The Global Network of Science Academies (IAP) held in Rio de Janeiro, during the period of February 24-27, 2013, its 7thConference and General Assembly. Focusing on the topic “Science for Poverty Eradication and Sustainable Development”, the event gathered representatives from 55 Academies of Sciences of the world. During four days, participants discussed how Science can contribute towards the resolution of some of the major challenges faced by humanity; among them, the enormous challenge of eradicating poverty and elaborating sustainable alternatives for development. Another crucial issue which was discussed was the potential contribution of the Science Academies of the world for the development of the Post 2015 Agenda, a process that will take place within the UN system and each country and will happen in the coming months.
The opening ceremony of the Conference was held on Sunday afternoon (February 24th), with the presence of the Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation (MSTI), Marco Antonio Raupp. In addition to the minister, the president of the Brazilian Academy of Science (ABC), Jacob Palis , and the co-chairs of the Global Network of Science Academies (IAP), Howard Alper and Mohamed Hassan also participated in the opening ceremony.
In the morning of February 25th, a plenary session focusing on “The Future we Want: the Role of Science in Coping with the Grand Challenges Facing Humanity” was held. The rest of the day was dedicated to thematic group discussions, which focused on science literacy, food security, global health, safe water and sanitation, climate change, and sustainable energy.
On the last day of the conference three plenary sessions were held. The first one focused on “Science Academies Working Together to Tackle the Grand Challenge of Poverty Eradication and Sustainable Development”. The second session was dedicated towards the presentation and discussion of experiences and lessons learned from Grand Challenges Programs (Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, USAID, Grand Challenges Canada, and Grand Challenges Brazil). Shortly after this session, the Brazilian Ministry of Health officially launched the “Grand Challenges Brazil: Prevention and Management of Premature Births”. Through this call – supported by the MSTI, the Ministry of Health and the Bill & Mellinda Gates Foundation – a total of 8 million dollars will be invested in innovative studies focused on improving the scenario of premature births in Brazil.
The third plenary session of the day focused on “Bridging Grand Challenges and Integrated Innovations with Poverty Eradication and Sustainable Development: Challenges and Opportunities”. This session aimed at discussing how existing programs, or others yet to be established, can be related with the Grand Challenge of Poverty Eradication and Sustainable Development.
At the final stage of the meeting two important issues were approved. The first one was the establishment of an internet portal, based on IAP’s web site, which will disclose, to the international scientific community, the existing Grand Challenges programs. Through this web portal, researchers from all over the world will have access to research financing opportunities provided by the Grand Challenges. The second recommendation was the approval of the Letter from Rio. This document, approved by the participants of the meeting, urges the international scientific community to engage in the construction of scientific knowledge that contributes to overcoming critical issues faced by humanity, among them poverty eradication and sustainable development.
February 27th was dedicated to IAP’s General Assembly. Throughout the day, representatives from the Academies appraised the activities of the network implemented over the past three years, and discussed the future steps of the organization. Recommendations which arose from the Conference were also discussed and approved. Among these, one recommendation initially presented by Minister Marco Antonio Raupp, and endorsed by the Brazilian Academy of Sciences, stands outs: the establishment of a committee, to be constituted by a group of Science Academies, which will be in charge of making recommendations on how Academies can engage on actions that contribute towards poverty eradication. This proposal will be discussed at the first meeting of the new Executive Committee of the network, elected in Rio.
The General Assembly ended with the election of the new co-presidents and Executive Committee. Mohamed Hassan and Volker ter Meulen, respectively from Sudan and Germany, were elected as new co-chairs. The following Academies were elected to compose the Executive Committee: Brazil, Canada, China, Cuba, France, India, Italy, Japan, Mexico, South Africa and the United States.
Com o tema “Ciência para a Erradicação da Pobreza e o Desenvolvimento Sustentável”, a 7ª Conferência e Assembleia Geral da Rede Global de Academias de Ciências (IAP) foram realizadas no período de 24 a 27 de fevereiro de 2013, no Rio de Janeiro. O evento reuniu representantes de 55 Academias de Ciências do mundo que, durante quatro dias, discutiram como pode a Ciência contribuir para a resolução de alguns dos principais desafios enfrentados no mundo contemporâneo; dentre estes os enormes desafios de erradicação da pobreza e da elaboração de alternativas sustentáveis de desenvolvimento. Outra questão fundamental discutida foi a potencial contribuição das Academias de Ciências do mundo para o processo de construção da Agenda Pós 2015, debate que ocupará papel central nos países e no sistema ONU, nos próximos meses.
A Conferência foi aberta na tarde do domingo (24/02), em cerimônia que contou com a presença do Ministro da Ciência, Tecnologia e Inovação (MCTI), Marco Antonio Raupp. Além do ministro, participaram da mesa de abertura o presidente da Academia Brasileira de Ciências (ABC), Jacob Palis, e os co-presidentes da Rede Global de Academias de Ciências (IAP), Howard Alper e Mohamed Hassan.
Na manhã do dia 25/02 foi realizada uma sessão plenária que teve como foco “O Futuro que Queremos: a Contribuição da Ciência para a Superação dos Grandes Desafios Enfrentados pela Humanidade”. O restante do dia foi reservado a grupos temáticos, que discutiram assuntos como letramento científico (“science literacy”); segurança alimentar; saúde global; segurança hídrica e saneamento; mudanças climáticas; e energias sustentáveis.
No último dia da Conferência foram realizadas três sessões plenárias. A primeira teve como foco o debate sobre como podem as Academias de Ciências do mundo trabalhar de forma colaborativa para contribuir com os esforços em prol da erradicação da pobreza e do desenvolvimento sustentável. A segunda sessão foi dedicada à apresentação e discussão de experiências e aprendizados dos Programas Grandes Desafios (Fundação Bill & Melinda Gates; USAID; Grandes Desafios Canadá; e Grandes Desafios Brasil). Logo após essa sessão, foi feito o lançamento oficial do edital de pesquisa “Grandes Desafios Brasil: Prevenção e Manejo dos Nascimentos Prematuros”. Através desse edital – apoiado pelo MCTI, Ministério da Saúde e Fundação Bill & Mellinda Gates -, serão investidos R$ 16 milhões em estudos inovadores que visem melhorar o cenário da prematuridade no Brasil. Na terceira sessão plenária do dia, foram debatidas possíveis interações entre os Grandes Desafios e os desafios de erradicação da pobreza e de desenvolvimento sustentável. Essa sessão buscou discutir como os programas existentes, ou outros ainda por serem estabelecidos, podem se articular com o Grande Desafio de Erradicação da Pobreza e Desenvolvimento Sustentável.
Na etapa final da reunião, quando se construíram as conclusões e se discutiram as recomendações, foram aprovados dois produtos importantes. O primeiro foi a criação de um portal na internet, baseado no site do IAP, que divulgará, para a comunidade científica internacional, os programas de Grandes Desafios existentes e os editais abertos, através dos quais pesquisadores do mundo inteiro poderão ter acesso a oportunidades de financiamento para pesquisas que trabalhem com temas relacionados aos Grandes Desafios. O segundo produto foi a aprovação da Carta do Rio. Esse manifesto, subscrito pelas principais Academias de Ciências do mundo, conclama a comunidade científica internacional a se engajar na construção de conhecimento científico que contribua para superação dos principais desafios enfrentados pela humanidade, dentre estes a erradicação da pobreza e o desenvolvimento sustentável.
O dia 27/02 foi dedicado à Assembleia Geral do IAP. Ao longo do dia, os representantes das Academias fizeram um balanço das atividades da rede nos últimos três anos, discutindo, na sequencia, os passos futuros da organização. Foram também discutidas e aprovadas as recomendações oriundas da Conferência. Dentre estas destaca-se uma apresentada inicialmente pelo Ministro Marco Antonio Raupp, e referendada pela ABC, que aponta para a criação de um comitê, a ser constituído por um grupo de Academias de Ciências, que terá por atribuição elaborar recomendações a respeito de ações que possam contribuir para a erradicação da pobreza. A formação desse comitê, que funcionará no âmbito do IAP, será discutida na primeira reunião do novo Comitê Executivo da rede.
A Assembleia Geral foi encerrada com a eleição dos novos co-presidentes e Comitê Executivo. Mohamed Hassan e Volker ter Meulen, respectivamente do Sudão e da Alemanha, passam a dividir a co-presidência do IAP. Para o Comitê Executivo foram eleitas as seguintes Academias: África do Sul, Brasil, Canadá, China, Cuba, Estados Unidos, França, Índia, Itália, Japão e México. Na votação, a ABC foi eleita com o maior número de votos, 51 de 55, resultado somente igualado pela Academia de Ciências dos Estados Unidos. Tal votação é não só um reconhecimento da importância da Ciência desenvolvida no Brasil, como também do papel de destaque que tem desempenhado a ABC no cenário científico internacional.
“Science for Poverty Eradication and Sustainable Development”
Marco Antonio Raupp (Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation) – Download
Session 01: The Future We Want: the Role of Science in coping with the Grand Challenges Facing Humanity
Jorge Chediek (Argentina) – Download
Philip Campbell (UK) – Download
Linxiu Zhang (China) – Download
Marie-Anne Van Sluys (Brazil) – Download
Challenge Labs
1.Improving science literacy
Maggie Koerth-Baker (US) – Download
Petra Skiebe- Correte (Germany) – Download
Shelley Peers (Australia) – Download
2.Promoting global food security
Sabah AlMomin (Kuwait) – Download
Ricardo Rapallo (Spain) – Download
Elibio Rech (Brazil) – Download
3.Improving global health
Patricia Garcia (Peru) – Download
Shoji Komai (Japan) – Download
Karlee Silver (Canada) – Download
4.Enhancing access to safe water and sanitation
Eilon Adar (Israel) – Download
Akiça Bahri (Tunisia) – Download
Doulaye Kone (US) – Download
5.Coping with climate change
Carlos Nobre (Brazil) – Download
Carolina Vera (Argentina) – Download
Roseanne Diab (South Africa) – Download
6.Towards a sustainable energy future
Sherien Elagroudy (Egypt) – Download
Javier Garcia-Martinez (Spain) – Download
Josephine Hill (Canada) – Download
Session 02: Science Academies Working together to Tackle the Grand Challenge of Poverty Eradication and Sustainable Development
Robin Crewe (South Africa) – Download
Juan Pedro Laclette (Mexico) – Download
Won-Hoon Park (South Korea) – Download
Volker ter Meulen (Germany) – Download
1.Grand Challenges and Integrated Innovation: Lessons from the Experience
Steven Buchsbaum (US)
Carlos Gadelha (Brazil)
Peter Singer (Canada)
David Ferguson (US)
2.Bridging Grand Challenges and Integrated Innovations with Poverty Eradication and Sustainable Development: Challenges and Opportunities
Kiyoshi Kurokawa (Japan) – Download
Asma Ismail (Malaysia) – Download
Ricardo Paes de Barros (Brazil) – Download
Mr. Mohd Nasaruddin Abd Rahman
Senior Science Officer
Academy of Sciences Malaysia
(Akademi Sains Malaysia)
902-4 Jalan Tun Ismail
50480 Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia
Email: nasa@akademisains.gov.my, bahirah@akademisains.gov.my
Professor Ahmet Cevat Acar
President
Turkish Academy of Sciences
(Türkiye Bilimler Akademisi – TÜBA)
Piyade Sok. No 27
06550 Cankaya-Ankara
Turkey
Email: acara@tuba.gov.tr, tubaulus@tuba.gov.tr
Dr. Nora Adel
Director
Academy of Scientific Research and Technology (ASRT)
101 Kaser Al-Aini St.
Cairo
Egypt
Email: Noraadel44@link.net
Professor Byung-joon Ahn
Member of Academy, Member International Exchange
Committee
The National Academy of Sciences
59, Banpo-daero 37-gil
Seocho-gu, Seoul, 137-044
Republic of Korea
Email: academy@mest.go.kr, byungjoon3642@hotmail.com, jswie@mest.go.kr
Professor Maged Al-Sherbiny
President
Academy of Scientific Research and Technology (ASRT)
101 Kaser Al-Aini St.
Cairo
Egypt
Email: maged123@link.net, alsherbinym@gmail.com
Tan Sri Dr. Ahmad Tajuddin Ali
President
Academy of Sciences Malaysia
(Akademi Sains Malaysia)
902-4 Jalan Tun Ismail
50480 Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia
Email: nasa@akademisains.gov.my, bahirah@akademisains.gov.my
Professor Abdurrahman Aliy
Consultant
Turkish Academy of Sciences
(Türkiye Bilimler Akademisi – TÜBA)
Piyade Sok. No 27
06550 Cankaya-Ankara
Turkey
Email: abdurrahmanaliy@gmail.com, tubaulus@tuba.gov.tr
Dr. Trevor Alleyne
President
The Caribbean Academy of Sciences (CAS)
Faculty of Engineering
The University of The West Indies
St Augustine
Trinidad and Tobago, WI
Email: trevor.alleyne@gmail.com, secretariat@caswi.org
Dr. Sabah AlMomin
Research Scientist
Biotechnology Department
Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research (KISR)
P.O. Box 24885
Safat 13109
Kuwait
Email: smomen@kisr.edu.kw, saba-h@hotmail.com
Professor Howard Alper
Co-Chair,
IAP – The Global Network of Science Academies
c/o TWAS, ICTP Campus
Strada Costiera 11
34151 Trieste
Italy
Email: halper@uottawa.ca
Professor Ruth Arnon
President
Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities
Albert Einstein Square
43 Jabotinsky Street
P.O. Box 4040
Jerusalem 91040
Israel
Email: sima@academy.ac.il
Professor Juan A. Asenjo
President
Academia Chilena de Ciencias
Instituto de Chile
Almirante Montte 454
Clasificador 1349, Santiago
Chile
Email: mreyesaz@123.cl, juasenjo@ing.uchile.cl, pmartinezlab@ing.uchile.cl
Dr. Akiça Bahri
Coordinator, African Water Facility
African Development Bank
13, rue du Ghana
B.P. 323 – 1002
Tunis Belvédère,
Tunisia
Email: a.bahri@afdb.org
Professor Marcello Andre Barcinski
Co-Chair Conference Committee, Invited Researcher
Fundacao Oswaldo Curz
A. Brasil 4365
Manguinhos 21045-900
Rio de Janeiro RJ
Brazil
Email: mabarcinski@gmail.com
Dr. Rosalind Bell
Genovese Vanderhoof and Associates
77 Carlton St. Ste 1103
Toronto Ontario
M5B 2J7
Email: gvarosalind@gmail.com
Professor Luiz Bevilacqua
Full Member, BAS
COPPE/UFRJ
R. Marques S. Vicente 317/201
Rio de Janeiro
Email: bevilacqua@coppe.vfrg.br
Dr. Claudio Bifano
President
Academia de Ciencias Fisicas, Matemáticas y Naturales de
Venezuela
Avenida Universidad, Bolsa a San Francisco/. Caracas,
Distrito Capital. Venezuela. Apartado Postal 1421. Caracas
1010-A
Venezuela
Email: cbifano@strix.ciens.ucv.ve, info@acfiman.org.ve, cbifanor@gmail.com
Professor Jose Roberto Boisson de Marca
Full Member, BAS, President Elect IEEE
Puci Rio
Av. Visc. de Albuquerque 694/1404
Leblon
22450 Rio de Janeiro
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Dr. John Boright
Executive Director, International Affairs
US National Academy of Sciences (NAS)
500 Fifth Street NW
Keck 528
Washington, DC 20001
USA
Email: jboright@nas.edu
Dr. Jo Ivey Boufford
Co-Chair
IAMP – The InterAcademy Medical Panel
c/o ICTP Campus (Adriatico Guesthouse-7th Floor)
Strada Costiera 11 – 34151
Trieste – Italy
Email: jboufford@nyam.org, iamp@twas.org
Dr. Steve Buchsbaum
Deputy Director, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
PO Box 23350 Seattle,
WA
USA, 98102
Email: steven.buchsbaum@gatesfoundation.org, christa.june@gatesfoundation.org
Professor Xavier Caicedo
Vice President
Colombian Academy of Exact, Physical & Natural Sciences
Transversal 27 no. 39A-63,
ApartadoAéreo 44 763
Santafé de Bogotá
Colombia
Email: jlozano@accefyn.org.co, accefyn@accefyn.org.co, xcaicedo@uniandes.edu.co
Dr. John Campbell
Executive Director, IAC
c/o The Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences,
Kloveniersburgwal 29,
P.O. Box 19121
1000 GC Amsterdam,
The Netherlands
Email: secretariat@iac.knaw.nl, jcampbell@iac.knaw.nl
Professor Hernan Chaimovich
Vice President
Academia Brasileira de Ciencias (ABC)
Rua Anfilófio de Carvalho 29/3
20030-060 Rio de Janeiro, RJ
Brazil
Email: hchaimo@usp.br, mcbs@abc.org.br
Dr. Jorge Chediek
Resident Representative & Resident Coordinator
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Complexo Sergio Vieira de Mello
Programma das Nações Unidas para o Desenvolvimento
Setor de Embaixadas Norte
Quadra 802-Conj. C- Lote 17
Brasilia -DF – 70.800-400
Brazil
Email: jorge.chediek@undp.org, andrea.souza@undp.org
Ms. Jung Ah Choi
Staff member, AASSA
Korean Academy of Science and Technology
7-1 Gumi-dong, Bundang-gu
Seongnam-shi, Gyunggi-do
463-808
Republic of Korea
Email: jyja04@kast.or.kr
Professor Loucas Christophorou
President
The Academy of Athens
28 Panepistimiou Av.
10679 Athens
Greece
Email: info@academyofathens.gr, christophorou@academyofathens.gr
Dr. Roberto L. O. Cignoli
President
National Academy of Exact, Physical and Natural Sciences
(Academía Nacional de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y
Naturales)
Avda. Alvear 1711, 4° piso
1014 Buenos Aires, Argentina
Email: acad@ancefn.org.ar, presidente@ancefn.org.ar, rcignoli@hotmail.com
Professor Ismael Clark Arxer
President
Cuban Academy of Sciences
(Academia de Ciencias)
Capitolio Nacional
La Habana 12400
Cuba
Email: clark@ceniai.inf.cu
Dr. Michael Clegg
IANAS Co-Chair & Foreign Secretary
US National Academy of Sciences
500 Fifth Street NW
Keck 528
Washington, DC 20001
USA
Email: mclegg@nas.edu
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Professora Titular – Editora Revista Cientifica
Universidade S. De Oliveira
Ohio University
Email: silvaregina4@yahoo.com.br
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Tecnologista
R. Candido Benicio 886
c/5 Jacarepagua
Rio de Janeiro
Email: mello@fiocruz.br
Professor Robin Crewe
NASAC President & Acting Senior Vice-Principal
University of Pretoria
Rectorate, P/Bag X20,
Hatfield, 0028
South Africa
Email: robinm.crewe@gmail.com
Dr. David D’Argenio
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
500 5th Ave. N.
Seattle,
WA, 98109
USA
Email: David.D’rgenio@gatesfoundation.org
Dr. Wainer Da Silveira e Silva
Pro-Rector
Universidade Federal Fluminense – Uff
Ruoa Prof. Ernani Melo 43
1501 INCA Nitroi
Rio de Janeiro
Email: wainer_uff@yahoo.com
Professor Roseanne Diab
Executive Officer
Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf)
Persequor Park, The Woods, 1st Floor Block A
Meiring Naude,
Brummeria
S. Africa
Email: Roseanne@assaf.org.za,
Dr. Christiane Diehl
Executive Director
EASAC c/o German National Academy of Sciences
Leopoldina
Jaegerberg 1,
06108 Halle (Saale),
Germany
Email: secretariat@easac.eu, Christiane.diehl@easac.eu
Professor Robbert Dijkgraaf
Co-Chair, IAC & Director, Institute of Advanced Studies
Princeton
c/o The Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences,
Kloveniersburgwal 29,
P.O. Box 19121
1000 GC Amsterdam,
The Netherlands
Email: secretariat@iac.knaw.nl, kcuozzo@ias.edu
Dr. Lucil Carlos Dos Santos Gil
Political Economics Assessor
US Consulate General
Av Pres. Wilson 147/8 Andar
Rio de Janeiro
Email: gills@state.gov
Professor Adar Eilon
Director, Zuckerberg Institute for Water Research at the J. B.
Institutes for Desert Research (ZIWR)
Ben Gurion University of the Negev
Blaustein Institutes of Desert Research
Zuckerberg Institute of Water Research
Sede Boqer Campus
84990
Israel
Email: eilon@bgu.ac.il
Dr. Sherien Elagroudy
Assistant Professor, Environmental Engineering
Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt
1 El-Sarayat St.,
Abassia, 11517,
Cairo,
Egypt
Email: s.elagroudy@eng.asu.edu.eg
Dr. Tracey Elliott
Head, International Science Policy Centre
The Royal Society
6 Carlton House Terrace
London SW1Y 5AG
United Kingdom
Email: science.poliy@royalsociety.org, tracey.elliott@royalsociety.org,
Dr. Dave Ferguson
Deputy Director
Office of Science and Technology
USAID
1300 Pennsylvania Ave. room 6.9.38 Washington DC 20523
USA
Email: dferguson@usaid.gov
Professor Masreha Fetene
Vice President
Ethiopian Academy of Sciences
House no. 199, Woreda 9, Gulele Sub-City, Addis Ababa
P.O. Box 32228
Ethiopia
Email: masfetene@yahoo.com, Masresha.fetene@aau.edu.et
Dr. Jose Franco
President
Academía Mexicana de Ciencias
“Casa Tlalpan”, Km. 23.5 Carretera Federal México-
Cuernavaca, Calle Cipreses s/n,
Col. San Andrés Totoltepec
14400 Tlalpan, Distrito Federal México
Mexico
Email: aic@servidor.unam.mx, pepe@astro.unam.mx
Dr. Carlos Gadelha
Secretary of Science, Technology and Strategic Inputs,
Ministry of Health – Brazil
Esplanada dos Ministérios Bloco G,
Ed. Sede, 8o andar,
Gabinete
70058-900
Brasília-DF
Brazil
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Dr. Rodolfo Gambini
President
National Academy of Sciences of Uruguay,
Ministerio de Educacion y Cultura
Direccion General,
Reconquista 535, piso 7
Montevideo, Uruguay
Email: ancuuy@gmail.com, secretariaacademiaciencias@gmail.com, rradi@fmed.edu.uy, rafael.radi@gmail.com
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Dean
School of Public Health and Administration. Universidad
Peruana Cayetano Heredia
Av. Honorio Delgado 430.
SMP Lima 31
Peru
Email: patricia.garcia@upch.edu, pattyjannet@gmail.com
Professor Javier Garcia-Martinez
Professor. University of Alicante
Department of Inorganic Chemistry
University of Alicante. Carretera San Vicente. E-03690.
Alicante
Spain
Email: j.garcia@ua.es
Dr. Gustavo F. Gonzales-Rengifo
Secretary
Academia Nacional de Ciencias del Peru
Jr. Conde de Superunda 298
Lima 1
Peru
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Researcher
Rua Embaixador Carlos Taylor 101
casa 105
Gavea
Rio de Janeiro
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Dr. Locarna Gunaratna
Immediate Past President
National Academy of Sciences of Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka Association for the Advancement of Science
Building
120/10 Vidya Mawatha
Colombo 00700
Sri Lanka
Email: nassl@sltnet.lk, locanagunaratna@gmail.com
Professor Narinder Kumar Gupta
Former Vice-President
Indian National Science Academy (INSA)
2 Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg
New Delhi 110 002
India
Email: nkgupta@am.iitd.ac.in
Prof. Dr. Joerg Hacker
President
German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina
Jaegerberg 1,
06108 Halle (Saale),
Germany
Email: leopoldina@leopoldina.org, joerg.hacker@leopoldina.org
Professor Mohamed H. A. Hassan
Co-Chair
IAP – The Global Network of Science Academies
c/o TWAS, ICTP Campus
Strada Costiera 11
34151Trieste
Italy
Email: hassan@ictp.it
Dr. Josephine M. Hill
Canada Research Chair in Hydrogen & Catalysis
Department of Chemical & Petroleum Engineering
University of Calgary
Email: jhill@ucalgary.ca
Professor Andrew Holmes
Foreign Secretary
Australian Academy of Science
Ian Potter House
Gordon Street
GPO 783, Canberra ACT 2601
Australia
Email: aholmes@unimelb.edu.au, KatrinaL@unimelb.edu.au; nancy.pritchard@science.org.au
Professor Jorge Huete-Perez
President
Academia de Ciencias de Nicaragua.
c/o Universidad Centroamericana, UCA.
Rotonda R. Dario 150 mts Oeste.
Managua.
Nicaragua.
Email: jahuete@yahoo.com; jorgehuete@uca-cbm.org
Professor Oyewusi Ibidapo-Obe
President
Nigerian Academy of Science
Academy House,
8A Ransome Kuti Road, Unilag,
Lagos,
Nigeria
Email: admin@nas.org.ng, president@nas.org.ng
Prof. Muntaser Ibrahim
Executive Secretary
Sudanese National Academy of Sciences
c/o The Educational Development Centre for Health
Professionals
Faculty of Medicine
University of Khartoum
P. O. Box 351 Khartoum
Sudan
Email: mibrahim@iend.org,
Professor Dr. Asma Ismail
Vice Chancellor & Vice President ASM
Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia and Vice President
(Akademi Sains Malaysia)
Bandar Baru Nilai
71800 Nilai
Negeri Sembilan,
MALAYSIA
Email: nc@usim.edu.my, asma.ismail@usim.edu.my, asmainformm@haoo.com
Professor Surendra Raj Kafle
Vice-Chancellor
Nepal Academy of Science and Technology (RONAST)
P.O. Box 3323
Katmandu
Nepal
Email: planning@nast.org.np, skafle@nast.org.np, kaflesr1@hotmail.com
Dr. Fumiko Kasuga
Conference Committee & Vice President
Science Council of Japan (SCJ)
7-22-34 Roppongi, Minato-ku
Tokyo 106-8555
Japan
Email: i266@scj.go.jp, fumiko.kasuga@cao.go.jp
Professor Khalid Mahmood Khan
Council Member
Pakistan Academy of Sciences (PAS)
3 Constitution Avenue, G-5/2
Islamabad
Pakistan
Email: Khalidmkhan41@yahoo.com, pasisb@yahoo.com
Dr. Jea Seung Ko
Member of the Academy
The National Academy of Sciences
59, Banpo-daero 37-gil
Seocho-gu, Seoul, 137-044
Republic of Korea
Email: academy@mest.go.kr, jaesko@snu.ac.kr
Dr. Marina Koch-Krumrei
Head, Department of International Relations
German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina
Jaegerberg 1,
06108 Halle (Saale),
Germany
Email: leopoldina@leopoldina.org,marina.kochkrumrei@leopoldina.org
Ms. Maggie Koerth-Baker
Science editor, BoingBoing.net; Columnist, New York
Times Magazine
5037 Xerxes Ave South,
Minneapolis, MN,
United States, 55410
Email: Maggie.koerth@gmail.com
Professor Shoji Komai
Associate Professor
Graduate School of Biological Sciences,
Nara Institute of Science and Technology (NAIST)
8916-5 Takayama, Ikoma,
Nara 630-0192,
JAPAN
Email: skomai@bs.naist.jp
Dr. Doulaye Kone
Senior Programme Officer
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
500 5th Ave. N.
Seattle,
WA, 98109
USA
Email: doulaye.kone@gatesfoundation.org, jennifer.williams@gatesfoundation, olympia.trumbower@gatesfoundation.org
Professor Eduardo Krieger
Past President
Brazilian Academy of Sciences
Academia Brasileira de ciencias (ABC)
Rua Anfilófio de Carvalho 29/3
20030-060 Rio de Janeiro, RJ
Brazil
Email: eduardo.kreiger@incor.usp.br,
Dr. Kiyoshi Kurokawa
Academic Fellow
National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies
7-22-1 Roppongi, Minato-ku
Tokyo 106-8677
Japan
Email: kurokawa@grips.ac.jp, akiko.tahara@gmail.com
Ms. Joanna Lacey
Senior Project Assistant
IAP – The Global Network of Science Academies
c/o TWAS, ICTP Campus
Strada Costiera 11
34151Trieste
Italy
Email: iap@twas.org
Professor Jinghai Li
Vice President
Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)
52 Sanlihe Road
Fuxingmenwei
Beijing 100864
China
Email: zywang@cashq.ac.cn
Academic Ella Libanova
Member, Academic-Secretary of Dept. of Economy,
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
54, Volodymyrska St.
Kyiv, 01601
Ukraine
Email: Libanova@ukr.net, libanova@idss.org.ua
Dr. Shaw Chen Liu
Distinguished Research Fellow and Director
Academia Sinica
128 Academia Road, Section 2,
Nankang, Taipei 115,
Taiwan, China
Email: shawliu@rcec.sinica.edu.tw
Professor M. Ramon llamas
Former Chair, International Relations Committee
Real Academia de Ciencias Exactas, Fisicas y Naturales
Valverde 22,
28001 Madrid
Spain
Email: mramonllamas@gmail.com
Dr. Yousuf Maudarbocus
President
Mauritius Academy of Science and Technology
20, Cossigny Street
Curepipe Road
Port Louis
Mauritius
Email: mbmltd@intnet.mu, yousufm@myt.mu
Professor Gordon McBean
President elect- ICSU
Director, Research and External Relations
Centre for Environment and Sustainability
Director, Policy Studies – Institute of Catastrophic Loss
Reduction
Dept. of Geography and Political Science
Western University
London, ON N6A 5C2 Canada
Email: gmcbean@uwo.ca
Professor Jeremy McNeil
Foreign Secretary
The Royal Society of Canada
282 Somerset St. W
Ottqwa, ON K2P OJ6
Canada
Email: events@rsc-src.ca
Lic Milciades Mejia
President
Academia de Ciencias de la República Dominicana
calle Las Damas esquina 112
El Conde Ciudad colonial, Ap. Postal 932
Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic
Email: acrd@academiadecienciasrd.org, milciomejia@hotmail.com,mejia@academiadecienciasrd.org
Professor Arnold Migus
IAP/IAC Development Advisory Committee
Cour des Comptes (French Supreme Court of Audit)
Adviser to the President of the École Polytechnique, Paris
Former General Director of CNRS,
France
Email: arnold.migus@polytechnique.org, AMigus@ccomptes.fr
Professor Paul Edward Mugambi
President
The Uganda National Academy of Sciences (UNAS)
P.O. Box 23911,
Kampala
Uganda
Email: unas@unas.or.ug, paulmugambi@unas.or.ug, pmugambi@math.mak.ac.ug, ppmugambi@yahoo.co.uk
Professor Romain Murenzi
Executive Director
The Academy of Sciences for the Developing World,
(TWAS)
ICTP Campus
Strada Costiera 11
34151 Trieste
ITALY
Email: EDoffice@twas.org, rmurenzi@twas.org
Prof. Christopher Mutambirwa
President
Zimbabwe Academy of Sciences
P. O. Box CY 294
Causeway,
Harare
Zimbabwe
Email: president@zas.ac.zw, cmutambirwa@hotmail.com, cmutamb@arts.uz.ac.zw, dzidziehungwe@yahoo.co.uk
Prof. Esther Mwaikambo
President
The Tanzania Academy of Sciences
P. O. Box 33654
Dar-es-Salam
Tanzania
Email: info@taas.or.tz, esther.mwaikambo@gmail.com
Ms. Noriko Nakamura
Deputy-Director, International Affairs Division
Science Council of Japan (SCJ)
7-22-34 Roppongi, Minato-ku
Tokyo 106-8555
Japan
Email: i266@scj.go.jp, noriko.nakamura@cao.go.jp
Professor
Carlos Afonso Nobre
National Secretary
Ministry of Science and Technology
Esplanada dos Ministerios,
Bloco E, 2⁰ andar, sala 218
Brasilia
DF 70067-900
Brazil
Email: seped@mct.gov.br, erodrigues@mct.gov.br
Dr. Mobolaji Oladoyin Odubanjo
Executive Secretary
Nigerian Academy of Science
Academy House,
8A Ransome Kuti Road, Unilag,
Lagos,
Nigeria
Email: admin@nas.org.ng, dodubanjo@nas.org.ng
Professor Takashi Onishi
President
Science Council of Japan (SCJ)
7-22-34 Roppongi, Minato-ku
Tokyo 106-8555
Japan
Email: i266@scj.go.jp, takashi.onishi@cao.go.jp
Professor Jacob Palis
President
Brazilian Academy of Sciences
Academia Brasileira de ciencias (ABC)
Rua Anfilófio de Carvalho 29/3
20030-060 Rio de Janeiro, RJ
Brazil
Email: abc@abc.org.br, gabifmello@gmail.com, gfmello@abc.org.br
Professor Sung Hyun Park
President-elect
7-1 Gumi-dong
Bundang-Gu
Seongnam-si
Gyeonggi-do 463-808
Korea, Republic of
Email: jyja04@kast.or.kr
Dr. Won-Hoon Park
President, AASSA
c/o Korean Academy of Science and Technology
7-1 Gumi-dong, Bundang-gu
Seongnam-shi, Gyunggi-do
463-808 Republic of Korea
Email: jyja04@kast.or.kr, aassa@kast.or.kr
Professor Sergio Jorge Pastrana
Vice President, External Affairs
International Council for Science (ICSU)
Rue Auguste Vacquerie
75016 Paris
France
Email: pastrana@ceniai.inf.cu, secretariat@icsu.org
Ms. Cheryl Elizabeth Peers
Director, Primary Connections
Australian Academy of Sciences
2107 Westfield Tower 2
101 Grafton St. bondi
Junction NSW 2022
Australia
Email: shelley.peers@science.org.au, janet.sippel@science.org.au
Professor Shie Ming Peng
Distinguished Research Fellow and Vice President
Academia Sinica
128 Academia Road, Section 2,
Nankang, Taipei 115,
Taiwan, China
Email: smpeng@ntu.edu.tw
Professor Martyn Poliakoff
Foreign Secretary
The Royal Society
6 Carlton House Terrace
London SW1Y 5AG
United Kingdom
Email: science.policy@royalsociety.org, martyn.poliakoff@royalsociety.org, foreign.secretary@royalsociety.org
Professor Dr. Alfred Pühler
Foreign Secretary
Union of German Academies of Sciences and Humanities
(Union der deutschen Akademien der Wissenschaften),
Geschwister-Scholl-Straße 2
D-55131 Mainz
Germany
Email: nicole.hartmann@akademienunion.de, Puehler@CeBiTec.Uni-Bielefeld.DE
Professor Orlando Quilambo
President
Academy of Sciences of Mozambique
Av. 24 de Julho 3549,
edificio do INSS, 8º andar
Maputo
Mozambique
Email: oquilambo@rei.uem.mz, quilambo@zebra.uem.mz
Mr. Ricardo Rapallo
Food Security Officer, Regional Office of Latin America and
the Caribbean (Santiago)
FAO Regional Office for Latin America and The Caribbean.
Av. Dag Hammarskjöld 3241,
Vitacura
Santiago de Chile. Chile
Email: ricardo.rapallo@fao.org
Dr. Elibio Rech
EMBRAPA Recursos Geneticos e Biotecnologia
Laboratório de Biologia Sintética
Parque Estação Biológica – PqEB, final da W-5
Brasília – Distrito Federal
CEP 70770-917
Brazil
Email: elibio.rech@embrapa.br
Professor Batmanathan (Daya) Reddy
President
Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf)
Persequor Park, The Woods, 1st Floor Block A
Meiring Naude, Brummeria
S. Africa
Email: admin@assaf.org.za, Daya.reddy@uct.ac.za
Professor Duger Regdel
Vice President
Mongolian Academy of Sciences
A.Amar str.1
Ulaanbaatar 210620A
Mongolia
Email: mas@mas.ac.mn, regdel@mas.ac.mn, regdelone@yahoo.com
Professor Daniel Ricquier
Vice President, Foreign Secretary
Académie des Sciences
23 quai de Conti
75006 Paris
France
Email: daniel.ricquier@academie-sciences.fr, isabelle.thomas@academie-sciences.fr, anne.andivero@academie-sciences.fr
Professor Isaac Roitman
Full Member, BAS
SQS Bloco B
apt. 303
70254 020 Brasilia
Email: iroitman@vol.com.br
Professor Celina Roitman
Consultant, Fundacao Oswaldo-Cruz
SQS Bloco B
apt. 303
70254 020 Brasilia
Email: croitman@vol.com.br
Professor Dinakar Mashnu Salunke
Vice President Elect
Indian National Science Academy (INSA)
2 Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg
New Delhi 110 002
India
Email: director@rcb.res.in, intacademy@insa.nic.in, esoffice@insa.nic.in
Dr. María del Carmen Samayoa Grajeda
Vice President
Academia de Ciencias Medicas, Fisicas y Naturales de
Guatemala
13 Calle N° 1-26, Zona 1
Guatemala City 01901
Guatemala
Email: mcasamayoa@gmail.com,
Mr. Masakazu Sato
Director, International Affairs Division
Science Council of Japan (SCJ)
7-22-34 Roppongi, Minato-ku
Tokyo 106-8555
Japan
Email: i266@scj.go.jp, masakazu.sato@cao.go.jp
Professor Antonio Sgamellotti
Member
Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei
Palazzo Corsini
Via della Lungara 10
00165 Rome
Italy
Email: mze@lincei.it, sgam@thch.unipg.it, moliterno@lincei.it
Dr. Karlee Silver
Program Officer
Grand Challenges Canada,
101 College Street, Suite 406, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
M5G 1L7
Email: karlee.silver@grandchallenges.ca
Dr. Peter Singer
Chief Executive Officer, Grand Challenges Canada
Grand Challenges Canada,
101 College Street, Suite 406, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
M5G 1L7
Email: peter.singer@grandchallenges.ca, heather.navarra@grandchallenges.ca
Dr. Petra Skiebe-Corrette
Professor
Freie Universität Berlin
Fabeckstr. 34-36, 14195 Berlin
Germany
Email: skiebe@zedat.fu-berlin.de
Professor Bernard Slippers
GYA Co-Chair
Global Young Academy (GYA)
c/o BBAW
Jägerstr. 22/23
D-10117 Berlin, Germany
Email: bernard.slippers@fabi.up.ac.za, wedel@bbaw.de
Anne Soule
Email: gvadory@aol.com
Dr. Lucilla Spini
Coordinator
IAP – The Global Network of Science Academies
c/o TWAS, ICTP Campus
Strada Costiera 11
34151Trieste
Italy
Email: lspini@twas.org
Dr. Volker ter Meulen
Immediate Past President
German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina
Jaegerberg 1,
06108 Halle (Saale),
Germany
Email: Volker.termeulen@uni-wuerzburg.de
Professor Ralph Mills Tettey
Honorary Secretary
Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences (GAAS)
P.O. Box M-32
Accra
Ghana
Email: millstettey@yahoo.com, gaas@ug.edu.gh
Professor Hendrik Van Brussel
Academician
The Royal Academies for Science and the Arts of Belgium
Palais des Académies, Hertogsstraat 1 Rue Ducale
B-1000 Bruxelles
Belgium
Email: sofie.vanthournout@rasab.be, Hendrik.vanbrussel@mech.kuleuven.be
Dr. Marie Anne Van Sluys
University of Sao Paolo
Instituto de Biociências, Departamento de Botânica.
rua do matão, 277
Cidade Universitaria
05508-090 – Sao Paulo, SP – Brasil
Email: mavsluys@usp.br
Dr. Goline Doremus Vanderhoof
Genovese Vanderhoof and Associates
77 Carlton St. Ste 1103
Toronto Ontario
M5B 2J7
Email: gvadory@aol.com
Chancellor Krista Varantola
President
Council of Finnish Academies
Snellmaninkatu 13
00170 Helsinki
FINLAND
Email: info@academies.fi, krista.varantola@uta.fi
Prof. Dr. Carolina Vera
Director
“Centro de Investigaciones del Mar y la Atmósfera” (CIMA)
/University of Buenos Aires-CONICET
CIMA, 2do. Piso, Pab. 2, Ciudad Universitaria, (1428)
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Email: carolina@cima.fcen.uba.ar
Academician Dragan K. Vukcevic
Secretary, Department of Social Sciences
Montenegrin Academy of Sciences and Arts (MASA)
81000 Podgorica, Rista Stijovica 5
81000 Podgorica
Montenegro
Email: canu@cg.ac.yu, katarinat@canu.ac.me, dragan.vukcevic@udg.edu.me
Professor Zhenyu Wang
Director, Bureau of International Cooperation
Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)
52 Sanlihe Road
Fuxingmenwei
Beijing 100864
China
Email: zywang@cashq.ac.cn
Dr. Annica Wayman
Team Leader, Research Partnerships for Development
Office of Science and Technology, USAID
1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, D.C. 20523
USA
Email: awayman@usaid.gov
Professor Gregory Weiss
Immediate Past Co-Chair
Global Young Academy (GYA)
c/o BBAW
Jägerstr. 22/23
D-10117 Berlin, Germany
Email: gya@bbaw.de, gweiss@uci.edu
Professor Bahru Zewde
Vice President
Ethiopian Academy of Sciences
House no. 199, Woreda 9, Gulele Sub-City, Addis Ababa
P.O. Box 32228
Ethiopia
Email: eassecretariat@gmail.com, bahru.zewde@gmail.com, eas@eas-et.org
Professor Linxiu Zhang
Deputy Director, Center for Chinese Agricultural Policy,
Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Recources
Research (IGSNRR),
Chinese Academy of Sciences
No.11A, Datun Road,
Chaoyang District,
Beijing, 100101,
China
Email: lxzhang.ccap@igsnrr.ac.cn
Professor Hassan Zohoor
Secretary
Academy of Sciences of the Islamic Republic of Iran
Academies & National Library Exit
Shahid Haqqani Exp
Tehran, 1537633111
IR Iran
Email: int@ias.ac.ir,
Professor Luiz Bevilacqua
Full Member, BAS
COPPE/UFRJ
R. Marques S. Vicente 317/201
Rio de Janeiro
Email: bevilacqua@coppe.vfrg.br
Professor Jose Roberto Boisson de Marca
Full Member, BAS, President Elect IEEE
Puci Rio
Av. Visc. de Albuquerque 694/1404
Leblon
22450 Rio de Janeiro
Email:
Dr. Regina Coeli Da silveira
Professora Titular – Editora Revista Cientifica
Universidade S. De Oliveira
Ohio University
Email: silvaregina4@yahoo.com.br
Mr. Marco Luiz Correa de mello
Tecnologista
R. Candido Benicio 886
c/5 Jacarepagua
Rio de Janeiro
Email: mello@fiocruz.br
Dr. Wainer Da Silveira e Silva
Pro-Rector
Universidade Federal Fluminense – Uff
Ruoa Prof. Ernani Melo 43
1501 INCA Nitroi
Rio de Janeiro
Email: wainer_uff@yahoo.com
Dr. Lucil Carlos Dos Santos Gil
Political Economics Assessor
US Consulate General
Av Pres. Wilson 147/8 Andar
Rio de Janeiro
Email: gills@state.gov
Dr. Danielle Grynszpan
Researcher
Rua Embaixador Carlos Taylor 101
casa 105
Gavea
Rio de Janeiro
Email: danielle@ioc.fiocruz.br
Isaac Roitman
Full Member, BAS
SQS Bloco B
apt. 303
70254 020 Brasilia
Email: iroitman@vol.com.br
Professor Celina Roitman
Consultant, Fundacao Oswaldo-Cruz
SQS Bloco B
apt. 303
70254 020 Brasilia
Email: croitman@vol.com.br
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