Workshop
Jubilee of Knowledge: Braiding Scientific and Indigenous Knowledge in the Cherishing of Our Common Home
Workshop |30 October 2025
This joint PAS and PASS conference brings together leading scientists, social scientists, Indigenous knowledge holders, educators, and youth to explore how braiding scientific and ... Read all
Cardinal Peter Turkson Celebrates 50 Years of Priestly Service
Workshop |17 July 2025
On 17 July 2025 the staff of the Pontifical Academies of Sciences and Social Sciences joyfully celebrated the Golden Jubilee of Cardinal Peter Kodwo Appiah Turkson, PAS and PASS ... Read all
From Climate Crisis to Climate Resilience Summit Series
Workshop |2024 2025
The Climate Crisis is upon us. It will get worse over the next few decades as planetary heating shoots past 1.5C by early 2030s. We no longer have the luxury of relying just on ... Read all
Cancer Research, Healthcare and Prevention
Workshop |22-23 May 2025
Cancer is a mounting human and economic issue globally, and the structuring of translational cancer research has the potential to alter this trajectory. The closer integration of ... Read all
Risks and Opportunities of AI for Children: A Common Commitment for Safeguarding Children
Workshop |21-22 March 2025
The Impact of AI on the Safety and Dignity of Children Artificial Intelligence (AI) is profoundly transforming the digital experiences of children, presenting both opportunities ... Read all
SARS-COV-2 Health Policies, Vaccination and Long COVID
Workshop |19-20 November 2024
The Pontifical Academy of Sciences (PAS) has been proactive in addressing the science and societal issues related to SARS-COV-2 through two conferences, along with related ... Read all
From Climate Crisis to Climate Resilience
Workshop |15-17 May 2024
The Climate Crisis is upon us. It will get lot worse over the next few decades as planetary heating shoots past 1.5C by early 2030s. The warming curve is likely to bend around the ... Read all
Indigenous Peoples' Knowledge and the Sciences
Workshop |14-15 March 2024
Indigenous Peoples worldwide have a dual relationship with climate change. On the one hand Indigenous Peoples represent a clear case of climate injustice, as they have contributed ... Read all
Astrophysics: The James Webb Space Telescope
Workshop |27-29 February 2024
The Pontifical Academy of Sciences regularly organizes workshops to discuss scientific knowledge and technological advances that affect human life. The upcoming workshop will ... Read all
Ethical and societal implications of recent advances in neurotechnology
Workshop |13-14 December 2023
Over the last decade unprecedented progress has been made in methodological developments, permitting invasive and non-invasive registration and manipulation of the brain and its ... Read all
Quantum Science and Technology
Workshop |30 November - 2 December 2023
One century ago, people like Niels Bohr, Louis de Broglie, Erwin Schrödinger, Werner Heisenberg, and others created the theory of Quantum Mechanics. This Workshop of the Pontifical ... Read all
Food and Humanitarian Crises: Science and Policies for Prevention and Mitigation
Workshop |9-10 May 2023
Building on earlier food related PAS conferences: The Pontifical Academy of Sciences (PAS) has repeatedly addressed problems of the world food system in the past from various ... Read all