World Science Day for Peace and Development

Conference

Pathumthani, Thailand From09/11/2009 09:00 To 10/11/2009 17:00 To celebrate the 2009 UNESCO World Science Day for Peace and Development, the National Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (BIOTEC) and the National Science and Technology Development Agency (NSTDA), Thailand, together with the Department of Social Anthropology, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom, are co-organizing a cross-regional event to be hosted at the Thailand Science Park, Pathumthani, from 9-10 November 2009.

Scientists, students, policy-makers and natural and social science researchers will share their experiences around the following themes:

Traversing the local and global in the financing of malaria drug R&D and policy innovation at a time of emerging multi-drug resistance in Southeast Asia;

International science collaboration, research networking and public engagement: Reflections of researchers on the global bioscientific R&D pipeline for malaria and major diseases.