Science Initiative Group

Past Talks and Events

Arlen Hastings spoke on RISE (talk, powerpoint) in the panel on "Sustainability Through Broad-Based Access to S & T." Promoting Mutual Security and Development through BioScience Cooperation workshop convened by CUBRC - Center for International Science and Technology Advancement. Washington, DC. (June 17, 2008)

Phillip Griffiths presented on "Regional Networks to Strengthen Higher Education in Africa." University Presidents Summit convened by the US State Department. Washington, DC. (April 30, 2008)

Mohamed Hassan presented on SIG at "Increasing the Competitiveness in the African Middle Income Countries: How Can the Multilateral Development Banks Best Support the African MICs?" Workshop by the World Bank and the African Development Bank. Cairo, Egypt. (March 11-12, 2008)

Phillip Griffiths presented on "Science and Technology for Sustainable Development: The African Context" at the AAAS Annual Meeting. Boston, Massachusetts. (February 2008)

Workshop to develop RISE: The Carnegie-IAS Regional Initiative in Science and Education in Africa. Nairobi, Kenya. (June 3-5, 2007)

Global Forum on Building Science, Technology, and Innovation Capacity for Sustainable Growth and Poverty Reduction. Convened by the World Bank, in partnership with CIDA. DFID, Global Research Alliance (GRA), Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), Science Initiative Group (SIG), UNCTAD, and UNESCO. Washington, DC. (February 13-15, 2007)

Phillip Griffiths presented the Millennium Science Initiative at the TWAS General Conference, Brazil. (September 5, 2006)

Setting up a World-Class Science Institute: Difficulties and Possibilities. Video Conference. (June 8, 2006)

Arlen Hastings and Kiera Carlisle presented about the MSI and GSC at the Ministerial Forum on "Frontier Environmentally Sound Technologies for Africa's Sustainable Development: the Role of the Diaspora." Accra, Ghana. (April 27-29, 2006)

Workshop on the Concept of a Global Science Corps (GSC) in Africa. Sponsored by SIG and the Special Unit for South-South Cooperation in the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and hosted by the African Academy of Sciences. Nairobi, Kenya. (January 16-17, 2006)

Phillip A. Griffiths presented "Science, Technology, Innovation and Growth." Kazakhstan Second Innovation Congress. Almaty, Kazakhstan. (November 16-17, 2005)

Arlen Hastings presented "Millennium Science Initiative: What, Why, Who, How." on the "Improving the Effectiveness and Linkage between Research and Education in Vietnam" panel. US-Vietnam Science and Technology Days, Hanoi, Vietnam. (November 15, 2005)

Harold Varmus presented the Global Science Corps (GSC). NASULGC (National Association of State Universities and Land Grant Colleges) Annual Meeting, Washington, DC. (November 13, 2005).

Phillip Griffiths presented "Innovation and Growth." PREM Week Conference, The World Bank, Washington, DC. (April 19-20, 2005)

Meeting of Commission for the Scientific & Technological Development of Central America and Panama (Comisión para el Desarrollo Científico y Tecnológico de Centroamérica y Panamá), Managua, Nicaragua. (February 10-11, 2005)

Phillip Griffiths presented "Building National Innovation Systems" at the Workshop on Strategy and Mechanisms for Implementation of the Recommendations of the IAC Report, Inventing a Better Future: A Strategy for Building Worldwide Capacities in Science and Technology. Amsterdam, the Netherlands. (February 3-4, 2005)

Knowledge Forum and Implementation of the African Institute of Science and Technology (AIST), Abuja, Nigeria. (January 30-31, 2005)

Phillip Griffiths presented "Centers of Excellence: The Millennium Science Initiative in Vietnam" at the VEF Fellows Conference, Washington DC. (December 21, 2004)

Chung Kim presented "Building an Advanced Research and Educational System in Korea" at the VEF Fellows Conference, Washington DC. (December 21, 2004)

Amazônia: Um Desafio Científico e Tecnológico." Seminar on the Amazon (Portuguese). Manaus, Brazil (November 16 and 17, 2004) and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (December 13 and 14, 2004)

"Science and Technology for Development and the World Bank: Stocktaking Meeting." The World Bank, Washington, DC. (November 29, 2004)

Jacob Palis presented InterAcademy Council report "Inventing a Better Future." Academy of Science of South Africa, Pretoria. (September 2, 2004)

"Workshop on Strengthening the Mathematical Sciences in Africa," hosted by the African Academy of Sciences in cooperation with SIG, with support from the Mellon Foundation, Nairobi, Kenya. (June 21-22, 2004)

"Science and Technology in Mexico: Bringing Innovation to the Marketplace." Conference co-sponsored by the Science Initiative Group, Consejo Coordinador Empresarial, Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León. Monterrey, Mexico. (May 24-25, 2004)

Panel discussion chaired by Bob Watson, World Bank Chief Scientist, in cooperation with Phillip Griffiths and the Science Initiative Group. "The Millennium Science Initiative: Achievements and Perspectives." The World Bank, Washington, DC. (May 18, 2004)

Arlen Hastings presented "Cultivating and Harvesting Innovation: The Role of the Millennium Science Initiative" (Spanish) at Lessons Learned in Latin America about Matching Grants as an Incentive for Technological Innovation. Managua, Nicaragua. (April 22-23, 2004)

Phillip Griffiths presented "The Millennium Science Initiative: A Case Study in S&T Capacity Building" at the Challenges in International Science: Effective, Innovative Collaborations with Developing Countries symposium. AAAS Annual Meeting: Science at the Leading Edge. Seattle, Washington. (February 13, 2004)

Jacob Palis and Ismail Serageldin presented "Building Worldwide Capacities in Science and Technology." IAP General Assembly and Conference, Mexico City. (December 3, 2003)

Sigma Xi's 2003 Forum, Science & Engineering: Keys to International Understanding. Phillip Griffiths presented "A Global Science Corps for Developing Countries" and "Strengthening Science and Technology in the Developing World." (November 12-13, 2003)

Directions for a More Peaceful World. Mohamed Hassan, Executive Director, Third World Academy of Sciences, Sigma Xi 2003 Forum, Los Angles, California. (November 12, 2003)

Scientific Capacity for the Developing World. Presented by Phillip Griffiths at the 2002 Annual Meeting of the Third World Academy of Sciences, New Delhi, India. (October 23, 2002)

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