Plenary meetings

The Advisors:

• Discussed the work on the ongoing scientific advice on Advanced Materials and exchanged views on incoming and expected requests for scientific advice;
• Met with Stefan Constantinescu (Chair of the SAPEA board) and SAPEA representatives and exchanged information on progress of their ongoing work and plans for future work;
• Reflected on their work and its impact during their mandate and discussed takeaways for the incoming Chief Scientific Advisors.

The Advisors:

• Exchanged views on incoming and expected requests for scientific advice;
• Met with Stefan Constantinescu (Chair of the SAPEA board) and SAPEA representatives and exchanged information on progress of their ongoing work and plans for future work;
• Reflected on key priorities for the next Commission.

-Discussed the ongoing scientific opinions “Cross-sectoral evidence-based governance for One Health in the EU” and “Solar Radiation Modification”;

The Advisors
• Discussed the ongoing scientific opinions “Successful and timely uptake of artificial intelligence in science in the EU”, “Cross-sectoral evidence-based governance for One Health in the EU” and “Solar Radiation Modification”;
• Met with Stefan Constantinescu (Chair of the SAPEA board) and SAPEA representatives and exchanged information on progress of their ongoing work;
• Reflected on key priorities for the next Commission.

The Advisors

• Held a workshop to take stock of their past experiences in the Group of Chief Scientific Advisors and reflected on its functioning and its future developments, including the impact of its deliverables;
• Reflected on key priorities for the next Commission.

The Advisors

• Discussed the ongoing scientific opinion on ‘Towards sustainable food consumption’ and possible candidate topics for future scientific advice.
• Met with Antonio Loprieno (Chair of the SAPEA board) and SAPEA representatives and exchanged information on progress of their ongoing work, ideas on potential immediate and long-term topics and scoping workshops for them.

The Advisors

• Discussed the ongoing scientific opinion on ‘Towards sustainable food consumption’ and possible candidate topics for future scientific advice;
• Met with Greg Drozd, Secretariat-General, and exchanged information on foresight activities with focus on strategic foresight reports;
• Met with Antonio Loprieno (Chair of the SAPEA board) and SAPEA representatives and exchanged information on progress of their ongoing work, ideas on potential immediate and long-term topics and the development of a communication strategy and topic specific communication plans.

The Advisors

• Discussed the ongoing scientific opinion on ‘Strategic crisis management in the EU', ‘Towards sustainable food consumption’ and possible candidate topics for future scientific advice.
• Met with Barbara Prainsack, chair of the European Group on Ethics in Science and New Technologies (EGE); exchanged information on ongoing work; discussed candidate topics and the potential role of ethics therein.
• Met with Antonio Loprieno (Chair of the SAPEA board) and SAPEA representatives to exchange information on progress of their ongoing work, ideas on potential immediate and long-term topics and the development of a communication strategy and topic specific communication plans.
• Met with Kristian Krieger (DG JRC), who presented an overview of the staff working document (SWD) ‘Supporting and connecting policymaking in Member States with scientific research’.