Science, Technology and Innovation for Socioeconomic Development: Towards Vision 1441

Proceedings of the Fourteenth International Conference, Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia) (2005) – Published by the Islamic World Academy of Sciences.
Editors: M Ergin (Turkey), Moneef R. Zou’bi (Jordan)
(ISBN 9957-412-11-6)

CONTENTS: IAS Declaration; Opening Statements; Contemporary Issues In Energy Development; Contemporary Issues In Science and Technology Development; Science for Humanity; Science and Technology and Industrialization in Muslim Countries: Globalization – Survival and Destiny; OIC Sets the Year 1441 Hijri (2020) as Target Year: Vision 1441: Why? ; Energy Policy Implications: The Turkish Experience; Science and Technology Institution Building, Technology Development and Commercialization; Science-based Decision Making for Natural Disaster Management/ Earthquake Mitigation; Monitoring, Mitigation and Forecasting of Earthquakes in the Islamic World: The Asian Tsunami Revisited; Seismotectonic Map of the Islamic World and Adjacent Regions; Mineral Resources for Sustainable Development in Turkey: Case Study of Rare Earth Elements and Thorium Complex Ore; Animal Diversity: A Natural Resource and a Precious Heritage; Beyond X-Rays – A Century of Creativity in Physics, Chemistry and Medicine; Forging Creativity, Innovation and Technopreneurship Agenda for OIC Countries;