The ICA General Assembly 2025
will be held online on 18 June from 13.00 - 15.00 CEST
Representation at the General Assembly
The General Assembly is open to all staff and students of ICA Member Institutions, and all are warmly invited to attend. The Assembly is considered duly constituted when at least one-third of the Member Institutions are represented.
Registration is closed
Maria Knutson-Wedel, President of ICA, will presemt the annual report on activities during 2024 and 2025 on behalf of the ICA Board.
Navigating Complexity: ICA Leading the Circular Bioeconomy Transformation
will be held on 16 and 17 October 2025
at BOKU University, Vienna, Austria
This forum provides a dedicated platform to explore the evolving Science–Policy Interface and to showcase best practices in knowledge mobilization by ICA's life science universities
See the Forum Programme and Register
ICA Rectors and Deans Forum 2025 will be held on 16 and 17 October at BOKU University, Vienna. The theme: Navigating Complexity: ICA Leading the Circular Bioeconomy Transformation. See full details here
The ICA General Assembly 2025 will be held online on Wednesday 18 June from 13.00 to 15.00.
READ MORE to see the full list of all ICA, ICA Board Committees, ICA Standing Committees and ICA Partner events to be held in 2025 - the list will be updated as events are announced
The Circular Bioeconomy and Sustainable Development
Download the flyer to see the detailed programme and registration details. Deadline for registration 5 May
ICA-CoP Bio-Edu 2025 Learning Communities for the transformation to the bioeconomy: innovation by dialogue between partners
Webinar No1: Two Case Studies of Learning Communities at a local level (a region within one country)
To be held on Monday 19 May from 13.00 to 14.00 CET
Presenters:
Christian Klar, Head of Coordination Centre BioökonomieREVIER, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Jülich, Germany
Raymond Sparreboom, Academy for Technology and Innovation, Avans University of Applied Sciences, The Netherlands
Click on Read more below to see the presenters abstracts and the short bios, and Register
ICA-CoP Bio-Edu Workshop 2024
Download the Workshop Report from the programme page
Engaging with the corporate world to enhance the provision by life science universities and faculties of lifelong learning for professionals in the Bioeconomy
ICA-Edu Workshop 2024
Downlaod the Workshop Report from the progarmme page
Developing best teaching and learning practices for the professional use of AI in Life Sciences Higher Education
The call is launched to recognise individuals who have achieved excellence in furthering the values and mission of ICA.
Read more to see the full details of the call and and download your nomination form
Application Deadline 12 May 2025
By 31 January join the 2025 Biodiversity Challenge for ICA members organised by Wageningen University and Research (WUR). The idea of the Biodiversity Challenge is to organise simultaneous monitoring of biodiversity (a BioBlitz) at all ICA member campuses between 30 April and 27 June.
ICA President's Winter Greeting 2025
Dear ICA Members,
As we turn the page to a new year, we have much to reflect upon, celebrate, and look forward to as Europe’s largest united community of life science universities.
In 2024, ICA drove important discussions on sustainability, innovation and the future of life sciences education. We had a special opportunity to clarify and communicate our role as life science universities through EU's high level ”Strategic Dialogue on the Future of European Agriculture and Forestry”. Looking ahead to ICA's activities in 2025, I am excited by the opportunities for life science universities to address the pressing challenges of our time.