The “Statement of Intent” will be signed by European Research Commissioner Philippe Busquin and the Directors-General of the EIROforum organisations: Mr Jerôme Paméla (European Fusion Development Agreement), present EIROforum Chairman, Mrs Catherine Cesarsky (European Southern Observatory), Mr Colin Carlile (Institut Laue-Langevin), Mr Jean-Jacques Dordain (European Space Agency), Mr Fotis Kafatos (European Molecular Biology Laboratory), Mr Luciano Maiani (Centre Européen pour la Recherche Nucléaire), and Mr Bill ...[+++]Stirling (European Synchroton Radiation Facility).

EIROforum members include: CERN European Organisation for Nuclear Research (particle physics); EFDA European Fusion Development Agreement; EMBL European Molecular Biology Laboratory; ESA European Space Agency; ESO European Southern Observatory (astronomy and astrophysics); ESRF European Synchrotron Radiation Facility; and ILL Institut Laue-Langevin (neutron source).

(8) CERN: European Organisation for Nuclear Research; ESA: European Space Agency; ESO: European Southern Observatory; ENO: European Northern Observatory; EMBL: European Molecular Biology Laboratory; ESRF: European Synchroton Radiation Facility; ILL: Laue-Langevin Institute.

(6) CERN: European Organisation for Nuclear Research; EMBL: European Molecular Biology Laboratory; ESO: European Southern Observatory; ENO: European Northern Observatory; ESA: European Space Agency.

Location and date : Vantaa (SF) - 25-26.11.1994 Main organiser : Heureka - The Finish Science Center - Finland Information : Per-Edvin Persson Heureka Tel: +358 0 857 92 01 Fax: +358 0 873 41 42 Project 18 European Science History over the Last 40 Years Four Fascinating Decades of Scientific Developments "Experiment Europe", a fast moving collage of archive films, analyses the unique achievements of European cooperation in the field of science Over the last forty years, the European countries have progressively established a world-wide platform of joint research organisations - in fields such as astrophysics, physics, space exploration, energy and ...[+++]molecular biology.

In the space of thirty years, half a dozen major European scientific cooperation agencies have been set up: the CERN for particle physics, the ESO for astronomy, the ESA for space research, the EMBO and EMBL for molecular biology and the ESRF for use of synchrotron radiation, etc.