Concurrent Thematics Meetings

FORUM I – Science: Achievements, Shortcomings and Challenges

The Nature of Science The Universal Value of Fundamental Science Science in Response to Basic Human Needs The Scientific Approach to Complex Systems Science Across Borders Sharing Scientific Knowledge Science Education Science and the Environment The Biological Revolution and its Implications for Health Science Agriculture and Food Security Science, Ethics and Responsibilty Science and Energy Science and New Materials

FORUM II - Science and Society

Public Perception of Science: Between Acceptance and Rejection Science for Development Setting Priorities in a New Socio-Economic Context Gender Mainstreaming in Science and Technology A new Social Contract for Science Science, Industry and Knowledge as a Public Good New Mechanisms for Funding Science Scientific Expertise and Public Decision Making Joining Forces for a Sustainable World Science and Democracy: a Social Perspective Communicating and Popularizing Science Science and Other Systems of Knowledge

FORUM I – Science: Achievements, Shortcomings and Challenges

The nature of science, Paul Hoyningen-Huene The universal value of fundamental science, Miguel Virasoro The scientific approach to complex systems, Sir Robert May International cooperation in science, Julia Marton-Lefèvre Science education, Guy Ourisson Reformation of scientific disciplines, Hiroyuki Yoshikawa

1. The Nature of Science   
   

   What makes science unique in the experience of mankind ? The specificities of the scientific approach, Maria Carla Galavotti How modern science was born and developed, Claude Debru About non-science, para-science and anti-science : a typology of ideas, attitudes and practices, Robert Halleux Western and non-Western science: history and perspectives, Juan José Saldaña The invention of classical scientific modernity, Roshdi Rashed A new survey of the Needham Question, Liu Dun

2. The Universal Value of Fundamental Science   

Science as a production force, Mohammad A. Hamdan Forging an alliance of formal and folk ecological knowledge, Madhav Gadgil The universal value of fundamental science: a view from the South, Manuel Peimbert

3. Science in Response to Basic Human Needs   

Scientific capabilities in the research on basic needs for development, Eduardo Moacyr Krieger Essential national health research: a powerful instrument in the response to human basic health need, Essmat Ezzat Development of biotechnology applied to food and health to face basic human needs in developing countries, M. de Jesús Limonta-Vidal Science in response to basic human needs with special reference to water, Riyad Al-Dabbagh The ZERI approach towards responding to basic human needs, with special reference to poverty alleviation, energy and shelter, Keto Elitabu Mshigeni The responsibility of science in the alleviation of poverty in the world, Thomas R. Odhiambo

4. The Scientific Approach to Complex Systems   

The predictability of climate, Tim Palmer Disturbed carbon cycle, Berrien Moore III Modeling of policy-making and policy-implementation, Arild Underdal Towards an integrative biology and GaiaList 21:new Programmes for better Understand of Living Beings, Motohori Hoshi Uncertainty and complexity: a mathematician’s point of view, Jacob Palis

5. Science Across Borders   

The need for international cooperation in science and technology, Enric Banda The new commitment for science across borders: a viewpoint of a developing country, Hu Qiheng International collaboration in science: lessons from CERN, C. Llewellyn-Smith Provost Scientific cooperation in Latin America, Oscar Grau International collaboration in the fields of life/brain science, Masao Ito Riken

6. Sharing Scientific Knowledge   

Scientific data in the Internet era, John Rumble Worldwide access to scientific information in the electronic age: an Asian view, Xuan Wang Sharing scientific knowledge through publications: what do developing countries have to offer? Ana María Cetto Copyrights vs. freedom of scientific communication, P. Bernt Hugenholtz Access to electronic information now and in the future, David Russon

7. Science Education   

Science education for development, Sam Bajah Science education in schools, Colin Power Science education for future scientists, Wei Yu

8. Science and the Environment   

Global problems related to biodiversity science, especially the effects of invasive species, José Sarukhan The environmental consequences of tropical deforestation, Carlos Cerri Water resources for human use: a perspective in view of the climate variability impacts, María Concepción Donoso Global climate change and cycling of toxic metals, Jerome Nriagu The role of the oceans in global climate change, John C. Field Natural hazards of geological origin and their environmental impacts, R. Punongbayan Human-induced changes in the global nitrogen cycle: implications for coastal ecosystems, Donald Boesch

9. The Biological Revolution and its Implications for Health   

The biological revolution and its implications for health: an overview, Jorge Allende Genetics and health, Maxine Singer President Vaccines for the future, Paul-Henri Lambert The biological revolution: what’s in it for Africa? Mireille David-Prince New perspectives on ageing, Edit Beregi Semmelweis Application and implication of the cloning of a disease gene: cystic fibrosis as an example, Lap-Chee Tsui Prospects for AIDS research, Luc Montagnier

10. Science Agriculture and Food Security   

Achievements and shortcomings of agriculture research: what to expect from biotechnology, Marc Van Montagu Scientific challenges in feeding the world through sustainable agriculture, Bruce Alberts Mobilising society for food security and related issues, Mervat Badawi

11. Science, Ethics and Responsibilty   

The increasing gap between North and South: a globalization paradox, José M. Cantú Human cloning: the ethics of replicating us, Margaret Somerville Science, ethics and responsibility in a globalized economy, Shem O. Wandiga The precautionary principle, Biserka Belicza Scientific power, economic power, political power, Rynichi Ida

12. Science and Energy   

Energy policy: strategy and challenges for the future, Chihiro Watanabe Distributed power: a challenge for the 21st century, John Loughhead The role of science in the development of fission and fusion energy, Douglas Muir Energy: science, economics and environment, Jyoti Parikh Challenges for research and development in renewable and solar energy technology, Gernot Oswald Energy and Sustainable Development in Africa, Abdoussalam Ba The provision of science and technology development for sustainable energy in developing countries with the case study on Indonesia, Harijono Djojodohardjo

13. Science and New Materials   

Challenges for polymer sciences in the 21st Century, Alexei Khokhlov The importance of interfaces, Roger Horn Small-scale materials science with large scale facilities, Bruce D. Gaulin Poroussolids, environment and strategic developments, Gérard Ferey Computer modelling of materials at the atomic scale, Richard Catlow New materials: their contribution to our futures, John Corish

Public perception of science: between acceptance and rejection, John Durant Science and development, Shem O. Wandiga Setting priorities in a new socio-economic context, Partha Dasgupta Science: the gender issues, Lydia Makhubu A new social contract for science, Jane Lubchenco Science for future generations, Lu Yongxiang

1. Public Perception of Science: Between Acceptance and Rejection   

Public perceptions of the connection between scientific research and social progress, Bruce Lewenstein Public perception of science and anti-science: science and counter culture, Sergei Kapitza Perception of science: essentials and its practice in China - Perception of science in a country in transition, Zhang Kaixun Science centres: a motivational asset, Pelle Persson Third World science: a paradox of prestige and neglect, Martín Yriart L'Afrique refuse-t-elle la science? Gervais Mbarga

2. Science for Development   

Science and survival in the coming decades, C.N.R. Rao Science, development and globalization, Ahmad Jalali Addressing the socio-economic developmental needs society: contribution of the geosciences, Godwin O.P. Obasi Science for development: the approach of a small island state, Gerald Lalor Science for development, Adnan Badran European Union research programmes with linkages to development, Jorma Routti

3. Setting Priorities in a New Socio-Economic Context   

Feasibility of science prospective: what priorities ? Thierry Gaudin Science and priority setting in open societies, John de la Mothe Setting priorities in a new socio-economic context: an industrialist's view, Jens Rostrup-Nielsen Science and technology priorities and policy issues: the Latin-American experience, Hebe Vessuri Central Asia: science in transition, Kadyr G. Gulamov Setting priorities for science and technology in Saudi Arabia and its impediments, Saleh Al-Athel

4. Gender Mainstreaming in Science and Technology   

Science: the gender issues, Sjamsiah Achmad A new declaration of intent on gender, science and technology, and development, Geoffrey Oldham Research and informal education by women scientists for sustainable development, Grace Alele Williams Gender equity as a structural component of the new paradigm and commitment of science and technology, Gloria Bonder The role of women in science for sustainable human development, Aleksandra Kornhauser Promoting science learning for girls and women: policies for human resources development, Shirley Malcom Science and technology for development: the gender dimension, Farkhonda Hassan

5. A new Social Contract for Science   

Basic science and society, Herwig Schopper What does it mean, a social contract for science? Evandro Agazzi The social contract with science in developing countries, Yoginder Alagh New social contract for science: a need for capacity building in Africa, Francis K.A. Allotey The responsibility of companies to society to provide access to healthy water and an efficient waste water treatment system, Marie-Marguerite Bourbigot Prospects for science in Latin American countries, Luis Masperi Dubna: an island of stability, Alexei Sissakian Keeping the basic principles of knowledge openness and research for the long term, Dominique Foray

6. Science, Industry and Knowledge as a Public Good   

Government funding, M.G.K. Menon The pharmaceutical industry and rapidly expanding molecular-genetic knowledge, Albert Fischli The revolution in biology: prospects for the future, Paul Berg The electronics industry, Bernt Ericson The mechanical and steel industry, Eckhard Rohkamm Research and development, innovation and the knowledge-based economy, Arthur J. Carty

7. New Mechanisms for Funding Science   

Adding value to national research: a need for glue money and development of new partnerships, John Marks Co-operation in science and technology and Asia's role, Koichiro Matsuura Management of new mechanisms for funding science, Jaime Lavados Financier la science en Afrique dans le contexte de la globalisation: perspectives et défis, Charles Binam

8. Scientific Expertise and Public Decision Making   

Role of scientific knowledge and international assessments in national and international environmental policy formulation, Robert Watson Scientific research and the convention on biodiversity, Anthony Janetos Scientists in the service of decision making, Uri Shamir Some observations on the role of science in public policy, Tom Brzustowski Science and disaster management, Barbara Carby

9. Joining Forces for a Sustainable World   

Sustainable consumption: visionary or illusory? Brian Heap World population growth: issues and policy implications of demographic change, P. Tandon Science, a learning model for development, Yves Quéré Feeding the world: production and distribution issues - Food in sustainability transition, Lee Yee Cheong International health: changing patterns and policy implications, Erding Norrby

10. Science and Democracy: a Social Perspective   

Science in totalitarian and post-totalitarian regimes, Rainer Eisfeld The idea of the university in a democratic society, Piotr Sztompka A socio-political rejoinder, from a contemporary perspective, Alberto Martinelli International co-operation on climate change, James Dooge Africa and the Third World, L. Adele Jinadu Reason, discernment and democracy, Lourdes Arizpe Science and democracy: public attitudes to science and scientists, Robert Worcester

11. Communicating and Popularizing Science   

Science communication, a duty of scientists, Paola Catapano Training scientists to understand and love the media, Toss Gascoigne Audiences: the missing variable in science communication, Carol Rogers Popularising science in an emerging century: necessity or luxury? Nohora E. Hoyos Science festivals and weeks: adaptable vehicles for science communication, Peter Briggs Science in the media – science in competition, Aart C. Gisolf

12. Science and Other Systems of Knowledge   

Systems of knowledge: dialogue, relationship and process, Kenneth Ruddle Integrating indigenous knowledge into conservation policy: aboriginal fire regimes and the challenge of reproducing acient fire management in protected areas, Marcia Langton Les savoirs agricoles traditionnels dans la production vivière en Afrique subsaharienne, Lazare Séhouéto Improving health care by coupling  indigenous and modern medical knowledge: the scientific bases of Highland Maya herbal medicine, Brent Berlin Pulse of the sea: integrating local knowledge in community-based coastal resource management, Elmer Ferrer Educating today’s youth in indigenous ecological knowledge: new paths for traditional ways, Robbie Mathew