Programme

Day

All

  • All
  • DAY 0 / Monday / 05 Dec
  • DAY 1 / Tuesday / 06 Dec
  • DAY 2 / Wednesday / 07 Dec
  • DAY 3 / Thursday / 08 Dec
  • DAY 4 / Friday / 09 Dec

Type of event

Thematic session

  • All
  • Plenary session
  • Thematic session
  • Social event
  • Break
  • Side event
  • Opening Ceremony
  • Keynote lecture
  • Closing Ceremony

Venue

All

  • All
  • Meeting Rooms 2.41-2.43
  • Meeting Rooms 2.44-2.46
  • Meeting Rooms 1.43-1.44
  • Meeting Rooms 1.41-1.42
  • Ballroom
  • Exhibition Hall 3
  • Meeting Rooms 1.61-1.62
  • Meeting Rooms 1.63-1.64
  • Exhibition Hall 5
  • Exhibition Hall 1 & 2
07 DEC / Day 2 / programme

11:30 - 13:00

Thematic session

Thematic session I./c Building bridges for early career scientists: global experiences on impactful leadership training and networking

Meeting Rooms 1.41-1.42

Day 2

Wednesday / 7 DEC

11:30 - 13:00

Thematic session:
Venue: Meeting Rooms 1.41-1.42
Abstract:  Science for Social Change worldwide requires a strong focus on developing science capacity not only to do science but to lead this change. The Africa Science Leadership Programme (ASLP) serves to skill in- and provide tools for creative problem solving and personal development as a science leader on the African continent. At the same time, it embodies a deep underlying philosophy of collective leadership, as well as a personal Identity and growth mindset. … (more)

11:30 - 13:00

Thematic session

Thematic session I./d Climate justice: seeking equitable solutions to adverse effects of climate change on health

Ballroom

11:30 - 13:00

Thematic session

Thematic session I./e Establishing an African knowledge democracy for increased social justice and development

Meeting Rooms 1.43-1.44

Day 2

Wednesday / 7 DEC

11:30 - 13:00

11:30 - 13:00

Thematic session

Thematic session I./f Protecting Freshwater through Inclusive Collaboration to Achieve Social Justice

Meeting Rooms 1.61-1.62

Day 2

Wednesday / 7 DEC

11:30 - 13:00

11:30 - 13:00

Thematic session

Thematic session I./g GeoScience for Sustainable Human Progress

Meeting Rooms 1.63-1.64

Day 2

Wednesday / 7 DEC

11:30 - 13:00

Thematic session:
Venue: Meeting Rooms 1.63-1.64
Abstract:  Geoscience – the science of understanding planet Earth – has been a key driver for the economic development and wealth creation over the last century, not least by finding and exploiting the planet’ the fossil fuel energy sources and the metal and mineral deposits that have built our modern world. This consumption of the planet’s ‘natural capital’, however, has brought our society to the brink of a social and ecological crisis. … (more)

11:30 - 13:00

Thematic session

Thematic session I./a Grassroots Communities, Science and Social Justice: Science for more effective and humane drug policies

Meeting Rooms 2.41-2.43

Day 2

Wednesday / 7 DEC

11:30 - 13:00

Thematic session:
Venue: Meeting Rooms 2.41-2.43
Abstract:  This panel assesses how the goal of a ‘drug-free world’ backed by a ‘war on drugs’ anchored in ‘science’ and enshrined in international drug control treaties is naïve and dangerous. Naïve, in that prohibition has little impact on drug use, up 45% in twenty years. Dangerous, in that prohibition fuels coerced drug treatments, incarcerations, extrajudicial killings, the death penalty, drives human rights abusers for profit, and contributes to record drug-related deaths. Strict drug… (more)

11:30 - 13:00

Thematic session

Thematic session I./b Responding to Pandemics: Science and Human Rights

Meeting Rooms 2.44-2.46

Day 2

Wednesday / 7 DEC

11:30 - 13:00

Thematic session:
Venue: Meeting Rooms 2.44-2.46
Abstract:  The COVID-19 pandemic has put to the fore the multiple threats and challenges deriving from the unequal access to scientific benefits and its applications, and also from unequal opportunities to participate in science. Addressing these challenges will require that science, technology and innovation ecosystems prioritize human wellbeing and equality over productivity and growth. Human rights standards and principles are a powerful leverage to achieve this profound transformation, with the right… (more)

17:00 - 18:30

Thematic session

Thematic session II./c Fostering STI systems in Africa and equitable international partnerships for environmental sustainability and social inclusion

Meeting Rooms 1.41-1.42

Day 2

Wednesday / 7 DEC

17:00 - 18:30

Thematic session:
Venue: Meeting Rooms 1.41-1.42
Abstract:  The session will bring together experts and policymakers from across Africa and from international organizations that are working using different approaches and modalities to strengthen capacity as well as strategic international partnerships in national science, technology and innovation (STI) systems. These systems continue to play a key role in national development priorities and in countries’ ability to contribute to addressing sustainable development goals (SDGs). More generally, there is… (more)

17:00 - 18:30

Thematic session

Thematic session II./d At‐Risk, Displaced, and Refugee Scholars: Global Dynamics and Best Practices

Meeting Rooms 1.43-1.44

Day 2

Wednesday / 7 DEC

17:00 - 18:30

Thematic session:
Venue: Meeting Rooms 1.43-1.44
Abstract:  Authoritarian regimes as well as military and ethnic/religious conflicts across the world render scholars particularly vulnerable to persecution as well as diverse forms of violence. This panel, organized through the collaboration of the At-Risk Scholars Initiative of the Global Young Academy and the Science in Exile initiative led by The World Academy of Sciences (UNESCO-TWAS), in collaboration with the InterAcademy Partnership (IAP) and the International Science Council (ISC), brings… (more)

17:00 - 18:30

Thematic session

Thematic session II./e No justice without knowledge – levelling the playing field for science journalism

Ballroom

Day 2

Wednesday / 7 DEC

17:00 - 18:30

Thematic session:
Venue: Ballroom
Abstract:  Covid revealed gaps in the science pipeline in vivid technicolour. Over the course of the pandemic, it became clear that how science is communicated makes an enormous difference to outcomes. As a result, alongside the COVID-19 pandemic was an infodemic of disinformation and misinformation, with dangerous myths impacting on behaviour and ultimately costing lives. … (more)

17:00 - 18:30

Thematic session

Thematic session II./f Health, Climate and Social Justice in African Cities

Meeting Rooms 1.61-1.62

Day 2

Wednesday / 7 DEC

17:00 - 18:30

Thematic session:
Venue: Meeting Rooms 1.61-1.62
Abstract:  The 90-minute session will discuss how cities can contribute to social justice and the development of healthy urban environments that respond to concerns for climate action. It will focus on ways the changing climate is affecting food and built environments while considering measures for climate change adaptation, mitigation, and resilience-building. The session will include a brief introduction to the Global Diet and Activity Research (GDAR) Network including the GDAR Spaces project at the… (more)

17:00 - 18:30

Thematic session

Thematic session II./g Global Scientific Research as a Tool to Unlock Talent and Expand the Geographical Confines of Knowledge Creation

Meeting Rooms 1.63-1.64

Day 2

Wednesday / 7 DEC

17:00 - 18:30

Thematic session:
Venue: Meeting Rooms 1.63-1.64
Abstract:  ‘Science for social justice’ may only be achieved when politicians, decision-makers and science-policymakers set a considered and thoughtful agenda to utilize science, in reasoned and innovative ways, as a driving force for positive societal change to promote equity through innovation. However, to date, tangible results in many contexts have been mixed at best, especially in delivering a reliable mechanism for, or a path to, sustainable social equity and justice for all. As global inequality… (more)

17:00 - 18:30

Thematic session

Thematic session II./a Biotechnology for Social Justice: Discovery, Innovation and Impact

Meeting Rooms 2.41-2.43

Day 2

Wednesday / 7 DEC

17:00 - 18:30

Thematic session:
Venue: Meeting Rooms 2.41-2.43
Abstract:  Biotechnology is an invaluable means of achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Humankind is confronted with unprecedented challenges: food security, security of energy supply, a growing burden of disease, and climate change, to name a few.Modern biotechnology and scientific developments provide breakthrough products and methodologies to address those challenges: to combat non-communicable diseases and neurodegeneration, to stop the outbreak of infectious diseases, to reduce… (more)

17:00 - 18:30

Thematic session

Thematic session II./b The paths to fully open access science across the Global South

Meeting Rooms 2.44-2.46

Day 2

Wednesday / 7 DEC

17:00 - 18:30

Thematic session:
Organised by:  Frontiers Policy Labs
Venue: Meeting Rooms 2.44-2.46
Abstract:  We face global, existential threats. From health emergencies to climate change, we see and feel them now. Managing and reversing these threats will require political will, global collaboration, and scientific breakthrough at a scale not yet seen. … (more)
08 DEC / Day 3 / programme

11:30 - 13:00

Thematic session

Thematic session III/a Ecosystem to enhance global public good with science: distributive justice and well-being as key concepts

Meeting Rooms 2.44-2.46

Day 3

Thursday / 8 DEC

11:30 - 13:00

Thematic session:
Venue: Meeting Rooms 2.44-2.46
Abstract:  In the 2019 World Science Forum’s Declaration called for concerted action on ‘science for global well-being’. In the context of longstanding social inequalities tackled by the Sustainable Development Goals, addressing challenges to humankind’s basic existence under COP26, or the world-shattering impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic, few in 2019 could have foreseen how meaningful their call to arms has now become. Under the current situation, “well-being” has been an essential perspective… (more)

11:30 - 13:00

Thematic session

Thematic session III/b Equity and diversity in scientific policy advice – enhancing the social value of research and the impact of evidence‐based policymaking

Meeting Rooms 1.41-1.42

Day 3

Thursday / 8 DEC

11:30 - 13:00

11:30 - 13:00

Thematic session

Thematic session III/c Localized Science, Technology and Innovation Roadmaps for the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals in Africa

Meeting Rooms 1.43-1.44

Day 3

Thursday / 8 DEC

11:30 - 13:00

Thematic session:
Venue: Meeting Rooms 1.43-1.44
Abstract:  Africa’s great potential for growth and development risks to be undermined by long-standing development challenges in many sectors, including education, energy, agriculture, and healthcare. While Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) are recognized as catalyzers for sustainable development, harnessing their potential implies having sound and well-established STI systems. STI for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) roadmaps are found to be valuable instruments to mobilize national STI… (more)

11:30 - 13:00

Thematic session

Thematic session III/d Physics and Accelerators for Science and Social Justice

Meeting Rooms 1.61-1.62

Day 3

Thursday / 8 DEC

11:30 - 13:00

Thematic session:
Venue: Meeting Rooms 1.61-1.62
Abstract:  This panel will address how networks of researchers and multi-disciplinary scientific facilities can bring together global scientific communities, where the mission of advancing science intermixes finely with a firm societal commitment. These facilities must be accessible to all nations in order for them to benefit from the vast social and economic impacts, the local knowledge and technology transfer, and finally address challenges to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).In… (more)

11:30 - 13:00

Thematic session

Thematic session III/e A global strategy to combat predatory academic journals and conferences

Meeting Rooms 1.63-1.64

Day 3

Thursday / 8 DEC

11:30 - 13:00

Thematic session:
Venue: Meeting Rooms 1.63-1.64
Abstract:  In March 2022, IAP published a major report - "Combatting predatory academic journals and conferences". It is the culmination of a two-year study of the same name, funded by the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, which has explored these practices more comprehensively and inclusively than any previous study. … (more)

11:30 - 13:00

Thematic session

Thematic session III/f Getting Women into Academies and Scientific Leadership: Mentoring Works

Ballroom

Day 3

Thursday / 8 DEC

11:30 - 13:00

11:30 - 13:00

Thematic session

Thematic session III/g What if? Is curiosity still the main driving force behind revolutionary ideas in science?

Meeting Rooms 2.41-2.43

Day 3

Thursday / 8 DEC

11:30 - 13:00

Thematic session:
Venue: Meeting Rooms 2.41-2.43
Abstract:  It is a well-known fact that many of the major scientific discoveries started out as experiments driven by sheer scientific interest and without any concern over their usefulness, societal or economic impact or practical application. Yet, that is exactly what they have achieved. How do we cherish this potential? How do we make sure that among the growing expectations over the accountability and societal benefits of science funding, we retain the driving force of curiosity and perseverance as a… (more)

17:00 - 18:30

Thematic session

Thematic session IV/a Repatriation of unethically obtained human remains: Can policy and science converge to ensure community justice?

Meeting Rooms 1.41-1.42

Day 3

Thursday / 8 DEC

17:00 - 18:30

Thematic session:
Venue: Meeting Rooms 1.41-1.42
Abstract:  The historical unethical use and procurement of human skeletal remains haunts the discipline of bioarchaeology globally. In South Africa, as a result of its colonial and apartheid past, illegal procurement of human remains of indigenous communities, in particular of the Khoe and San was rife in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. … (more)

17:00 - 18:30

Thematic session

Thematic session IV/b Different lens, better outcomes? Intersectionality as a critical component of gender transformative research

Meeting Rooms 1.43-1.44

Day 3

Thursday / 8 DEC

17:00 - 18:30

Thematic session:
Venue: Meeting Rooms 1.43-1.44
Abstract:  This moderated panel unpacks intersectionality as an essential conceptual tool in gender transformative research, while providing practical examples of how researchers and grantmakers have adopted this framework to advance science in the service of social justice. Intersectionality deepens understanding of the interplay between people’s diverse identities and experiences, to explore how this interplay shapes and mutually reinforces oppression and exclusion. It expands the focus on gender to… (more)

17:00 - 18:30

Thematic session

Thematic session IV/c Intersections between social justice and the free and responsible conduct of science

Meeting Rooms 1.61-1.62

Day 3

Thursday / 8 DEC

17:00 - 18:30

17:00 - 18:30

Thematic session

Thematic session IV/d Making the most of quantum computers, inclusively and openly, to reach the SDGs

Meeting Rooms 1.63-1.64

Day 3

Thursday / 8 DEC

17:00 - 18:30

Thematic session:
Venue: Meeting Rooms 1.63-1.64
Abstract:  Quantum technologies have the potential to create profound changes to society, changing entire industries. The last decade has seen major breakthroughs, leading to an increase in investment from the private sector. The quantum pursuit is considerably fractured. Scattered technology and policy approaches tend to lead to a focus on a few technologies, in a few countries, in the hands of a few incumbents, all this among geopolitical tensions. … (more)

17:00 - 18:30

Thematic session

Thematic session IV/e Open Science and a Just, Equitable Scientific Enterprise: Promises and Pitfalls

Meeting Rooms 2.41-2.43

Day 3

Thursday / 8 DEC

17:00 - 18:30

Thematic session:
Venue: Meeting Rooms 2.41-2.43
Abstract:  Open science is an umbrella concept aimed at making science more inclusive, fair, equitable, and transparent. Open science policies focus on enabling replicability and reproducibility, and ensuring the fair access to scientific breakthroughs, such as medical treatments and vaccinations. They also can encompass access to scientific data and publications and participation in the scientific process itself. Open science, whether limited or expansion in concept, has significant implications. Its… (more)

17:00 - 18:30

Thematic session

Thematic session IV/f Science Diplomacy for Social Justice

Ballroom

17:00 - 18:30

Thematic session

Thematic session IV/g Challenges of Urbanization: Food Security in Africa

Meeting Rooms 2.44-2.46

Day 3

Thursday / 8 DEC

17:00 - 18:30

Thematic session:
Venue: Meeting Rooms 2.44-2.46
Abstract:  African cities have some of the greatest rates of population growth worldwide. According to the United Nations World Urbanization Prospects, the 1.1 billion people in Africa will double in number by 2050, with metropolitan areas seeing 80% of this development, with many living in informal settlements.  Numerous issues will arise as a result of this degree of expansion, including urban overcrowding, growing poverty and decaying infrastructure. Most importantly the decline in rural population… (more)