Dear Colleagues

it is with great pleasure that we'd like to invite you to the round table that TWAS has organized for the 2017 edition of TRIESTE NEXT.

The title of the event is:

SCIENCE DIPLOMACY: A BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATERS

The Mediterranean basin is a cradle where about 500 million people share resources, cultures, needs. Cooperation between South and North is most needed, here. Could Science Diplomacy be the bridge that links people and nations, easing joint actions on the most urgent issues (water, climate change, overcrowding, education, brain drain)?

Four international panelists will offer different perspectives and views on these hot topics.
They are:

Thameur Chaibi - TWAS Fellow - Director of Research
National Research Institute for Rural Engineering, Water, and Forestry, Ariana, Tunisia
“The Future of Water Scarcity in North Africa: Moving from Challenges to Opportunities”

Nadia Pinardi - Professor - Department of Physics and Astronomy, Alma Mater  Studiorum University of Bologna
"Operational oceanography to achieve the UN ocean sustainable development goals"

Jauad El Kharraz - Head of Research - The Middle East Desalination Research Center (MEDRC), Al Khuwair, Sultanate of Oman
“The role of joint programs and networks to boost cooperation on the major challenges of the Mediterranean region”

Tugba Evrim Maden - Hydropolitics Researcher - Expert Turkish Water Institute (SUEN), " Water Diplomacy in MENA: Opportunities and challenges in the Euphrates and Tigris Basin"

21 September at 18:00 - @ Museo Revoltella - via Diaz 27 Trieste
Free entrance.
Please see:     http://www.triestenext.it/event/science-diplomacy-bridge-over-troubled-waters/

Looking forward to seeing you there.

TWAS - PIO