YAE Chair, Chair of the Group of Chief Scientific Advisors to the European Commission).

Register at the SAM website 

AI and academic publishing: What does the future hold for authors, readers and publishers?

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13th May | 4:00 to 5:00pm CEST (3:00 to 4:00pm UK time) | Zoom

AI promises to revolutionise the world of academic publishing – but how, exactly? Will AI usher in a new era of creativity and innovation in academic writing and publishing? Or does it threaten to bring the whole publishing process crashing down, beneath the burden of untrustworthy science, misinformation and plagiarism? Does AI pose a risk to the scholarly publishing sector, or make some players more powerful than ever?

Join our interactive webinar, where we will analyse what the AI revolution means for you, as authors, editors, reviewers, readers and publishers. We will also consider possible responses from policymakers, following a recent report and policy recommendations to the European Commission.

Panellists

Our distinguished panel of speakers includes:

  • Professor Nicole Grobert, Chair of the Group of Chief Scientific Advisors, Scientific Opinion on Successful and timely uptake of AI in science in the EU
  • Professor Paul Groth, Professor of Informatics, University of Amsterdam, Member of the SAPEA Working Group on Successful and timely update of AI in science in the EU
  • Professor Alberto Melloni, Member of the Group of Chief Scientific Advisors, Scientific Opinion on Successful and timely uptake of AI in science in the EU
  • Dr Anita de Waard, Vice-President Research Collaborations, Elsevier
  • Kiera McNeice, Research Data Manager, Cambridge University PressThe event will be chaired by Professor Ole Petersen, Director of the Academia Europaea Cardiff Knowledge Hub. It is free and open to all.

The webinar is organised by the Academia Europaea Cardiff Knowledge Hub as part of the Scientific Advice Mechanism to the European Commission.

Registration on the Academia Europaea Cardiff website

The Arctic Circle Berlin Forum

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At the Arctic Circle Berlin Forum, Academia Europaea Bergen Hub will be organizing a panel session in connection with our “Rethinking Arctic Collaboration” project. Keynotes and discussion will take place on May 8th, 11:30– 12:30. 

Speakers on our session “Arctic Scientific Cooperation in flux: Consequences and solutions”:

● Ole Øvretveit, Manager of Arctic Science Diplomacy Project, Academia Europaea, Norway

● Matthias Kaiser, Professor in Science for Policy, International Science Council Fellow

● Eystein Jansen, Vice President, European Research Council

● Clara Ganslandt, Special Envoy for Arctic Matters, European External Action Service

● Melody B. Burkins, Director, Institute of Arctic Studies, Dartmouth, United States

MODERATOR:

● Volker Rachold, Head, German Arctic Office, Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Germany

Trenger vi alternative pengesystemer?

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Pengesystemene er kritisk infrastruktur i samfunnet. Hva koster det å drive dem? Og er det fornuftig med tanke på fremtidig samfunnssikkerhet å holde oss med ett eller flere alternative pengesystemer? Svein Ølnes og Arne Krokan innleder til debatt i dette møtet i seminarserien fra NTVA, Tekna og AE-Bergen Hub.

Møtet 12. mars er åpent for alle, og starter 16.30 i Auditorium 2 i Realfagbygget, Allegaten 41.

Mer informasjon på UiBs nettsider. 

Naturkrise mot klimakrise? Avveininger innen bærekraft

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Å forstå det store bildet av bærekraft er en utfordrende oppgave. Mens løsninger på mange problemer virker åpenbare når de undersøkes isolert, innser vi med nærmere undersøkelse at det er spenninger mellom ulike bærekraftsmål.
Professor Katja Enberg og professor Øyvind Fiksen, visedekan for UiBs havsatsing innleder til debatt på møtet i NTVA, Tekna og Academia Europaea Bergens seminarserie 9. april kl.16.30 i Auditorium 2 i Realfagbygget, Allegaten 41.
Mer informasjon på UiBs nettsider.