London,
19 January 2004 --
The
founding members of the group planning the big event on Science and Technology
for Society (STS) to be held in November in Japan, met in London at the
Royal Society, hosted by Lord Sainsbury, the UK minister for Science and
Technology. The meeting was co-chaired by the four convenors of the group
of some thirty persons world-wide: Lord May (President of the Royal Society),
Bruce Alberts (President, US National Academy of Sciences), Kiyoshi Kurakawa
(President of the Japan Science Council) and Former Minister Koji Omi
of Japan. Five main themes were discussed, and Serageldin was entrusted
to prepare suggestions for the part dealing with capacity building in
Science and Technology.
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