European Members of the International Science Council (ISC) 6th Annual Meeting was held at the Montenegrin Academy of Sciences and Arts on 14–15 September 2023, Podgorica
Participants of the annual meeting in front of the building of the Montenegrian Academy of Sciences and Arts.
See more photos from the annual meeting here.
PROGRAMME pdf
PART I: Business Meeting, Thursday, 14 September 2023
| 15:00 | Registration and refreshments |
| Welcoming remarks, Meeting agenda, Minutes of the 2022 meeting | |
| 15:30 | Opening of the Annual Meeting: Welcoming address – Dragan K. Vukčević, President of the Montenegrin Academy of Sciences and Arts |
| 15:40 | Opening address by Euro-ISC chair & short overview of activities – Tarmo Soomere, President of the Estonian Academy of Sciences |
| An overview of current developments in ISC and foresight for European Members | |
| 16:00 | ISC: update on developments and challenges – Vivi Stavrou, ISC / Salvatore Aricò, ISC |
| 16:40 | Discussion panel: Topical issues of the ISC European Members (ISC/EM) and contribution to the global ISC Chair: Tarmo Soomere Panelists: Geoffrey Boulton, Anna Mauranen, Jürg Pfister, Giselinde Kuipers, Vivi Stavrou Topics: (a) identify those parts of the current ISC portfolio that resonate in current European settings; (b) discussion of specific tasks of the EMG – asks the question ‘what?’, would be about ’why?’; (c) whether the European Members could be the basis for an ISC focal point, analogous to other similar ones in different parts of the world (Item 2, Item 2a). |
| 17:40 | Issues for the Management group to carry forward – Tarmo Soomere |
| 17:50 | Science Day teaser: Science in the times of innovation – can we defend the investment in us? – Anna Mauranen |
| 19:00 | Gala dinner hosted by the Montenegrin Academy of Sciences and Arts |
PART II: Science Meeting, Friday, 15 September 2023
| 09:00 | Registration and refreshments |
| 09:30 | Opening – Introduction to the Science Day themes – Tarmo Soomere, President of the Estonian Academy of Sciences |
| 09:40 | Challenges for Science in Montenegro Speaker – Biljana Šćepanović, Minister of Science and Technological Development, Government of Montenegro |
| 10:00 | Track 1: Science and democracy Chair: Giselinde Kuipers, Professor of Sociology, KU Leuven, Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences |
| Speakers – Ellen Rutten, Professor of Slavonic literature and culture at the University of Amsterdam (online presentation) – Jeroen de Kloet, Professor of globalisation studies, University of Amsterdam – Ralph Weber, Associate Professor for European Global Studies, University of Basel | |
| 11:15 | Coffee break |
| 11:30 | Track 2: Science in transition Chair: Geoffrey Boulton, Regius Professor of Geology Emeritus in the University of Edinburgh |
| Speakers – Vladimir Crnojevic, Director of the BioSense Institute in Novi Sad, Professor in Computer Sciences at the University of Novi Sad: “Past, present and future of science, a personal view on evolution” – Luke Drury, Vice President of ALLEA, Royal Irish Academy: “Reforming publishing for a digital age – what can the Euro-ISC group do?” – Mila Popovich, Director General, Government of Montenegro; Founder, EVOLving Leadership: “Futures Literacy: Global Trends and Montenegro’s Possibilities” | |
| 13:00 | Lunch at the Montenegrin Academy Club |
| 14:00 | Track 3: What is happening on the continent? Chair: Jürg Pfister, Secretary General, Swiss Academy of Sciences (SCNAT) |
| Speakers – Agnieszka Gadzina-Kolodziejska, Deputy Head of the Science for democracy and evidence-informed policymaking Unit, the Joint Research Centre (JRC): “EU perspectives on evidence-informed policymaking in governance and public administrations” – Maarja Kruusmaa, European Commission’s Chief Scientific Advisor, Professor of Biorobotics, Tallinn University of Technology, Center for Biorobotics: “From risk management towards better uncertainty management: recommendations for the future” (online presentation) – Vivi Stavrou, Executive Secretary of the ISC Committee for Freedom and Responsibility in Science: “Science in Times of Crisis: experiences and lessons from the ISC” | |
| 15:15 | Coffee break |
| 15:45 | Track 4: Science and diplomacy Chair: Anna Mauranen, Professor of English, University of Helsinki |
| Speaker – Jan Marco Müller, Coordinator for Science Diplomacy and Multilateral Relations, DG Research & Innovation: “A framework for European science diplomacy – and why it matters for science academies and learned societies” (online presentation) | |
| 16:30 | Closing remarks – Tarmo Soomere |