ISC Europe Annual Meeting
Tirana, Albania
October 20-21, 2025
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PRELIMINARY AGENDA
| OCTOBER 20 | |
| 9:30–10:00 | Welcome Coffee |
| 10:00–13:00 | Session 1. OPEN SESSION |
| 10:00–10:20 | Opening words (Chaired by Acad Neki Frashëri) – Acad. Skender Gjinushi, President of the Academy of Sciences of Albania – Representative of Ministry of Education of Albania – Representative of National Agency for Scientific Research and Innovation – Representatives of Albanian universities – acad. Tarmo Soomere, chair of ISC Europe Group, Estonian Academy of Sciences |
| 10:20–11:45 | Presentations (Chaired by Tarmo Soomere) |
| Challenges for Science in the region. Acad. Ilirjan Malollari, Academy of Sciences of Albania; other speakers TBC | |
| The hidden contributions of Women in Science. Prof. İlkay Erdoğan-Orhan, Turkish Academy of Sciences | |
| Impact of science on Estonian economy. Acad. Tarmo Soomere, Estonian Academy of Sciences | |
| Mathematics as public good. Prof. Manuel de León Rodríguez, Royal Academy of Exact, Physical and Natural Sciences, Spain (remotely) | |
| 11:45–12:10 | COFFEE BREAK |
| 12:10–13:00 | Panel discussion „How to convert science as public good into driver of economy of small countries” (Moderated by Tarmo Soomere). PARTICIPANTS: Jūras Banys, President, Lithuanian Academy of Sciences; Zuzana Panczová, Vice President, Slovak Academy of Sciences; Muris Čičić, President, Academy of Sciences and Arts of Bosnia and Herzegovina; Svjetlana Terzic, Montenegrin Academy of Sciences and Arts; Representative of Academy of Sciences of Albania (TBS) |
| 13:00–14:00 | LUNCH |
| 14:00–17:30 | Session 2. SCIENCE MEETING. Scientific Freedom: the view from Europe |
| 14:00–15:20 | Introductory presentations (Chaired by Tarmo Soomere) |
| The history of science in Europe and scientific freedom. Simone Turchetti, President of the European Society for the History of Science | |
| The roles of disciplines in a healthy European research base. Anna Mauranen, University of Helsinki | |
| Science as a public good: a European view. Geoffrey Boulton, University of Edinburgh | |
| 15:20–15:45 | COFFEE BREAK |
| 15:45–16:45 | Round table discussion (Moderated by Jūras Banys) |
| Participants: Simone Turchetti, Anna Mauranen, Geoffrey Boulton, Manuel de Leon (remotely). | |
| 16:45–17:15 | General Discussion (Moderated by Geoffrey Boulton) |
| 17:15–17:30 | Summary of proposed actions |
| 18:30–21:30 | NETWORKING DINNER (in the city of Durres) |
| OCTOBER 21 | |
| 9:00–12:00 | Session 3. BUSINESS MEETING. Members only Chaired by Tarmo Soomere |
| 1. Approval of the minutes of the 2024 Annual Meeting 2. Report from the European ISC Members Management Group. Tarmo Soomere 3. Discussion of the document “Scientific freedom” 4. Feedback from European ISC Member Organisations 5. Presentation from ISC Secretariat. Vanessa McBride, ISC Science Director, Acting Head of the Centre for Science Futures 6. Future of the leadership of European ISC Members ▪ Expansion of the Management Group ▪ Determination of the location of Annual Meeting 2026 ▪ Elections of the new host country and the chair or ▪ Mandate to the Management Board to continue without host country | |
| 12:00–13:00 | LIGHT LUNCH |