5th World Science Forum wraps up in Hungary
Budapest, November 22 (AZERTAC). The 5th World Science Forum has ended in Hungarian capital.
The forum discussed changes in science due to global efforts in research and development and to the growing importance of emerging economies and new forces at play in science and technology; trends in higher education and the new generation of researchers.
The event conducted twice a year was organized by Hungary`s Academy of Science, in partnership with UNESCO, the International Council for Science (ICSU) and the American Society for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).
The opening ceremony was addressed by Viktor Orbán, Prime Minister of Hungary, Ban Ki-moon Secretary-General of the United Nations, Irina Bokova, Director-General of UNESCO, Yuan Tseh Lee, President of ICSU , Alain I. Leshner, Chief Executive Officer of AAAS and Dominique Ristori, Director-General of the European Commission`s Joint Research Centre (JRC).
The next, 6th meeting of the World Science Forum organized in Hungary since 1999 will be held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Azerbaijan was represented at the forum by President of the National Academy of Sciences (ANAS), academician Mahmud Karimov, Executive Director of the Science Development Fund under President of Azerbaijan Elchin Babayev and ambassador to Hungary Vilayat Guliyev.
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