High-level consultation event
CONTACT
Call
+ 27 (0)12 841 3286
Email
info@africasciencediplomacy.org
Address
CSIR International Convention Centre, Meiring Naude Road, Brummeria, Pretoria, South Africa, 0001
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.
Aidan Gilligan (IRL), CEO, SciCom – Making Sense of Science; Initiator and Organiser, Cape Town Declaration on Science for Social Justice 2012 – 2022.
Standing Up for Science
Keynote address by Prof. Salim Abdool Karim (SA), Director of the Centre for the AIDS Program of Research in South Africa (CAPRISA) and CAPRISA Professor of Global Health at Columbia University. He is also Pro Vice-Chancellor (Research) at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa and Adjunct Professor of Medicine at Cornell University, New York.
World Science Forum Declaration 2022
Presentation of the December 2022 WSF Declaration’s process & its calls for action.
Daan du Toit (SA), Deputy Director General, Department of Science & Innovation (DSI).
➔ Presentation
Cape Town Declaration on Science for Social Justice 2012 – 2022
Presentation of the Cape Town Declaration’s process & unveiling its conclusions, reached the day before (17 July 2023). Moderated 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.