Mathematics for Action: Supporting Science-Based Decision Making

Programme

Opening: Amal Kasry, Chief of Section for Basic Science, Research Innovation and Engineering

Chair: Merieme Chadid, Morocco, Chair of the UNESCO International Basic Science Program (to be confirmed)

5 min  Welcoming

 Shamila Nair-Bedouelle, Assistant Director-General of UNESCO, Science Sector

5 min   Artur Avila, Switzerland, President of the 2021 Jury for Physical Sciences,

 Mathematics and Computer Sciences for the L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in

 Science (to be confirmed)

20 min Presentation of the toolkit

 Christiane Rousseau, Canada (Chair of Governing Board of International Day of

 Mathematics and Editor of the tool kit)

5 min  Enhancing Vaccine Design: Mathematics Accelerates Vaccine Innovation

 Wilfred Ndifon, Rwanda (Chief Scientific Officer of AIMS Global Network)

5 min  Teaching Mathematics: Mathematics Education for Sustainable Development

 Anjum Halai, Pakistan, and Merrilyn Goos, Australia (Vice-presidents of

 International Commission of Mathematical Instruction): Mathematics Education

5 min  “Mathematics Unites”, the 2022 theme of the International Day of Mathematics 

 Betül Tanbay, Turkey, Vice-president of European Mathematical Society and Member of the Governing Board of International Day of Mathematics (IDM)

5 min  The central place of mathematics in understanding and addressing complex problems of sustainable development

 Daya Reddy, South Africa, inaugural President of International Science Council

 2018-2021

5 min  Basic Science and Mathematics for Sustainable Development

 Michel Spiro, France, President of International Year of Basic Science for  

 Sustainable Development (IYBSSD 2022)

5 min   Closing

 Ghaith Fariz, Director of the Division of Science Policy & Basic Sciences

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