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STG Project Director Calestous Juma was the featured speaker at a United Nations University Institute of Advanced Studies (UNU-IAS)–convened G8 Dialogue on "Higher Technical Education in Africa: Sustaining Long-Term Growth" on May 23, 2008, in Tokyo, Japan. More>
Professor Juma was also a keynote speaker at the UNU-IAS Pre–Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD) Public Forum: "Science, Technology and Innovation for a Sustainable Future: Priorities, Pathways and Partnerships for Japan and Africa" on May 26, 2008. More>
Professor Juma participated in a panel discussion on "Benefit Deriving from North-South Collaboration in Science and Technology" on May 29, 2008, in Yokohama, Japan. This is part of a Science and Technology in Society forum SPECIAL SESSION at TICAD IV on "Science and Technology Collaboration between Developed and Developing Countries". More>
Calestous Juma comments on the history of the slave trade and Africa's economic development in "Shackled to the Past", an April 21, 2008, Boston Globe feature.
Calestous Juma is one of eighteen scientists, entrepreneurs, and thinkers that had been convened by the U.S. National Academy of Engineering (NAE) to identify problems for technology in the 21st century that, if solved, would change the world.
The group presented its report and list of challenges at the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) annual meeting in Boston.
Read the February 15, 2008, Guardian news story, "Leading Thinkers Identify the Greatest Challenges Facing Humanity."
Calestous Juma has been appointed special adviser to the International Whaling Commission. He is to help advise on the future of the commission and is assisting with the preparation of a special meeting to be held in London in March 2007. Read the press release.
On November 21, 2007, Calestous Juma, a lead-author on the United Nations Millennium Project, was in London along with Dr Temechegn Engida, President of the Federation of African Societies of Chemistry to help launch the Pan Africa Chemistry Network.
Building on the tremendous success of the Archives for Africa, which was launched in Addis Ababa and Westminster in 2006, and thanks in large part to a £1,000,000 grant from Syngenta, the Pan Africa Chemistry Network represents an innovative approach to working with universities, schools, scientists, teachers, and students in Africa. With a special focus on the Millennium Development Goals and the countries of Central Africa, the Network will ultimately span the entire Continent.
As part of International Relations Week at Harvard, Calestous Juma, director of the Belfer Center's Science, Technology, and Globalization Project, delivered the keynote address on Tuesday, Oct. 23, at the Center for Government and International Studies. Download Professor Juma's presentation here.
Professor Calestous Juma was interviewed for BBC's "The World" on September 14 about UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon convening a meeting that day to discuss Africa and the fact that the continent is struggling to meet the so-called Millenium Development Goals. Listen to the interview.
