TOP STORYTWAS will convene its 28th General Meeting in Trieste, Italy, from 27-29 November, drawing an international audience of nearly 300 researchers and policy experts from both developing and developed regions worldwide. "Every year, the TWAS General Meeting is a celebration of excellence in science from the developing world, and a serious look at the challenges confronting countries both in the North and the South," said TWAS President Bai Chunli. "With every new meeting, our ability to address those challenges grows stronger." More
OPPORTUNITIES
Qualified scholars may start collaboration with 300+ centres in the South under the TWAS-UNESCO Associateship Scheme. Deadline: 5 December.
Postdoctoral scientists from Sub-Saharan Africa stay tuned: TWAS-German Research Foundation calls for cooperation visits open soon. Deadline: 1 April 2019.
"Science in Exile", a film from TWAS, explores the stories of four scientists displaced by war. If your organisation would like to screen it, please email scienceinexile@twas.org.
"Scientists have become the bearers of the torch of discovery in our quest for knowledge."
- Stephen Hawking, late English theoretical physicist, cosmologist (1942-2018).
TWAS plusis published six times per year by The World Academy of Sciences for the advancement of science in developing countries
