Bulletin of the American Physical Society
APS March Meeting 2011
Volume 56, Number 1
Monday–Friday, March 21–25, 2011; Dallas, Texas
Session T8: Shaping Regional Identities through Research Funding Policies |
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Sponsoring Units: FIP Chair: Giulia Pancheri, INFN Frascati National Laboratories Room: Ballroom C4 |
Wednesday, March 23, 2011 2:30PM - 3:06PM |
T8.00001: Europe and research: a multi-speed scenario Invited Speaker: A review of the European situation concerning physics research facilities, collaborations, networks and funding policies will be sketched, pointing out the diversity among different countries of the enlarged EU. Some special focus will be put on particle physics. The continuing integration of Europe, the higher students' mobility trained in the ``Bologna Process'' frame, the expansion of the European research infrastructures in physics, the increasing funding from the European Commission, the various research shaping and roadmap attempts, the challenge by Asia in addition to that from the USA, are all issues to be examined. [Preview Abstract] |
Wednesday, March 23, 2011 3:06PM - 3:42PM |
T8.00002: Science, Technology and Innovation in Brazil: Advances and Challenges Invited Speaker: We review the construction of the infra-structure for science and technology in Brazil, its success cases, its major advances, and its challenges, both present and future. We emphasize the budget increases, the new legal framework, new mechanisms of support for S{\&}T, and the plans for the future. Preliminary results of the discussions that took place in the 4$^{th}$ National Conference on Science, Technology and Innovation of May 2010 will also be presented. [Preview Abstract] |
Wednesday, March 23, 2011 3:42PM - 4:18PM |
T8.00003: Mega Physics Projects: National and International Initiatives: the Indian Experience Invited Speaker: Indian Physics community is now getting involved in a number of Mega physics projects, both home and abroad, national and International. I will present some information on these efforts. [Preview Abstract] |
Wednesday, March 23, 2011 4:18PM - 4:54PM |
T8.00004: Science and Technology in Africa: The African Union new initiatives and financial support perspectives Invited Speaker: Physics, which is widely considered as the most fundamental of the sciences, underpins the progress in all other branches of science and has a wide range of applications in economic development, including in health, energy research, food security, communication technology and climate change. The African Union (AU) Commission articulates the continental vision of its Member States and its programs are designed to directly contribute to its social and economic development and integration efforts. In the area of science and technology the Department has developed \textit{Africa's Science and Technology Consolidated Plan of Action} as a strategic policy document through the AU system of conference of ministers responsible for science to guide the continent on common priority programs. The programs in this plan of action that have been transformed into bankable projects under the Book of ``lighthouse projects Phase 1,'' adequately respond to Africa's challenges and development needs using science. They can be summarized into three main themes: a pan-African university (PAU) initiative (to combine higher education and scientific research as a network of differentiated PAU in each of the five African regions), African research grants (to strengthen the research capacity of the African institutions and upgrading infrastructures, consolidating their accumulated asset of scientific knowledge), popularization of science and technology and promotion of public participation (to build public understanding and raising awareness on science and technology as a driving agent for social and economic progress for Africa and its integration process) and a science and technology institutional capacity building program). This talk will provide a review these programs and their status and impact in Africa. [Preview Abstract] |
Wednesday, March 23, 2011 4:54PM - 5:30PM |
T8.00005: Science for Energy Invited Speaker: This abstract not available. [Preview Abstract] |
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