The Second Symposium On Scientific Research Outlook   In The Arab World – SRO 2002 Sharjah, United Arab Emirates   ( 24-27 March 2002)

 Jointly organized by :                                                                                

    The Arab league Educational, Cultural  and Scientific Organization (ALECSO) ; Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) ; King Abdulaziz City For Science and Technology ;Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences (KFAS) ; Arab Industrial Development and Mining Organization, Centre For Arab Unity Studies ; Network of Arab Scientists and Technologies Abroad (ASTA) ; United Nations Educational  Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), Third World Academy of Sciences (TWAS)

   Arab and International Science Organizations are welcome to join scopes of the Symposium                                                       

A. Scientific Research & Technological Development : Reality & Future Ambitions 

1.      The Arab Strategy for Science and Technology between the Twentieth and the Twenty-First 

 Centuries : Lessons and Opportunities*

        *    National Strategic Plans of Science and Technology in the                  Arab Countries       

         *    Scientific Research Priorities in the Arab  World                                                                             

         *    Sectoral Strategies for Science and Technology

2.      The Arab Scientific Community** : Present and Future

         B.     Specialized Scientific Scopes 

1. Energy and Water

2. Information Technology

3. Molecular Biology

    On the occasion of the passage of 20 years since ALECSO  started working on the Arab Strategy for Science and Technology

     The Arab scientific community is made up of the groups of scientists, technologists, and science faculty. It also comprises  media specialists and intellectuals involved in scientific and   technological issues, in addition to those  involved in the   planning and management of science  and trchnology                 policies as well as Arab industrialists  working in this field.

Submission of Abstracts :

Abstracts should be sent in printed and electronic forms  (MS Word, RTF, Text) with the author(s’) name (s), address and affiliation. Abstracts should be no less than 250 words and no more than 2 pages in length. Papers presented will be published in the proceedings. 

Deadlines                                                                                                 Submitting extended abstracts                                                         

For more information :   

Arab Science and Technology Foundation    

P.O. box 27272 Sharjah, United Arab Emirates 

  Tél :    + 971-6-5050551

Fax : + 971-6-5050552/3                                           

 Email : sro@astf.net