The University of Aveiro is a public university,in addition to providing polytechnic education,located in the Portuguese city of Aveiro. Founded in 1973,it has a student population of approximately 12,500,distributed among 58 graduate,40 Masters of Science and 25 PhD programs,distributed by departments and autonomous sections,with specialized faculties. It is a Research &Development university,with research departments developing programmes in fundamental and applied mathematics,physics,chemistry,telecommunications,robotics,bioinformatics,sea sciences,materials,design,business administration and industrial engineering.
Roma Tre University is an Italian public research university in Rome,Italy,with its main campus in the Ostiense quarter.
The European Research Council (ERC) is a public body for funding of scientific and technological research conducted within the European Union (EU). Established by the European Commission in 2007,the ERC is composed of an independent Scientific Council,its governing body consisting of distinguished researchers,and an Executive Agency,in charge of the implementation. It forms part of the framework programme of the union dedicated to research and innovation,Horizon 2020,preceded by the Seventh Research Framework Programme (FP7). The ERC budget is over €13 billion from 2014 –2020 and comes from the Horizon 2020 programme,a part of the European Union's budget. Under Horizon 2020 it is estimated that around 7,000 ERC grantees will be funded and 42,000 team members supported,including 11,000 doctoral students and almost 16,000 post-doctoral researchers.
The Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies is a special-statute,highly selective public research university located in Pisa,Italy.
The Soil Science Society of America (SSSA),is the largest soil-specific society in the United States. It was formed in 1936 from the merger of the Soils Section of the American Society of Agronomy and the American Soil Survey Association. The Soils Section of ASA became the official Americas section of the International Union of Soil Sciences in 1934,a notable role which SSSA continues to fulfill.
The Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences,usually referred to simply as the Panteion University,is a university located in Athens,Greece. Founded in 1927,it is the oldest university of social and political sciences in Greece.
Ekaterini Panagiotou Sycara is a Greek computer scientist. She is an Edward Fredkin Research Professor of Robotics in the Robotics Institute,School of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University internationally known for her research in artificial intelligence,particularly in the fields of negotiation,autonomous agents and multi-agent systems. She directs the Advanced Agent-Robotics Technology Lab at Robotics Institute,Carnegie Mellon University. She also serves as academic advisor for PhD students at both Robotics Institute and Tepper School of Business.
The University of Western Macedonia is a multi-campus university in Western Macedonia region of Greece. It was founded in Kozani in 2003. In 2019,the University of Western Macedonia was merged with the Technological Education Institute of Western Macedonia.
Guglielmo Marconi University (GMU),often abbreviated as UniMarconi is a private,non-profit university in Rome,Italy. The university offers degrees at the undergraduate and graduate level.
Pierdomenico Perata is an Italian physiologist whose activities are focused on plant physiology and plant biology. Since 8 May 2013 he has been the rector of the Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna.
Sorin Mihai Cîmpeanu is a Romanian politician who served as Minister of Education in CiucăCabinet. He had previously held the same position in Ponta IV and Cîțu cabinets,and,between 5 and 17 November 2015,acted as Prime Minister of Romania,after President Klaus Iohannis accepted Prime Minister Ponta's resignation. Klaus Iohannis's appointment of Sorin Cîmpeanu was just a stopgap measure until a new candidate for the post was selected.
Francesco Ubertini is an Italian engineer and professor of mechanics of solids and structures at the University of Bologna.
Reza Ardakanian is an Iranian professor,politician and former Minister of Energy of Iran,a position he had held from 29 October 2017 to 25 August 2021. He was previously deputy energy minister in the 1980s and 1990s and has been involved with UN-Water.
Heinz Faßmann is an Austrian politician and professor of human geography and land-use planning at the University of Vienna. He served as the Minister of Education in the Second Kurz cabinet in the government of Chancellor Sebastian Kurz and the Schallenberg government of Chancellor Alexander Schallenberg. He previously served in the same capacity from December 2017 to June 2019:he was succeeded in the post by Martin Polaschek in December 2021. Faßmann is considered to be aligned with the Austrian People's Party (ÖVP) but holds no formal party membership or affiliation.
Manuel Frederico Tojal de Valsassina Heitor is a Portuguese politician who served as Minister of Science,Technology and Higher Education in the government of Prime Minister António Costa since 26 November 2015 until 30 March 2022 when he was succeeded by Elvira Fortunato.
Maria da Graça Martins da Silva Carvalho is a Portuguese academic,engineer,and politician. She is currently a member of the European Parliament in the 2019-2024 term,having held office in the 2009-2014 legislature.
Estrella DuráFerrandis is a Spanish Professor of Psychology at the University of Valencia and became a Member of the European Parliament in 2019. She belongs to the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats (S&D) in the European Parliament and represents the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE).
Lucija Čok is a Slovene linguist,senior researcher in the field of multilingualism and a professor of multilingualism and intercultural communication. Throughout her career,she has held several important positions,including that of the Minister of Education,Science and Sport (2000-2002) of the Government of the Republic of Slovenia. In her role as the Minister,she contributed to the establishment of higher education institutions in the Slovene region of Primorska and in 2003 she was elected as the first rector of the newly established university. She participated in European Commission high expert panels that have shaped linguistic policies and strategies of higher education and research. She has facilitated the preparation of the formal basis for Slovenia’s integration into the European Research Area. She was an expert of the Institutional evaluation program board and member of the Council of the Slovenian Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education. Her research work and publications focus on the formation of models of bilingual education in areas of linguistic and cultural contact,sociolinguistic and didactics of intercultural communication. In 2013,the University of Primorska named her professor emeritus. The same year,she received a lifetime achievement award for her work in the field of Higher Education by the Ministry of Education,Science and Sport.
Angele Giuliano is a Maltese businesswoman and president of the Maltese Foundation for Women Entrepreneurs. Giuliano has been CEO and managing director at AcrossLimits since 2001,as well as an expert evaluator for the European Commission and a European Innovation Council (EIC) ambassador. She is also a business angel engaged in mentoring start-ups and entrepreneurs in Malta and internationally.
Anne Lydia "Annelien" Bredenoord is a Dutch politician and professor of biomedical ethics. She is the current rector magnificus of the Erasmus University Rotterdam. Since 2019,she serves as the parliamentary leader of Democrats 66 (D66) in the Senate.
