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Suggested Citation:"Appendix A: Workshop Agenda." National Research Council. 2008. Science as a Gateway to Understanding: International Workshop Proceedings, Tehran, Iran. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/12539.
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A Workshop Agenda Science as a Gateway to Understanding TEHRAN, IRAN October 20, 2007 Opening Session Words of Welcome Mohammad Kazem Bojnordi Center for the Great Islamic Encyclopedia, Iran Where Does Science Go? Honorable Mohammad Khatami Former President of Iran Scientists and Truth Reza Davari Ardakani Academy of Sciences of Iran The Innovation Ecology William Wulf U.S. National Academy of Engineering 167

168 SCIENCE AS A GATEWAY TO UNDERSTANDING Session 1 Chair—Yousef Sobouti Wisdom, the Best Gateway to Understanding Mostafa Mohagheh Damad Academy of Sciences of Iran InterAcademy Cooperation: An Approach to Understanding Abulhassan Vafai Sharif University of Technology, Iran Session 2 Chairs—Abulhassan Vafai and William Wulf Understanding Others, the Science Way Yousef Sobouti Institute for Advanced Studies in Basic Science, Iran Loving and Sharing Science: Pierre-Gilles de Gennes Etienne Guyon Ecole Normale Supérieure, France Successes in Building International Bridges through Science Norman Neureiter American Association for the Advancement of Science Session 3 Chairs—Abulhassan Vafai and William Wulf The Scientific Work of Abu Reyhan Biruni as the Mirror of the World’s Science Hassan Tajbakhsh Tehran University Bridge for Mutual Understanding Akio Matsumoto Chuo University, Japan

WORKSHOP AGENDA 169 October 21, 2007 Session 4 Chair— Mehdi Bahadori The Universality of Science: Examples from History Hossein Masoumi Hamedani Sharif University of Technology, Iran The Role of International Scientific Organizations Michael Clegg U.S. National Academy of Sciences Science and Culture Bernard Maitte Lille University of Science and Technology, France Session 5 Chair— Mehdi Bahadori A Half Century of Successes and Problems in U.S.-Iranian Cooperation in Science, Engineering, and Medicine Glenn Schweitzer U.S. National Academy of Sciences Opportunities for International Collaboration in Earthquake System Science Thomas Jordan University of Southern California

170 SCIENCE AS A GATEWAY TO UNDERSTANDING Session 6 Chairs—Mostafa Mohagheh Damad and Norman Neureiter Science, Technology, and Innovation in the Knowledge Economy: Prospects for Cooperation Ousmane Kane African Regional Center of Technology, Senegal Global Energy Challenges William Colglazier U.S. National Academy of Sciences Working with People with Different Cultures and Backgrounds Ferenc Szidarovszky University of Arizona Session 7 Open Forum Yousef Sobouti Closing Remarks Norman Neureiter

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In October 2007, the U.S. National Academies and the Iranian Institute for Advanced Studies in Basic Science organized the first of a series of planned U.S.-Iranian workshops on the topic "Science as a Gateway to Understanding." This new workshop series is a component of the broader effort of the National Academies to support bilateral workshops and exchange visits in a variety of fields with a number of Iranian institutions that began in 2000.

This book includes papers that were presented at the workshop and summaries of the discussions that followed some of the presentations. At the conclusion of the workshop there was general agreement that the presentations on many aspects of science and scientific cooperation that have a bearing on mutual understanding were an important first step. Several participants underscored that the next workshop should emphasize how scientific cooperation can lead in concrete terms to improved understanding among both academic and political leaders from the two countries.

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