International Year of Basic Sciences for Development

About the Closing Ceremony

Early-career scientists, and their contributions to developing science and its interactions with society at large, will be at the center of the morning sessions.

Representatives of sciences academies from Africa, Asia, South America and Europe will discuss the over 400 events organized in more than 70 countries, by the 53 partner organizations and 123 supporters.

The proclamation of the International Decade of Sciences for Sustainable Development (2024-2033), by the United Nations General Assembly, is certainly the most important outcome of IYBSSD. It will be discussed by high level representatives.

Closing ceremony program

8:30 – Welcoming of participants

CERN Science Gateway

9:00 – Introduction

Master of ceremony: Anna Cook, CERN

9:05 - A Call for Action from Young Academies

Hiba Baroud, Global Young Academy & Vanderbilt University, Nashville, USA: Reaffirming the Role of Fundamental Sciences in Achieving Sustainable Development through Enhanced and Equitable Support of Fundamental Research and Early- to Mid-Career Researchers

9:10 – Keynote talks

Carthage Smith, OECD, Paris – Science for global needs and the future research workforce
Heidi Prozesky, Stellenbosch University, South Africa – Supporting the next generation of scientists in Africa: Key findings from a multi-country study

10:10 – Coffee Break

10:40 – What can be done so that science is better taken into account in policy making?

Javier Garcia Martinez, IUPAC, Academia Joven España, Spain
Ruth Morgan, University College London, United Kingdom
Felix Moronta, ICGEB, Trieste, Italy
Hussam Hussein, Royal Scientific Society, Jordan

Moderator: Cyrus Walther, International Association of Physics Students & CODATA

11:40 – What should be done so that research practices and science are better aligned with the SDGs

Zhang Wei, Hefei Institutes of Physical Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Carlo d’Ippoliti, University of Rome, La Sapienza, Italy
Devina Lobine, JSS Academy of Higher Education and Research, Mauritius
Franco Cabrerizo, CONICET-UNSAM, TWAS-Young Affiliates Network

Moderator: Marian Asantewah Nkansah, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana

12:45 – Lunch

14:00 – Welcome addresses

Master of ceremony: Anna Cook, CERN

Fabiola Gianotti, Director General, CERN
Eliezer Rabinovici, President of the CERN Council
Luther Castillo Harry, Secretary of State for Science, Technology, and Scientific Innovation, Republic of Honduras (tbc)
Audrey Azoulay, Director General, UNESCO (video)

14:30 – Why was this International Year important in different parts of the world?

Arles Rodriguez, Colombian Academy of Exact, Physical and Natural Sciences
Shaobo Fang, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Aba Bentil Andam, Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences
Patrick Flandrin, French Academy of Sciences

Moderator: Pavel Kabat, HFSPO

15:20 – A Call for Action from Early Career Scientists

Hiba Baroud, Global Young Academy & Vanderbilt University, Nashville, USA

15:30 – Toward the International Decade of Sciences for Sustainable Development

Csaba Kőrösi, President of the 77^th session of the United Nations General Assembly
Jelena Begović, Minister of Science, Technological Development and Innovation of the Republic of Serbia (tbc)
Lidia Brito, Assistant Director General, Natural Sciences, UNESCO
Vanessa McBride, Science Director, International Science Council
Carlos Alvarez Pereira, Vice-President, Club of Rome