Transcript Diapositive 1 - European Academy of Sciences

Université de Liège
place du 20-Août, 7
4000 Liège Belgium
October 24th, 25th, 26th 2012
The Presidium
has the pleasure to invite you to
the General Assembly, the Symposium and the Ceremony of
Awards 2012
of the
European Academy of Sciences
ATELIERS
with the support of
FRANCOIS S.A.
Symposium:
“The future of science in the 21th century: Sustainability”
October 25th, University of Liège
Salle des Professeurs
Morning Session
Provisional Program
“Technologies that will power civilization”
Prof. Avner Friedman
Distinguished University Professor at The Ohio State University
National Academy of Sciences (USA)
Abstract :
By “sustainability” we mean the need to meet the needs of the present and future generations,
while preserving the planet’s life support system. To meet this challenge we must develop
efficient ways to produce renewable energy, ensure protection against diseases, and maintain
healthy environmental standards.
In this talk I will give some examples where the mathematical sciences can contribute to the
development of technologies that address the above challenges. Examples will include an
approach to exploit solar energy using voltaic cells, models which would increase understanding
how to protect against diseases, and ways and means to address pollution in ground water and
air.
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Morning Session
Provisional Program
“Nano: Chance or Curse of Current Century?”
Prof. Jerzy Leszczynsky
President’s Distinguished Fellow at Jackson State University, Jackson, MS, USA.
US Presidential Mentor award, 2007.
Marie Curie-Sklodowska medal, 2007.
Presidential Distinguished Scholar Award, Jackson State University, 2001.
White House Millennium HBCU Award for Science and Technology, 2001.
Abstract :
Nanotechnology has emerged at the forefront of science and technology developments. This is due to the fact
that nanoparticles (NPs) have a wide range of applications in different aspects of human life. The list of
consumer goods developed in the nano-field is constantly increasing. Approximately 1015 different products
containing nanomaterials were marketed in 2009.
However, there is also the other, disturbing side, of fast advances in nanotechnology. Therefore, it is a crucial
role of scientists to uncover potential side effects of nanoparticles, inform the public, and provide solutions to
the possible problems. The truth is that due to unique properties of NPs they could be harmful to the
environment and humans. The pharmaco-kinetic studies show that different types of nanoparticles can be
found in various cells such as mitochondria, lipid vesicles, fibroblasts, nucleus, or macrophages.
There is a necessity to develop alternative methods, easy to use, fast, and efficient, to the present techniques that
are used to study different properties of nanomaterials, including their toxicity. Computational chemistry
provides diverse tools that could evaluate molecular interactions among various species including nanoparticles
and models of different biological species, and predict their properties and biological activities.
The talk will be devoted to discussion of new challenges that nanomaterials create for the society. A part of the
lecture will cover development of novel computational approaches, appropriate for evaluation of properties and
activities of nanostructures. The obtained results could be used as a first step in developing mechanisms that
explain complex interactions of nanomaterials with biomolecules.
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Afternoon Session
Provisional Program
“Nano: Solutions for Securing Supplies of Raw Materials”
Dr. Eric Gaffet
Senior Scientist CNRS
Deputy Director, Institut Jean Lamour
UMR 7198 CNRS – Université de Lorraine, France
Abstract :
The creation of new materials designed for sustainable development, for new technologies and for new sources
of energy, is largely dependant on rare chemical elements, which were until now produced in small amounts. The
question of the availability and/or substitution of those materials is then critical for the future.
Several ways of designing new materials are currently in development. The first is to make new products that use
the same metal but in smaller amounts, such as new catalysts that contain less platinum. A second option is to
replace a rare or risky metal by another more common or less risky metal. For example, considerable efforts are
being made to develop new magnets to replace neodymium based ones (neodymium is one of the Rare Earth
Elements). A third way to make new products is to replace metal-based materials with carbon-based or bio
sourced materials.
Amongst new materials being considered, the talk will be devoted to discussion on one of the most promising
family, i.e. the so-called nano-structured materials, which display outstanding properties, which are still not
entirely understood. The full lifecycle assessment taking into account the nanorisks and the new approach so –
called “safer by design/process” will be also addressed
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Ceremony of Awards 2012
October 26th, University of Liège
Salle Académique
Place du XX-août
Liège
Welcome addresses by the Rector of the University of Liege and the
President of the European Academy of Sciences
Lectures of the Blaise Pascal Medallists 2012
Presentation of the Kepler Prize 2012 winners
Ceremony of Awards
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EURASC BLAISE PASCAL MEDALS 2012
Presentation
Blaise Pascal Medals 2012 in Mathematics
Professor Franco Brezzi
• Professor of Numerical Analysis at the IUSS (Istituto Universitario di Sutdi Superiori) of Pavia
• Coordinator of the IUSS Ph.D. Program
• President of the UMI (Italian Mathematical Union)
• Director of the Istituto di Matematica Applicata e Tecnologie Informatiche (IMATI) of CNR
(Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche)
•Vice-President of the European Mathematical Society.
•Abstract:
« Mathematics and Scientific Computing »
The talk is dedicated to people that are not specialists in Scientific
Computing, and are not much expert of applications of Mathematics either.
The basic steps in Scientific Computing (Modelling, Discretization,
Computation, Comparison with experiments, and possibly cycling on the
above) will be reviewed, in a very non-specialized way. Some hints on
possible pitfalls will be given, on simple toy-problems, together with some
general idea on physical stability, numerical stability, and excess of
numerical stability.
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EURASC BLAISE PASCAL MEDALS 2012
Presentation
Blaise Pascal Medals 2012 in Biomedical Engineering
Professor Mauro Ferrari
• President and CEO and Ernest Cokrell Jr. Distinguished Endowed Chair of the Methodist
Hospital Research Institute
• Professor of Experimental Therapeutics, University of Texas M.D Anderson Cancer Center
• Professor of Bioengineering, Rice University
• President of the Alliance for NanoHealth in Houston
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EURASC BLAISE PASCAL MEDALS 2012
Presentation
Blaise Pascal Medals 2012 in Materials Science
Professor Hans-Joachim Freund
• Director and Scientific Member of the Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft,
Berlin
Abstract : “Thin Films as model materials in catalysis: A perspective at the atomic level”
O u r u n d erstan d in g o f catalysis, an d in p articu lar h etero g en eo u s catalysis, is to a larg e ex ten d b ased o n th e in v estig atio n o f
m o d el system s. T h e en o rm o u s su ccess o f m etal sin g le crystal m o d el su rface ch em istry, p io n eered b y p h ysical ch em ists, is an
o u tstan d in g ex am p le. In creasin g th e co m p lex ity o f th e m o d els to w ard s su p p o rted n an o p articles, resem b lin g a real d isp erse
m etal catalyst, allo w s o n e to catch in th e m o d el so m e o f th e im p o rtan t asp ects th at can n o t b e co v ered b y sin g le crystals
alo n e. O n e o f th e m o re im p o rtan t asp ects is th e su p p o rt p article in terface. W e h av e d ev elo p ed strateg ies to p rep are su ch
m o d el system s b ased o n sin g le crystallin e o x id e film s w h ich are u sed as su p p o rts fo r m etal an d o x id e n an o p articles, w h ich
m ay b e stu d ied at th e ato m ic lev el u sin g th e to o ls d ev elo p ed in su rface scien ce.
H o w ev er, th o se o x id e film s m ay also serv e as reactio n p artn ers th em selv es, as th ey are m o d els fo r S M S I states o f m etal
catalyst. U sin g su ch m o d el system s w e are ab le to stu d y a n u m b er o f fu n d am en tal q u estio n s o f p o ten tial in terest, su ch as
reactiv ity as a fu n ctio n o f p article siz e an d stru ctu re, in flu en ce o f su p p o rt m o d ificatio n , as w ell as o f th e en v iro n m en t, i.e.
u ltrav acu u m o r am b ien t co n d itio n s, o n to reactiv ity. W e h av e in v estig ated a p articu lar class o f th in film s th at are b ased o n
silico n o x id es. V ery w ell o rd ered film s o f d ifferen t sto ich io m etries h av e b een p rep ared at im ag ed w ith ato m ic reso lu tio n ,
in clu d in g o rd ered an d d iso rd ered (g lassy) system s w h ich , fo r th e first tim e, allo w u s to g et ato m ic in sig h t in to th e crystal g lass tran sitio n . T h o se silica film s can also b e ch em ically m o d ified b y su b stitu tin g S i b y A l th u s creatin g alu m o -slicates
w h ich h av e p ro p erties clo sely resem b lin g z eo lites. T h is o p en s an av en u e fo r su rface scien ce to co n trib u te to o u r
u n d erstan d in g o f th is im p o rtan t class o f m aterials.
T h e p resen tatio n w ill co v er a n u m b er o f case stu d ies an d ad d resses th e q u estio n : W h at h as b een learn ed fo r catalysis?!
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EURASC BLAISE PASCAL MEDALS 2012
Presentation
Blaise Pascal Medals 2012 in Physics
Professor Charles Joachain
• Chairman of the European Science Foundation research programme "Super-intense lasermatter interactions«
•Professeur ordinaire émérite, Université Libre de Bruxelles
• Professeur honoraire, Université Catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve
• Membre de l'Académie royale de Belgique
Abstract :
« Atoms in intense laser fields »
The development of lasers capable of producing high-intensity pulses has opened a new area in
the study of light-matter interactions. The corresponding laser fields are strong enough to
compete with the Coulomb forces in controlling the dynamics of atomic systems, and give rise
to new phenomena. In the first part of this lecture, a survey will be given of the basic properties
found in the study of multiphoton processes. These include the multiphoton ionization of
atoms, the emission by atomic systems of high-order harmonics of the driving laser field, the
generation of ultra-short laser pulses in the attosecond range and their use in attophysics, and
laser-assisted electron-atom collisions. In the second part of this talk, the main non-perturbative
methods which have been used to perform theoretical calculations of multiphoton processes
will be reviewed.
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EURASC BLAISE PASCAL MEDALS 2012
Presentation
Blaise Pascal Medals 2012 in Medicine
Professor Steven Laureys
• Senior Research Associate (tenure) at the Belgian National Fund for Scientific Research
(FNRS)
• Head of the Coma Science Group, Cyclotron Research Center, and Head of Clinics,
Neurology Dept., University Hospital, University of Liège
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EURASC BLAISE PASCAL MEDALS 2012
Presentation
Blaise Pascal Medals 2012 in Chemistry
Professor Jean-Pierre Sauvage
• Professor and CNRS Research Director, Université de Strasbourg
• Directeur du laboratoire de chimie organo-minérale, institut de Science et d’Ingénierie
Supramolécualires (ISIS° de l’université de Strasbourg
Abstract :
Molecules consisting of interlocking rings systems or rings threaded by
organic fragments (Catenanes and Rotaxanes) have attracted much interest in molecular
chemistry, first as pure synthetic challenges and, more recently, as components of functional
materials. The synthesis of such compounds relies on templates (transition metals or organic
assemblies). In recent years, highly sophisticated compounds have been designed and elaborated
such as two-dimensional interlocking arrays. The transition metal template plays an essential
role : several metal centres are combined with several organic fragments so as to afford
multicomponent assemblies, the various organic components being threaded or interlocking
with one another. Separately, the field of artificial molecular machines has experienced a
spectacular development. These compounds are important in relation to molecular devices at
the nanometric level or as mimics of biological motors. A few remarkable examples are based
on multi-rotaxanes acting as "molecular muscles" or "switchable receptors". The incorporation
of such dynamic systems in crystalline assemblies has recently achieved, paving the way to the
elaboration of molecular machines in the solid state.
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Social Dinner
October 26th 2012, 8:00 PM
The Social Dinner will take place at the “Société Littéraire de Liège”,
Place de la République Française 5, 4000 Liège
“La Société Littéraire de Liège” was founded in April 5, 1779, under the auspices of
the Count VELBRUCK, Prince Bishop of Liege. She is celebrating its 227th
anniversary.
If you want more information about the “Société Littéraire de Liège” click on this
link
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Visit of the Grand Curtius Museum
October 25th 2012, 7:00 PM
The Grand Curtius Museum is located in the heart of the Ardent City,
Féronstrée, 135, 4000 Liège
The Grand Curtius in few words:
More than 7000 years of regional and international artefacts.
More than 5200 items displayed in chronological or thematic order.
Multilingual virtual guides (images and text).
Prestigious collections from the archaeology, decorative arts, religious art and Mosan art museums, as
well as the weaponry and glass museums.
If you want more information about the Grand Curtius click on this link
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Accompanying person program
October 25th 2012, 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM
Liège, The new destination
41€/pers – Minimum 25 pers. – All the participants have to take the
same menu – English guide
• 10:00 AM  Welcome by the guide at the Tourist Office of Liège.
• 10:15 AM  General view of the city of Liège on the tourist train
(duration: 45 min) together with a walk with the guide.
• 12:30 AM  Lunch: First menu: home-made pasta, Café Liégeois (cold dessert)
and drink.
Second menu: boulets « à la liégeoise » with French-fried
potatoes and Café Liégeois (cold dessert) or salade Liégeoise
(beans, French-fried potatoes, roasted bacon).
• 2:30 PM  Cruise on the Meuse river: commented on the boat « Sarcelle IV ».
• 5:00 PM  End of the program.
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Accompanying person program
October 26th 2012, 09:30 AM to 04:30 PM
The Castles of the Meuse river
46€/pers – Minimum 25 pers. – English audio-tour – Visit with coach
• 09:30 AM  From the Liège-Guillemins Station, transfer to the Modave Castle.
• 10:30 AM  Audio-tour visit of the Modave Castle.
• 12:30 AM  Lunch at the restaurant of the Modave Castle.
• 02:30 PM  Audio-tour visit of the Jehay Castle.
• 04:30 PM  Transfer to Liège-Guillemins Station.
Modave Castle
Jehay Castle
If you want more information about these Castles, click on the link
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October 24th, 2012, 4:00 PM
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October 25th, 2012, from 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM
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October 26th, 2012
Ceremony of Awards, University of Liège
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