Bulletin of the American Physical Society
2008 APS March Meeting
Volume 53, Number 2
Monday–Friday, March 10–14, 2008; New Orleans, Louisiana
Session J4: Panel Discussion: Making the Invisible Scientist Visible: Science in Emergent Countries |
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Sponsoring Units: FIP Chair: Anita Mehta, SN Bose National Centre Room: Morial Convention Center 206 |
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 11:15AM - 11:45AM |
J4.00001: Scientists in an alternative vision of a globalized world Invited Speaker: Why should ``increasing the visibility of scientists in emergent countries'' be of interest? Can increasing the relevance and connectedness of scientific output, both to technological applications at home and cutting edge basic research abroad contribute to the general welfare in such countries? For this to happen, governments, inter-governmental and non-governmental organizations must provide incentives for the local industry to help fund and actively engage in the creation of new technologies, rather than settling for the solution of well understood engineering problems under the rubric of collaboration between scientists and industry. However, the trajectory of the highly industrialized countries cannot be retraced. Globalization facilitates closer interaction and collaboration between scientists but also deepens the contrasts between the center and the periphery, both world wide and within national borders; as it is understood today, it can lead to the redundancy of local technology oriented research, as the idea of a ``local industry'' is rapidly made obsolete. Scientists from all over the world are sucked into the vortex as both the economic and the cultural world increasingly revolve around a single axis. The challenge is to redefine our terms of reference under these rapidly changing boundary conditions and help bring human needs, human security and human happiness to the fore in elaborating and forging alternative visions of a globalized world. Both natural scientists and social scientists will be indispensable in such an endeavor. [Preview Abstract] |
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 11:45AM - 12:15PM |
J4.00002: Globalizing Science and Engineering Invited Speaker: In this talk I will review recent trends in Science and Engineering Research and Education in an increasingly interconnected, ``flat'' world. The enormous economic transformation being fueled by technology will, over a period of time, lead to new models of interaction among universities, industry and governments. Scientists and Engineers in ``emergent'' countries may be expected to play a key role in this ``new'' world order. [Preview Abstract] |
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 12:15PM - 12:45PM |
J4.00003: The Mutual Benefit of International Research Interactions Invited Speaker: Emergent economies provide a fruitful source of scientific knowledge. We have the responsibility to nurture interactions to increase scientific knowledge in the world. Moreover, we have benefited greatly from discoveries and education provided to scientists and engineers in emergent economies. I will give examples of successful modes of interactions between the US and emergent economies, and in particular with Latin American countries. I will review the impact of our interactions in their countries and in ours, and ways to increase the impact. [Preview Abstract] |
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 12:45PM - 1:15PM |
J4.00004: The Invisible Scientist in India -- a case study for emergent countries Invited Speaker: Emergent countries such as India, China, and Brazil, face unique problems in the realisation of their science and technology potential. I will discuss the situation in India, which may be relevant at least in part to the others. The basic focus of the talk will be the possible ways in which the invisible scientist, the person on the ground who has no part in the pyramid of the science establishment, can be rendered more visible—both for her or his own sake, and to prevent the erosion of an enormous intellectual potential by a still continuing brain drain. [Preview Abstract] |
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 1:15PM - 2:15PM |
J4.00005: Panel Discussion |
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