P2269@com.qz.se ("ENG-LEONG FOO ", MIRCEN-STOCKHOLM) (05/26/89)
"The Potential of Independent Initiatives" June 2nd, Stockholm, Sweden. Program (of lectures and discussions only) ------- (1) H.Cleveland. "Social innovations and the problems of international governance" (2) A.King. "Africa beyond famine". (3) I.C.Gunsulus. "Biotechnology - a tool for development" (4) Panel Discussion - "Networking in the context of non- governmental and governmental operations". (M.C.Chona, M.M.El-Hasimy,G.Hamer,B.Bengtsson,J.Tear) (5) S.Joste. "Targeting for inventions" (6) E DaSilva. "International cooperation in applied microbiology" (7) C-G Heden. "Towards professional ethics in biotechnology. Comment from E.L.Foo -------------------- Though the program of the symposium does not deal specifically with any technical aspects of bioconversion directly, might be of interest of those of you deals with the social and developmental aspects of microbiology and biotechnology as well as science policy making and its organizational perspective. I will be presenting a poster on "Computer communication - a tool for international networking and cooperation". Request ------- In order to demonstrate that Bioconversion (as an international bulletin board) is reaching various countries, I like to request messages (Greetings and Best Wishes) from subscribers from as many countries as possible. These messages will be posted in my poster. If you or a friend happen to know any of the speakers, I would greatly appreciate your greetings messages. Thank you. From: Eng-leong Foo, Director, UNEP/UNESCO/ICRO Microbiological Resources Center, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm.