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28/29 June, 2012, South African Mission to the EU, Brussels

First High-Level Consultation Event: 27 African, American & European thought-leaders from 15 countries gathered under the chairpersonship of Dame Anne Glover, Chief Science Adviser to the European Commission President and Prof. Patrick Cunningham, Chief Science Adviser to the Government of Ireland.

(For a full listing of attendees, please click on the picture).

A snapshot of interim meetings & scientific panels held 2012 – 2016

Brussels Declaration Co-Chair, Dr Wilson Compton (USA), Deputy Director, National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
Brussels Declaration Co-Chair, Dr Wilson Compton (USA), Deputy Director, National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
Brussels & Cape Town Declarations Co-Chair, Prof. Julian Kinderlerer (SA-UK), Emeritus Professor, Cape Town University & Former President, the European Group on Ethics (EGE).
Brussels & Cape Town Declarations Co-Chair, Prof. Julian Kinderlerer (SA-UK), Emeritus Professor, Cape Town University & Former President, the European Group on Ethics (EGE).
Brussels & Cape Town Declarations Co-Chair, Prof. Michel Kazatchkine (FR), Member, Global Commission on Drugs Policy; Course Director, Global Health Center, the Graduate Institute of International Affairs and Development Studies, Geneva; Special Advisor to the World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe (WHO/Europe); Former UN Special Envoy on HIV/Aids; Former Executive Director of the Global Fund & Dr Phil Mjwara (SA), Director General, Department of Science & Innovation, Government of South Africa.
Brussels & Cape Town Declarations Co-Chair, Prof. Michel Kazatchkine (FR), Member, Global Commission on Drugs Policy; Course Director, Global Health Center, the Graduate Institute of International Affairs and Development Studies, Geneva; Special Advisor to the World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe (WHO/Europe); Former UN Special Envoy on HIV/Aids; Former Executive Director of the Global Fund & Dr Phil Mjwara (SA), Director General, Department of Science & Innovation, Government of South Africa.
Brussels Declaration Co-Chair, Dr Mary Baker (UK), MBE, President of the European Brain Council (EBC).
Brussels Declaration Co-Chair, Dr Mary Baker (UK), MBE, President of the European Brain Council (EBC).
17/18 June, 2015: Brussels Networking Event launching a series of thought-leader essays on addictions, ethics, integrity & the policy-maker.
17/18 June, 2015: Brussels Networking Event launching a series of thought-leader essays on addictions, ethics, integrity & the policy-maker.
Prof. Klaus Bock (DK), Danish National Research Foundation; Former Vice President of the European Research Council; Former Executive Vice President for Research at Carlsberg A/S; Former Champion of European City of Science, Copenhagen 2014 (ESOF).
Prof. Klaus Bock (DK), Danish National Research Foundation; Former Vice President of the European Research Council; Former Executive Vice President for Research at Carlsberg A/S; Former Champion of European City of Science, Copenhagen 2014 (ESOF).
Brussels Declaration Working Group: Dr Gert-Jan Meerkent speaking about the IVO Addiction Research Institute in Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Brussels Declaration Working Group: Dr Gert-Jan Meerkent speaking about the IVO Addiction Research Institute in Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Robert-Jan Smits (NED), President of the Executive Board of the Eindhoven University of Technology; Former Director General for Research & Innovation, European Commission & Dr Alan Leshner; Former Director, National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH); Former CEO, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) & Executive Publisher, Science Magazine.
Robert-Jan Smits (NED), President of the Executive Board of the Eindhoven University of Technology; Former Director General for Research & Innovation, European Commission & Dr Alan Leshner; Former Director, National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH); Former CEO, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) & Executive Publisher, Science Magazine.
Dame Anne Glover (UK), Chief Science Adviser to the European Commission; Prof. Michel Kazatchkine (FR), Brussels & Cape Town Declarations Co-Chair; Naledi Pandor, Minister for Science (SA) et all.
Dame Anne Glover (UK), Chief Science Adviser to the European Commission; Prof. Michel Kazatchkine (FR), Brussels & Cape Town Declarations Co-Chair; Naledi Pandor, Minister for Science (SA) et all.
Brussels Declaration Working Group, learning about tobacco harm reduction from Martin Dockrell, Action on Smoking & Health UK
Brussels Declaration Working Group, learning about tobacco harm reduction from Martin Dockrell, Action on Smoking & Health UK
South Africans in science attending a High-Level Consultation Event in Brussels: Dr Aldo Strobel, National Research Foundation; Prof. Julian Kinderlerer, President, European Group on Ethics; Dr Isayvani Naccer, Founder EviSights; Former Director of Strategy & Partnerships, African Academy of Sciences (AAS).
South Africans in science attending a High-Level Consultation Event in Brussels: Dr Aldo Strobel, National Research Foundation; Prof. Julian Kinderlerer, President, European Group on Ethics; Dr Isayvani Naccer, Founder EviSights; Former Director of Strategy & Partnerships, African Academy of Sciences (AAS).
Tim Radford (AUS), Science Editor, The Guardian Newspaper & Dr Wilson Compton (USA), Deputy Director, National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) engaging harm reduction & HIV activists from Nordic States, ESOF 2014, Copenhagen.
Tim Radford (AUS), Science Editor, The Guardian Newspaper & Dr Wilson Compton (USA), Deputy Director, National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) engaging harm reduction & HIV activists from Nordic States, ESOF 2014, Copenhagen.
Vinny Pillay (SA), Chief Director, International Resources, Department of Science & Innovation & Former Science Counsellor to the EU giving the opening dinner address to delegates.
Vinny Pillay (SA), Chief Director, International Resources, Department of Science & Innovation & Former Science Counsellor to the EU giving the opening dinner address to delegates.
Maria da Graça Carvalho (PT), Member of the European Parliament engaging representatives of Enterprise Ireland, Euroscience and the European Group on Ethics.
Maria da Graça Carvalho (PT), Member of the European Parliament engaging representatives of Enterprise Ireland, Euroscience and the European Group on Ethics.
Health Panel including: Dr Paul Stoffels (BE), Chief Scientific Officer, Johnson & Johnson; Dr Glenda Gray (SA), President of the South African Medical Research Council (MRC); Clive Cookson (UK), Science Editor, Financial Times; Prof. Michel Kazatchkine, Member, the Global Commission on Drugs Policy & Co-Chair, Brussels & Cape Town Declarations.
Health Panel including: Dr Paul Stoffels (BE), Chief Scientific Officer, Johnson & Johnson; Dr Glenda Gray (SA), President of the South African Medical Research Council (MRC); Clive Cookson (UK), Science Editor, Financial Times; Prof. Michel Kazatchkine, Member, the Global Commission on Drugs Policy & Co-Chair, Brussels & Cape Town Declarations.
Press Conference Panel including: Dr Roy Robertson (UK), Professor of Addictions Medicine, University of Edinburgh; Archil Talakvadze (GE), Deputy Minister of Corrections; Andrey Klepikov (UA), Executive Director of the HIV/Aids Alliance.
Press Conference Panel including: Dr Roy Robertson (UK), Professor of Addictions Medicine, University of Edinburgh; Archil Talakvadze (GE), Deputy Minister of Corrections; Andrey Klepikov (UA), Executive Director of the HIV/Aids Alliance.
Press Conference Panel including: Brussels Declaration Co-Chair, Dr Wilson Compton (USA), Deputy Director, National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) & Deborah Arnott (UK), Chief Executive, Action on Smoking & Health (ASH UK).
Press Conference Panel including: Brussels Declaration Co-Chair, Dr Wilson Compton (USA), Deputy Director, National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) & Deborah Arnott (UK), Chief Executive, Action on Smoking & Health (ASH UK).
Science Diplomacy Panel including: Brussels Declaration Drafting Coordinator, Dr Lidia Brito (MZ), Acting Deputy Director, UNESCO; Former Director, UNESCO Regional Offices for Latin America & The Caribbean; Former Science Minister of Mozambique; Dr Michiharu (JP), Counselor to the President and Former President, Japan Science & Technology Agency (JST); Dr Rush Holt (USA); CEO American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), Executive Publisher, Science Magazine & Former U.S. Congressman.
Science Diplomacy Panel including: Brussels Declaration Drafting Coordinator, Dr Lidia Brito (MZ), Acting Deputy Director, UNESCO; Former Director, UNESCO Regional Offices for Latin America & The Caribbean; Former Science Minister of Mozambique; Dr Michiharu (JP), Counselor to the President and Former President, Japan Science & Technology Agency (JST); Dr Rush Holt (USA); CEO American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), Executive Publisher, Science Magazine & Former U.S. Congressman.

July 2016, Manchester Town Hall: Final High-Level Consultation Event Codifying the Brussels Declaration on Ethics & Principles for Science & Society Policy-Making

Brussels Declaration Working Group Chairs & Rapporteurs (left to right): Aidan Gilligan (IRL), CEO, SciCom – Making Sense of Science & Prof. David Budtz Pedersen (DK), Professor of Science Communication; Director of the Humanomics Research Centre, Aalborg University, Copenhagen; Prof. Thomas Hartung (DE-USA), Director, Centre for Alternatives to Animal Testing (CAAT) & Professor, Evidence-based Toxicology, Department of Molecular Microbiology & Immunology, Johns Hopkins University, Bloomberg School of Medicine; Prof. Kathryn O’Hara (CDN), President, Canadian Science Writers’ Association, Associate Professor & CTV Chair, Carlton University, Ottawa; Dr Roy Robertson (UK), Professor of Addictions Medicine, University of Edinburgh; Prof. Michel Kazatchkine (FR), Panel Moderator & Member, Global Commission on Drug Policy, Member, Independent WHO Covid19 Review Panel, Former Health Adviser to Ban-ki Moon, Former Chief Executive of the Global Fund; Prof. Julian Kinderlerer (SA), Past President, European Group on Ethics (EGE); Dr Jan Marco Mueller (DE), Coordinator Science Diplomacy and Multilateral Relations, European Commission, DG Research and Innovation; Dr Lidia Brito (MZ), Acting Deputy Director, UNESCO; Former Director, UNESCO Regional Offices for Latin America & The Caribbean; Former Science Minister of Mozambique (missing from pic).
Brussels Declaration Working Group Chairs & Rapporteurs (left to right): Aidan Gilligan (IRL), CEO, SciCom – Making Sense of Science & Prof. David Budtz Pedersen (DK), Professor of Science Communication; Director of the Humanomics Research Centre, Aalborg University, Copenhagen; Prof. Thomas Hartung (DE-USA), Director, Centre for Alternatives to Animal Testing (CAAT) & Professor, Evidence-based Toxicology, Department of Molecular Microbiology & Immunology, Johns Hopkins University, Bloomberg School of Medicine; Prof. Kathryn O’Hara (CDN), President, Canadian Science Writers’ Association, Associate Professor & CTV Chair, Carlton University, Ottawa; Dr Roy Robertson (UK), Professor of Addictions Medicine, University of Edinburgh; Prof. Michel Kazatchkine (FR), Panel Moderator & Member, Global Commission on Drug Policy, Member, Independent WHO Covid19 Review Panel, Former Health Adviser to Ban-ki Moon, Former Chief Executive of the Global Fund; Prof. Julian Kinderlerer (SA), Past President, European Group on Ethics (EGE); Dr Jan Marco Mueller (DE), Coordinator Science Diplomacy and Multilateral Relations, European Commission, DG Research and Innovation; Dr Lidia Brito (MZ), Acting Deputy Director, UNESCO; Former Director, UNESCO Regional Offices for Latin America & The Caribbean; Former Science Minister of Mozambique (missing from pic).
Accompanied by Co-Chairs Prof. Julian Kinderlerer (SA-UK) & Prof. Michel Kazatchkine (FR), four years on Dame Anne Glover (UK) comes full-circle by giving ‘the last word’.
Accompanied by Co-Chairs Prof. Julian Kinderlerer (SA-UK) & Prof. Michel Kazatchkine (FR), four years on Dame Anne Glover (UK) comes full-circle by giving ‘the last word’.
Listening and inputting to final texts word by word: representatives from the European Parliament, the European Research Council, consumer rights groups, health activists and university profs.
Listening and inputting to final texts word by word: representatives from the European Parliament, the European Research Council, consumer rights groups, health activists and university profs.
Prof Julian Kinderlerer (SA-UK), Co-Chair of the Brussels Declaration; Dame Anne Glover (UK), Former Chief Science Adviser to the President of the European Commission; Prof. Tateo Arimoto (JP), Japan Science & Technology Agency (JST); Dr Lidia Brito (MZ), UNESCO; Dr Imraan Patel (SA), Dept. of Science & Technology.
Prof Julian Kinderlerer (SA-UK), Co-Chair of the Brussels Declaration; Dame Anne Glover (UK), Former Chief Science Adviser to the President of the European Commission; Prof. Tateo Arimoto (JP), Japan Science & Technology Agency (JST); Dr Lidia Brito (MZ), UNESCO; Dr Imraan Patel (SA), Dept. of Science & Technology.
Science Forum South Africa: our panel delegates igniting conversations about science & society.
Science Forum South Africa: our panel delegates igniting conversations about science & society.

February 2017 – Brussels Declaration Launch American Association for the Advancement of Science Boston

The 2017 Brussels Declaration is a 20-point blueprint for a new set of ethics and principles to inform work at the boundary between science, society and policy. It makes the case for a multi-disciplinary approach encouraging greater integrity and accountability among stakeholders.

17 February, 2017: Boston, American Association for the Advancement of Science’s Annual Meeting (AAAS).
17 February, 2017: Boston, American Association for the Advancement of Science’s Annual Meeting (AAAS).
Co-Chairs, Discussion Leads & Policy Discussants engaging with AAAS delegates: Sir Peter Gluckman (NZ), Chief Science Adviser & President of the International Network for Government Science Advice (INGSA); Prof. Julian Kinderlerer (SA-UK), Brussels Declaration Co-Chair, President, European Group on Ethics; Kathryn O’Hara (CDN), President, Canadian Science Writers’ Association, Associate Professor & CTV Chair, Carlton University, Ottawa; Dr Wilson Compton (USA), Deputy Director, NIH-National Institute on Drug Abuse; Naledi Pandor (SA), Minister for Science; Aidan Gilligan (IRL), CEO, SciCom – Making Sense of Science & Panel Organiser; Prof. Michel Kazatchkine (FR), Brussels Declaration Co-Chair, Member, Global Commission on Drug Policy & Former UN Special Envoy on HIV/Aids.
Co-Chairs, Discussion Leads & Policy Discussants engaging with AAAS delegates: Sir Peter Gluckman (NZ), Chief Science Adviser & President of the International Network for Government Science Advice (INGSA); Prof. Julian Kinderlerer (SA-UK), Brussels Declaration Co-Chair, President, European Group on Ethics; Kathryn O’Hara (CDN), President, Canadian Science Writers’ Association, Associate Professor & CTV Chair, Carlton University, Ottawa; Dr Wilson Compton (USA), Deputy Director, NIH-National Institute on Drug Abuse; Naledi Pandor (SA), Minister for Science; Aidan Gilligan (IRL), CEO, SciCom – Making Sense of Science & Panel Organiser; Prof. Michel Kazatchkine (FR), Brussels Declaration Co-Chair, Member, Global Commission on Drug Policy & Former UN Special Envoy on HIV/Aids.

June 2017 – First African Science, Society and Policy Indaba

First meeting aimed specifically at maximising the knowledge gained from 2012 – 2017 towards establishing a new five-year, open consultative process towards the 2022 Cape Town Declaration on Science for Social Justice.

7 June 2017, Cape Town, The African Science, Society & Policy Indaba co-chaired by Prof Roseanne Diab (SA), CEO, Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf) & Prof. Julian Kinderlerer (SA-UK), President, European Group on Ethics.

7 June 2017, Cape Town, The African Science, Society & Policy Indaba co-chaired by Prof Roseanne Diab (SA), CEO, Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf) and Prof. Julian Kinderlerer (SA-UK), President, European Group on Ethics.

Prof. Thomas Hartung, Professor & Chair, Evidence-based Toxicology, Johns Hopkins University, Johns Hopkins University, Bloomberg School of Public Health presenting on “chemical, consumer product & drug safety”.
Prof. Thomas Hartung, Professor & Chair, Evidence-based Toxicology, Johns Hopkins University, Johns Hopkins University, Bloomberg School of Public Health presenting on “chemical, consumer product & drug safety”.
Indaba Discussion Lead, Dr Hossam Badrawi (Egypt), M.D, MP, Former Head of the Parliamentary Scientific Committee (left) & Dr Miyoko O. Watanabe (Japan), Executive Director & Director, Office for Diversity & Inclusion, Japan Science & Technology Agency (middle).
Indaba Discussion Lead, Dr Hossam Badrawi (Egypt), M.D, MP, Former Head of the Parliamentary Scientific Committee (left) & Dr Miyoko O. Watanabe (Japan), Executive Director & Director, Office for Diversity & Inclusion, Japan Science & Technology Agency (middle).

2017 – 2022 Igniting Conversations About Science and Society: Towards the Cape Town Declaration 2022

Established in 2015, Science Forum South Africa has quickly become one of the continent’s pre-eminent, generalist science & society conferences attracting students, bench scientists, science diplomats, communicators and thought-leaders from all over the world.
Established in 2015, Science Forum South Africa has quickly become one of the continent’s pre-eminent, generalist science & society conferences attracting students, bench scientists, science diplomats, communicators and thought-leaders from all over the world.
December 2019, Science Forum South Africa: Prof. Himla Soodyall (SA), CEO, Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf) & 2017 – 2022 Cape Town Declaration Co-Chair moderating a harm reduction panel including: Prof. Michel Kazatchkine (FR), Member, the Global Commission on Drugs Policy & Co-Chair, Brussels & Cape Town Declarations; Dr Signe Rotberga (LV), Programme Officer, United Nations Office on Drugs & Crime; Dr Solly Ratamaene (SA), Chairperson of the Ministerial Advisory Committee on Mental Health, Former Prof. and HoD Psychiatry Dept Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University (SMU) and Dr George Mukhari Academic Hospital; Charity Monareng (SA), Parliamentary & Policy Research Officer, TV HIV CARE.
December 2019, Science Forum South Africa: Prof. Himla Soodyall (SA), CEO, Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf) & 2017 – 2022 Cape Town Declaration Co-Chair moderating a harm reduction panel including: Prof. Michel Kazatchkine (FR), Member, the Global Commission on Drugs Policy & Co-Chair, Brussels & Cape Town Declarations; Dr Signe Rotberga (LV), Programme Officer, United Nations Office on Drugs & Crime; Dr Solly Ratamaene (SA), Chairperson of the Ministerial Advisory Committee on Mental Health, Former Prof. and HoD Psychiatry Dept Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University (SMU) and Dr George Mukhari Academic Hospital; Charity Monareng (SA), Parliamentary & Policy Research Officer, TV HIV CARE.
November 2017, World Science Forum Jordan: examining the SDGs and the future we want but can we have? Aidan Gilligan (IRL), Session Organiser; Osamu Kobayashi (JP), Director, Japan S&T Agency; Prof Jaqueline McGlade (UK), UN Secretary General, Ban-ki Moon’s Special Environment Envoy; Topher White (USA), Founder, Rainforest Connection; Prof Thomas Hartung (DE-USA), Johns Hopkins University, Bloomberg School of Medicine; Tim Wilcox (UK), BBC News Broadcaster.
November 2017, World Science Forum Jordan: examining the SDGs and the future we want but can we have? Aidan Gilligan (IRL), Session Organiser; Osamu Kobayashi (JP), Director, Japan S&T Agency; Prof Jaqueline McGlade (UK), UN Secretary General, Ban-ki Moon’s Special Environment Envoy; Topher White (USA), Founder, Rainforest Connection; Prof Thomas Hartung (DE-USA), Johns Hopkins University, Bloomberg School of Medicine; Tim Wilcox (UK), BBC News Broadcaster.
December 2018, Science Forum South Africa: Prof Roseanne Diab (SA), CEO, Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf) moderating a panel on drug policy reform in Africa (middle); Prof Anne Cambon-Thomsen (FR), Epidemiologist, University of Toulouse & Champion, Euroscience Open Forum (ESOF) 2018; Dr Solly Ratamaene (SA), Chairperson of the Ministerial Advisory Committee on Mental Health, Former Prof. and HoD Psychiatry Dept Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University (SMU); Dr Nelson Torto (BW), Executive Director, African Academy of Sciences (AAS); Prof. Mammo Muchie (ETH), Research Professor at the Faculty of Management Sciences, Tshwane University of Technology; Prof. Julian Kinderlerer (SA-UK), Brussels Declaration Co-Chair & President, European Group on Ethics (EGE).
December 2018, Science Forum South Africa: Prof Roseanne Diab (SA), CEO, Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf) moderating a panel on drug policy reform in Africa (middle); Prof Anne Cambon-Thomsen (FR), Epidemiologist, University of Toulouse & Champion, Euroscience Open Forum (ESOF) 2018; Dr Solly Ratamaene (SA), Chairperson of the Ministerial Advisory Committee on Mental Health, Former Prof. and HoD Psychiatry Dept Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University (SMU); Dr Nelson Torto (BW), Executive Director, African Academy of Sciences (AAS); Prof. Mammo Muchie (ETH), Research Professor at the Faculty of Management Sciences, Tshwane University of Technology; Prof. Julian Kinderlerer (SA-UK), Brussels Declaration Co-Chair & President, European Group on Ethics (EGE).
December 2015, Science Forum South Africa: Journalist Linda Nordling (SA) moderating a harm reduction panel on scientists tackling our lifestyle killers (first left); Sir Peter Gluckman, Chief Science Adviser to the Prime Minister of New Zealand, President, International Network for Government Science Advice (INGSA); Prof. Priscilla Reddy (SA), Deputy Executive Director, Population Health, Health Systems & Innovations, Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC); Dr Stéphane Hogan (IRL-FR), European Commission Science Counsellor to the African Union; Prof. Max Bergman (CHF); Chair of Social Research and Methodology at the University of Basel, Switzerland; Prof. Roman Murenzi (RW), Executive Director, World Academy of Sciences (TWAS).
December 2015, Science Forum South Africa: Journalist Linda Nordling (SA) moderating a harm reduction panel on scientists tackling our lifestyle killers (first left); Sir Peter Gluckman, Chief Science Adviser to the Prime Minister of New Zealand, President, International Network for Government Science Advice (INGSA); Prof. Priscilla Reddy (SA), Deputy Executive Director, Population Health, Health Systems & Innovations, Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC); Dr Stéphane Hogan (IRL-FR), European Commission Science Counsellor to the African Union; Prof. Max Bergman (CHF); Chair of Social Research and Methodology at the University of Basel, Switzerland; Prof. Roman Murenzi (RW), Executive Director, World Academy of Sciences (TWAS).
Science diplomacy in action: Daan du Toit (SA), Deputy Director General, Department of Science & Innovation (DSI) opening the International Dinner at Science Forum South Africa.
Science diplomacy in action: Daan du Toit (SA), Deputy Director General, Department of Science & Innovation (DSI) opening the International Dinner at Science Forum South Africa.

4 December 2022, Cape Town: Final High-Level Consultation Event: Agreeing the essence of our collective’s social justice messages

First meeting attendees back one last time: Prof. Julian Kinderlerer (SA-UK), President, European Group on Ethics & 2017 Brussels Declaration Co-Chair; Prof. Thomas Hartung (DE-USA), Professor & Chair, Evidence-based Toxicology, Johns Hopkins University, Bloomberg School of Medicine; Prof. Michael Kahn (SA), STI Policy Analyst & Evaluator, Former Executive Director of the Human Sciences Research Council, Former Adviser to the Ministries of Education, Science & Technology.
First meeting attendees back one last time: Prof. Julian Kinderlerer (SA-UK), President, European Group on Ethics & 2017 Brussels Declaration Co-Chair; Prof. Thomas Hartung (DE-USA), Professor & Chair, Evidence-based Toxicology, Johns Hopkins University, Bloomberg School of Medicine; Prof. Michael Kahn (SA), STI Policy Analyst & Evaluator, Former Executive Director of the Human Sciences Research Council, Former Adviser to the Ministries of Education, Science & Technology.
Science in the public interest: Mandi Smallhorne (SA), President of the South African Science Journalists’ Association (2nd from right) & a delegation of reporters from the World Federation of Science Journalists.
Science in the public interest: Mandi Smallhorne (SA), President of the South African Science Journalists’ Association (2nd from right) & a delegation of reporters from the World Federation of Science Journalists.
Delegates in debate.
Delegates in debate.
Cape Town Declaration Co-Chairs, Dr Himla Soodyall (SA), CEO, Academy of Science of South Africa (2nd right) & Prof. Michel Kazatchkine (FR), Member, Global Commission on Drugs Policy; Course Director, Global Health Center, the Graduate Institute of International Affairs and Development Studies, Geneva; Special Advisor to the World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe (WHO/Europe); Former UN Special Envoy on HIV/Aids; Former Executive Director of the Global Fund; Prof Roger Pielke Jr (USA), Event Rapporteur, University of Colorado Boulder 1sr right).
Cape Town Declaration Co-Chairs, Dr Himla Soodyall (SA), CEO, Academy of Science of South Africa (2nd right) & Prof. Michel Kazatchkine (FR), Member, Global Commission on Drugs Policy; Course Director, Global Health Center, the Graduate Institute of International Affairs and Development Studies, Geneva; Special Advisor to the World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe (WHO/Europe); Former UN Special Envoy on HIV/Aids; Former Executive Director of the Global Fund; Prof Roger Pielke Jr (USA), Event Rapporteur, University of Colorado Boulder 1sr right).
Briefing media: Prof. Michel Kazatchkine (FR), Member, Global Commission on Drugs Policy; Course Director, Global Health Center, the Graduate Institute of International Affairs and Development Studies, Geneva; Special Advisor to the World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe (WHO/Europe); Former UN Special Envoy on HIV/Aids & Shaun Shelly (SA), Programme Director, Drug Policy, TB/HIV Care & Founder, South Africa Drug Policy Week.
Briefing media: Prof. Michel Kazatchkine (FR), Member, Global Commission on Drugs Policy; Course Director, Global Health Center, the Graduate Institute of International Affairs and Development Studies, Geneva; Special Advisor to the World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe (WHO/Europe); Former UN Special Envoy on HIV/Aids & Shaun Shelly (SA), Programme Director, Drug Policy, TB/HIV Care & Founder, South Africa Drug Policy Week.
Initiative Coordinators 2012 – 2023, Aidan Gilligan (IRL), CEO, SciCom – Making Sense of Science & Prof. David Budtz Pedersen (DK), Professor of Science Communication; Director of the Humanomics Research Centre, Aalborg University, Copenhagen.
Initiative Coordinators 2012 – 2023, Aidan Gilligan (IRL), CEO, SciCom – Making Sense of Science & Prof. David Budtz Pedersen (DK), Professor of Science Communication; Director of the Humanomics Research Centre, Aalborg University, Copenhagen.
World Science Forum 2022 science for more effective and humane drug policies panel. Speakers TBC?, Prof. Michel Kazatchkine (FR), Panel Moderator & Member, Global Commission on Drug Policy, Member, Independent WHO Covid19 Review Panel, Former Health Adviser to Ban-ki Moon, Former Chief Executive of the Global Fund; TBC?, Shaun Shelly (SA), Policy, Advocacy & Human Rights Manager, TB HIV CARE & Founder, South Africa Drug Policy Week; Elsadig Mohamedahmed (SD), Senior Expert of the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organised Crime (GI-TOC); & Head of the Eastern and Southern African Commission on Drugs (EASCD); Aidan Gilligan (IRL), CEO, SciCom – Making Sense of Science & panel organiser.
World Science Forum 2022 science for more effective and humane drug policies panel. Speakers TBC?, Prof. Michel Kazatchkine (FR), Panel Moderator & Member, Global Commission on Drug Policy, Member, Independent WHO Covid19 Review Panel, Former Health Adviser to Ban-ki Moon, Former Chief Executive of the Global Fund; TBC?, Shaun Shelly (SA), Policy, Advocacy & Human Rights Manager, TB HIV CARE & Founder, South Africa Drug Policy Week; Elsadig Mohamedahmed (SD), Senior Expert of the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organised Crime (GI-TOC); & Head of the Eastern and Southern African Commission on Drugs (EASCD); Aidan Gilligan (IRL), CEO, SciCom – Making Sense of Science & panel organiser.
World Science Forum 2022 the ethics of intervening in the lives of others panel. Speakers Shaun Shelly (SA), Policy, Advocacy & Human Rights Manager, TB HIV CARE & Founder, South Africa Drug Policy Week; Prof. Morgan Chetty M.D. (SA), Visiting Professor at the Durban University of Technology; Aidan Gilligan (IRL), CEO, SciCom – Making Sense of Science & Prof. David Budtz Pedersen (DK), Professor of Science Communication; Director of the Humanomics Research Centre, Aalborg University, Copenhagen; Mandi Smallhorne (SA), Panel Moderator & President, President of the South African Science Journalists’ Association (SASJA), Prof. Julian Kinderlerer (SA-UK), Past-President, European Group on Ethics; Prof. Mbulaheni Simon Nemutandani (SA), President, The Health Professionals Council of South Africa (HPCSA); Prof. Lena Smirnova (BY-USA), Assistant Professor, Department of Environmental Health & Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Bloomberg School of Medicine & Georgetown University; Prof. Thomas Hartung (DE-USA), Director, Centre for Alternatives to Animal Testing (CAAT) & Professor, Evidence-based Toxicology, Department of Molecular Microbiology & Immunology, Johns Hopkins University, Bloomberg School of Medicine.
World Science Forum 2022 the ethics of intervening in the lives of others panel. Speakers Shaun Shelly (SA), Policy, Advocacy & Human Rights Manager, TB HIV CARE & Founder, South Africa Drug Policy Week; Prof. Morgan Chetty M.D. (SA), Visiting Professor at the Durban University of Technology; Aidan Gilligan (IRL), CEO, SciCom – Making Sense of Science & Prof. David Budtz Pedersen (DK), Professor of Science Communication; Director of the Humanomics Research Centre, Aalborg University, Copenhagen; Mandi Smallhorne (SA), Panel Moderator & President, President of the South African Science Journalists’ Association (SASJA), Prof. Julian Kinderlerer (SA-UK), Past-President, European Group on Ethics; Prof. Mbulaheni Simon Nemutandani (SA), President, The Health Professionals Council of South Africa (HPCSA); Prof. Lena Smirnova (BY-USA), Assistant Professor, Department of Environmental Health & Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Bloomberg School of Medicine & Georgetown University; Prof. Thomas Hartung (DE-USA), Director, Centre for Alternatives to Animal Testing (CAAT) & Professor, Evidence-based Toxicology, Department of Molecular Microbiology & Immunology, Johns Hopkins University, Bloomberg School of Medicine.
2012 – 2023 Brussels & Cape Town Declarations’ Inspirations & Pillars: African Ministers, past & present, reuniting for social justice. Naledi Pandor, Minister of International Relations & Cooperation & Prof. Lidia Brito (MZ), Acting Deputy Director, UNESCO; Former Director, UNESCO Regional Offices for Latin America & The Caribbean; Former Science Minister of Mozambique.
2012 – 2023 Brussels & Cape Town Declarations’ Inspirations & Pillars: African Ministers, past & present, reuniting for social justice. Naledi Pandor, Minister of International Relations & Cooperation & Prof. Lidia Brito (MZ), Acting Deputy Director, UNESCO; Former Director, UNESCO Regional Offices for Latin America & The Caribbean; Former Science Minister of Mozambique.
Making the news happen for Africa on its own terms.
Making the news happen for Africa on its own terms.

17 July 2023: Be part of history and get involved in our Cape Town Declaration on Science for Social Justice final gathering

17 July 2023, Pretoria, finalising the Cape Town Declaration on Science for Social Justice with draft texts presented by Prof. David Budtz Pedersen (DK), Professor of Science Communication; Director of the Humanomics Research Centre, Aalborg University, Copenhagen and Founding Member, Cape Town Declaration on Science for Social Justice; and finalisation of texts presented by Aidan Gilligan (IRL), CEO, SciCom – Making Sense of Science; Initiator and Organiser, Cape Town Declaration on Science for Social Justice 2012 – 2022.
17 July 2023, Pretoria, finalising the Cape Town Declaration on Science for Social Justice with finalisation of texts presented by Aidan Gilligan (IRL), CEO, SciCom – Making Sense of Science; Initiator and Organiser, Cape Town Declaration on Science for Social Justice 2012 – 2022.
17 July 2023, Pretoria, finalising the Cape Town Declaration on Science for Social Justice with finalisation of texts presented by Aidan Gilligan (IRL), CEO, SciCom – Making Sense of Science; Initiator and Organiser, Cape Town Declaration on Science for Social Justice 2012 – 2022.
17 July 2023, Pretoria, finalising the Cape Town Declaration on Science for Social Justice with draft texts presented by Prof. David Budtz Pedersen (DK), Professor of Science Communication; Director of the Humanomics Research Centre, Aalborg University, Copenhagen and Founding Member, Cape Town Declaration on Science for Social Justice.
17 July 2023, Pretoria, finalising the Cape Town Declaration on Science for Social Justice with draft texts presented by Prof. David Budtz Pedersen (DK), Professor of Science Communication; Director of the Humanomics Research Centre, Aalborg University, Copenhagen and Founding Member, Cape Town Declaration on Science for Social Justice.

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