Three world-class science institutions based in Trieste – ICGEB, ICTP and TWAS – along with ICRANet in Pescara, put Italy at the forefront of global efforts to build science in the developing world.
Even small nations can use science diplomacy to build connections with the global research community, says Vaughan C. Turekian, director of the AAAS Center for Science Diplomacy.
"Science is a key factor in allowing developing countries to forego importing technology from abroad and in charting their own path for sustainable economic growth," noted TWAS President Jacob Palis
Fernando Quevedo describes the importance of the exciting discovery this summer of a Higgs-boson like particle – and the early role played by Abdus Salam
Three distinguished experts, who explained the science, politics and impacts of climate change to an eager audience composed largely of high school and university students