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
Opening Ceremony
- 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
17:00 - 17:30
Opening Ceremony
Welcome remarks
Ballroom
Day 1
Tuesday / 6 DEC
17:00 - 17:30
Programme director:
Welcome remarks by the host and co-chair of WSF:
Messages from the WSF founding organisations:
- Tamás Freund, President, Hungarian Academy of Sciences (MTA), Co-chair of the World Science Forum 2022
- Shamila Nair-Bedouelle, Assistant Director-General for Natural Sciences, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO)
- Peter Gluckman, President, International Science Council (ISC)
- Sudip Parikh, CEO, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
17:30 - 17:40
Opening Ceremony
“South African Science – Science at the Service of Society – It is Possible” - Video
Ballroom
Day 1
Tuesday / 6 DEC
17:30 - 17:40
17:40 - 17:55
Opening Ceremony
Address by the Patron of WSF2022, the President of Hungary, H.E. Ms. Katalin Novák
Ballroom
Day 1
Tuesday / 6 DEC
17:40 - 17:55
17:55 - 18:15
Opening Ceremony
Presidential keynote address
Ballroom
Day 1
Tuesday / 6 DEC
17:55 - 18:15
18:15 - 18:30
Opening Ceremony
“Celebrating the start of construction of the global Square Kilometer Array radio telescope” – Video
Ballroom
Day 1
Tuesday / 6 DEC
18:15 - 18:30
18:30 - 18:45
Opening Ceremony
Statements of support for the “African Agenda for Science for Social Justice”
Ballroom
Day 1
Tuesday / 6 DEC
18:30 - 18:45
Statements by:
- Hon Maria do Rosário Bragança, Minister, Ministry of Higher Education, Science, Technology and Innovation
- H.E. Maître José Mpanda Kabangu, Minister for Scientific Research and Technological Innovation, Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Felix Dapare Dakora, President, African Academy of Sciences (AAS)
19:00 - 19:15
Opening Ceremony
Messages from World Science Forum partner organisations
Ballroom
Day 1
Tuesday / 6 DEC
19:00 - 19:15
19:15 - 19:20
Opening Ceremony
Celebration of the International Year of Basic Sciences for Sustainable Development (IYBSSD) - Video
Ballroom
Day 1
Tuesday / 6 DEC
19:15 - 19:20
Introduced by:
19:20 - 19:50
Opening Ceremony
Introduction of the Cape Town Declaration on Science for Social Justice: Panel discussion on “Science for Social Justice: Partnerships to make it work"
Ballroom
Day 1
Tuesday / 6 DEC
19:20 - 19:50
Moderators:
- Quarraisha Abdool Karim, Associate Scientific Director, Centre for the AIDS Program of Research in South Africa (CAPRISA)
- Sarah Mosoetsa, Chief Executive Officer, National Institute for The Humanities & Social Sciences
Speakers:
- Gabriela Ramos, Assistant Director-General for Social and Human Sciences, UNESCO
- Michel Kazatchkine, Senior fellow, Graduate Institute
- Ibbo Mandaza, Executive Chair, SAPES Trust
- Jinghua Cao, Executive Director, Alliance of International Science Organizations (ANSO)
- Dustin van der Haar, , University of Johannesburg
19:50 - 20:00
Opening Ceremony
Highlights of the World Science Forum 2022 programme
Ballroom
Day 1
Tuesday / 6 DEC
19:50 - 20:00