TWAS 19th General Meeting and 25th Anniversary Celebration
Mexico City, 10-13 November 2008
Detailed Programme
(as of 29 October 2008)
Saturday, 8 November
VENUE: HOTEL ROYAL PEDREGAL
Dark shade: Closed sessions (for committee members only)
13:00 - 19:00
R EGISTRATION
15:00-18:00
Parallel Meetings of Committees:
Standing Committee on Biotechnology
Standing Committee on Social Sciences
Standing Committee on Women in Science
Joint Meeting of TWAS Finance and Programme Committees
17:00-19:00
Sunday, 9 November
HOTEL
[ONIX 1]
[ONIX 2]
[ONIX 3]
[JADE]
VENUE: HOTEL ROYAL PEDREGAL
Dark shade: Closed sessions (for committee members only)
08:00 - 19:00
R EGISTRATION
08:30-10:00
TWAS Prizes Committee Meeting
[ONIX 1]
10:00-10:15
10:15-13:00
Refreshments
TWAS Elections Committee Meeting
[ONIX 1]
13:00-14:30
14:30-16:00
Lunch
Scientific Presentations by
[ONIX 1-2]
Young Affiliates: Biological Sciences
Chair: F. Barrantes
Development of potent and selective
hexosaminidase inhibitors
Chun-Hung Lin
14:30-14:50
14:50-15:10
15:10-15:30
15:30-15:50
15:50-16:00
Zinc and bacterial drug resistance:
hydrolysis of broad spectrum antibiotics by
Metallo- -lactamases
G. Mugesh
Memory loss in alzheimer’s disease as a
synaptic collapse caused by soluble Aß
oligomers
F.G. De Felice
Are all ovulated oocytes (eggs)
developmentally competent?
S. Idowu Ola
General discussion
Scientific Presentations by
[ONIX 3-4]
Young Affiliates: Physical Sciences
Chair: A. Verjovsky Sola
Measuring the universe with radio
telescopes
L. Loinard
Novel synthetic and analytic methods for
electrode materials in high energy-density
lithium Ion batteries
Yong-Mook Kang
Fluid dynamics from gravity
S. Minwalla
Chemistry based on bioresources
A. Bhaw-Luximon
General discussion
TWAS 19th General Meeting and 25th Anniversary Celebration — Programme
Sunday, 9 November (cont.d)
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VENUE: HOTEL ROYAL PEDREGAL
14:30-16:00
TWAS Regional Offices (RO) Annual Meeting:
[JADE]
16:00-16:30
16:30-19:00
Chair: V. Krishnan
- Arab Region: M. El Faham
- Central & South Asia: V. Krishnan
- East & Southeast Asia & Pacific: Fu Shuqin
- Latin America & Caribbean: C. Aragão de Carvalho
- Sub-Saharan Africa: T. Egwang
Refreshments
TWAS 28th Council Meeting (TWAS Council Members only)
[JADE]
20:00
Welcome Reception at Hotel Royal Pedregal
TWAS 19th General Meeting and 25th Anniversary Celebration — Programme
Monday, 10 November
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VENUE: MEXICAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES (MAS)
Dark shade: Closed sessions (for members only)
08:30 - 11:00
R EGISTRATION
08:30 -11:00
11:00 -11:30
TWAS General Meeting (TWAS Members only)
Refreshments
Opening Ceremony
11:30-12:30
11:30 - 12:20
[G. GALILEI AUDITORIUM]
VENUE: MEXICAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES (MAS)
Opening Ceremony and Presentation of Prizes and Medals
O p en i ng A ddr es s es by :
[G. GALILEI AUDITORIUM]
11:30 - 11:35 Rosaura Ruiz Gutierrez, President, Mexican Academy of Sciences
11:35 - 11:40 Juan Carlos Romero Hicks, Director General, CONACYT, Mexico
11:40 - 11:45 Katepalli R. Sreenivasan, Director, ICTP
11:45 - 11:50 Barbara Bregato, Consigliere, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Italian Government
11:50 - 11:55 Marcio Nogueira Barbosa, Deputy Director-General, UNESCO
11:55 - 12:05 Jacob Palis, TWAS President
12:05 - 12:20 H.E. Felipe Calderón, President of the United Mexican States
Pr es e n ta t io n o f Pr i ze s a n d Me d a ls
12:20 - 12:30
Trieste Science Prizes to:
Earth, Space, Ocean & Atmospheric Sciences:
Engineering Sciences:
TWAS Prizes to:
M. Arshad, Agricultural Sciences
L. Mendonça Previato, Biology
S.D.J. Pena, Medical Sciences
K. Bhattacharyya, Chemistry
B.L.S. Barbuy
R. Narasimha
C.-K. Lee, Engineering Sciences
P. Artaxo, Earth Sciences
S. Dani, Mathematics
J. Zhang, Physics
C.N.R. Rao Prize to:
M. Tchuente
TWAS-ROLAC Prize to:
C. Bosch
TWAS Medals to:
2007: K.E. Mshigeni and A. Nasim
2008: A.J. de la Peña and M.R.S. Rao
Presidential Medal to:
H.E. Felipe Calderón, President of the United Mexican States
12:30-13:15
25th Anniversary Presidential Address
Chair: C.N.R. Rao
TWAS Then and Now
J. Palis, TWAS President
13:15-14:30
Lunch
[G. GALILEI AUDITORIUM]
TWAS 19th General Meeting and 25th Anniversary Celebration — Programme
Monday, 10 November (cont.d)
14:30-15:30
15:30-17:00
15:30 - 16:15
16:15 - 17:00
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VENUE: MEXICAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
Silver Jubilee Lecture - I
Chair: J. Palis
The impact of human activities on our atmosphere
M. Molina, Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Trieste Science Prize Lectures
Chair: J. Palis
[G. GALILEI AUDITORIUM]
[G. GALILEI AUDITORIUM]
Chemical elements in old stars and formation of the Galaxy
B.L.S. Barbuy, Earth, Space, Ocean & Atmospheric Sciences
'The Queen of the Tropical Sky' -- The fluid dynamics of the cumulus cloud
R. Narasimha, Engineering Sciences
17:00-17:30
Refreshments
17:30-19:30
Panel: Strategies for Promoting
[G. GALILEI AUDITORIUM]
South-South Cooperation in Education and Research
Chair: J.C. Romero Hicks
M.A. Zago, President, National Council for Scientific and Tech. Development, Brazil
C. Bai, Executive Vice-President, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
M.G.K. Menon, Adviser, Indian Space Research Organization, India
G. Ekpiwhre, Federal Minister of Science and Technology, Nigeria
A.U. Rahman, Coordinator General, COMSTECH, Pakistan
M. Mangena, Minister of Science & Technology, South Africa
20:00
Dinner at Restaurant Ex-Hacienda Tlalpan
Tuesday, 11 November
VENUE: MEXICAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES (MAS)
09:00-11:00
09:00-09:30
09:30-10:00
10:00-10:30
10:30-11:00
11:00-11:30
11:30-12:50
11:30-11:50
11:50-12:10
TWAS 2007 & 2008 Medal Lectures
[G. GALILEI AUDITORIUM]
Chair: A.A. Al-Shamlan
Tame algebras and its quadratic forms
J.A. de la Peña
Chromatin remodelling during mammalian male germ cell differentiation and maturation
M.R.S. Rao
Thirsty fish in waters of abundance: A paradox in the context of Africa's development
K.E. Mshigeni
From fission yeast to promoting science in the developing countries: Voyage through time
A. Nasim
Refreshments
Lectures by Awardees of TWAS Prizes
(Biological Sciences)
[AUDITORIUM "A"]
Chair: R. Romo
The ancestral roots and evolution of
Brazilians
S.D.J. Pena, Medical Sciences
Utilization of bacterial plant growth
regulators and value-added organic
fertilizers for sustainable agriculture
M. Arshad, Agriculture
Lectures by Awardees of TWAS Prizes
(Physical Sciences)
[AUDITORIUM "B"]
Chair: J.L. Morán-López
Adapting interdisciplinary research &
technology to meet society’s needs
C.K. Lee, Engineering Sciences
Roots, factors and embedding of probability
measures on locally compact groups
S. Dani, Mathematics
TWAS 19th General Meeting and 25th Anniversary Celebration — Programme
Tuesday, 11 November (cont.d)
12:10-12:30
12:30-12:50
12:50-13:15
VENUE: MEXICAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES (MAS)
Glycobiology of the protozoan parasite
Trypanosoma cruzi correlates with disease
L. Mendonça Previato, Biology
The climatic effects of aerosol particles in
the Amazon forest
P. Artaxo, Earth Sciences
Study of organized and biological assemblies
using a femtosecond laser
K. Bhattacharyya, Chemistry
The World under extreme conditions
J. Zhang, Physics
Lecture by TWAS-ROLAC
Prize Winner
[AUDITORIUM "A"]
Lecture by C.N.R. Rao
Prize Winner
Chair: R. Romo
Scientists and science education
C. Bosch
Chair: J.L. Morán-López
From cellular automata and systolic arrays to
networks of patches
M. Tchuente
13:15-14:30
Lunch
14:30-17:00
Symposium 1: Science in Mexico 2008: Present State
and Perspectives
Convener: J.P. Laclette
Brief introduction by J.P. Laclette
Physics, mathematics and astronomy by A. Menchaca
Social sciences and humanities by R. Loyola
Engineering by S. Alcocer
Earth Sciences by D. Morán
Innovation by G. Dutrénit
Biology by S. Guevara
Chemistry by R. Cea
Medicine by M. Uribe
Discussion and conclusion
Transfer to Hotel Royal Pedregal
14:30-14:40
14:40-14:55
14:55-15:10
15:10-15:25
15:25-15:40
15:40-15:55
15:55-16:10
16:10-16:25
16:25-16:40
16:40-17:00
17:00-17:30
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[AUDITORIUM "B"]
VENUE: HOTEL ROYAL PEDREGAL
17:30-18:40
17:30-17:50
17:50-18:10
18:10 - 18:30
18:30-18:50
18:50-19:00
Scientific Presentations by
[ONIX 1-2]
Young Affiliates: Biological Sciences
Chair: F. Barrantes
Genetics of visceral Leishmaniasis in the
Sudan
H.S. Mohamed
Malaria vector control and insecticide
resistance surveillance in Kenya
L. Kamau
Population structuring of a commercially
exploited species, dimidiochromis kiwinge,
from Lake Malawi
D. Kassam
Calcium Seed Treatment and
Polygalacturonase Expression in Green
Beans
A.T. Modi
General discussion
Scientific Presentations by
[ONIX 3-4]
Young Affiliates: Physical Sciences
Chair: A. Verjovsky Sola
On cartan subalgebras of Leibniz n-algebras
B.A. Omirov
Graph products in structural Mechanics
Hosein Rahami
Towards the fourth generation of mobile
wireless networks
Rola Naja
Impact of climate on the terrestrial ecosystem
Zeng Xiaodong
General discussion
TWAS 19th General Meeting and 25th Anniversary Celebration — Programme
Tuesday, 11 November (cont.d)
19:00-20:00
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VENUE: HOTEL ROYAL PEDREGAL
Induction of New TWAS Members & Young Affiliates
Chair: J. Palis
[ONIX 1-2-3-4]
TW AS Me mb er s :
Agricultural Sciences:
Structural, Cell & Molecular Biology:
Medical & Health Sciences:
Engineering Sciences:
Earth Sciences:
Mathematical Sciences:
Physics:
Astronomy & Space Sciences:
R. Fang, J. Garidkhuu, E.L. Rech
D. Chatterji, M.E. Ibrahim
S.J. Chen, A.S. Daar, I.M. Parker, M.A. Zago
S. Banerjee, N. Maculan, A.J. Paulraj
S. Dasgupta
M.J. Pacífico
C.T. Chen, C. Dasgupta, P.K. Shukla
B.L.S. Barbuy, T. Lee, M.J. Rees, J. Steiner
TW AS Y o u ng Af fi l i at es :
Arab Region:
Central & South Asia:
20:30
Rola Naja
Govindasamy Mugesh, Shiraz Minwalla, Saima
Riazuddin, Bakhrom Abdazovich Omirov, Hosein
Rahami
East & Southeast Asia & Pacific:
Chun-Hung Lin, Xiaodong Zeng, Yong-Mook Kang
Latin America & Caribbean:
Laurent Raymond Loinard, Fernanda de Felice
Sub-Saharan Africa:
Luna Kamau, Albert Modi, Safiriyu Idowu Ola, Daud
Kassam, Archana Bhaw-Luximon
Induction Dinner at Hotel Royal Pedregal
[OBSIDIANA ROOM]
Wednesday, 12 November
09:00-10:00
10:00-12:00
10:00-10:20
10:20-10:40
10:40-11:00
11:00-11:20
11:20-12:00
12:00-12:15
12:15-14:15
12:15-12:40
12:40-13:00
13:00-13:20
13:20-13:40
13:40-14:15
14:15-15:15
VENUE: MAS
Silver Jubilee Lecture - II
[G. GALILEI AUDITORIUM]
Chair: S. Torres-Peimbert
Space and the cosmos: What advances will the next 25 years bring?
M. Rees, Crafoord Prize winner
Symposium 2: Genes and Human Health
[G. GALILEI AUDITORIUM]
Conveners: R. Romo and D. Balasubramanian
Controlling the blindness burden across the world
D. Balasubramanian
New concepts in malaria vaccine development
T. Egwang
Control of molecular motors: Implications in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
R. Padrón
Viral involvement in multiple sclerosis
J. Sotelo
Discussion and conclusion
Refreshments
Symposium 3: New Directions in Chemistry
[G. GALILEI AUDITORIUM]
Conveners: V. Krishnan and C. Bai
Emerging trends in chemical sciences
C.N.R. Rao
New trends in natural product chemistry
M.I. Choudhary
Frontiers in organic electronics
Shuai Zhigang
Exploring the supramolecular approach for nanotechnology
H.E. Toma
Discussion and conclusions
Lunch
TWAS 19th General Meeting and 25th Anniversary Celebration — Programme
Wednesday, 12 November (cont.d)
15:15-17:15
15:15-15:45
15:45-16:15
16:15-16:45
16:45-17:15
17:20-17:30
17:30-18:45
17:30-17:45
17:45-18:00
18:00-18:15
18:15 - 18:30
18:30-18:45
18:45-20:00
18:45-19:10
19:10-19:35
19:35-20:00
20:30
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VENUE: MAS
Symposium 4: New Perspectives in Mathematics
[G. GALILEI AUDITORIUM]
Conveners: J.A. de la Peña and J. Palis
Open questions leading to a global perspective in dynamics
J. Palis
Non-commutative mathematics and applications
K. Sinha
The power of mathematical modelling
I. Eltayeb
Mathematics in Internet information retrieval
Ma Zhi-Ming
Refreshments
Symposium 5: The Knowledge Economy: Overcoming
[G. GALILEI AUDITORIUM]
the obstacles for scientific development in the South
Convener: R. Ruiz Gutierrez
Introduction
R. Ruiz Gutierrez
The knowledge society and the production of knowledge in the agenda of the social
sciences
E. Reis
Challenges facing the university in a knowledge economy
H. Ramkissoon
Title to be announced
S. Kojima
Discussion and conclusions
Symposium 6: Megacities
[G. GALILEI AUDITORIUM]
Conveners: J. Urrutia and L. Arizpe
Terms, images and realities: The future of urbanization
H. van Ginkel
Experiences of environmental policies in Mexico City
C. Scheimbaum
General discussion
Dinner Hosted by SEED Media Group at Hotel Royal Pedregal
[OBSIDIANA ROOM]
Thursday, 13 November
VENUE: MAS
09:00-10:00
Silver Jubilee Lecture - III
Chair: E. del Pino
The new age of cancer research
H. Varmus, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
[G. GALILEI AUDITORIUM]
10:00-12:00
Symposium 7: Multi-disciplinary Research in Nanoscience
Conveners: J.L. Morán-López and C.N.R. Rao
S pe ak er s :
Introduction
J.L. Morán-López
The rise of graphene and nanotubes
A. Sood
Title to be announced
K.N. Ganesh
From molecules to nanostructures: A STM study
C. Bai
[G. GALILEI AUDITORIUM]
10:00-10:15
10:15-10:30
10:30-10:45
10:45-11:00
TWAS 19th General Meeting and 25th Anniversary Celebration — Programme
Thursday, 13 November (cont.d)
11:00-11:10
11:10-11:20
11:20-11:30
11:30-12:00
12:00-12:30
12:30-13:30
13:30-15:00
15:00-17:00
P an e l D is c us s i o n P ar t i c i pa nts :
A.K. Cheetham
H. Terrones
C. Bai
General discussion and conclusions
Refreshments
Silver Jubilee Lecture - IV
Chair: J. Seade Kuri
Large deviations and applications
S. Varadhan, Abel Prize Winner
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VENUE: MAS
[G. GALILEI AUDITORIUM]
18:30-19:30
Lunch
Symposium 8: New Problems in Physics
[G. GALILEI AUDITORIUM]
Chair: L. García-Colin and L. Davidovich
Impurity-controlled nanostructure evolution at surfaces
E. Wang
Molecular motors
H.M. Nussenzveig
LHC and challenges of high energy physics
S. Randjbar-Daemi
The confluence of cosmology and fundamental physics
R. Cowsik
Refreshments
Symposium 9: Climate Change and Risks for Biodiversity
[G. GALILEI AUDITORIUM]
Conveners: C. Nobre and J. Sarukhán
Scenarios of biodiversity change for the next 50 years
O. Sala
Biodiversity in the face of global environmental change: Perspectives from Mexico
R. Dirzo
Title to be announced
J. McCarthy
General discussion and conclusions
19:30-20:00
Closing Ceremony
20:30
Dinner at Mexican Academy of Sciences
15:00-15:30
15:30-16:00
16:00-16:30
16:30-17:00
17:00-17:30
17:30-19:30
17:30-17:50
17:50-18:10
18:10-18:30
[G. GALILEI AUDITORIUM]