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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 ChairâYousef 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 ChairsâAbulhassan 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 ChairsâAbulhassan Vafai and William Wulf The Scientific Work of Abu Reyhan Biruni as the Mirror of the Worldâs Science Hassan Tajbakhsh Tehran University Bridge for Mutual Understanding Akio Matsumoto Chuo University, Japan
WORKSHOP AGENDA 169 October 21, 2007 Session 4 Chairâ 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 Chairâ 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 ChairsâMostafa 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