The European National Young Academies (ENYA) Meeting 2026 took place on 27–29 May in Warsaw, Poland, bringing together representatives from young academies across Europe to strengthen collaboration and advance shared priorities. Participants came from 24 young academies and similar organisations from all over Europe, again making this the largest ever ENYA meeting to date.
Organised and hosted by the Polish Young Academy, this year’s meeting focused on academic freedom and trust in science.
The GYA was represented by 2025/26 Executive Committee member and GYA YASAS Observer Carina Geldhauser (Switzerland), YASAS Delegate Stella Tsani (Greece), and Senior Project Officers Anna-Maria Gramatté, while GYA member Jovana Milic (Finland) attended for the Swiss Young Academy.
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Next year’s ENYA meeting will be hosted by the Young Aacdemy of Scotland, the Young Academy Ireland, and the UK Young Academy in Edinburgh.
2026 ALLEA Conference
For the third time since an inaugural joint meeting in 2022, the 2026 meeting was held in conjunction with the ALLEA General Assembly and Public Symposium on “Towards a Future of European Research Area: Boosting Trust, Integrity and Resilience”, which provided fantastic opportunities for joint discussions and planning of future joint activities. Joint workshops on Research Integrity, Resilience of science systems, Science Diplomacy, and on Careers and mobility provided ample opportunities for exchange and learning.
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2026 YASAS General Assembly
The ENYA meeting was again held in conjunction with the General Assembly of YASAS – the Young Academies Science Advice Structure in Europe on 29 May 2026. Key discussions during the assembly centred on the activities of YASAS and SAPEA (Science Advice for Policy by European Academies) over the past year as part of the European Commission’s Science Advice Mechanism (SAM). The GYA was represented by GYA AlumnusPlus Markus Prutsch (European Parliament, Belgium), whose term on the YASAS Board came to an end at the meeting, and by GYA YASAS Observer Carina Geldhauser.
During the General Assembly, elections for one YASAS Board position took place, with Jaak Sikk from the Estonian Young Academy of Sciences being elected. The YASAS Board 2026/27 comprises the following members:
- Noel de Miranda (President; Dutch Young Academy)
- Jennifer McMahon (Board Member; Young Academy Ireland)
- Jovana V. Milić (Board Member; Swiss Young Academy)
- Jeroen van Schependom (Board Member; Belgian Young Academy)
- Jaak Sikk (Board Member; Estonian Young Academy of Sciences)