Program 2013

You will find below the program of the 3rd WFSD. It could be slightly modified.

08:30 – welcome of participants

09:00 – introduction by the International Secretariat of the WFSD
09:15 – opening speech by a representative of the Faculty of Humanities of Tunis
09:30 – round-table ‘Science, technique and rights’ with Marie-Angèle Hermitte (CNRS) and Silvia Ribeiro (ETC Group)

11:00 – break
11:15 – round-table ‘University and society’ with Denis Bélisle (FQPPU) and a representative of El Manar University

12:45 – lunch break

15:00 – 3 workshops (simultaneously, length: 3h30)
> Health, ethics and democracy
> Scientific and technical culture: democracy and stakes for society
> Nanotechnologies, geo-engineering, synthetic biology and the Need for Global-to-Local Technology Assessment

18:30 – end of the first day

09:15 – 3 workshops (simultaneously, length: 3h30)
> Responsibilities of scientists
> Education and universities of the 21st century
> Commons and intellectual property rights

12:45 – lunch break

15:00 – 3 workshops (simultaneously, length: 3h30)
> Making Connections: Role of Community-Based Participatory Research in Democratic Movements for Change – A Cross-Regional Analysis
> Research system: current situation, proposals and mobilization
> Opinion polls and democracy
18:30 – end of the second day

09:00 – Reports of the workshops

11:00 – From MDGs to SDGs – science and democracy in global agenda-setting by Adrian Ely (STEPS Centre, Royaume Uni)
11:30 – First perspectives for the future of the WFSD process

12:45 – Lunch break

15:00 – Debate on the future of the WFSD process et conclusions

NB. An open space will be dedicated to exhibitions, presentations of projects and scientific activities.

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