Ministerial Round Table - "The Basic Sciences: The Science Lever for Development"
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Ministerial Round Table- "The Basic Sciences: The Science Lever for Development"
Friday 14 October, 3.30 p.m. - 5.00 p.m.
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Ministerial Round Table- "The Basic Sciences: The Science Lever for Development"
Friday 14 October, 9.30 a.m. - 1.00 p.m.
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Programme:
9.30 a.m. - 11.00 a.m.
Session 3 - Continuation
11.00 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Session 4 - Science policy and the role of the basic sciences for governmental decision-making
Chair: H.E. Ms Gassama Dia, Minister of Scientific Research of Senegal
Keynote Speakers:
- H.E. Professor Atta-ur-Rahman Federal Minister/Chairman Higher Education Commission (HEC) of Pakistan
- H.E. Dr Marlene Yadira Cordova, Minister of Science and Technology of Venezuela |
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Ministerial Round Table- "The Basic Sciences: The Science Lever for Development"
Thursday 13 October, 3.00 p.m. - 6.30 p.m.
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Programme:
3 p.m.- 5.30 p.m.
Session 2 - National and regional priorities for cooperation in the basic sciences
Chair: H.E. Mr Lyonpo Thinley Gyamthsho, Minister of Education of Bhutan
Keynote Speakers:
- H.E. Dr Julio Rubio Oca, Vice-Minister of Higher Education of Mexico
- H.E. Professor George Saitoti, Minister of Education, Science and Technology of Kenya
5.30 p.m.- 6.30 p.m.
Session 3 - Building capacity in the basic sciences: relevance to developing countries
Chair: H.E. Dr Hani Mortada, Minister of Higher Education of Syria
Keynote Speakers:
- H.E. Mr François Goulard, French Minister with special responsibilities for Higher Education
- H.E. Dr Madeleine Tchuinte, Minister of Scientific Research and Technological Innovation of Cameroon
- H.E. Mr Kapil Sibal, Minister of Science and Technology of India |
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Ministerial Round Table- "The Basic Sciences: The Science Lever for Development"
Thursday 13 October, 9.30 a.m. - 1 p.m.
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Programme:
9.30 a.m. -10.30 a.m.
Opening of the Round Table
Main Speaker: Mr Koïchiro Matsuura, Director-General of UNESCO
Addresses by eminent participants:
- Academician Zhores I. Alferov (Russia) - Nobel Prize Winner for Physics (2001)
- Professor Khaled Toukan, Minister of Education, and Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research of Jordan and Director of SESAME
10.30 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Session 1 The Basic Sciences: challenges in the twenty-first century
Chair: Dr John H. Marburger III, Science Advisor to the President of the United States of America
Keynote Speakers:
- H.E. Mr Pravich Rattanapien, Minister of Science and Technology of Thailand
- H.E. Professor Amr Ezzat Salama, Minister of Higher Education and Minister of State for Scientific Research of Egypt
- Professor Robert Aymar, Director-General of the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) |
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