European Academy of Sciences

The European Academy of Sciences ( Académie Européenne des Sciences) carries an important mission to promote excellence in science and technology and their essential roles in fostering social and economic development and progress. It is registered and operates under rules and regulations of the Kingdom of Belgium (27.06.1921 ultimately revised in 2003). The European Academy of Sciences is an international non- profit organization (Royal Decree of the King of Belgium, Dec. 17th; 2003). It has 650 members (including 65 Nobel Prizes and Fields Medal winners) representing 63 countries.

The headquarters are in Liege (Belgium).The Academy has 6 divisions ( Biology and Life Sciences; Physics and Earth Sciences; Chemistry; Mathematics and Computer Sciences; Engineering and Material Science; Social Sciences).

Objectives

The major objective of the Academy is to establish efficient collaboration among scientists, researchers, educators, engineers and public authorities world-wide. The Academy promotes interaction between basic and applied research and eases transfer of knowledge between knowledge and end-users. The Academy contributes towards the development of international policies in science and technology and facilitates the creation of a critical mass needed for solving the most important scientific problems. The Academy draws upon the distinguished scientists and the current information about scientific and technological progress to identify the most important problems and to discuss the ways for their solutions.

Activities
The Academy publishes pluridisciplinary Annals; special issues; E-newsletters for Science and Technology.It collaborates with other institutions for organization of workshops and conferences and also collaborates to awarding of prestigious international Scientific prizes.It awards each year medals (The Blaise Pascal Medals) to outstanding scientists.

The Blaise Pascal Medal for Science and Technology
European Academy of Sciences Ceremony of Awards 2008
Brussels November 7th, 2008 Palace of Academies Brussels

Countries
Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bermuda, Bolivia, Bosnia, Croatia, Serbia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, People's Republic of China, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Republic of China, Hungary, India, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kuwait, Latvia, Malaysia, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan, Philippines, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia and Montenegro, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States, Virgin Islands, Uzbekistan, Venezuela and Vietnam.

External Links
[http://www.eurasc.org/members/members.asp EAS Members Listing : ]
[http://www.eurasc.org/nobel.asp Nobel Prizes elected in EAS : ]
[http://www.eurasc.org/field.asp Field Medal winners elected in EAS : ]