The 108th GRIPS Forum "Capacity Building in Science & Technology for Sustainable Development"

Speaker	Mr. Romain Murenzi, Executive Director of TWAS
Time	May 25, 2015 16:40 - 18：10
Venue	Sokairou Hall, 1st Floor, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (ACCESS)
Sponsor	National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS)
Language	English and Japanese (Simultaneous translation available)
Fee	Free (Pre-registraion required)

Overview

Challenges such as food and water security, infectious disease, environmental degradation and climate change disproportionately affect developing nations. The enormous science gap between developed and developing nations undercuts the global response. Through support for education, research and policy, TWAS and its partners are building sustainable scientific strength in the developing world.

Simplified personal history

1993 to 2001 Physics professor at Clark Atlanta University (USA)
1999 to 2001 Chairman of the physics department
2001 to 2009 Minister of Education, Science, Technology and Scientific Research
2006 to 2009 Minister in the President's Office in Charge of Science, Technology, and Scientific Research
In 2009　　　　Senior scholar at the Center for Science, Technology and Sustainable Development American Association for
　　　　　　　　　 the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
2010 to 2011 Director of AAAS, also a visiting professor at the University of Maryland
April 2011　　　Executive Director of TWAS

Application,Inquiry

Please register at Registration Form by May 22 (Fri), 17:00.
If you can’t open the registration form, please send an e-mail to gripsforum

grips.ac.jp by May 22 (Fri), 17:00 with this title “Register to the 108th GRIPS Forum on May 25”.
Registration email must include; 1. Name, 2. Organization, 3. Title, 4. Email-address or phone number. If you are arriving by a private car, please let us know the car information (type, color, and number) in advance so that we can register it for campus entry permission.

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