To All on ICTP campus: Invitation to the High-Level Open Session, today, 11.30 - 13.00hrs

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Dear Colleagues,

The 5th Meeting of the Scientific Advisory Board of the UN 
Secretary-General (UN-SAB) is starting its second and last day. The 
UN-SAB meeting takes place on the ICTP campus and is jointly hosted by 
the four international organizations based in Trieste, TWAS, ICTP, 
ICGEB, IAP. More information about the UN-SAB can be found at 
http://en.unesco.org/un-sab/content/scientific-advisory-board .

You are all most welcome, if your schedule allows, to attend a 
High-Level Open Session with the SAB Members and other distinguished 
guests which is being organized in conjunction with the Meeting of the 
Board. The High-Level Open Session, on the theme 'Strengthening 
scientific human capacity in developing countries' will take place 
*today, Wednesday 25 May, from 11.30 - 13.00 hrs in the Budinich Lecture 
Hall. *

The programme of the event follows:

UNSAB High-Level Open Session “Strengthening scientific human capacity 
in developing countries”

Moderated by Luigi Amodio, Director, Città della Scienza, Naples

Ban Ki Moon, UN Secretary-General (via video message)
UNSAB Chairperson, Irina Bokova (represented by Flavia Schlegel, ADG 
Natural Sciences, UNESCO)
Vincenzo De Luca, Director-General for Cultural and Economic Promotion 
and Innovation, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International 
Cooperation of the Italian Republic
Debora Serracchiani, President of the Regione Autonoma Friuli Venezia 
Giulia
Massimo Inguscio, President of the National Research Council of Italy

Heads of Trieste-based international science institutes:
Romain Murenzi, Executive Director, The World Academy of Sciences
Fernando Quevedo, Director, International Centre for Theoretical Physics
Mauro Giacca, Director, International Centre for Genetic Engineering and 
Biotechnology (via video message)
Volker ter Meulen, Co-chair, InterAcademy Partnership

Q&A session
The session will begin with introductory remarks by Fabiola Gianotti (DG 
CERN), followed by an open Q&A discussion with the UN-SAB members.

/Should the BLH reach its seating capacity, we kindly ask you to give 
priority to our external guests.

/Looking forward to seeing you.

Best regards,
Sandro

Prof. Sandro Scandolo

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Trieste Focal Point, 5th UN Secretary-General Scientific Advisory Board 
meeting
ph +39 040 2240 209 | email scandolo at ictp.it




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