!!Framework Agreement for the Continuation of Academia Europaea Wrocław Knowledge Hub signed
15 October 2018, Wrocław, Poland
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The AE are pleased to announce that the official Framework Agreement for the Continuation of Academia Europaea Knowledge Hub in Wrocław for another two years was signed last week by the President of Academia Europaea, Professor Sierd Cloetingh and the Mayor of Wrocław, Rafał Dutkiewicz.
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The agreement opens up the implementation of the 2019-2020 program which includes both continuation and launching of numerous projects.
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[{Image src='wroclaw_oct_2018_01.jpg' caption='Professor Sierd Cloetingh, President of Academia Europaea, and Rafał Dutkiewicz, the Mayor of Wrocław.\\(Photo: Municipality of Wrocław)' height='400' alt='Wroclaw Knowledge Hub' align='center'}]

!!New Academic Director

At the same meeting, [Professor Tadeusz Luty|Member/Luty_Tadeusz] stepped down as Academic Director for the Hub and the AE Board were pleased to confirm [Professor Arkadiusz Wójs|Member/Wójs_Arkadiusz] (Dean of Faculty of Fundamental Problems of Technology at Wrocław University of Science and Technology) as his successor.
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[{Image src='wroclaw_oct_2018_02.jpg' caption='Prof. Arkadiusz Wójs and Prof. Tadeusz Luty\\(Photo: Wojciech Duszyński)' height='400' alt='Wroclaw Knowledge Hub' align='center'}]

!!Lectures

The official part of the meeting was followed by three absorbing lectures of Academia Europaea Members about their current research and scientific fascinations.

[{Image src='Wroclaw_oct_2018_03.jpg' caption='Prof. Tomasz Dietl, Polish Academy of Sciences, International Research Agenda "MagTop"\\(Photo: Wojciech Duszyński)' height='400' alt='Wroclaw Knowledge Hub' align='center'}]
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[{Image src='Wroclaw_oct_2018_04.jpg' caption='Prof. Janusz Lipkowski, Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University in Warsaw: Surprise chemistry - benefits and hazards. A personal view\\ (Photo:Wojciech Duszyński)' height='400' alt='Wroclaw Knowledge Hub' align='center'}]
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[{Image src='Wroclaw_oct_2018_05.jpg' caption='Prof. Arkadiusz Wójs, Wrocław University of Science and Technology: Exotic states of quantum matter​\\(Photo: Wojciech Duszyński)' height='400' alt='Wroclaw Knowledge Hub' align='center'}]

!!The focus of the Hub

The Academia Europaea Knowledge Hub was opened in Wrocław in 2011 as the first regional office of the Academia Europaea.
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The main objective of this regional office is:
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*Mobilization and internationalization of the local academic institutions and universities,
*Supporting Central and Eastern European scholars,
*Establishment and consolidation of relations between foreign and local researchers,
*Organisation and coordination of conferences, symposia, lectures and seminars.

!For more information about the upcoming events please check our website: [http://acadeuro.wroclaw.pl].