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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