Participants of WSF reinforced their commitment towards the ethical conduct of science, and called for the fulfilment of academic freedom in the world.
WSF speaker Chieko Asakawa, IBM Fellow, IBM Research discusses the future of Braille, innovation in accessibility.
WSF speaker James Gillies, Senior Communications Advisor, CERN on future directions in particle physics.
WSF speaker Quarraisha Abdool Karim, Associate Scientific Director, Centre for the AIDS Program of Research in South Africa (CAPRISA) speaking about new challenges in HIV/AIDS prevention in Africa.
WSF speaker Magdalena Skipper, Editor in Chief, Nature on scientific excellence in Europe and the reproducibility crisis
WSF speaker France Córdova, director, National Science Foundation (NSF) on basic science funding in the USA.