Project Details:
Frontiers of chemical sciences: research and education in middle eastern countries
| Project No.: | 2004-030-1-020 |
| Start date: | 2004-09-01 |
| End date: | 2005-12-31 |
| Division: | Executive Committee |
problems of the region.
The chemical sciences occupy a central position in the world economy, offering the possibility to cultivate mutual understanding through joint research projects and economic development. A general desire to improve the quality of life and political stability in the Middle East is being fulfilled by identifying unique opportunities for network creation and collaboration among chemical scientists to solve chemical, environmental and educational problems.
The American Chemical Society, IUPAC and the Royal Society of Chemistry will organize a second symposium including some 70 representatives primarily from Middle Eastern nations including Egypt, Israel, Iran, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, the Palestinian Authority, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates as well as France, Germany, Norway, Taiwan, the United Kingdom and the United States.
A principal goal of the second Symposium will be to continue to capture the attention of national governments by inviting the best qualified chemical scientists from those countries to discuss how chemistry can address the problems of the region.
in the news
> Science for Peace in the Middle East
-- C&EN, 10 Nov 2005 >http://pubs.acs.org/cen/news/83/i46/8346enotw8.html
-- C&EN, 19 Dec 2005, p. 53
> AAAS Honors Chemist Zafra Lerman For Efforts To Aid Persecuted Scientists (21 Dec 2005) [more]
A report is to appear in Chemistry International March-April 2006 issue.
project completed