Previous Fora / 2005

• Credits
• Programme
• Presentations
• Participants
• Conclusions
• Video archive
• Photo gallery

• Main Programme
• Speakers
• Special sessions
• Satellite events

• Papers, slides, abstracts

• Opening ceremony
• Plenary session
• Capacity building and implementation
• The scientists' approach - The political decision makers' approach
• The role of business
• Educating future generations
• The future of the environment
• Perspectives from the developing world
• Closing plenary

• 9 November 2005
• 10 November 2005
• 11 November 2005
• 12 November 2005

Credits

Chair:

E. Sylvester Vizi, President, Hungarian Academy of Sciences

Patrons:

Mr. José Manuel Barroso, President of the European Commission

Mr. Koichiro Matsuura, Director General, UNESCO

Professor Ferenc Mádl, Former President of Hungary

Professor Goverdhan Mehta, President, ICSU

Professor László Sólyom, President of Hungary

Organising Committee:

Chair:

Attila Meskó, Secretary General, Hungarian Academy of Sciences

Co-Chair:

Norbert Kroó, Vice President, Hungarian Academy of Sciences

Executive Director:

Balázs Gulyás, External Member, Hungarian Academy of Sciences; Karolinska Institute, Stockholm

Executive Secretary:

Gusztáv Hencsey, Hungarian Academy of Sciences

Local Members:

György Fábri, Director of Communications, Hungarian Academy of Sciences
József Hámori, Vice President, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Chair of the Programme Committee
Gábor Hargitai, Member of the Prime Minister's Cabinet
István Láng, Ordinary Member, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Chair of the Logistic Committe
János Serényi, Executive Director, McCann-Erickson Hungary Ltd.

International Members:

Mustafa El-Tayeb, Director, Division of Sciences Analysis and Policies, UNESCO
Walter Erdelen, Assistant Director-General for Natural Sciences, UNESCO
Rainer Gerold, Director of "Science and Society", Directorate General for Research, Commission of the European Union Commission of the European Union
Goverdhan Mehta, President, International Council for Science (ICSU)
George A. Olah, Nobel Laureate
Thomas Rosswall, Executive Director, International Council for Science (ICSU)

International Advisory Board:

Dan Brändström, Managing Director, The Bank of Sweden Tercentenary Foundation
Jean-Patrick Connerade, President, Euroscience
Pieter Drenth, President, All European Academies (ALLEA)
Mustafa El-Tayeb, Director, Division of Sciences Analysis and Policies, UNESCO
Walter Erdelen, Assistant Director-General for Natural Sciences, UNESCO
Peter A. Freeman, Assistant Director, National Science Foundation, USA
Rainer Gerold, Director of "Science and Society", Directorate General for Research, Commission of the European Union Commission of the European Union
George W. Handy, Director, US-EU Action Commissions
Shirley Ann Jackson, President, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
Leon M. Lederman, Nobel Laureate
Julia Marton-Lefevre, Executive Director, Leadership for Environment and Development (LEAD) International
Diana Malpede, UNESCO
Goverdhan Mehta, President, International Council for Science (ICSU)
Nikolai A. Plate, Vice-President, Russian Academy of Sciences
John Raisan, Director, Hoover Institution, Stanford University
Thomas Rosswall, Executive Director, International Council for Science (ICSU)
Reinder van Duinen, President, European Science Foundation (ESF)
Herbert Walther, Max-Planck-Institute of Quantum Optics
Lu Yongxiang, President, Chinese Academy of Sciences