Brasília

Workshop on “Inventing a Better Future:
A Strategy for Building Regional Capacities in Science and Technology”

Brasília, Brazil

July 21-23, 2010

In the framework of IANAS Capacity Building Programme, the Brazilian Academy of Sciences hosted the “IANAS Inventing a Better Future Workshop: A Strategy for Building Regional Capacities in Science and Technology” workshop. The event took place in Brasília between July 21st and 23rd, at the headquarters of the Brazilian National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq), being also supported by the Global Network of Science Academies (IAP).

The major objectives of this workshop were to (1) present success cases in the Americas where Science Academies and National Research Councils had a central role in the ellaboration of S,T&I national strategies; (2) present and discuss examples of successful S,T&I National Plans; (3) plan and set up S,T&I priorities for countries in the region; (4) consider how decision makers adopt measures to strengthen the scientific and technological capacity of their countries; and (5) discuss integration and coordination of local actions among the countries of IANAS member Academies and other partner institutions to generate a synergistic relation that can benefit the parties involved.

Representatives from 17 countries of the Americas attended the workshop, which assembled high-level officers from 5 National Research Councils (Brazil, Ecuador, Guatemala, Dominican Republic, and Paraguay), representatives from 14 IANAS member Academies, and representatives from Nicaragua, Paraguay, Panama and Ecuador.

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Programme

Workshop on “Inventing a Better Future:
A Strategy for Building Regional Capacities in Science and Technology”

Brasília, Brazil
July 21-23, 2010

July 21

Opening Ceremony
Chair: Hernan Chaimovich

09:30 – 09:45
Welcome words from the organizers and authorities

09:45 – 10:30
Building the Brazilian S&T System: Lessons from the Experience
Wrana Panizzi, Vice-President, CNPq
Hernan Chaimovich, Vice-President, Brazilian Academy of Sciences

10:30 – 11:00
Discussion

11:00 – 11:30
Coffee Break

Session 1
Chair: Graham Bell

11:30 – 12:50
Building National S&T Systems in the Americas: the State of the Art
Manuel Baldeon, SENACYT, Ecuador
Luis Ricardo Alvarez, SENACYT, Guatemala
Placido Gómez, MIESCYT, Dominican Republic
Miguel Angel Volpe, CONACYT, Paraguay

12:50 – 13:30
Discussion

13:30 – 15:00
Lunch

Session 2
Chair: Hernan Chaimovich

15:00 – 15:30
Inventing a Better Future: Science and Technology as a Priority for Development
Jacob Palis, President of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences and of the Academy of
Sciences for the Developing World (TWAS)

15:30 – 16:00
The Brazilian National S&T System
Carlos Alberto Aragão de Carvalho Filho, President, CNPq

16:30 – 17:00
Discussion

17:00 – 17:30
Coffee Break

Session 3
Chair: Miguel Kiwi

17:30 – 18:00
The US National S&T Capacity and Innovation Strategy
Steve Merrill, US National Academy of Sciences

18:00 – 18:30
S&T for Development: the Canadian Perspective
Graham Bell, The Royal Society of Canada

18:30 – 19:00
Discussion

July 22

Session 4
Chair: Maria del Carmen Samayoa

The Role of the Academies in the Building-up of National S&T Systems

09:00 – 09:10
National Academy of Exact, Physical and Natural Sciences of Argentina
Roberto Cignoli, Vice-President

09:10 – 09:20
National Academy of Sciences of Bolivia
Antonio Saavedra Muñoz, Former President

09:20 – 09:30
Caribbean Academy of Sciences
Cecilia Caballero, Head of the Headquarters Office

09:30 – 09:40
Caribbean Academy of Sciences
Winston Mellowes, Foreign Secretary

09:40 – 10:10
Discussion

10:10 – 10:40
Coffee Break

Session 5
Chair: Roger Guerra-García

The Role of the Academies in the Building-up of National S&T Systems

10:40 – 10:50
Chilean Academy of Sciences
Miguel Kiwi, Pro-Secretary

10:50 – 11:00
Colombian Academy of Exact, Physical and Natural Sciences
Jaime Rodríguez Lara, President

11:00 – 11:10
Cuban Academy of Sciences
Luis Enrique Ramos Guadalupe, Secretary

11:10 – 11:20
Academy of Medical, Physical and Natural Sciences of Guatemala
Maria del Carmen Samayoa, President

11:20 – 12:00
Discussion

12:00 – 14:00
Lunch

Session 6
Chair: Jaime Rodríguez Lara

The Role of the Academies in the Building-up of National S&T Systems

14:00 – 14:10
National Academy of Sciences of Peru
Roger Guerra-García Cueva, President

14:10 – 14:20
Academy of Sciences of the Dominican Republic
Nelson Moreno Ceballos, President

14:20 – 14:30
Academy of Physical, Mathematical and Natural Sciences of Venezuela
Antonio Machado-Allison, Secretary

14:30 – 15:00
Discussion

Session 7
Chair: Nelson Moreno Ceballos

The Role of the Academies in the Building-up of National S&T Systems

15:00 – 15:10
Jorge Huete

Nicaraguan Academy of Sciences, President

15:10 – 15:20
Scientific Society of Paraguay
Manuel Morlis, President

15:20 – 15:30
Panamanian Association for the Advancement of Sciences
Mahabir Gupta, Secretary

15:30 – 16:00
Discussion

16:00 – 16:30
Coffee Break

Session 8
Chair: Hernan Chaimovich

16:30 – 17:30
Plenary Discussion: Lessons Learned

Closing Ceremony
Chair: Carlos Alberto Aragão de Carvalho Filho

17:30 – 18:00
Carlos Alberto Aragão de Carvalho Filho, President, CNPq
Hernan Chaimovich, Vice-President, Brazilian Academy of Sciences

July 23

09:00 – 14:00
City Tour

14:00 – 15:30
Lunch

16:00
Hotel

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List of Participants

ARGENTINA° Roberto Cignoli Vice-President National Academy of Exact, Physical and Natural Sciences of Argentina Darwin 327 – 10th floor B 1414 Ciudad de Buenos Aires Argentina Daytime Phone: +54 11 48112998 Email: [email protected]BOLIVIA° Antonio Saavedra Muñoz Former President National Academy of Sciences of Bolívia 16 de Julio Av. 1732. Paseo El Prado Casilla de Correos 5829 Daytime Phone: +591 2 2441044 Email: [email protected]BRAZIL° Daniel Ushida Brazilian Academy of Sciences Anfilófilo de Carvalho 29 3rd floor Rio de Janeiro, Brasil Daytime Phone: +55 21 39078132 Email: [email protected]° Hernan Chaimovich Vice-President Brazilian Academy of Sciences Biochemist University of Sao Paulo Butantan Institute Av. Vital Brasil, 1500 Butantã – São Paulo – São Paulo – Brasil – 05503-900 Daytime Phone: +55 11 37263816 Email: [email protected] /[email protected] /[email protected]° Jacob Palis President Brazilian Academy of Sciences Pure and Applied Mathematics Institute (IMPA) Estrada Dona Castorina, 110 Jardim Botânico – Rio de Janeiro – Rio de Janeiro – Brasil – 22460-320 Email: [email protected] / [email protected]° Marcos Cortesão IANAS Executive Secretary Brazilian Academy of Sciences Anfilófilo de Carvalho 29 3rd floor Rio de janeiro, Brasil Daytime Phone: +55 21 39078146 Email: [email protected]° Paulo de Góes Head of  International Cooperation Office Brazilian Academy of Sciences Anfilófilo de Carvalho 29 3rd floor Rio de janeiro, Brasil Daytime Phone: +55 21 39078120 Email: [email protected]° Elisa Oswaldo Cruz Press Division Brazilian Academy of Sciences Anfilófilo de Carvalho 29 3rd floor Rio de janeiro, Brasil Daytime Phone: +55 21 39078115 Email: [email protected]° Heitor Gurgulino de Souza Former Director National Research Council (CNPq) Email: [email protected]CANADA° Graham Bell President, Academy III Royal Society of Canada McGill University Department of Biology 1205 Avenue Docteur Penfield, Montreal, Quebec, Canada  H3A 1B1 Daytime Phone: Office +514 398-6458 Laboratory  +514 398-6459 Email: [email protected]CHILE° Miguel Kiwi Pro-Secretary Chilean Academy of Sciences Facultad de Física, Pontifícia Universidad Catolica Casilla 306, Santiago, CHILE 690 4411 Daytime Phone: +56 2 686 4476 Email: [email protected] / [email protected]COLOMBIA° Jaime Lara Rodriguez President Colombian Academy of Exact, Physical and Natural Sciences Transversal 27, 39A-63 Apartado Aéreo 44763 Bogotá D. E. Colombia Daytime Phone: +57 1 2682846 Email: [email protected]CUBA° Luiz Enrique Guadalupe Cuban Academy of Sciences Capitolio Nacional Industria y San Jose. La Habana 1030 CUBA Daytime Phone: +537 867 0599 Email: [email protected] DOMINICAN REPUBLIC° Cecília Caballero Head of the Headquarters Office CCC Calle Las Damas, 112 Esq.  E l Conde , Zona Colonial Santo Domingo , Dominican Republic Email:[email protected]° Nelson Moreno Ceballos President Academia de Ciencias de República Dominicana Calle Las Damas, 112 Esq.  E l Conde , Zona Colonial Santo Domingo , Dominican Republic Daytime Phone: (1.809) 689 2561 direct (1.809) 687 6315 central (1.809.534.1420 Email: [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]° Placido Gómez Advisor Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Technology (MESCYT) University of Puerto Rico P. O. Box 21739, San Juan, PR 00931-1739 Daytime Phone: (787) 764-0000 Email: [email protected]ECUADOR° Manuel Baldeon National Secretary of Science and Technology SENACYT Avs. Patria 850 y 10 de Agosto, esquina, edificio ex-Banco de Préstamos, piso 9 Daytime Phone: +593 2 250 9060 ext: 228 Email: [email protected]° Maria Helena Villareal Legal Advice Director SENACYT Avs. Patria 850 y 10 de Agosto, esquina, edificio ex-Banco de Préstamos, piso 9 Email: [email protected]GUATEMALA° Maria del Carmen Samayoa President Academy of Medical, Physical and Natural Sciences of Guatemala Master in Toxicology 31 Av A 5-58 Zone 11 Guatemala City, Guatemala Province, Guatemala Daytime Phone:  +502 22320735 E-mail: [email protected]° Luiz Ricardo Alvarez Technical Director Programs and Projects I&D SENACYT 3ª. Ave 3-28 zona 1 Guatemala, Guatemala Daytime Phone: +502 22302664 Email: [email protected]NICARAGUA° Jorge Huete President Nicaraguan Academy of Sciences UNIVERSIDAD CENTROAMERICANA, UCA. Rotonda R Darío 150 mts Oeste. Managua. Nicaragua Daytime Phone: +505 2 2783923 ext.172 Email: [email protected]PANAMA° Mahabir Gupta Secretary APANAC Apartado 0824-00172, Panama, Republic of Panama Daytime Phone: +507 523 6311 Email: [email protected]PARAGUAY° Manuel Morlis President of the Scientific Society of Paraguay Daytime Phone: 595-21-506-223/506-331/506-369 E-mail: [email protected]° Miguel Angel Volpe Member of the Board CONACYT Dr. Justo Prieto esq. Teófilo del Puerto,Villa Aurelia Asunción, PARAGUAY Daytime Phone: 595-21-506-223/506-331/506-369 Email: [email protected]PERU° Roger Guerra-García Cueva President National Academy of Sciences of Peru Las Moras 145 Miraflores, Lima 18 Peru Daytime Phone: (051-1) 723-0283 Email: [email protected]TRINIDAD & TOBAGO° Winston Mellowes Professor Emeritus & Foreign Secretary Caribbean Academy of Sciences The University of the West Indies Department of Chemical Engineering St. Augustine, Trinidad & Tobago Daytime Phone:  868 662 2002 Ex 2169 Fax: 868 662 4414 E-mail: [email protected] /[email protected]USA° Steve Merrill Executive Director of S&T and Economic Policy National Academy of Sciences 500 Fifth Street, N.W.,  K574 Washington, DC 20001 Daytime Phone: +202 334 1505 Email: [email protected]VENEZUELA° Antonio Machado Allison Instituto de Zoología Tropical, Facultad de Ciencias Universidad Central de Venezuela (UCV) Paseo Los Ilustres. Urbanización Valle Abajo. Apartado Postal 47058. Caracas 1041-A Daytime Phone: +58 212 605.15.34 Fax: +58 212 605-1204 E-mail: [email protected]

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Presentations

Workshop on “Inventing a Better Future:
A Strategy for Building Regional Capacities in Science and Technology”

Brasília, Brazil
July 21-23, 2010

July 21

Opening Ceremony
Chair: Hernan Chaimovich

09:30 – 09:45
Welcome words from the organizers and authorities

09:45 – 10:30
Building the Brazilian S&T System: Lessons from the Experience
Wrana Panizzi, Vice-President, CNPq
Hernan Chaimovich, Vice-President, Brazilian Academy of Sciences

10:30 – 11:00
Discussion

11:00 – 11:30
Coffee Break

Session 1
Chair: Graham Bell

11:30 – 12:50
Building National S&T Systems in the Americas: the State of the Art
Manuel Baldeon, SENACYT, Ecuador
Luis Ricardo Alvarez, SENACYT, Guatemala
Placido Gómez, MIESCYT, Dominican Republic
Miguel Angel Volpe, CONACYT, Paraguay

12:50 – 13:30
Discussion

13:30 – 15:00
Lunch

Session 2
Chair: Hernan Chaimovich

15:00 – 15:30
Inventing a Better Future: Science and Technology as a Priority for Development
Jacob Palis, President of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences and of the Academy of
Sciences for the Developing World (TWAS)

15:30 – 16:00
The Brazilian National S&T System
Carlos Alberto Aragão de Carvalho Filho, President, CNPq

16:30 – 17:00
Discussion

17:00 – 17:30
Coffee Break

Session 3
Chair: Miguel Kiwi

17:30 – 18:00
The US National S&T Capacity and Innovation Strategy
Steve Merrill, US National Academy of Sciences

18:00 – 18:30
S&T for Development: the Canadian Perspective
Graham Bell, The Royal Society of Canada

18:30 – 19:00
Discussion

July 22

Session 4
Chair: Maria del Carmen Samayoa

The Role of the Academies in the Building-up of National S&T Systems

09:00 – 09:10
National Academy of Exact, Physical and Natural Sciences of Argentina
Roberto Cignoli, Vice-President

09:10 – 09:20
National Academy of Sciences of Bolivia
Antonio Saavedra Muñoz, Former President

09:20 – 09:30
Caribbean Academy of Sciences
Cecilia Caballero, Head of the Headquarters Office

09:30 – 09:40
Caribbean Academy of Sciences
Winston Mellowes, Foreign Secretary

09:40 – 10:10
Discussion

10:10 – 10:40
Coffee Break

Session 5
Chair: Roger Guerra-García

The Role of the Academies in the Building-up of National S&T Systems

10:40 – 10:50
Chilean Academy of Sciences
Miguel Kiwi, Pro-Secretary

10:50 – 11:00
Colombian Academy of Exact, Physical and Natural Sciences
Jaime Rodríguez Lara, President

11:00 – 11:10
Cuban Academy of Sciences
Luis Enrique Ramos Guadalupe, Secretary

11:10 – 11:20
Academy of Medical, Physical and Natural Sciences of Guatemala
Maria del Carmen Samayoa, President

11:20 – 12:00
Discussion

12:00 – 14:00
Lunch

Session 6
Chair: Jaime Rodríguez Lara

The Role of the Academies in the Building-up of National S&T Systems

14:00 – 14:10
National Academy of Sciences of Peru
Roger Guerra-García Cueva, President

14:10 – 14:20
Academy of Sciences of the Dominican Republic
Nelson Moreno Ceballos, President

14:20 – 14:30
Academy of Physical, Mathematical and Natural Sciences of Venezuela
Antonio Machado-Allison, Secretary

14:30 – 15:00
Discussion

Session 7
Chair: Nelson Moreno Ceballos

The Role of the Academies in the Building-up of National S&T Systems

15:00 – 15:10
Jorge Huete

Nicaraguan Academy of Sciences, President

15:10 – 15:20
Scientific Society of Paraguay
Manuel Morlis, President

15:20 – 15:30
Panamanian Association for the Advancement of Sciences
Mahabir Gupta, Secretary

15:30 – 16:00
Discussion

16:00 – 16:30
Coffee Break

Session 8
Chair: Hernan Chaimovich

16:30 – 17:30
Plenary Discussion: Lessons Learned

Closing Ceremony
Chair: Carlos Alberto Aragão de Carvalho Filho

17:30 – 18:00
Carlos Alberto Aragão de Carvalho Filho, President, CNPq
Hernan Chaimovich, Vice-President, Brazilian Academy of Sciences

July 23

09:00 – 14:00
City Tour

14:00 – 15:30
Lunch

16:00
Hotel