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15th Annual Conference The Academia’s Letter from New members to 2003 at Graz future plans the President Academia Europaea page 2 page 8 page 12 page 21 Academia Europaea ~19 88~ TheTNewsletter of Academiaree Europaea • Issue 19 • March 2004 16th Annual Conference University of Helsinki, 2-4 September 2004 “Europe in Change” and give short papers to the assembly. We Session 3: will once again welcome newly elected The 2004 annual conference of the 1 Social and economic change and health members of the Academia. Academia Europaea, will bring together in Europe East and West. Michael eminent researchers from across all This year we will also have two “invited Marmot (London) disciplines. The meeting will encourage in papers” sessions, one on each day of the 1 Society and well-being Richard Layard open discussion of a range of key factors conference. (London) that have conspired together to shape the 1 Child development in Europe Michael Europe of today and may well contribute Main programme speakers Rutter (London) towards the Europe of tomorrow. include: 1 Psychological change through the life “Europe in Change” emphasises a fact of course. Paul Baltes (Berlin) our European heritage – that ‘Europe’ is Session1: Session 4: constantly evolving and in flux. Aspects 1 Glacial and interglacial climate 1 of change will be presented through four From analogue to digital – convergence variability: How do they compare? What multidisciplinary sessions: and divergence.Yrjö Neuvo (Helsinki) are the implications for the future? Jean- 1 Market driven energy supply with 1: The Shaping of Europe Claude Duplessy (Gif-sur-Yvette) growing shares of nuclear energy and 2: Turning points in European Culture 1 Patterns in biodiversity: past, present, and biomass Pekka Pirilä (Helsinki) 3: Is there a common European Society? future. Ilkka Hanski (Helsinki) 1 The architecture of complexity: From 4: Building a Europe of Networks 1 European populations and post genome the topology of the WWW to the Speakers will be drawn from the natural era. Leena Palotie (Helsinki) cell’s genetic networks. Albert-László and social sciences, the humanities and 1 Geological history of the Continent. K. Barabási (Notre Dame) the world of letters. Ziegler 1 Complex technologies, complex The conference will be the stage for the Session 2: societies: How can complexity science award of the 2004 Erasmus medal of the 1 The emergence of justification in ethics. help? Neil F. Johnson (Oxford) Academy and the Erasmus lecture for Dagfinn Føllesdal (Oslo) All members will receive a specific 2004. The Academia will also award up 1 On long term change in the dominance mailing with full details for the meeting. to ten Burgen Scholarships, to young relations of European languages. Jan Finnish scholars who have shown Programme and registration forms will outstanding potential as researchers. Svartvik (Lund) also be posted onto the website (www. 1 These scholarships are awarded on the On literature. (Speaker to be confirmed) acadeuro.org). Local coordinator: Prof. recommendation of Finnish members of 1 Constellations in the European musical Heikki Solin PLEASE REGISTER AS the Academy and enable these younger firmament around 1600. Ulrich SOON AS POSSIBLE TO GUARANTEE researchers to participate in the meeting Konrad (Würzburg) YOUR ACCOMMODATION. 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As has become a tradition, the opening University of Music and Dramatic Arts Graz, venue for the concert ceremony speeches were given by our President – Jürgen Mittelstrass (the Bauer. His efforts and those of the local Reproduction: Ready for Divorce?” full text is on our website); Professor team made the event a memorable one. Professor Djerassi took the opportunity S. Höllinger, representing the Federal to address elements of his talk to our The highlights of the opening, included Ministry of Education, Research and youngest ever participant – a very recently the presentation of the annual Burgen Culture; the Rector of the University born daughter of one of the Burgen Scholars awards to outstanding Austrian (Lothar Zechlin), the Vice-President of the Scholars! I am sure her smiles were ones post-doctoral scholars, who this year also Austrian Academy (Peter Schuster) and, of genuine appreciation. received a book prize kindly provided by The Mayor of the City (Siegfried Nagl). the Cambridge University Press. Their Abstracts of all of the presentations can be The Academia wishes to record our mini-presentations were followed by a found on the Academia website, alongside grateful thanks to these sponsors and powerful ERASMUS lecture, given this programme information, participants also to the Heinz-Nixdorf Foundation, year by the award winning Chemist, lists and other related information. The Novartis and Austrian Airlines. We give Industrialist and author and playwright 2003 Erasmus lecture and some of the our special thanks to the local organiser Professor Carl Djerassi (Stanford). presentations will be published in future and member of the Academia, Siegfried The Title of his lecture was “Sex & issues of the European Review. The dinner The conference banquet at the Minoritensaal Academia Europaea March 2004 3 Speakers included: Human Genetics and Social Developments Chair: Hans Tuppy (Graz) 1 Humans versus Chimpanzees: the hiatus between molecular and morphological differences Robert D. Martin (Field Museum, Chicago) 1 Human evolution and the history of genes and traits Peter Oefner (Stanford) 1 Neurobiological bases of animal and human behaviour Gerald Wolf (Magdeburg) 1 Sir Michael Rutter (London) Culture and Belief – The Essential Human? Vice President Ian Butterworth Arnold Burgen and Fred Lembecks making his farewell speech Chair: Karl Acham (Graz) 1 Cultural memory and the role of literature Renate Lachmann (Konstanz) 1 Culture and diversity Anil Bhatti (New Delhi) 1 Human nature without a soul? Malcolm Jeeves (St Andrews) 1 The mirror-neuron system and its role in language evolution G. Rizzolatti (Italy) 1 Music – the aural language Rudolf Flotzinger (Graz) Cognition Chair: Michael Rutter (London) 1 Ageing versus the vigour of youth-where is the prize? G. Wick (Innsbruck) 1 Determinism and freedom: The prpblems now Ted Honderich (London) Peter Day (Hon Treasurer) giving Prof Barbara Kellner-Heinkele and 1 Reality and the human observer H. the citation for Carl Djerassi Dr Swinnerton-Dyer Rauch (Vienna) An important part of any annual Staterooms of the Graz Burg, given by 1 Evolution of co-operation and meeting are the social events. This year the provincial Governor. The conference communication M. Novak (Harvard) participants and partners, were treated ended in traditional style, with a banquet Man – Earth – Cosmos to an excellent concert in the former kindly given by the Mayor of the palace (Meran) of Archduke John city, in the elegant „Minoritensaal“. It Chair: Sierd Cloetingh (Amsterdam) (1782 – 1859). The Graz University was at this point that we said farewell 1 Striking the balance: Economics and of Music provided the performers to our long-time Vice-President Ian Environment Agnar Sandmo (Bergen) and a programme that included works Butterworth, who received a (now) 1 Planet Earth: our ‚oasis in space’ Siegfried by Franz Schubert; J. S. Bach; Ernst traditional parting gift of an antique map J. Bauer (Graz) Krenek; Hugo Wolf and Isang Yun. of Europe – a token of gratitude for his 1 Man’s cosmic cradle Sir Martin Rees This was followed by a reception in the strong and active support over the years. (Cambridge) This year and for the first time – the Earth Sciences Section organised a post- conference geological excursion, to investigate in detail the unique geology of the Styrian Basin. Sierd Cloetingh (Section chair) and the Council wish to thank Franz Neubauer and Ana-Voica Bojar of the Universities of Salzburg and Graz, for their hospitality and organisation of this event. Concert in the Palais Meran Executive Secretary March