Science, Technology and Innovation for Sustainable Development in the Islamic World: The Policies and Politics Rapprochement

Contents

• IAS Declaration;

• 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;