EVENTS
Building Capacity for Science, Technology, and Innovation for the Left-Behind in Science: The Role of TWAS
Seminar
RSVP required - Fainsod Room, Littauer-324
April 29, 2013
12:30-2:00 p.m.
Related Projects: Science, Technology, and Public Policy, Science, Technology, and Globalization
Please join us for a lunch seminar with Romain Murenzi, Executive Director of TWAS, the academy of sciences for the developing world.
Moderators: Calestous Juma and Venky Narayanamurti
Science, technology and innovation (STI) are crucial in tackling global challenges such as climate change, food and energy scarcity, biodiversity loss, and population growth. Therefore, they are also vital to long-term sustainable economic growth and poverty alleviation. This seminar will focus on the importance of STI for poverty alleviation and economic development.
Lunch will be provided. As space is limited for this event, RSVPs will be accepted on a first-come, first-served basis. Please email the STG Project Coordinator to RSVP.
Building Capacity for Scientific and Technological Catch-Up in Developing Countries: The Role of The World Academy of Science
Lecture
Open to the Public - Starr Auditorium
April 29, 2013
5:00-6:30 p.m.
Related Projects: Science, Technology, and Public Policy, Science, Technology, and Globalization
Please join Professor Romain Murenzi, Executive Director of TWAS, for a public lecture.
Moderators: Calestous Juma and Venky Narayanamurti
Science, technology, and innovation (STI) are crucial for poverty alleviation and long-term economic development. Generally, countries can be classified in four STI categories: highly advanced, advanced, middle-advanced and least advanced. This last category comprises most of Africa – South Africa and Egypt are exceptions – and it is this category that is the main focus of TWAS.
The following questions will be considered: What will this decade and the next be like in the developing world and in Africa in particular? How will these countries cope with challenges such as climate change, energy security, food security, diseases, drinking water and population growth?
Please join us! This event is free and open to the public. It will also be streamed live: http://www.hks.harvard.edu/live. This link will be available 20 minutes prior to the start of the event. Follow #cjuma on Twitter for live updates as well.
Health Leadership in Africa: Asking Tough Questions
Seminar
Harvard students, staff, faculty - Perkins Room, Rubenstein-415
October 19, 2012
11:45 a.m.-1:00 p.m.
Related Project: Science, Technology, and Globalization
The Science, Technology and Globalization Project and the Center for International Development are cohosting a seminar with Professor David Mwakyusa. Please join us!
Speaker:
David Mwakyusa, MP, Ministry of Health, Tanzania
Moderated by Calestous Juma, Professor of the Practice of International Development and Director of the Science, Technology and Globalization Project, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
Co-sponsored by the Center for International Development
Science, Technology, and Innovation for Africa's Economic Development: Revising the Strategy
Lecture
Harvard students, staff, faculty - Perkins Room, Rubenstein-415
September 14, 2012
11:45 a.m.-1:00 p.m.
Related Project: Science, Technology, and Globalization
The Science, Technology and Globalization Project and the Center for International Development are co-hosting two members of a high-level African Union panel who will discuss "Science, Technology, and Innovation for Africa's Economic Development: Revising the Strategy." For more information, please see the attached document.
Speakers:
Aggrey Ambali, Director, Policy Alignment and Programme Development Directorate and Advisor: NEPAD Science and Technology
Chimwemwe Chamdimba, Policy and Programme Officer, AU/NEPAD Agency
Moderated by Calestous Juma, Professor of the Practice of International Development and Director of the Science, Technology and Globalization Project, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
Co-sponsored by the Center for International Development
International Conference on Technology and Innovation for Global Development: Schumpeter and Polymer Research
Conference
Open to the Public - Starr Auditorium
June 4, 2012 - June 5, 2012
Related Projects: Science, Technology, and Public Policy, Science, Technology, and Globalization
The aim of the “International Conference on Technology and Innovation for Global Development” (4–5 June, 2012) is to explore how emerging technologies are shaping global economies and human wellbeing.
REGISTER NOW!
http://www.eventbrite.com/event/3475377949
Financing Agricultural Institutions in Africa
Workshop
Invitation Only - KSG / Hauser Center Conf Room
April 27, 2012
9:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
Moderator: Calestous Juma, Issa S. Baluch
Related Projects: Science, Technology, and Globalization, Agricultural Innovation in Africa, Science, Technology, and Public Policy
The goal of this brainstorming session is to discuss the challenge of financing agricultural institutions and related projects. By bringing together a group of experts in the fields of finance, consulting, academia, and nonprofit organizations, we will explore the various avenues available for supporting such capacity-building institutions.
Social Media, Crowd-funding, and High Impact Philanthropy
Special Event
Open to the Public - Taubman 275
March 27, 2012
9:00-10:00 a.m.
Speaker: Todd Reid, Visiting Scientist, MIT Media Lab
Related Projects: Science, Technology, and Globalization, Science, Technology, and Public Policy, The Cyber Project
This is an invitation to see an early demo and test a new and innovative social media platform, ImpacTree—a collaboration between Harvard School of Public Health and the MIT Media Lab. ImpacTree uses novel crowd-sourcing techniques to empower users to convert social capital into real currency for funding important global causes. The seminar also focuses on the academic research opportunities the platform offers and how it enhances corporate social responsibility for high impact and individualized philanthropy.
Please join us! Everyone is welcome, but admittance will be on a first come–first served basis.
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Geospatial Science and Technology: Integrating Science, Policy, and Societal Needs
Seminar
Open to the Public - Belfer Center Library, Littauer-369
March 22, 2012
10:00-11:30 a.m.
Speaker: Douglas Richardson, Executive Director, Association of American Geographers
Related Projects: Science, Technology, and Globalization, Science, Technology, and Public Policy
This seminar will discuss the geospatial science, technology, and policy frameworks that reciprocally drive and constrain each other, the obstacles they create, and the extraordinary potential they present for addressing core governance, economic development, and societal needs.
Please join us! Coffee and tea provided. Everyone is welcome, but admittance will be on a first come, first served basis.
Co-sponsored by the Science, Technology, and Public Policy Program
'Picking Winners' Revisited: An Innovation Strategy to Address the Contemporary Economic Crisis
Luncheon
RSVP required - Belfer Center Library, Littauer-369
February 29, 2012
12:15-1:45 p.m.
Speaker: Henry Etzkowitz, Senior Researcher, Human Sciences and Technologies Advanced Research Institute, (H-STAR) Stanford University; Visiting Professor, Centre for Entrepreneurship Research, Edinburgh University and School of Management, University of London, Birkbeck
Related Projects: Science, Technology, and Globalization, Science, Technology, and Public Policy
Lunch will be provided.
RSVP to katherine_gordon@hks.harvard.edu
RSVPs will be accepted on a first come, first served basis.
Co-sponsored by HKS Executive Education
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The Dragon in the Room: China and the Future of Latin American Industrialization
Lecture
Open to the Public - Land Hall (Belfer Bldg, 4th Flr)
February 9, 2011
6:30-8:30 p.m.
Speaker: Kevin P. Gallagher, Associate Professor of International Relations, Boston University
Related Projects: Science, Technology, and Globalization, Science, Technology, and Public Policy
China's growing appetite for primary products, and the ability of Latin America to supply that demand, has played a role in restoring growth in Latin America, both in the run-up to the global financial crisis and in its aftermath. However, China is simultaneously out-competing Latin American manufacturers in world markets. China is rapidly building the technological capabilities necessary for industrial development, whereas Latin American technology innovation and sophistication lags considerably.
THIS EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED.
