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"Science and Peace: From Talk to Action" International Round Table

CELEBRATION OF THE WORLD SCIENCE DAY FOR PEACE AND DEVELOPMENT

International Round Table

"Science and Peace: From Talk to Action"

Hungarian Academy of Sciences
Budapest
9 November 2003

Hungarian Academy of Sciences
Lecture Hall, 3rd floor

The aim of the Round Table is to underline the role of scientific cooperation for peace in regions in conflict. The presentations and discussions will focus on concrete experiences of cooperation between Israeli and Palestinian scientists, in particular on the creation of a Science Centre at the Al Qudz University in Jerusalem (East).

17:00-17:15	OPENING SESSION Prof. E. Sylvester Vizi, President, Hungarian Academy of Sciences Dr. Walter Erdelen, Assistant Director-General for Natural Sciences, UNESCO Reading of UNESCO Director General's messages
17:15 -17:45	Palestinian Science Center at Al Qudz University, Jerusalem (East) Presentation by Dr. Hasan Dweik, Al Qudz University, Jerusalem (East) Dr. Maya Halevy, Director, of the Bloomfield Science Museum Jerusalem Dr. Vincenzo Lipardi, Director of the Fondazione IDIS- Citta della Scienza, Naples, Italy Video
17:45-18:15	Cooperation in seismology projects Presentation by Prof. Frederick O. Simon, USA Dr. Avi Shapira, Director General Geophysical Institute of Israel Prof. Jalal Al Dabbeck, Ass. Prof. Earthquake Engineering Earth Science & Seismic Engineering Centre An Najah University, Nablus
18:15 -18:30	CONCLUSIONS Dr. Sari Nusseibeh, President of the Al-Qudz University of Jerusalem (East) Prof. Peter Hillman, Scientific Director of the Bloomfield Science Museum Jerusalem Mr. Dan Bitan, Peace and Cooperation Projects, Andrea and Charles Bronfman Philanthropies (ACBP), Israel

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