4-DAY 18TH ANNUAL MEETING OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IN SOCIETY FORUM BEGINS OCT 2

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 17 (Bernama) -- The STS forum, a non-profit organisation will hold its 18th Annual Meeting from Oct 2 to 5, which will be LIVE ONLINE from Kyoto, Japan.

World leaders, including professional scientists, policymakers and business leaders, will gather online to discuss the pressing science and technology issues the world is facing and to build an international network.

The forum will host 20 sessions online this year. Some examples of the topics are ‘Global Pandemic--Lessons Learned and Forecast’; ‘Green Recovery for Sustainable Society’; ‘Disruptive Technologies for Industries’; and, ‘The Second Quantum Revolution and Society’.

According to a statement, more than 100 distinguished speakers have confirmed their online presence.

Among others, Policymakers: Mariya Gabriel, Commissioner, European Commission, EU; Laksana Tri Handoko, Chairman, National Research and Innovation Agency, Indonesia; Helen Elizabeth Clark, 37th Prime Minister of New Zealand.

Business leaders: Nathan Myhrvold, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Intellectual Ventures, U.S.A.; Terry Brady, President and CEO, Underwriters Laboratories Inc, U.S.A.; and,  Ahmad O. Al-Khowaiter, Chief Technology Officer, Saudi Arabian Oil Company, Saudi Arabia.

Academia: Anthony S. Fauci, Director, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, U.S.A.; George Fu Gao, Director-General, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, China; and, Gerald H. Haug, President, German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, Germany.

International organisation/media: Seth Berkley, CEO, Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance; Magdalena Skipper, Editor-in-Chief, Nature, U.K.; and, Holden Thorp, Editor-in-Chief, Science, U.S.A.

Invitation requests can be submitted from https://www.stsforum.org/kyoto2021/ or more details available at https://www.stsforum.org/

-- BERNAMA