- The Nature of
Science
Chair : Robert Halleux Secretary-General,
IUHPS; Belgium
Rapporteur: Paul Hoyningen-Huene Centre for Philosophy
and Ethics of Science, University of Hannover, Germany
Speakers:
What makes science unique in the experience of mankind ? The specificities of the
scientific approach
Maria Carla Galavotti Dipartimento di
Filosofia, Universitŕ di Bologna, Italy
How modern science was born and developed
Claude Debru Académie des Sciences, France
About non-science, para-science and anti-science : a typology of ideas, attitudes
and practices
Robert Halleux Secretary-General, IUHPS; Belgium
Western and non-Western science: history and perspectives
Juan José Saldańa Facultad de Filosofía y
Letras,UNAM, Mexico
The invention of classical scientific modernity
Roshdi Rashed CNRS–Université de Paris VII, France
A new survey of the Needham Question
Liu Dun Institute for the History of Natural Science,
CAS, China
Session co-ordinator: Robert Halleux Secretary-General,
IUHPS; Belgium
Local secretary: to be determined (tbd)
The Universal Value of
Fundamental Science
Chair : Hubert Markl President, Max-Planck
Gesellschaft, Munich, Germany
Rapporteur: Ian Butterworth Imperial College, London,
UK
Speakers:
Science as a production force
Mohammad A. Hamdan Secretary-General of the Higher
Council for Science and Technology, Jordan
Forging an alliance of formal and folk ecological knowledge
Madhav Gadgil Centre for Ecological Studies,
Bangalore, India
The universal value of fundamental science: a view from the South
Manuel Peimbert Instituto de Astronomía, UNAM, Mexico
Catherine Brechignac Director-General, CNRS, France
Edoardo Vesentini President, Accademia dei Lincei,
Italy
Session co-ordinator: Peter Colyer Academia
Europaea; UK
Local Secretary: F. Solymosi József Attila
University, Hungary
Science in Response to
Basic Human Needs
Chair: Eduardo Moacyr Krieger
President, Brazilian Academy of Sciences, Brazil
Rapporteur: G. Thyagarajan Scientific Secretary,
ICSU/COSTED; India
Speakers:
Scientific capabilities in the research on basic needs for development
Eduardo Moacyr Krieger President, Brazilian
Academy of Sciences, Brazil
Essential national health research: a powerful instrument in the response to human
basic health need.
Essmat Ezzat Director, WHO Collaborating Centre for
Human Resource Development, Egypt
Development of biotechnology applied to food and health to face basic human needs in
developing countries
M. de Jesús Limonta-Vidal Director-General, Centre
for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Cuba
Science in response to basic human needs with special reference to water
Riyad Al-Dabbagh President, Al-Mustansiriya
University, Iraq
The ZERI approach towards responding to basic human needs, with special reference to
poverty alleviation, energy and shelter
Keto Elitabu Mshigeni Pro-Vice Chancellor for Academic
Affairs and Research, University of Namibia
The responsibility of science in the alleviation of poverty in the world
Thomas R. Odhiambo former President, African Academy
of Sciences, Kenya
Session co-ordinator: G. Thyagarajan Scientific
Secretary, ICSU/COSTED; India
Local secretary: J. Banczerowski Office of the
Hungarian Academy of Sciences.
The Scientific Approach
to Complex Systems
Chair: Hartmut Grassl Executive
Director, WCRP, Switzerland.
Rapporteur: Ernö Mészáros University of Veszprem,
Hungary
Speakers:
The predictability of climate
Tim Palmer ECMWF, Reading, UK
Disturbed carbon cycle
Berrien Moore III Chair, IGBP; University of New
Hampshire, USA
Modeling of policy-making and policy-implementation
Arild Underdal Vice-President, IHDP; Norway
Towards an integrative biology and GaiaList 21:new Programmes for better
Understand of Living Beings
Motohori Hoshi Department of Life Science, Tokyo
Institute of Technology, Yokohama, Japan
Uncertainty and complexity: a mathematician’s point of view
Jacob Palis President, IMU; IMPA, Brazil
Session co-ordinator: Hartmut Grassl Executive
Director, WCRP; Switzerland
Local secretary: tbd
Science Across Borders
Chair: Peter Tindemans Chairman, OECD
Megascience Forum, Netherlands
Rapporteur: Stefan Michalowski OECD, France
Speakers:
The need for international cooperation in science and technology
Enric Banda Secretary-General, European Science
Foundation, France
The new commitment for science across borders: a viewpoint of a developing country
Hu Qiheng Vice-President, CAST, China
International collaboration in science: lessons from CERN
C. Llewellyn-Smith Provost, University College London,
UK
Scientific cooperation in Latin America
Oscar Grau Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, UN de La
Plata, Argentina
International collaboration in the fields of life/brain science
Masao Ito RIKEN Brain Science Institute, Tokyo, Japan
Session co-ordinator: Stefan Michalowski OECD,
France
Local secretary: S.Toth Office of Science and
Technology Policy Council, Hungary
Sharing Scientific
Knowledge
Chair: Sir Roger Elliott Chair, ICSU
Press; University of Oxford,UK
Rapporteur: Kai-Inge Hillerud The Royal Swedish
Academy of Sciences, Sweden
Speakers:
Normative issues for electronic publishing in science
Mark S. Frankel Director, Program on Scientific
Freedom, Responsibility and Law, AAAS, USA
Scientific data in the Internet era
John Rumble President, CODATA,USA
Worldwide access to scientific information in the electronic age: an Asian view
Xuan Wang Institute of Computer Science and
Technology, Peking University, China
Sharing scientific knowledge through publications: what do developing countries have to
offer?
Ana María Cetto Instituto de Física, UNAM, Mexico
Copyrights vs. freedom of scientific communication
P. Bernt Hugenholtz Institute for Information Law,
University of Amsterdam, Netherlands
Access to electronic information now and in the future
David Russon Deputy Chief Executive, British Library,
UK
Session co-ordinator: Sir Roger Elliott Chair, ICSU
Press; University of Oxford,UK
Local secretary: tdb
Science Education
Chair: Shirley Malcom AAAS, USA
Rapporteur:
Speakers:
Theme I:
Science education for development
Sam Bajah Institute of Education, University of
Ibadan, Nigeria
Panelists:
Jajah Koswara Jakarta, Indonesia
Lauritz Holm-Nielsen World Bank, USA
Molly Teas Director, ICSU/PCBS; AAAS, USA
Theme II:
Science education in schools
Colin Power Deputy Director-General, UNESCO, France
Panelists:
Jack Holbrook Executive Secretary, ICASE, Cyprus
Caroline MacGrath Association for Science Education,
UK
Winston King University of the West Indies,
Barbados
Theme III:
Science education for future scientists
Wei Yu Vice-Minister for Education, China
Panelists:
Flavio Fava de Moraes Vice-President, IAU; Brazil
Berit Olsson Director SAREC, Sweden
Munthir Salah Minister of Higher Education,
Palestinian National Authority, Palestine
Session co-ordinator: Leon Lederman Chair,
ICSU/PCBS; USA
Local secretary: G. Marx Eötvös Lóránd University,
Hungary
Science and the
Environment
Chair: Jerry M. Melillo President,
SCOPE; USA
Rapporteur: Andras Szöllösi-Nagy Secretary,
International Hydrological Programme, UNESCO
Speakers:
Global problems related to biodiversity science, especially the effects of invasive
species
José Sarukhan Chair, Diversitas; UNAM, Mexico
The environmental consequences of tropical deforestation
Carlos Cerri Universidade de Săo Paulo, Brazil
Water resources for human use: a perspective in view of the climate variability impacts
María Concepción Donoso Director, CATHALAC, Panama
Global climate change and cycling of toxic metals
Jerome Nriagu School of Public Health, University of
Michigan; Nigeria
The role of the oceans in global climate change
John C. Field President, SCOR; University of Cape
Town, South Africa
Natural hazards of geological origin and their environmental impacts
R. Punongbayan Director, Philippine Institute of
Vulcanology and Seismology, Philippines
Human-induced changes in the global nitrogen cycle: implications for coastal ecosystems
Donald Boesch Director, University of Maryland Center
for Environmental Science, USA
Session co-ordinator: Veronique Plocq Fichelet
Executive Director, SCOPE, France
Local secretary: A. Elek National Council of the
Environment, Hungary
The Biological
Revolution and its Implications for Health
Chair: Jorge Allende Director, Instituto
de Ciencias Biomédicas, University of Chile, Chile
Rapporteur: Nicole Biros Director, Research Policy and
Co-operation, WHO
Speakers:
The biological revolution and its implications for health: an overview
Jorge Allende Director, Instituto de Ciencias
Biomédicas, University of Chile, Chile
Genetics and health
Maxine Singer President, Carnegie Institution, USA
Vaccines for the future
Paul-Henri Lambert WHO Adviser for Vaccine Research,
Belgium/Switzerland
The biological revolution: what’s in it for Africa?
Mireille David-Prince Université du Bénin, Togo
New perspectives on ageing
Edit Beregi Semmelweis Medical University, Hungary
Application and implication of the cloning of a disease gene: cystic fibrosis as an
example
Lap-Chee Tsui The Hospital for Sick Children;
University of Toronto, Canada
Prospects for AIDS research
Luc Montagnier President of the World Foundation for
AIDS Research and Prevention, France
Session co-ordinator: Nicole Biros Director,
Research Policy and Co-operation, WHO
Local secretary: tbd
Science
Agriculture and Food Security
Chair: Ismail Serageldin Chairman,
CGIAR; Egypt
Rapporteur: Enrico Porceddu Universitŕ degli Studi
della Tuscia, Italy
Speakers:
Achievements and shortcomings of agriculture research: what to expect from biotechnology
Marc Van Montagu University of Gent - Flanders
Interuniversity Institute for Biotechnology, Belgium
Scientific challenges in feeding the world through sustainable agriculture
Bruce Alberts President, NAS, USA
Mobilising society for food security and related issues.
Mervat Badawi Director, Operations Department, Arab
Fund for Economic and Social Development, Kuwait
Panelists:
Gian Tomaso Scarascia Mugnozza, Rector, Universitŕ
degli Studi della Tuscia, Italy
Louise Fresco FAO-SDR; Netherlands
Winfred Blum Secretary-General, IUSS; Austria
Elias Fereres Director, Instituto de
Agricultura Sostenible, Spain
Session co-ordinator: Maria J. Zimmermann
Sustainable Development Department, FAO, Italy
Local secretary: G. Várallay Research Institute for
Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry, Hungary
Science, Ethics and
Responsibilty
Chair: Vigdis Finnbogadottir Chair,
World Commission on the Ethics of Scientific Knowledge and Technology; Iceland
Rapporteur; Matthias Kaiser Chair, ICSU/SCRES; Norway
Speaker:
The increasing gap between North and South: a globalization paradox
José M. Cantú Latin American Genome Project;
University of Guadalajara, Mexico
Human cloning: the ethics of replicating us
Margaret Somerville Director, Centre for Medicine,
Ethics and Law, McGill University, Canada
Science, ethics and responsibility in a globalized economy
Shem O. Wandiga Chairman, Kenya National Academy of
Sciences, Kenya
The precautionary principle
Biserka Belicza Institute for the History and
Philosophy of Science, Croatia
Scientific power, economic power, political power
Rynichi Ida President, International Bioethics
Committee; Japan
Session co-ordinator: G. Kutukdjian Director,
Division of Ethics of Science and Technology, UNESCO
Local secretary: tdb
Science and
Energy
Chair:
Rapporteur: Ugo Farinelli ENEA, Italy
Speakers:
Energy policy: strategy and challenges for the future
Chihiro Watanabe Department of International
Engineering and Management, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan
Distributed power: a challenge for the 21st century
John Loughhead Vice-President Technology, ALSTOM,
France
The role of science in the development of fission and fusion energy
Douglas Muir Department of nuclear Sciences and
Applications, Nuclear Data Section, International Atomic Energy Agency, Austria
Energy: science, economics and environment
Jyoti Parikh Indira Gandhi Institute of Development
Research, India
Challenges for research and development in renewable and solar energy technology
Gernot Oswald President, Siemens Solar GmbH, Germany
Energy and Sustainable Development in Africa
Abdoussalam Ba Directeur Général du CNES, Niger
Session co-ordinator: B. Berkovski Director,
Division of Engineering Sciences, UNESCO
Local secretary: T. Jászoy Budapest Technical
University, Hungary
The provision of science and technology development for sustainable energy in
developing countries with the case study on Indonesia
Harijono Djojodohardjo Chairman, National Institute of
Aeronautics and Space, Indonesia
Science and New
Materials
Chair: Richard A. Catlow The Royal
Institution, UK
Rapporteur: John Corish Trinity College, University of
Dublin, Ireland
Speakers:
Challenges for polymer sciences in the 21st Century
Alexei Khokhlov Department of Physics, Lomonosov State
University, Russia
The importance of interfaces
Roger Horn Ian Wark Research Institute, University of
South Australia, Australia
Small-scale materials science with large scale facilities
Bruce D. Gaulin Department of Physics and Astronomy,
McMaster University, Canada
Poroussolids, environment and strategic developments
Gérard Ferey Institut Lavoisier, Université de
Versailles, France
Computer modelling of materials at the atomic scale
Richard Catlow The Royal Institution, U.K.
New materials: their contribution to our futures
John Corish Trinity College, University of Dublin,
Ireland
Session co-ordinator: John Corish Trinity College,
University of Dublin, Ireland
Local secretary: J. Gyulai Research Institute for
Material Sciences, Hungary
Monday 28
June 1999
FORUM II - Science and Society
Public Perception of Science:
Between Acceptance and Rejection
Chair: Yuri Osipov President, Russian
Academy of Sciences, Russia
Rapporteur: John Durant Director of Science
Communication, Science Museum, UK
Speakers:
Public perceptions of the connection between scientific research and social progress
Bruce Lewenstein Cornell University, USA
Public perception of science and anti-science: science and counter culture
Sergei Kapitza Institute for Physical Problems,
Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia
Perception of science: essentials and its practice in China
Perception of science in a country in transition
Zhang Kaixun Vice-President, CAST, Institue of
Automation for machine-building, China
Science centres: a motivational asset
Pelle Persson Director, HEUREKA, Finland
Third World science: a paradox of prestige and neglect
Martín Yriart Escuela de letras, Master CTS: Cultura
y Comunicacion en Ciencia y Tecnologia, Madrid, Spain
L'Afrique refuse-t-elle la science?
Gervais Mbarga Université de Yaounde II, Cameroon
Session co-ordinator: John Durant Director of
Science Communication, Science Museum, UK
Local secretary: A.Váry Research Institute for
Sociology, HAS, Hungary
- Science for
Development
Chair: C.N.R. Rao Vice-President, TWAS;
India
Rapporteur: Mohamed Hassan Executive Director, TWAS;
Sudan
Speakers:
Science and survival in the coming decades
C.N.R. Rao Vice-President, TWAS; India
Science, development and globalization
Ahmad Jalali Ambassador of Iran to UNESCO
Addressing the socio-economic developmental needs society: contribution of the
geosciences
Godwin O.P. Obasi Vice-President, TWAS; Nigeria
Science for development: the approach of a small island state
Gerald Lalor Director-General, ICENS, Jamaica
Science for development
Adnan Badran President, Philadelphia University,
Jordan
European Union research programmes with linkages to development
Jorma Routti Director-General XII, European
Commission, Finland
Session co-ordinator: Mohamed Hassan Executive Director,
TWAS; Sudan
Local secretary: tbd
- Setting
Priorities in a New Socio-Economic Context
Chair: Hans van Ginkel Rector, UN
University; Netherlands
Rapporteur: Jean-Eric Aubert OECD; France
Speakers:
Feasibility of science prospective: what priorities ?
Thierry Gaudin Prospective 2100, France
Science and priority setting in open societies
John de la Mothe Faculty of Administration, University
of Ottawa, Canada
Setting priorities in a new socio-economic context: an industrialist's view
Jens Rostrup-Nielsen Vice-President, Haldor Topsoe,
Denmark
Science and technology priorities and policy issues: the Latin-American experience
Hebe Vessuri Venezuelan Institute of Scientific
Research, Venezuela
Central Asia: science in transition
Kadyr G. Gulamov Vice-President, Academy of Sciences,
Uzbekistan
Setting priorities for science and technology in Saudi Arabia and its impediments
Saleh Al-Athel President, King Abdulaziz City for
Science and Technology, Saudi Arabia
Session co-ordinator: : Jean-Eric Aubert OECD, France
Local secretary: A. Havas National Committee for
Technological Development, Hungary
- Gender Mainstreaming
in Science and Technology
Chair: Sjamsiah Achmad Indonesian
Institute of Science, Indonesia
President: Tullia Carettoni President, Italian
National Commission for UNESCO, Italy
Rapporteur: Geoffrey Oldham former Director, SPRU,
University of Sussex, UK
Speakers:
Science: the gender issues
Sjamsiah Achmad Indonesian Institute of
Science, Indonesia
A new declaration of intent on gender, science and technology, and development
Geoffrey Oldham former Director, SPRU, University of
Sussex, UK
Research and informal education by women scientists for sustainable development
Grace Alele Williams Vice-President TWOWS;
Nigeria
Gender equity as a structural component of the new paradigm and commitment of science
and technology
Gloria Bonder Facultad de Psicologia, universidad de
Buenos Aires, Argentina
The role of women in science for sustainable human development
Aleksandra Kornhauser International Centre for
Chemical Studies, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
Promoting science learning for girls and women: policies for human resources
development
Shirley Malcom AAAS, USA
Science and technology for development: the gender dimension
Farkhonda Hassan Vice-President, TWOWS; Egypt
Session co-ordinator: Renée Clair Programme
Specialist, Basic Sciences Division, UNESCO
Local secretary: Cs. Bánayász Research Institute for
Computer Science and Automation, HAS, Hungary
- A new Social Contract
for Science
Chair: Herwig Schopper University of
Hamburg, Germany
Rapporteur: Heidi Diggelmann Institute for
Microbiology, University of Lausanne, Switzerland
Speakers:
Basic science and society
Herwig Schopper University of Hamburg, Germany
What does it mean, a social contract for science?
Evandro Agazzi Department of Philosophy, University
of Genova, Italy
The social contract with science in developing countries
Yoginder Alagh President, Shiri Sai Rural Institute,
India
New social contract for science: a need for capacity building in Africa
Francis K.A. Allotey President, Society of
African Physicists and Mathematicians, Ghana
The responsibility of companies to society to provide access to healthy water and an
efficient waste water treatment system
Marie-Marguerite Bourbigot Directeur de Recherche,
Générale des Eaux/Vivendi, France
Prospects for science in Latin American countries
Luis Masperi Director, CLAF, Brazil
Dubna: an island of stability
Alexei Sissakian JINR, Dubna, Russia
Keeping the basic principles of knowledge openness and research for the long term
Dominique Foray Directeur de Recherche, CNRS, France
Session co-ordinator: Herwig Schopper University of
Hamburg, Germany
Local secretary: R. Lovas Research Institute for
Particle Physics, Hungary
- Science, Industry
and Knowledge as a Public Good
Chair M.G.K. Menon former President,
ICSU; India
Rapporteur: Albert Fischli F. Hoffmann-La Roche
Ltd, Switzerland
Speakers:
Government funding
M.G.K. Menon former President, ICSU; India
The pharmaceutical industry and rapidly expanding molecular-genetic knowledge
Albert Fischli F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd, Switzerland
The revolution in biology: prospects for the future
Paul Berg Stanford University Medical Centre, USA
The electronics industry
Bernt Ericson Vice-President of Research and
Technology, L.M. Ericsson, Sweden
The mechanical and steel industry
Eckhard Rohkamm Thyssen Industries AG, Germany
Research and development, innovation and the knowledge-based economy
Arthur J. Carty President, National Research Council,
Canada
Session co-ordinator: Albert Fischli F. Hoffmann-La
Roche Ltd, Switzerland
Local secretary: É. Ehrlich Research Institute for
World Economics, Hungary
- New Mechanisms
for Funding Science
Chair: Sir Crispin Tickell ICSU Advisory
Committee on the Environment; UK
Rapporteur: Kirsten Broch-Mathisen Chair IGFA; Norway
Speakers:
Adding value to national research: a need for glue money and development of new
partnerships
John Marks Director, NWO Earth and Life Sciences
Council, Netherlands
Co-operation in science and technology and Asia's role
Koichiro Matsuura Ambassador of Japan to France
Management of new mechanisms for funding science
Jaime Lavados Ambassador of Chile to UNESCO
Financier la science en Afrique dans le contexte de la globalisation: perspectives et
défis
Charles Binam Cabinet du Ministre de la Recherche
Scientifique et Technique, Cameroon
Session co-ordinator: Jean-François Stuyck-Taillandier Executive
Director, ICSU, France
Local secretary: tbd
- Scientific
Expertise and Public Decision Making
Chair: Robert Watson Chair IPCC,
UK
Rapporteur: Nikolai Plate Secretary General, Russian
Academy of Sciences, Russia
Speakers:
Role of scientific knowledge and international assessments in national and international
environmental policy formulation
Robert Watson Chair, IPCC; UK
Scientific research and the convention on biodiversity
Anthony Janetos World Resources Institute, USA
Scientists in the service of decision making
Uri Shamir Technion–Israel Institute of
Technology, Israel
Some observations on the role of science in public policy
Tom Brzustowski President, Natural Science and
Engineering Research Council, Canada
Science and disaster management
Barbara Carby Office of Disaster Preparedness and
Emergency Management, Jamaica
Session co-ordinator: Jean-François Stuyck-Taillandier
Executive Director, ICSU, France
Local secretary: tbd
- Joining Forces for a
Sustainable World
Chair: F. Sherwood Rowland Foreign
Secretary, NAS, USA
Rapporteur: John P. Campbell Director, InterAcademy
Programs, NAS, USA
Speakers:
Sustainable consumption: visionary or illusory?
Brian Heap Foreign Secretary, Royal Society, UK
World population growth: issues and policy implications of demographic change
P. Tandon Indian National Science Academy, India
Science, a learning model for development
Yves Quéré Foreign Secretary, Académie des
Sciences, France
Feeding the world: production and distribution issues
Food in sustainability transition
Lee Yee Cheong Secretary-General, Academy of Sciences
Malaysia, Malaysia
International health: changing patterns and policy implications
Erding Norrby Secretary-General, Royal Swedish Academy
of Sciences, Sweden
Session co-ordinator: John Campbell Director,
InterAcademy Programs, NAS, USA
Local secretary: G. Náray-Szabó Eötvös Lóránd
University, Hungary
- Science and
Democracy: a Social Perspective
Chair: Theodore Lowi Department of
Government, Cornell University, USA
Rapporteur: Rainer Eisfeld Department of Social
Science, University of Osnabrück, Germany
Speakers:
Science in totalitarian and post-totalitarian regimes
Rainer Eisfeld Department of Social Science,
University of Osnabrück, Germany
The idea of the university in a democratic society
Piotr Sztompka Jagiellonian University, Poland
A socio-political rejoinder, from a contemporary perspective
Alberto Martinelli Facoltŕ di Scienze Politiche,
Universitŕ degli Studi di Milano, Italy
International co-operation on climate change
James Dooge Centre for Water Resource Research,
University College Dublin, Ireland
Africa and the Third World
L. Adele Jinadu Lagos State University, Nigeria
Reason, discernment and democracy
Lourdes Arizpe Centro Regional de Investigaciones
Multidisciplinarias, UNAM, Mexico
Science and democracy: public attitudes to science and scientists
Robert Worcester Director, MORI Organization,
UK
Session co-ordinator: Leszek Kosinski
Secretary-General, International Social Sciences Council, France
Local secretary: tbd
Communicating and Popularizing Science
Chair: Winfried Goepfert Professor of
Publishing and Science Journalism, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany
Rapporteur: Istvan Palugyai Vice-President, EUSJA
Hungary
Speakers:
Science communication, a duty of scientists
Paola Catapano CERN, Switzerland
Training scientists to understand and love the media
Toss Gascoigne Executive Director, FAST, Australia
Audiences: the missing variable in science communication
Carol Rogers College of Journalism, University of
Maryland, USA
Popularising science in an emerging century: necessity or luxury?
Nohora E. Hoyos Director, Maloka Ciencia y Tecnología
Interactiva,, Colombia
Science festivals and weeks: adaptable vehicles for science communication
Peter Briggs Secretary, British Association for the
Advancement of Science, UK
Science in the media – science in competition
Aart C. Gisolf Science Television, SWR, Germany
Session co-ordinator: Winfried Goepfert, Professor
of Publishing and Science Journalism, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany
Local secretary: G. Bencze Central Research Institute
for Physics, HAS, Hungary
- Science and
Other Systems of Knowledge
Chair: B.V. Subbarayappa President, IUHPS, India
Rapporteur: Douglas Nakashima Programme Specialist,
Unit on Coastal Areas and Small Islands, UNESCO
Speakers:
Systems of knowledge: dialogue, relationship and process
Kenneth Ruddle Kwansei Gakuin University UK
Integrating indigenous knowledge into conservation policy: aboriginal fire regimes and
the challenge of reproducing acient fire management in protected areas.
Marcia Langton Centre for Indigenous Natural and
Cultural Resource Management, Northern Territory University, Australia
Les savoirs agricoles traditionnels dans la production vivičre en Afrique
subsaharienne
Lazare Séhouéto Institut Kilimandjaro, Bénin
Improving health care by coupling indigenous and modern medical knowledge: the
scientific bases of Highland Maya herbal medicine
Brent Berlin Department of Anthropology; University of
Georgia, USA
Pulse of the sea: integrating local knowledge in community-based coastal resource
management
Elmer Ferrer University of the Philippines,
Philippines
Educating today’s youth in indigenous ecological knowledge: new paths for
traditional ways
Robbie Mathew Eeyou (Cree Indian) Elder of Chisasibi
Nation, Canada
Session co-ordinator: Douglas Nakashima Programme
Specialist, Unit on Coastal Areas and Small Islands, UNESCO
Local secretary: tbd
