Science, Technology and Innovation for Sustainable Development in the Islamic World: The Policies and Politics Rapprochement
Proceedings of the 16th IAS Science Conference, Kazan/ Tatarstan, Russia (2008) – Published by the Islamic World Academy of Sciences.
Editors: M Ergin (Turkey), Moneef R. Zou’bi (Jordan)
(ISBN 978-9957-412-19-7)
US $ 30.00
Contents
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IAS Declaration;
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Opening Statements;
- Contemporary Issues In Science, Technology and Innovation;
- Europe of Knowledge: The Knowledge Society and the Role of Universities ;
- Sustainable Development: A Global Imperative;
- Industrial Potential of the Republic of Tatarstan: Achievements and Opportunities;
- The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN Geneva: The Ultimate Example of International Collaboration;
- Selangor as an Islamic Centre of Indigenous and Scientific Biological Knowledge for Sustainable Development;
- TWAS: The Academy of Sciences of the Developing World and its Associated Organizations;
- Science Academies as Advisors to Government: The US Experience;
- Do We Need Academies of Sciences in the 21st Century?;
- Tatarstan Academy of Sciences: History, Development and Prospects;
- Promoting Science, Technology and Innovation in Palestine: Palestine Academy of Sciences and Technology (PALAST;
- Nanotechnology in Developing Countries;
- Nanotechnology for Sustainable Development of Oil Refining and Petrochemistry;
- Nano-Tec in Iran: Programmes and Achievements;
- Climate Change and its Implications for the Muslim World;
- Environmental Aspects of Sustainable Development in Central Asian;
- Islam and Conservation of;
- Energy Sustainability as the Basis for Overall Sustainable Development;
- Scientific Networking for Sustainable Development;
- Science, Polity and the Media;
- The Intellectual and the State: A Snapshot;
- Influence of New Technologies on Social;
- The Muslim World as a Centre of Geopolitical Gravity: A Personal View;
- Science and the Media: Bridging the Gap;
- The SjCOOP Project: Impacting Media to Impact Science through Journalism Training;
- Islamic Science, Technology and Innovation (ISSTI) for the Future;
- The Role of Kazan University in the Development of Domestic and World Science;
- The Rise and Decline of Science in the Muslim World;
- Ibn al-Haytham’s Contributions to Optics, Art, and Visual Literacy;
- Science as a Component of the Overall Intellectual Activity in the Early Muslim World;
- Science-Driven Entrepreneurship in the Islamic World;