Workshop
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
The Effects of Ionizing Radiation in Man
Workshop |11-14 November 1975
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Molecular Aspects of the Origin of Life
Workshop |16-18 October 1978
The Working Group on Molecular Aspects of the Origin of Life organized by Academician Prof. Hans Tuppy, was held on 16-18 October 1978. Interest in the topic is ever growing, ... Read all
Commemoration of Guglielmo Marconi for the Centenary of his Birth
Workshop |13 November 1974
Upon the initiative of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences, a ceremony to commemorate the centenary of the birth of Guglielmo Marconi was held in the Synod Hall on 13 November 1974, ... Read all
Final Statement of the Working Group on The Artificial Prolongation of Life and the Determination of the Exact Moment of Death
At the invitation of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences, a Working Group met on 19-20-21 October 1985 to study “The Artificial Prolongation of Life and the Exact Determination of ... Read all
Final Statement of the Working Group on The Determination of Brain Death and its Relationship to Human Death
Final Considerations Formulated by the Scientific Participants At the invitation of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences, a Working Group met on 11-12-13-14 December 1989 to ... Read all