News
- The InterAmerican Network of Academies of Sciences (IANAS), in partnership with the Academy of Medical, Physical and Natural Sciences of Guatemala, organized a workshop, 'Science Funding Landscape', in Guatemala City, 26-28 July 2009. The workshop was supported by the Guatemalan National Council for Science and Technology (CONCYT), International Development Research Center (IDRC-Canada) and IAP. RSC:The Academies of the Arts, Humanities and Sciences of Canada played a leadership role in securing support for the meeting from IDRC Discussions focused on strategies to increase linkages between national science academies, national S&T councils and funding agencies that support S&T in the Americas. Young scientists from the hemisphere also participated in the workshop and were instrumental in conveying their ideas, and aspirations, to the audience. To download the report, see: www.ianas.org
- Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) has established a Clean Energy Commercialization Centre (CECC) in Shanghai through a joint venture with British Petroleum Group (BP). For more information, contact hanyz@sxicc.ac.cn.
- Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts (SASA) will organize the Milutin Milankovitch Anniversary Symposium: Climate Change at the Eve of the Second Decade of the Century – Inferences from Paleoclimate, in Belgrade, 22-25 September 2009. See www.sanu.ac.rs/English/Milankovic2009
- Romanian Academy, in collaboration with the European Academy of Sciences and Arts, will organize a conference on “Unconventional Energies in the Carpathian and Danubian Area”, 27-28 November at Vasile Goldis University in Arad, Romania. Contact relint@uvvg.ro.