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CELEBRATION
OF THE WORLD SCIENCE DAY FOR PEACE AND DEVELOPMENT
INTERNATIONAL
ROUND TABLE
9 November 2003
Science
as an Instrument for Peace: From Talk to Action
Hungarian Academy of Sciences
Budapest, Hungary
The aim of the Round Table is to underline the role of scientific
cooperation for peace in regions in conflict. The presentations
and discussions will focus on concrete experiences of cooperation
between Israeli and Palestinian scientists, in particular on the
creation of a Science Centre at the Al Qudz University in Jerusalem
(East).
17:00-17:15 OPENING SESSION
Prof. E Silvester Vizi, President, Hungarian Academy of Sciences
Prof. Dr. Walter Erdelen, Assistant Director-General for Natural
Sciences, UNESCO [Read
the address]
Reading of UNESCO Director
General's messages
17:15-17:45 Palestinian Science Center at Al Qudz University,
Jerusalem (East)
Presentation by:
Dr.
Hasan Dweik, Al Qudz University, Jerusalem (East)
Mrs. Maya Halevy, Director, of the Bloomfield Science Museum Jerusalem
Dr. Vincenzo Lipardi, Director of the Fondazione IDIS- Città
della Scienza, Naples, Italy
Video
17:45-18:15: Cooperation in seismology projects
Presentation by:
Prof.
Frederick O. Simon, USA
Dr. Avi Shapira, Director General Geophysical Institute of Israel
Prof. Jalal Al Dabbeck, Ass. Prof. Earthquake Engineering Earth
Science & Seismic Engineering Centre An Najah University,
Nablus
18:15-18:30
CONCLUSIONS
Dr. Sari Nusseibeh, President of the Al-Qudz University of Jerusalem
(East)
Prof. Peter Hillman, Scientific Director of the Bloomfield Science
Museum Jerusalem
Mr. Dan Bitan, Peace and Cooperation Projects, Andrea and Charles
Bronfman Philanthropies (ACBP), Israel
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