In this webinar, the results of a collaborative study conducted by GenderInSITE, the InterAcademy Partnership (IAP) and the International Science Council (ISC) are presented. Global surveys of science academies that are members of the IAP and the ISC, as well as international disciplinary unions and associations that are members of the ISC, show that women…
Breaking Barriers, Inspiring Scientific Excellence The African Institute of Mathematical Sciences (AIMS), with the support of the Henry Luce Foundation (HLF), announces today the launch of the Africa Science Week (ASW) of the Next Einstein Forum (NEF), which will take place simultaneously in 10 African countries from 19th to 28th of June 2023. This Pan…
Follow the conference online with Zoom Day 1 – 13th June 2023 8:00 – 9:30 Registration and Coffee 9:30 – 10:00 Opening Ceremony Master of Ceremony: Mr Jean Claude Niyibizi · Hon. Dr Valentine Uwamariya, Minister of Education of Rwanda · Mr Xing Qu, Deputy Director-General, Assistant Director-General for Natural Sciences a.i., UNESCO online ·…
Synchrotron-light sources are super microscopes with different sets of experimental techniques. Those are powerful enough to reveal the tiniest and the most vital details about matter; revealing the unknown of physics, chemistry, biology, pharmaceuticals and biomedicine, as well as materials science, environment and agriculture, many industrial sectors, in addition to cultural heritage and archaeology. In…
This programme setup for the IYBSSD and beyond aims to offer travel grants of 5k$ to early career researchers working in low-income countries and wishing to spend a couple of months in their alma mater (Western universities where they prepared their PhD) in order to keep a good scientific level. The selection committee is composed…
The Office of Astronomy for Development (OAD) will support 19 projects around the world in 2023, funded by the International Astronomical Union, for a total of €124,011. These projects will address various socio-economic and sustainable-development challenges using astronomy and basic sciences based interventions. The OAD is organizing an onboarding session for the project teams to…
<p>The initiate is to form a network from different discipline in basic science. Networking or collaborations among different groups are necessary for the development of sciences.</p> <p>Our plan is to invite researchers from different field such as chemistry, biochemistry, pharmacy, botany, microbiology, engineering, medicine and public health expert. Experts will be invited for their potential…
According to EU data, basic science remains a male-dominated field, with a very low presence of women, ranging from 5 to 15%. Thus, in line with EU policies for the coming years, there is an urgent need to bridge this gap through structural and cultural changes. A specific session will be dedicated to IYBSSD at…
The main aim of IYBSSD 2022 is to mobilize national, regional, and global scientific institutions to clearly demonstrate to the public and especially to political and business leaders worldwide how basic sciences are helping us to establish an inclusive, balanced, and sustainable development of the planet. The main message of the series of events is…
Director del Centro de Enfermedades Infecciosas-Christophe Mérieux, Brazzaville, República del Congo; Profesor de Epidemiología Molecular de Enfermedades Infecciosas, Universidad de Tübingen, Alemania
