Announcement

Andrew Knight has been named executive director of the new Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect. The centre will generate research, conduct high-level advocacy efforts, and support the activities of both governments and NGOs around the world working to advance and implement the Responsibility to Protect principle.

Dr. Hans-Gert Pöttering, President of the European Parliament and his entourage visited Keio University and gave a lecture entitled "The Lisbon Treaty and the Future of the European Union". The year 2008 is European Year of Inter-Cultural Dialogue.

President Anzai participated in the GULF (Global University Leaders Forum) Winter Meeting, at which leaders of institutions of higher learning in developed and developing countries discussed the future role of universities.

An exhibition created by RIKEN researchers at the National Science Museum in Tokyo is educating the public about the sequencing of the human genome and new directions in the post-genomic world.

Applications are invited for post-doctoral research fellowships under the Southeast Asia Urban Environmental Management Applications (SEA-UEMA) project.

Call for papers & participants. Authors are invited to submit their abstracts in the field of Structural Engineering, Geotechnical and Highway Engineering, Water Resources and Wastewater Engineering, Construction Engineering and Project Management before 15th February 2008.

Building for Clinical Research*, a cluster-type research infrastructure, was inaugrated at Shinanomachi Campus. The facility will be used for several research clusters to promote research between different fields. It was designed to be low-impact and long-lasting, and cope with the ever-changing needs of leading-edge medical research.

The Indonesian Association for Media Development (Perhimpunan Pengembangan Media Nusantara-PPMN) is seeking experienced investigative journalists to conduct an investigative journalism training program on environmental issues in Jakarta from 21 - 25 April 2008.

The next (Economic and Environment Program for Southeast Asia) EEPSEA workshop will be held from May 4 to 7, 2008. The deadline for new proposals to be considered for the workshop is February 1, 2008.

The RIKEN Plant Science Center in Yokohama hosted an international symposium on November 20 that focused on the use of African plant resources. The symposium was held under the auspices of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science and the Japan Science and Technology Agency.

Keio University (President: Yuichiro Anzai), Kyoto University (President: Kazuo Oike), the University of Tokyo (President: Hiroshi Komiyama), and Waseda University (President: Katsuhiko Shirai) have signed an agreement for inter-university student exchange in graduate school education.

Weekly Report Will Accelerate Industry Innovation and Improve Efficiency of BioPharma Investment Decisions

The Centre for Science and Technology of the Non-Aligned and Other Developing Countries is offering three Fellowship schemes aimed at supporting deserving young scientists and researchers in developing countries. Applications are invited for the year 2008.

On December 12, 2007, Dr. Akira Tonomura, Group Director of Single Quantum Dynamics Research Group of the RIKEN Frontier Research System, and Senior Research Priority Committee Member, was honored as one of the nine new members of the Japan Academy, for his outstanding contribution to science.

The Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research and Development, University of the Philippines Diliman is now accepting papers for publication in the Social Science Diliman journal.

The Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research and Development, University of the Philippines Diliman is now accepting papers for publication in the Humanities Diliman journal.

Richard Fuchs believes that people who want to understand how the world is changing should look to the wave of transformation that is sweeping across Asia.

The International Development Research Centre (IDRC) and the Canada Research Chairs Program are launching an initiative to pair leading researchers from universities in Canada with those in developing countries to collaborate on issues of mutual concern.

On November 22, 2007, the Tokyo University of Science and Brunel University of the United Kingdom signed an academic exchange agreement.

90% of the Earthʼs freshwater is locked up in the great Ice Sheets of Greenland and Antarctica. On December 13th, 2007, the International Polar Year (IPY) will launch its second 'International Polar Day', focussing on Ice Sheets and Traverses.

Bali is not the only island that will be hosting a climate change conference this week. Second Nature, Nature Publishing Group’s (NPG) archipelago in Second Life, will host a series of talks to coincide with the UN climate change conference.

The work of rice researchers has received major encouragement as 2007 comes to a close, with staff at the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) and their colleagues receiving widespread recognition and several major awards.

The Nepal Academy of Science and Technology awarded the Local Initiatives for Biodiversity, Research and Development (LI-BIRD) this award for their outstanding contribution to the promotion of science and technology for the benefit of the people in Nepal.

Penang, Malaysia - University Science Malaysia once again boosted the name of the country when seven of its researchers successfully won three gold medals and four silver medals, together with a special award at an international event.

TWAS, the academy of sciences for the developing world, is seeking nominations for the 2008 Trieste Science Prize scheme, aimed at honouring scientists living and working in developing countries. The closing date for nominations is 31 January 2008.

TWAS awarded its first-ever Regional Prizes for Public Understanding of Science. Each prize carries a US$3,000 cash award. It is given to individuals who have made outstanding contributions to improving public understanding and appreciation of science.

TWAS, the Academy of Sciences for the Developing World, has announced the election of 45 new members. The election took place at the Academy’s 18th General Meeting, held in Trieste, Italy on 13 November.

The World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF) has published series of nine Working Papers on the state of Compensation for Environmental Services in three continents – Africa, Asia and Latin America.

The University of the Philippines Asian Center in collaboration with The UP Vargas Museum, The Japan Foundation, National Commission for Culture and the Arts, and Filipino-Japanese Foundation of Northern Luzon, Inc. cordially invites you to the Philippine nikkeijin 2007

On November 2, 2007, it was announced that the Japanese government will award the Medal with Purple Ribbon to Professor Satoshi Kawata for his considerable contributions to the development of science and technology. Professor Kawata is Chief Scientist of the Nanophotonics Laboratory.