Davos 2014 - The Global Science Outlook
Channel: World Economic Forum
Date: 01/02/2014

http://www.weforum.org/
What are the trends, norms and issues shaping the science agenda in 2014?
 
Dimensions to be addressed:
- Building bridges from science to society
- Pushing knowledge frontiers in times of austerity
- Rebalancing education in STEM and humanities
- Leveraging digital potentials from analysis to publication
 
·         Patrick Aebischer, President, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland; World Economic Forum Foundation Board Member; Global Agenda Council on the Future of Universities
·         Mariette DiChristina, Editor-in-Chief, Scientific American, USA
·         Neil Gershenfeld, Director, The Center for Bits and Atoms, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), USA
·         Subra Suresh, President, Carnegie Mellon University, USA
 
Moderated by
·         Tan Chorh-Chuan, President, National University of Singapore, Singapore; Global Agenda Council on the Future of Universities