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• Opening Ceremony
• Science and Innovation as a Global Enterprise
• Investing in Future Generations
• Plenary Session II.
• The Role of Science, Technology and Innovation in the Achievement of The Millennium Development Goal
• Investing in Knowledge for Peace IPSO (Israeli-Palestine Science Organisation) Panel
• Plenary Session III. - Panel: Reviews of Representatives of Global Fora
• Investing in Knowledge for Sustainability I. - The Best Science-Based Governance Initiatives
• Investing in Knowledge for Sustainability II. - Paradigm Change for Sustainability - Sine Qua Nons
• Investing in Knowledge for Sustainability III. - Science-Based Politics towards a Paradigm Change
• Investing in Knowledge for Sustainability IV. - Moral Imperatives for Europe and the World
• Special Session on "Investing in STI: Challenges and Opportunities for Parliaments" I.
• Special Session on "Investing in STI: Challenges and Opportunities for Parliaments" II.
• Plenary Session IV.
• Parliament Plenary Session and Closing Plenary Session

Session IV: Investing in Future Generations

Friday, 9 November 2007
Hungarian Academy of Sciences (Budapest V., Roosevelt square 9.)
Room B

11.30 - 13.30 Investing in Future Generations I.

Organisers
World Academy of Young Scientists (WAYS), in Partnership with EU
Main facilitators
Pierre LÉNA, Académie des Sciences, France
Gaëll MAINGUY, WAYS
Johannes KLUMPERS, EU

What can Pedagogy Achieve?

Interest for science among youngsters is high, but science teaching is far from adequate in most countries, as today's scientific challenges require researchers with increasingly complex and diverse curricula and this should be represented in science teaching, as well. What are the best methods for children's imagination and observation skills to flourish? How easy it is to scale up local initiatives? The objective of this session is to provide an overview of the most successful programs and also to discuss the feasibility of their extension.

• Wynne HARLEN
  University of Bristol
• Pierre LÉNA
  Delegate for science education, Académie des sciences, France
• Peter CSERMELY
  Network of Youth Excellence

What will the Technology have to Offer?

IT usage and science dissemination: daily practices for tomorrow's youngsters. Technology has revolutionized access to information and knowledge dissemination. We are on the cusp of the first major shift in teaching and learning methodology where anything can be available for anyone, anytime, anywhere. Information is not knowledge. This session wishes to explore the conditions and potential pitfalls for this revolution to take place.

• Gaëll MAINGUY
  World Academy of Young Scientists (WAYS)
• Antonio M. BATTRO
  Chief Education Officer, One Laptop per Child, USA
• Daniel ANDLER
  Head of the Department of Cognitive Studies, Ecole Normale Supérieure, France

15.00 - 16.30 Investing in Future Generations II.

Organisers
World Academy of Young Scientists (WAYS), in Partnership with EU
Main facilitators
Pierre LÉNA, Académie des Sciences, France
Gaëll MAINGUY, WAYS
Johannes KLUMPERS, EU

What will the Institutional and Economical Context Look Like?

Future international careers: between mobility and brain drain. The number of researchers dramatically rose worldwide during the past decade and demand is still expanding. The costs to train scientists are exploding. Developing countries are in a deep need for science and wish to reverse current brain drain. Where will tomorrow's scientists be trained? Where will they conduct their research? In this session, prospects for working conditions and attractiveness of research careers will be looked at from a global perspective.

• Johannes KLUMPERS
  Head of Unit, L4 "Scientific Culture and Gender", Directorate "Science, Economy and Society", Directorate-General for Science, Research and Development, European Commission
• Ravinder BHATIA
  Director, The Scholar Ship Research Institute
• József PÁLINKÁS
  Former Minister of Education, Hungary