ROUND TABLE
Sustainable Business Transformation: Management Challenges in the Age of the Sustainability Revolution
– Tuesday, 7 March 2023, 10:30 –
Ilfov Street, nr.3
SPECIAL GUEST
Professor Dr. Kanji Tanimoto
Waseda University,
Tokyo, Japan
Moderators:
Professor Adriana Grigorescu
Professor Constantin Brătianu
The Academy of Romanian Scientists is launching the “TRIBUNAL OF YOUNG SCIENTISTS” programme from March 2023. The event will be held monthly at the AOSR headquarters.
The first event will be entitled “Investigating Nuclear Structure with High Power Lasers” and will be held on Friday, 3 March 2023, at 11:00 at the AOSR headquarters by Mr. Prof. Virgil Băran, head of the Theoretical Physics Department at the University of Bucharest.
The conference will focus on the facilities offered by the ELI-NP at Măgurele, a unique international project that allows frontier experiments in nuclear photonics. Exploring collective phenomena in atomic nuclei will lead to a higher level of understanding and control.
In this context, photon-nucleus interaction using different types of high-power laser beams, which induce excitation of collective motions of different multipolarities, will be presented.
Soprano Mădălina Stan will give a recital at the Academy of Romanian Scientists, on March 1st, at 12.00, accompanied by pianist Ieronim Buga, marking the beginning of spring in musical harmony.
– 150 years after his birth (8 January 1873) and 70 years after his death (5 February 1953) –
Moderator – Prof. Victor Ciupină, President of the AOȘR Branch Office
Lecturer – Prof. Stoica Lascu, M.C. of AOȘR
The event takes place at the headquarters of the Constanta Branch of AOȘR
(126 Mamaia Boulevard)
– Saturday, 25 February 2023, 11.00 a. m. –
On Thursday, 16 February 2023, the Timisoara Branch of AOSR organized, together with the University of Life Sciences of Timisoara and the Timisoara Branch of the Academy of Agricultural and Forestry Sciences, a tribute to Prof. emeritus MIHAI DECUN, honorary member of the AOSR, on the occasion of his 80th birthday.
On this occasion, the book “Contributions to the progress of knowledge” was launched, presenting the prodigious scientific, didactic and professional activity of Prof. Emeritus MIHAI DECUN.
Mr. Andea Petru, the scientific secretary of the AOSR, presented to the honoree, as a token of homage, the Diploma of Excellence and the Medal of Honour of the AOSR.
We wish Prof. Emeritus MIHAI DECUN new achievements in life, in his profession and “Happy Birthday”.
HYBRID DEBATE WITH THEME
“AI SYSTEMS FOR MODERN AND ADAPTIVE EDUCATION”
Wednesday, 15 February 2023, 12:00 – AOSR headquarters
INVITED
Acad. Florin FILIP – Romanian Academy
Prof. dr. eng. Larisa IVAȘCU – Polytechnic University of Timișoara
Prof. Răzvan BOLOGA – Academy of Economic Studies of Bucharest
MODERATOR: Prof. Dr. Ing. Doina BANCIU
The public debate organized by the Academy of Romanian Scientists through ICAI – Institute for Advanced Interdisciplinary Research “Constantin Angelescu” brought to the attention of specialists in the field the analysis of the need for lifelong learning in Romania in the European context.
As Mr. Prof. dr. eng. Adrian BADEA, President of AOSR, in the word transmitted through Mrs. Vice President Doina Banciu, the conference is part of AOSR’s four projects, namely “Digital Transformation of Romanian Society”.
The academic event was attended by both physical and online research specialists who addressed artificial intelligence (AI) systems in relation to the need for lifelong learning, which is naturally also linked to the need for continuous reading.
In this regard, the AOSR event was organized on National Reading Day (15 February) under the coordination and moderation of Prof. Dr. Eng. Doina Banciu. Thus, the AOSR vice-president briefly outlined at the opening of the conference the need for continuing education with a focus on the role of educational and cultural institutions in supporting the general efforts of the administration to reduce the growing phenomenon of functional illiteracy. At the same time, he brought to the attention of the audience the need for young people to use reading, whatever its form and medium, to inform themselves and understand correctly and consistently the problems they face, both personally and professionally.
The important role of public libraries in shaping the digital literacy of citizens was also highlighted.
Academician Florin Filip outlined the milestones of the adaptive teaching-learning process dimension based on information and communication technology and stressed the professional support of all initiatives aimed at this topic.
Prof. univ. Răzvan Bologa presented an AI-based teaching-learning platform, which aroused great interest from the participants. In this context, the possibilities of developing projects of broad public interest were mentioned.
Prof. dr. eng. Larisa Ivașcu mentioned AOSR’s concerns for supporting e-Learning processes, recalling that even during the pandemic AOSR publishing published a very well documented book dedicated to this topic. At the same time, she said that the Technical University of Timisoara has serious concerns in the direction of modern and adaptive education.
Florin Jianu, President of the National Council of Small and Medium-Sized Private Enterprises in Romania (CNIPMMR), also spoke about the concerns of the institution he leads to achieve the European objectives that all employees in SMEs should have at least a minimum level of digital skills.
Prof. Ion Popa, Dean of the Faculty of Management – ASE Bucharest, reiterated his institution’s interest in new forms of teaching-learning, in which AI is an increasingly prominent vector.
Victor Vevera, Director General of ICI – Bucharest, mentioned that the institute has foreseen in its scope of activity the development of courses and tools on new technology platforms.
The event was also attended by Mireille Rădoi, Director General of the Central University Library (B.C.U.) “Carol I” and Daniel Fodorean, Dean of the Baptist Theological Institute of Bucharest.
We invite you to watch on the AOSR YouTube channel the video presentation held by Mircea Radulian and Mihaela Popa on a topic of real interest at this time.
Watch a report by Antena 3 about the first heart transplants performed in early 2023 by Professor Horațiu Moldovan’s team.
VIDEO
International Women and Girls in Science Day is celebrated every year on 11 February, following a declaration by the UN General Assembly in 2015.
The history of science has been marked by important discoveries by women – just think of Marie Curie and Irène Joliot-Curie. Romanian examples include Ștefania Mărăcineanu, Ana Aslan, Elisa Leonida Zamfirescu, Mărioara Godeanu, Cornelia Guja.
Throughout the ages, women have been known to invent things to make our lives easier. So the first WiFi device, the first computer algorithm, the first home to rely entirely on solar power, gas central heating, the periscope, heating inside cars, the muffler, windscreen wipers, the fire escape, the circular saw, the snow plough are just a few examples.
It is an opportunity to remind ourselves that women and girls play a vital role in the scientific and technological community and that their participation needs to be boosted, given that currently less than 30% of researchers worldwide are women.
COMM – International Women and Girls in Science Day (europa.eu)
Academician EMIL-RĂZVAN THEODORESCU
– 22 May 1939, Bucharest – 06 February 2023, Bucharest –
– Founding full member of the Academy of Romanian Scientists –
The Academy of Romanian Scientists expresses its sorrow and deep regret at the departure of Academician Prof. Dr. Răzvan Theodorescu, an illustrious personality of contemporary Romanian culture.
Academician Răzvan Theodorescu was Vice-President of the Romanian Academy and President of the Arts, Architecture and Audiovisual Section of the Academy, Secretary General of the International Association of South-East European Studies, Professor at the National University of Arts.
Academician Răzvan Theodorescu was also, founding full member of the Section of Historical and Archaeological Sciences of the Academy of Romanian Scientists. In this capacity he was involved in the development of the AOSR, an institution which, after the fall of communism, resumed its institutional existence on new, democratic bases, after the long totalitarian parenthesis, renewing the thread of history that began in 1935 with the establishment of Academy of Sciences of Romania by a group of Romanian scientists led by doctor and education minister Constantin Angelescu. With the genuine sense of value and humanism that characterized him, Academician Răzvan Theodorescu knew how to harmonize the two qualities, academician and member of the Academy of Romanian Scientists, supporting and encouraging the evolution of the AOSR, an institution that has included and includes valuable names of Romanian science, as well as seven Nobel Prize laureates.
Born on 22 May 1939, Răzvan Theodorescu graduated from the Faculty of History of the University of Bucharest (1963) and received his PhD in Historical Sciences from the University of Bucharest (1972) with a thesis on Byzantine, Balkan and Western elements in the beginnings of medieval Romanian culture (10th-14th centuries). He has carried out a rich professional activity, branching out on several levels: scientific, teaching, cultural, academic, civic and political. Among the most important qualities he had in its contents are: scientific researcher at the Institute of Art History of the Romanian Academy (1963-1987); deputy scientific director of the Institute of Art History (1972-1977); professor at the University of Arts in Bucharest (since 1990); general director of the Romanian Television Company (1990-1992); member of the National Audiovisual Council (1992-2000); rector of the Academy for the Study of the History of Culture and Religions (1995-2000); Head of the UNESCO Chair of South-East European Studies at the University of Arts (since 1997); member of the National College of the Institute of the Romanian Revolution of December 1989 (since 2004); Secretary-General of the Association of South-East European Studies (1994-2000); Rector of the Media University (since 2000); Senator of Iasi (2000-2004); Senator of Botosani (2004-2008); Minister of Culture and Religious Affairs (2000-2004).
He is the author of a prodigious scientific and cultural work, among the titles of which are Dragomirna Monastery, Ed. Meridiane, 1965; Bistrita Monastery, Ed. Meridiane, 1966; Stavropoleos Church, Ed. Meridiane, 1967; Byzantium, the Balkans and the West at the beginning of Romanian medieval culture (10th-14th centuries), Ed. Academiei Române, 1974; Un mileniu de arte la gurile Dunării (400-1400), Ed. Meridiane, Bucharest, 1976; Itinerarii medievale, Ed. Meridiane, Bucharest, 1979; Piatra Trei Ierarhilor, Ed. Meridiane, Bucharest, 1979; Apel la istorie, Ed. Sport-Turism, București, 1980; Civilizația românilor entre medieval e modern. The Horizon of the Image (1550-1800), 2 vols. Meridiane, București, 1992; Drumuri spre ieri, Ed. Fundației Culturale Române, Bucharest, 1992; Cele 900 de zile ale “manipulării”, Ed. Tinerama, Bucharest, 1994; La peinture murale moldave des XVe – XVIe siècles, Ed. UNESCO, București, 1995; Roumains et Balkaniques dans la civilisation sud-est européenne, Ed. Enciclopedică, București, 1999; Picătura de istorie, Ed. Fundației Culturale Române, București, 1999; Constantin Brâncoveanu între “Casa Cărții” și “Levropa”, Ed., RAO, București, 2006; Civilizația românilor entre medieval e modern, Ed. Princeps Edit, Iași, 2006; Europa noastră și noi, Ed. Capitel, Bucharest, 2008. To the above volumes, reference titles in the study of Romanian history, culture and civilization, we must add more than 600 studies and articles published in Romanian and foreign specialized journals.
In recognition of His Lordship’s great value and merit, Acad. Răzvan Theodorescu has received an impressive number of important awards, orders and distinctions: Knight (since 1997) and Commander (since 2003) of the Order of Arts and Letters of the French Republic; Grand Officer of the National Order of Merit (2000); Laureate of the Bernier Prize of the Institut de France (1969); Nicolae Bălcescu Prize of the Romanian Academy (1976); Herder Prize of the University of Vienna (1993); Nicolae Iorga Prize of the International Ecumenical Centre for Spiritual Dialogue (1999); Flacăra Magazine Prize (1987); Order of the Moldavian Cross (2003); Knight of the Knight’s Cross with Swords – Ukraine (2004); Order of the Cross of St. John the Baptist (2004). Apostle Andrew (2004); Knight of the Order of the Cross Bearers of the Holy Sepulchre – Jerusalem (2004); Doctor Honoris Causa of the University of Oradea (1998), of the University of Arts of Cluj-Napoca (2001), of the University of West Timisoara (2002), of the University of Craiova (2002), of the University of Stefan cel Mare in Suceava (2004), of the Ovidius University of Constanta (2006), of the George Enescu University of Iasi (2008), of the Valahia University of Targoviste (2010).
He has been a member of prestigious Academies and Scientific Societies: Corresponding member (since 1993) and full member (since 2000) of the Romanian Academy; honorary member (since 1996) and full member (since 2000) of the Academy of Romanian Scientists; corresponding member of the Archaeological Society of Athens (since 1990); honorary member of the Romanian Academic Society (since 1997); Member of the New York Academy of Sciences (since 1998); Corresponding Member (since 1998) and Full Member (since 2002) of the European Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters; Member of the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Albania (since 2006); Member of the Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts (since 2006).
Academician Răzvan Theodorescu was a humanist scholar of European stature, a Renaissance scholar with a broad scientific and cultural background and a deep understanding of the meaning of history, culture and civilization. At the same time, the illustrious Academician and Professor was a Great Romanian Patriot.
With the departure of acad. Răzvan Theodorescu, Academy of Romanian Scientists, Romanian education, culture, science and culture lose a great personality, a prestigious promoter of Romanian values and identity in the country and in the world.
Deeply saddened, the community of the Academy of Romanian Scientists sends its condolences to the bereaved family!
May God rest him and place him among the Righteous!