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The Hub holds its third Steering Group Meeting

On 14^th January, the Cardiff Hub held its annual Steering Group meeting in the Glamorgan Building at Cardiff University.

Professor John Skehel MAE chaired the meeting which was attended by Professor Yves-Alain Barde MAE, Professor Theo D’Haen MAE, Professor Dianne Edwards MAE, Professor Genoveva Marti MAE, Professor Ole Petersen MAE and Professor John V. Tucker MAE. Assistant Professor Mangala Srivinas FYAE, Chair of the Young Academy of Europe, was invited as a guest.

Members of the Cardiff Hub Steering Group with guest Mangala Srivinas, Chair of the Young Academy of Europe (front middle)

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AE’s 30th Annual Conference takes place in Barcelona

Over 100 members of Academia Europaea travelled from far and wide to attend Academia Europaea’s 30^th Annual Conference, Building Bridges, in Barcelona which took place on 29^th November 2018. The event was held at the atmospheric Institut d’Estudis Catalans (IEC), home to the Barcelona Knowledge Hub.

Vice-President Ole Petersen presenting on SAPEA at the AGM with President Sierd Cloetingh in the chair

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Download our 30th anniversary commemorative brochure

Our 30th anniversary commemorative brochure is now available to download. Learn all about our fascinating history and how we have grown into the academy we are today. The brochure also includes a photo gallery of our anniversary celebrations at the Royal Society in September.

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An interview with Professor Christopher Smith MAE

As part of our interview series with members of Academia Europaea, Professor Christopher Smith, Professor of Ancient History at the University of St Andrews, kindly shares his professional experiences, insights into his research and tells us more about Sovereignty: a global perspective which is taking place in April 2019.

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Academia Europaea Cardiff Knowledge Hub hosts Asthma UK meeting

On 6^th November, the Academia Europaea Cardiff Knowledge Hub hosted an Asthma UK meeting, Curing and Preventing asthma; where do we go next? The meeting, held at the Hadyn Ellis Building, Cardiff University, was chaired by Academia Europaea member and Founder Chair of the Clinical & Veterinary Section of Academia Europaea, Professor Stephen Holgate CBE MAE.

Dr Samantha Walker, Professor Ole Petersen CBE FRS MAE, Professor Sven-Erik Dahlén MAE and Professor Stephen Holgate CBE MAE

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Food from the Oceans at the Swansea Science Festival 2018

The Cardiff Hub was delighted to be at the Swansea Science Festival 2018 on 3-4 November to promote the Food from the Oceans SAPEA report’s key messages. Louise Edwards, Cardiff Hub Manager, was at the event to support two exhibitions within the Aqua Sphere. We collaborated with Dr Ruth Callaway’s Marine Explorers activities on “Protecting our oceans and combatting climate change!” and with Dr Sara Barrento on the SMARTAQUA stand, “The sea is our Fishmonger”.

Food from the oceans materials and colouring space at the “Protecting our oceans and combatting climate change!” exhibition

Food from the oceans materials at “The sea is our Fishmonger” exhibition

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Science for policy: a European perspective post-event report now available

Our latest expert panel debate, Science for policy: a European perspective, took place at Swansea University on 4^th September. The post-event report is now available.

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Cardiff and Bergen Hubs strengthen cultural ties: Prisoner of War exhibition in Cardiff Bay

The Cardiff Hub was delighted to be one of the invited guests to the opening of a new art exhibition at the Norwegian Church in Cardiff Bay. Prisoner of War is the work of Bergen artist Bodil Friele and draws on wartime experiences of her father, recorded in his notebooks and poems. He was in a Halifax bomber plane shot down near Hamburg in 1943 and spent the rest of the war in a Nazi POW camp.

Norwegian artist Bodil Friele presents her work

Professor Ole Petersen highlights the deep links between Cardiff and Bergen

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Academia Europaea Vice-President at the Armenian National Academy’s 75th Anniversary

Armenia’s National Academy of Science, now officially named the National Academy of Sciences Republic of Armenia (NASRA), was established in 1943 and celebrated its 75^th Anniversary on 17^th and 18^th October.

Panel discussion with the Armenian Prime Minister. From left to right: Graham Caie (Vice-President of ALLEA), Ole Petersen (Vice-President of AE), Tadej Bajd (President of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts), Chunli Bai (President of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Foreign Member of AE), Radik Martirosyan (President of NASRA) and Nikol Pashinyan (Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia) (Image courtesy of the Press Office of the Armenian Government)

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Academia Europaea celebrates its 30th Anniversary at the Royal Society

On Monday 24^th September, more than 80 members of Academia Europaea (MAEs) gathered at the Royal Society in London to mark the Academia Europaea’s 30^th anniversary.

Members of Academia Europaea at the Royal Society

Networking over coffee — Academia Europaea Anniversary EventThe Royal Society

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