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Multidisciplinary messages for upcoming Budapest Water Summit
Multidisciplinary messages for upcoming Budapest Water Summit
At a two-day Multidisciplinary Water Conference, prominent Hungarian researchers presented their latest findings in water research, sending out scientific messages for the Budapest Water Summit scheduled for 8-11 October 2013. The conference held at the Hungarian Academy of Sciences on 15-16 May was welcomed by President of Hungary János Áder, and opened by President of MTA József Pálinkás.
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Thai ambassador's introductory visit to MTA
Thai ambassador's introductory visit to MTA
MTA's President József Pálinkás welcomed Ambassador of the Royal Thai Embassy to Budapest Sompong Sanguanbun on an introductory visit on 14 May. Among the subjects discussed were the Hungarian experience in utilising research achievements in industry, and preparations for Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Thailand Surapong Tovichakchaikul's forthcoming visit to Hungary.
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New members of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
New members of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
Twenty-six highly acknowledged researchers including three winners of the Momentum programme became corresponding members of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences at the election held on the first day of the General Assembly. According to the Statutes of MTA, members can be elected from among scientists who hold Doctor of the Academy or other equivalent scientific degrees and "who cultivate their fields of science on a well-recognised, extremely high and creative level."
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New members to be elected by the General Assembly of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
New members to be elected by the General Assembly of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
The opening ceremony of the 184th General Assembly of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences will be greeted by Prime Minister of Hungary Viktor Orbán on Monday, 6 May. Then, the most prestigious Academy awards are to be presented, and a lecture held commemorating the 200th anniversary of the birth of outstanding politician József Eötvös. New members of the scientific community are to be elected in the afternoon.
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Our society is one centred on science
Our society is one centred on science
On his visit to Budapest, President of the German National Academy of Sciences and Honorary Member of MTA Jörg Hacker drew attention to the importance of collaboration between academies and researchers. President Hacker arrived in Hungary invited by MTA's Committee on General Microbiology and the Hungarian Society for Microbiology. The scientist gave a talk on his microbiology research in the Main Building of MTA.
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Cross-continental exchange of scientific experience in Budapest
Scientists of fourteen nations have met for discussion in Budapest at the conference “Science and Diplomacy: Central Europe and Southern Mediterranean – exchange of experience in the framework of an Italo-Hungarian International Year of Culture and Science”. At the event organised by MTA, the Embassy of Italy, the Italian Institute of Culture in Budapest, and TWA a welcoming speech was given by President of MTA József Pálinkás.
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World Science Forum goes global: Rio welcomes the world forum after Budapest
At its meeting in Paris, World Science Forum's (WSF) Steering Committee finalised the November programme of the international event series initiated by Hungary. On the initiative of MTA, the world forum will be held outside Europe for the first time with Rio de Janeiro hosting the event this year.
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MTA Postdoctoral Fellowship Programme 2013
As a further step in the Academy's research institute renewal programme, President of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences József Pálinkás announced a postdoctoral competition in order to promote research career paths and enhance research group competitiveness.
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Hungarian academician in the scientific advisory council to European Commission’s President
Brain Prize holder Hungarian neurobiologist, full member of MTA Tamás Freund was elected member of the Science and Technology Advisory Council to European Commission’s President José Manuel Barroso. The council consists of fifteen prominent scientists such as Nobel Prize in Chemistry winner Israeli biochemist Ada Yonath or Fields Medal holder French mathematician Cedric Villani.
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MTA's new policy on intellectual property
The Academy's most important asset is its immensely valuable intellectual property, MTA's President József Pálinkás said at a press conference where MTA's new policy on intellectual property was announced.
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Identity card of the Carpatho–Pannonian Area – an ethnic atlas from the Academy
An important public duty of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences is to publish map collections to deepen knowledge about the motherland, support well-established decision making, and promote education. MTA introduced a forerunner of the volumes to be published within the scope of the new National Atlas Programme, a publication about the changing ethnic patterns of the Carpathian Basin and its neighbourhood.
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Teaming of the excellent to support development in the European Research Area
"Hungary has considerable scientific traditions, it has outstanding scientific infrastructure, its distinguished scientists are acknowledged all over the world, and the Hungarian Academy of Sciences has recently renewed its research institute network in terms of efficiency and competitiveness," President of Max Planck Society Peter Gruss said explaining why he had chosen MTA as the venue for introducing his initiative.
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