Events

Nobel Prize Dialogue with Latin America and the Caribbean

This event brought together Nobel Prize laureates with 80 students from Latin America and the Caribbean. There was a focus on issues that include the responsibilities of the scientist, the power of collaboration, building bridges with policy makers and society in general, and the wider societal implications of these themes. Nobel Prize laureates Elizabeth Blackburn, medicine laureate 2009, Emmanuelle Charpentier, chemistry laureate 2020, Bernard Feringa, chemistry laureate 2016, May-Britt Moser, medicine laureate 2014 and Saul Perlmutter, physics laureate 2011.

IAP – IANAS Webinar on the Future of Cities

The focus of this webinar is whether cities can adapt and evolve to accommodate the population increase; delivering the new models of urban living required to deliver far higher levels of energy and resource efficiency, minimize environmental impacts, generate employment opportunities and encourage social integration and cohesion. Will it be possible, for example, to make cities into drivers of sustainable change by utilizing smart systems for housing, transport, food, water, waste, sanitation, work and living and ensuring significantly greater resilience to pandemics, natural and man-made disasters? Four speakers in the webinar are all thought-leaders, and actively involved in developing the urban systems of the future. • Dr Jo Ivey Boufford, MD is the Clinical Professor of Global Health at the New York University School of Global Public Health, Clinical Professor of Pediatrics at New York University School of Medicine, and Chair of the Board of the International Society for Urban Health. She has a very distinguished career at the highest levels in both medicine and public service. She will be talking about Future Cities, Health and Pandemic resilience. • Tanya Bedward is the Senior Director of Transport Policy in the Ministry of Transport and Mining of the Government of Jamaica, and a Director of the Toll Authority and the Airports Authority of Jamaica. Tanya is leading the development of a new approach to transport policy in Jamaica. She will be speaking on the Future of transport and the implications for urban development. • Dr Walter Wehrmeyer is Reader in Environmental Business Management at the Centre for Environment and Sustainability at the University of Surrey. He is one of the most respected thought-leaders in foresighting, sustainable business and the future of work and employment. He will be speaking about the future of work and the implications for urban development. • Heather Pinnock is the Group General Manager of the Urban Development Corporation of Jamaica. She directs the transformation of towns and urban centres and the construction of public infrastructure in Jamaica, and leads the development of new patterns of urban settlement and townships. Recently she commissioned a major study on the construction of Jamaica’s next city, which will be designed to be a city fit for the future.

17th International Conference on Urban Health, Transforming our Collective Urban Future: Learning from COVID-19

The International Society of Urban Health is holding its Annual Global meeting virtually with a focus on Latin America on 6-8 July (https://isuh.org/conference/). Join this international network of interdisciplinary urban health researchers, policymakers, business leaders, practitioners, and grassroots community advocates to exchange ideas, advance research, and drive action across sectors, transforming urban environments to promote health and environmental sustainability as we rethink urban health in the context of COVID-19! Conference themes: http://www.isuhconference.org/conference-topics.asp To register: http://www.isuhconference.org/conference-register.asp Confirmed speakers list: http://www.isuhconference.org/conference-speakers.asp The InterAcademy Partnership is one of the sponsors of the event.

Nobel Prize Dialogue Brazil – The Value of Science

The Brazilian Academy of Sciences (ABC) and the Nobel Prize Outreach are organizing the Nobel Prize Dialogue Brazil, which will be held online on April 8 at 15:00-18:30 CET. The main theme of the meeting will be “The Value of Science”, which is an extremely important discussion taking into account the complex moment the world, and specially Brazil, is currently facing. This event represents an unique opportunity to reflect on the role of science in the development of humanity and in coping with the challenges that lie ahead.

Launch of the Sustainable Health Equity Movement – IAP

The Sustainable Health Equity Movement was officially launched on 02 July 2020, when a webinar put the spotlight on the unacceptable global health inequities that have been amplified by the COVID-19 pandemic. The event, hosted at the University of Massachusetts Medical School’s zoom platform, was attended by 1271 registered participants from over 100 countries, and featured WHO Directore General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, IAP President Volker ter Meulen, and other world-leading researchers, activists, and experts from all over the world.

IANAS Videoconference on COVID-19

This event was held to discuss what each Academy is doing in reference to pandemics in their country. Participants from all over the Americas exchanged views and experiences and identified possible common initiatives that can be developed at the regional level. Many speakers held 10 minute presentation on what they are doing. Videoconference summary
List of participants

IANAS General Assembly 2019

The general assembly of IANAS, held on 26th and 27th May, 2019, was generously hosted by the Colombian Academy of Exact, Physical and Natural Sciences in Bogota. It was attended by representatives from 22 academies of the Americas who also participated in the excellent activities, with both national and international speakers, celebrating the 83rd Anniversary on May 28th.

The Latin America and Caribbean Seismological Commission (LACSC) II Regional Assembly

The Latin America and Caribbean Seismological Commission (LACSC) is pleased to invite the entire geophysical community of the planet to its II Regional Assembly, which will be held in San José, Costa Rica, from the 20th to the 22nd of June 2016. LACSC is one of four Regional Commissions of IASPEI.