Scientific Calendar Event



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The global scientific landscape is changing rapidly.  New scientific powers are emerging, and international collaboration is growing dramatically.  In the first part of this talk I will review these changes as a prelude to discussing attempts to harness global science to address global problems (such as climate change, the spread of diseases, and the loss of bio-diversity).  In the second half of the talk I will review the status of SESAME (Synchrotron-light for Experimental Science and Applications in the Middle East) as an example of a project with the dual aims of building scientific capacity and building bridges between people in diverse countries through scientific collaboration.  SESAME, which is modelled on CERN, is a third generation light source under construction in Jordan: the members are currently Bahrain, Cyprus, Egypt, Iran, Israel, Jordan, Pakistan, the Palestinian Authority, and Turkey.
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