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Tentative Programme Structure 

Sunday, 16 September 2012
Dark shade: closed sessions (for members only)
VENUE: Guest House Hotel
19:00
Nominations & Selections Committee Meeting

 

Monday, 17 September 2012
Dark shade: closed sessions (for members only)
VENUE: Guest House Hotel  
08:30-10:00
TWAS Prizes Committee Meeting
10:00-10:15
Refreshments
10:15-12:30
TWAS Elections Committee Meeting
12:30-14:00
Lunch
14:00-15:45
TWAS Policy Development & Future Action Committee
15:45-16:00
Refreshments
16:00-18:00
TWAS 32nd Council Meeting
18:00-19:00
TWAS Regional Offices Annual Meeting
TWAS-OWSD Advisory Panel for Women in Science
19:30-21:30
Dinner

 

 
Tuesday, 18  September 2012
Dark shade: closed sessions (for members only)
VENUE: Lakeview Hotel & Tianjin Great Hall  
08:30-12:00
TWAS 23rd General Meeting
10:00-10:30
Refreshments
10:30-12:00
TWAS 23rd General Meeting (cont.)
12:00-13:30
Invited Lectures
13:30-14:30
Lunch
14:30-14:40
To Tianjin Great Hall
14:40-15:00
Participants and guests to be seated
15:00-16:20
Opening Ceremony and Presentation of TWAS Awards
Chair: Yaping Zhang
16:20-16:30
Refreshments
16:30-18:00
Ministerial Session: STI for Economic Growth & Poverty
Convener: Gretchen Kalonji
18:00-19:30
Forum on National Academies & Open Innovation
Chair: Jinghai Li
19:30-20:00
Discussions
20:00-20:10
Back to Lakeview Hotel
20:00
Reception by Prof. Chunli Bai, President, CAS

 

 
Wednesday, 19 September 2012
VENUE: Lakeview Hotel  
08:30-10:30
Symposium 1: Lectures on S&T Development in China
Convener: Yaping Zhang
10:30-11:00
Refreshments
11:00-12:00
Abdus Salam Medal Lecture
The future of science in the developing world and the role of TWAS
M.H.A. Hassan
12:00-12:05
STS Forum
Koji Omi
12:05-13:15
Lunch
13:15-14:00
Ernesto Illy Trieste Science Prize Lecture
14:00-17:30
Lectures by Awardees of TWAS 2011 Prizes
Biological & Earth Sciences
Lectures by Awardees of TWAS 2011 Prizes
Physical Sciences
17:30-18:00
Refreshments
18:00-18:30
TWAS CNR Rao Prize Lecture
18:30-19:00
Atta-ur-Rahman Prize Lecture
19:00-20:00
Induction of new TWAS Members and Young Affiliates
20:00
Dinner hosted by Mayor of Tianjin city

 

 
Thursday, 20 September 2012
VENUE: Lakeview Hotel  
08:30-10:00
Symposium 2: Stem cell and genomics
Convener: D. Balasubramanian
10:00-11:00
Refreshments & Poster Session
11:00-13:00
Symposium 3: Interdisciplinary
Convener: Ajay Sood & G. Oliva
13:00-14:00
Lunch
14:00-16:15
Medal 2012 lectures
Convener: Ajay Sood
16:15-16:45
Refreshments
16:45-18:15
Presentations by Young Affiliates
Biological Sciences
Presentation by Young Affiliates
Physics, Chemical and Engineering Sciences
18:15-18:45
TWAS-ROESEAP Prize Lecture
Convener: Xin Fang
Presentation by Yin Li
20:00
Dinner hosted by Chinese Academy of Engineering

 

 
Friday, 21 September 2012
VENUE: Lakeview Hotel  
09:00-11:00
Presentations by Young Affiliates
 
Biological Sciences
Presentation by Young Affiliates
 
Physics, Chemical and Engineering Sciences
11:00-11:30
Refreshments
11:30-12:30
Closing Ceremony
12:30-13:30
Lunch
13:30-18:30
City Tour (Program Available in the column of Tour)
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