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Celebration of the 40th Anniversary of ICTP
The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP) will be 40 years old in October 2004. The continuing objective of the Centre has been to foster research in basic and applied sciences and disseminate scientific knowledge in frontier areas to all developing countries.
To celebrate the anniversary, ICTP is organising a two-day conference on the 4th and the 5th of October 2004. It is being held under the patronage of the President of the Republic of Italy, Mr. Carlo Azeglio Ciampi. The programme consists of a brief ceremonial part at the beginning of the first day, attended by prominent Italian and international leaders, and a panel discussion towards the end of that day on international cooperation and promotion of science. Aside from these two special events, it will consist of high-level scientific talks, each of about 40 minutes duration. There are about 15 speakers, among whom are several Nobel Laureates. They will speak on the present status and future directions in important areas of science.
Taking as the occasion the 40th anniversary, ICTP has initiated the process of producing a book containing a number of brief and personal two-page accounts by eminent scientists of the 20th century, of what it was about science that captured their imagination as youngsters and kept it alive, and what piece of knowledge they have added to the extraordinary lore of scientific learning. Some 100 scientists, including 25 Nobel Laureates, have contributed to the book. The book will be released during the anniversary meeting.
ICTP 40th Anniversary Conference - Legacy for the Future
4-5 October 2004
| PROGRAMME | ||||
| 4 October 2004 | ||||
| Registration | 08:00 | |||
Opening Session
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09:00 | |||
| Coffee break (*) | 10:15 | |||
| Chairman: M. Parrinello | ||||
| A.H. Zewail | Ultrafast science at new limits | 11:15 | ||
| H. Kitano | Robustness as the fundamental organizational principle of biological systems | 11:55 | ||
| Lunch | 12:35 | |||
| Chairman: G. Toulouse | ||||
| P. Dasgupta | Rural poverty in poor countries and the local environment | 14:30 | ||
| S. Solomon | Timescales and processes in climate change: Some new directions | 15:10 | ||
| R.A. Marcus | The mass-independent oxygen isotope effect in stratospheric ozone and in the earliest solids in the solar system | 15:50 | ||
| Coffee break | 16:30 | |||
| (*) Note: During the coffee break, a press conference, with A. Matteoli and E. Camargo, President, National Council for Scientific and Technological Development, Brazil, will be held separately. Others may also be included. | ||||
| Panel on International Cooperation and the Promotion of Science | 17:00-18:30 | |||
| Chairman: C.N.R. Rao | ||||
| U. Vattani (Secretary General, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Italy) |
Opening remarks | |||
| C.N.R. Rao | Science, knowledge and peace: Other hunger of the majority | |||
| A.H. Zewail | Science in the developing world | |||
| M. Kleimola | The interaction between industry and scientific research | |||
| G.B. Ogunmola | The heritage and the legacy of international collaboration in science: Structure, function and interactions in hemoglobins | |||
| Jia-er Chen | Opportunities for doing science in China | |||
| J. Palis | Inventing a better future for all countries by strengthening science and technology | |||
| L. Stanca (Minister of Innovation and Technology, Italy) |
Concluding remarks | |||
| A few other guests will be invited to speak from the floor. Among them are: | ||||
| A.M. Khan, Minister of Science and Information and Communication Technology (Bangladesh) | ||||
| M. Bahran, Advisor for Science and Technology to the President of the Republic of Yemen | ||||
| R. Gonzalez, Permanent Representative of Chile to the IAEA | ||||
| Reception | 18:30 | |||
| 5 October 2004 | ||||
| Chairman: V. Keilis-Borok | ||||
| L. Alvarez-Gaume | Challenges for High Energy Physics | 09:00 | ||
| H.K. Moffatt | Vortex interactions and the finite-time singularity problem | 09:40 | ||
| W. Kohn | Electronic 'nearsightedness of matter': Concept and quantitative estimates | 10:20 | ||
| Coffee break | 11:00 | |||
| Chairman: F.K.A. Allotey | ||||
| J.A. Yorke | Weather prediction from the viewpoint of nonlinear dynamics | 11:30 | ||
| M. Parrinello R.A. Marcus E. Tosatti A.H. Zewail |
Discussion Session: Role of Dynamics in the Molecular Description of Matter | 12:10 | ||
| Remarks by L. Moratti (Minister of Education, University and Scientific Research, Italy) |
12:45 | |||
| Lunch | 13:00 | |||
| Chairman: Riazuddin | ||||
| T.E. Regge | The very small and the very large structure of the universe | 14:30 | ||
| T.V. Ramakrishnan | Strange goings on in manganites: A tale of two states | 15:10 | ||
| Coffee break | 15:50 | |||
| Chairman: M.S. Narasimhan | ||||
| N. Cabibbo | Particles | 16:20 | ||
| J. Nash Jr. | An interesting equation | 17:00 | ||
| Closing Session | 17:40-18:20 | |||
| Chairman: A. Badran | ||||
| Brief Remarks by:
Jafar Towfighi Darian (Minister of Science, Research and Technology, Iran) |
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