Event
Closing Ceremony of the International Year of Basic Sciences for Sustainable Development
The International Year of Basic Sciences for Sustainable Development (IYBSSD) will draw to a close with a ceremony in the new Science Gateway building at CERN in Geneva, Switzerland. This ceremony will serve as a capstone to a year filled with insightful discussions, groundbreaking research, and significant advancements in the field of basic sciences. It will be a time to reflect on the achievements made towards the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and to look ahead to future challenges and opportunities in the realm of sustainable development and scientific innovation.
Those wishing to attend in person must register. The ceremony will also be shared live online.
Programme
8:30 – Welcoming of participants
9:00 – Introduction
– Master of ceremony: Anna Cook, CERN
9:05 – Recognizing the Role of Basic Sciences in Achieving Sustainable Development through Enhanced and Equitable Support of Basic Research and Early Career Researchers
– Prof. Hiba Baroud, Global Young Academy & Vanderbilt University, Nashville, USA
9:10 – Keynote talks
– Carthage Smith, OECD, Paris – Challenges for early career scientists (tbc)
– Heidi Prozesky, Stellenbosch University, South Africa – Supporting the next generation of scientists in Africa: Key findings from a multi-country study
Discussion
10:10 – Coffee Break
10:40 – Panel discussion
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
– Devina Lobine, JSS Academy of Higher Education and Research, Mauritius
– Hussam Hussein, Royal Scientific Society, Jordan
Moderator: Cyrus Walther, International Association of Physics Students, Germany
11:40 – Panel discussion
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
– Hiba Baroud, Vanderbilt University, USA
– 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
14:30 – Panel discussion
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
– XXX, Academy of Sciences of South Africa
Moderator: Pavel Kabat, HFSPO
15:20 – Early Career Scientists Statement
Hiba Baroud, Vanderbilt University, USA
15:30 – Toward the International Decade of Sciences for Sustainable Development
– Lidia Brito, Assistant Director-General for Natural Sciences, UNESCO
– Carlos Alvarez Pereira, Vice-President, Club of Rome
– Vanessa McBride, Science Director, International Science Council
– Csaba Korosi, President of the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly
– Jelena Begović, Minister of Science, Technological Development and Innovation of the Republic of Serbia (tbc)
16:00 – Closing remarks
Michel Spiro, Chair of the Steering Committee of IYBSSD, President of IUPAP
16:30 – Cocktail – visit of CERN – visit of the Science Gateway
