10/2007

Academic bulletin 10/2007

RESUMÉ

What exactly does the term “Excellence in Science” mean was the subject of a talk by the president of Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Václav Pačes for the Academic bulletin.

DIRECTORS
In the summer issue of Academic Bulletin, 53 directors of all Academy institutes were introduced. They will be in charge of their institutes during the next five years. In this issue, we have asked them three questions: In which direction they will lead the development of their institute? What are they doing to reach excellence in science? If they can lead the institutions in accordance with the new statutes called “Public Research Institution”.

EVENT
The Conference Centre at Château Liblice
Château Liblice, the property of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic for more than fifty years, was opened as a conference center in a ceremony on 6 September 2007.

SCIENCE AND RESEARCH
European School of High-Energy Physics
The 2007 European School of High-Energy Physics is designed primarily for students in experimental HEP who are in the final years of work towards their PhDs. The school was conducted 19 August to 1 September 2007 in the Třešť Château Hotel. It was organized by the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (JINR), Dubna, Russia, and the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland together with the AS CR, and Charles University, Prague.

ICPIG second time in Prague
The XXVIII International Conference on Phenomena in Ionized Gases (ICPIG), a traditional conference with a remarkably long history, took place on 15 to 20 July 2007 in Prague. It explored not only the fundamentals of all kinds of plasmas and discharges, but also many applications such as plasma semiconductor processing, surface treatment and thin film technology, light sources and gaseous lasers, environmental protection and pollution control, sterilization and tissue engineering.