2016
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"Laudato si'" and the Path to COP22 in Marrakech
JOINT SEMINAR OF THE PONTIFICAL COUNCIL FOR JUSTICE AND PEACE AND THE PONTIFICAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES Casina Pio IV, Vatican City, 28 September 2016 CONCEPT NOTE A year after the publication of... Read more -
Actualizing the Vision of Laudato Si’
Roundtable at the Pontifical Academy of Sciences November 2, 2016 Laudato Si’ is a powerful text, political and poetic, and deeply inspiring. It addresses the most critical issues of our time... Read more -
Narcotics: Problems and Solutions of This Global Issue
Workshop 23-24 November 2016 - Following a special wish of Pope Francis, the Pontifical Academies of Sciences is organizing a two-day Workshop on Narcotics: Problems and Solutions of this Global... Read more -
Science and Sustainability. Impacts of Scientific Knowledge and Technology on Human Society and its Environment
Plenary Session 25-29 November 2016 – We invite all members of the PAS to reflect on which already available or expected scientific advances may impact on the sustainable development of human... Read more -
Power and Limitations of Artificial Intelligence
Workshop 30 November - 1 December 2016 – One of the key issues today concerns the place of the human person in a growing digital environment of increasing complexity that not only expands the... Read more -
Europe: Refugees Are Our Brothers and Sisters
Casina Pio IV Summit 9-10 December 2016 – Pope Francis, in his encyclical letter Laudato Si’, pleaded for a greater conversion of heart towards “the least of our brothers and sisters”, arguing... Read more