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The Next Horizon of Technology Assessment
12 Mar 2015
The PACITA network, a network of TA institutions from across Europe, held its second European TA conference under the motto "The Next Horizon of Technology Assessment", aiming at taking stock of and supporting exchange on TA capacities available in Europe. The conference brought together for three days in Berlin a broad and diverse range of TA experts and others interested in critically reflecting the role of technology in society. They shared knowledge and experiences with various practices of technology assessment such as cross-disciplinary expert studies, stakeholder involvement, citizen consultation and parliamentary discourse, stimulating mutual learning of TA practitioners and researchers. The conference was organized by Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (ITAS/KIT) and the Technology Centre of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic. More about project – http://berlinconference.pacitaproject.eu/
Work of Soňa Štrbáňová in Early Responses to the Periodic System
3 Mar 2015
Oxford University Press recently published the work of Soňa Štrbáňová from the Institute for Contemporary History of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic in the monograph Early Responses to the Periodic System. It is a comprehensive and timely reference. Oxford has generously arranged to make Early Responses to the Periodic System available to “friends and family” of the work at a special price for a limited time. You will receive 30% off the list price of $35.00! For more information or to take advantage of this exclusive discount, please visit https://global.oup.com/academic/help/ordering/?cc=cz&lang=en& and type promotion code: ASPROMP8 at check out.
New Vice Presidents and members of the ERC Scientific Council
17 Feb 2015
Following their election by the Scientific Council, Professors Sierd Cloetingh and Mart Saarma have been appointed new Vice Presidents of the European Research Council. This news was coupled with the European Commission's appointment today of three new members of the Scientific Council: Prof. Dame Janet Thornton, Prof. Fabio Zwirner and Head of the Department of Spintronics and Nanoelectronics Institute of Physics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic & Professor at School of Physics and Astronomy University of Nottingham Prof. Tomáš Jungwirth.
The Academy of Sciences celebrates its 125th Anniversary
8 Jan 2015
On January 23, 2015, The Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic celebrates 125th Anniversary of establishment of Emperor Franz Josef’s Czech Academy for Sciences, Literature and the Arts – its own ancestor that became in 1952 together with other scientific institutes the pedestal for Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences.
Je suis Charlie
7 Jan 2015
In the solidarity with other European states opposed to all terrorist attacks, the Czech Academy of Sciences expresses its condolences for the victims of the outrages in France January 2015.
Unique collection of wine has been put at 20 million Kč
31 Dec 2014
After the St Maurus reliquary, that is a national cultural monument and one of the greatest treasures of the Czech Republic, the Bečov castle takes pride in unique collection of 136 bottles of wine, cognac and Champagne that mostly originate from the 1890s. The value of old bottles that were uncovered together with the medieval St Maurus reliquary in the Bečov nad Teplou castle in 1985 has been put at 20 million Kč. Many bottles in collection have preserved labels therefore, it can be determined not only the origin but also the concrete wine grower who produced the wine and the dealer who sold it. Each bottle has a value of minimum 200,000 Kč and it is probably the most valuable find of wine in the Czech Republic. The treasure is kept in a special depository at the Bečov castle.
Monograph Villa Lanna in Prague available for foreign readers
10 Dec 2014
Villa Lanna in Prague is one of the architectural jewels of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic. Last year, the editorial staff of Academic bulletin prepared a Czech supplement for the Academy’s official magazine which recognized the importance of the villa by publishing detailed imagery of the interiors and scientific article devoted to its interesting history of the building and offered a private view into a life of one of the most renowned philanthropist of arts of the end of 19th century in the Austria-Hungary Empire.
Call for Applications SozialMarie 2015
19 Nov 2014
SozialMarie is the oldest prize for social innovation in Europe and honours since 2005 every year 15 outstanding projects in the field of social innovation. Beyond a financial recognition adding up to 54,000 Euros, SozialMarie primarily offers a public platform for projects that by means of new approaches provide innovative answers to societal challenges. The application period 2015 starts on Monday 10th of November 2014. Complete application form must be submitted online on SozialMarie’s website on 27th of January 2015 at 24:00 at the latest. More information http://www.sozialmarie.org/.
Poland to Join the European Southern Observatory
29 Oct 2014
The Polish Minister of Science and Higher Education Professor Lena Kolarska-Bobińska and ESO’s Director General Tim de Zeeuw signed an agreement (28 October 2014) that will lead to the country joining the European Southern Observatory (ESO) — the world’s most productive ground-based observatory. Since this agreement means accession to an international treaty, it must now be submitted to the Polish Parliament for ratification. The signing of the agreement followed its unanimous approval by the ESO Council during an extraordinary meeting on 8 October 2014.
New members for the International Selection Committee of the Millennium Technology Prize
24 Oct 2014
In its meeting on October 14, 2014, the Board of Technology Academy Finland decided to appoint two new members to the International Selection Committee of the Millennium Technology Prize. The new members are Professor Sir Peter Knight from Imperial College London, and Research Professor Merja Penttilä from Technical Research Centre of Finland VTT. The appointment of new members is made at the presentation of the Aalto University, the strategic partner of TAF with the Millennium Technology Prize.