İstanbul, Türkiye
28-29 April 2023
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Basic sciences pave the way for high-impact discoveries that help make sense of the world as well as the universe we all live in. Namely, basic sciences enable researchers to explore the world so that they can try to find answers for a variety of fundamental questions about life processes. Technological and scientific breakthroughs achieved through basic sciences also empower human being to change and enhance living conditions. Likewise, scientific knowledge produced through research in basic sciences is important to stimulate sustainable development in a wide array of fields ranging from health-related quality of life to clean forms of energy. Moreover, basic sciences also benefit local economies as well as global economic growth as they facilitate new businesses, and thus create new job opportunities for individuals. Therefore, basic sciences can be considered as an indispensable resource for and part of human life.
As already known, the United Nations General Assembly declared 2022 as “the International Year of Basic Sciences for Sustainable Development” and planned to organize events across the world until 30 June 2023. Based on this declaration, Turkish Academy of Sciences (TÜBA) also decided to promote the importance of basic sciences by developing and carrying out a series of activities. In this sense, one of TÜBA’s most prestigious academy prizes was awarded for the field of Basic Sciences and Engineering in 2022. By the same token, TÜBA decided to organize a joint symposium in 2023, focusing particularly on basic sciences in order to contribute to the creation of a much greater appreciation for basic sciences, to discussions about and to raise awareness of the role of science academies for the future of basic sciences.
THEMES
Themes include but not limited to:
- The future of basic sciences
- The relationship between basic sciences and other fields
- Sustainability practices in basic sciences
- Role of basic sciences in sustainable living
- Basic science applications
- Recent developments in employment practices in basic sciences
- Science academies, universities, higher education and basic sciences
- The role of science academies in basic sciences
Turkish Academy of Sciences (TUBA) is an autonomous apex body for the development and promotion of sciences in Turkey. The origins of the Academy go back to “Encümen-i Daniş” (Society of Scholars), which was founded in 1851 and known as the first Turkish science academy in the modern sense. TUBA is the single national academy in Turkey and it comprises all fields of sciences which are grouped under three categories namely a) basic and engineering sciences, b) health and life sciences, and c) social sciences and humanities. TUBA contributes to the promotion of sciences through its working groups, grants and awards, scientific reports and collaboration with sister academies in the world.
The Association of Academies and Societies of Sciences in Asia (AASSA) was established in 2012 through the merger of the Association of Academies of Sciences in Asia (AASA) and the Federation of Asian Scientific Academies and Societies (FASAS) to promote solidarity and cooperation among the scientific and technological academies in Asia and Australasia and to play a central role in cooperative efforts for further developing the region through science and technology. AASSA currently has a total of 34 member academies and societies representing 30 countries. It is one of the four Regional Networks of IAP, the Global Network of Science Academies.
International Organizing Committee
Prof. Dr. Muzaffer ŞEKER | Turkish Academy of Sciences
Prof. Dr. Ahmet Nuri YURDUSEV | Association of Academies and Societies of Sciences in Asia
Prof. Dr. Nadira KARUNAWEERA | National Academy of Sciences of Sri Lanka
Prof. Dr. Kensuke FUKUSHI | The University of Tokyo
Prof. Dr. Yuldashev Bekhzod SADYKOVICH | Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Uzbekistan
Prof. Dr. Mirzaev Sirojiddin ZAYNIYEVICH | Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Uzbekistan
Prof. Dr. Murat ZHURINOV | National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Kazakhstan
Prof. Dr. Veranja KARUNARATNE | National Academy of Sciences of Sri Lanka
Prof. Dr. Miloš Trifković | Academy of Sciences and Arts of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Prof. Dr. Muzafer Korkuti | Academy of Sciences of Albania
Prof. Dr. Ioan-Aurel Pop | Romanian Academy
Prof. Dr. Narinder K. Mehra | Indian National Science Academy
Prof. Dr. Supawan Tantayanon | The Science Society of Thailand
Prof. Dr. Tasawar Hayat | Pakistan Academy of Science
Prof. Dr. Viktor Bogatov | Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Prof. Dr. Erol ÖZVAR | Council of Higher Education
Prof. Dr. Hasan MANDAL | Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkiye
Prof. Dr. Erhan AKDOĞAN | Health Institutes of Turkiye
Local Organizing Committee
Prof. Dr. Arzum ERDEM GÜRSAN | TÜBA Full Member | Ege University
Prof. Dr. Bekir SALİH | TÜBA Full Member | Hacettepe University
Prof. Dr. Metin ARIK | TÜBA Honorary Member | Boğaziçi University
Prof. Dr. Metin BALCI | TÜBA Honorary Member | Middle East Technical University
Prof. Dr. Mustafa ERSÖZ | TÜBA Full Member | Selçuk University
Assoc. Prof. Cem KORKUT | Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt University
Dr. Musab Talha AKPINAR | Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt University
Dr. Zeynep AYSAN ŞAHİNTAŞ | Turkish Academy of Sciences
Advisory Board
Prof. Dr. A. Nihat BERKER | TÜBA Honorary Member | Kadir Has University
Prof. Dr. Adil DENİZLİ | TÜBA Full Member | Hacettepe University
Prof. Dr. Ahmet GÜL | TÜBA Honorary Member | İstanbul Technical University
Prof. Dr. Ali Rıza ÖZKAYA | TÜBA Full Member | Marmara University
Prof. Dr. Ali TUNCEL | TÜBA Full Member | Hacettepe University
Prof. Dr. Aral OKAY | TÜBA Honorary Member | İstanbul Technical University
Prof. Dr. Arzum ERDEM GÜRSAN | TÜBA Full Member | Ege University
Prof. Dr. Atıf KOCA | TÜBA Full Member | Marmara University
Prof. Dr. Bekir ÇETİNKAYA | TÜBA Honorary Member | Ege University
Prof. Dr. Bekir SALİH | TÜBA Full Member | Hacettepe University
Prof. Dr. Bilal TANATAR | TÜBA Full Member | Bilkent University
Prof. Dr. Bilge DEMİRKÖZ | TÜBA Full Member | Middle East Technical University
Prof. Dr. Ekrem SAVAŞ | TÜBA Full Member | Uşak University
Prof. Dr. Erhan BİŞKİN | TÜBA Honorary Member | Hacettepe University
Prof. Dr. Erik JEPPESEN | TÜBA Honorary Member | Denmark Aarhus University & Middle East Technical University
Prof. Dr. Erol PEHLİVAN | TÜBA Full Member | Selçuk University
Prof. Dr. Filiz KURALAY | TÜBA Associate Member | Hacettepe University
Prof. Dr. İlhami GÜLÇİN | TÜBA Full Member | Atatürk University
Prof. Dr. Kamil KAYGUSUZ | TÜBA Full Member | Karadeniz Technical University
Prof. Dr. M. Cemal YALABIK | TÜBA Honorary Member | Bilkent University
Prof. Dr. Mahmut ÖZACAR | TÜBA Full Member | Sakarya University
Prof. Dr. Mehmet Emin AYDIN | TÜBA Full Member | Necmettin Erbakan University
Prof. Dr. Mehmet ZAHMAKIRAN | TÜBA Associate Member | Bartın University
Prof. Dr. Mustafa ERSÖZ | TÜBA Full Member | Selçuk University
Prof. Dr. Mustafa SOYLAK | TÜBA Full Member | Erciyes University
Prof. Dr. Mustafa TÜZEN | TÜBA Full Member | Gaziosmanpaşa University
Prof. Dr. Namık Kemal ARAS | TÜBA Honorary Member | Bahçeşehir University
Prof. Dr. Niyazi Serdar SARIÇİFTÇİ | TÜBA Full Member | Johannes Kepler University
Prof. Dr. Oğuz OKAY | TÜBA Full Member | İstanbul Technical University
Prof. Dr. Okan Zafer YEŞİLEL | TÜBA Associate Member | Osmangazi University
Prof. Dr. Oktay DUMAN | TÜBA Full Member | TOBB ETÜ
Prof. Dr. Omar YAGHI | TÜBA Honorary Member | University of California Berkeley
Prof. Dr. Orhan İÇELLİ | TÜBA Associate Member | Yıldız Technical University
Prof. Dr. Özer BEKAROĞLU | TÜBA Honorary Member | İstanbul Technical University
Prof. Dr. Reşat APAK | TÜBA Full Member | İstanbul University-Cerrahpaşa
Prof. Dr. Saim ÖZKAR | TÜBA Honorary Member | Middle East Technical University
Prof. Dr. Sezgin BAKIRDERE | TÜBA Full Member | Yıldız Technical University
Prof. Dr. Tekin DERELİ | TÜBA Honorary Member | Koç University
Prof. Dr. Timur DOĞU | TÜBA Honorary Member | Middle East Technical University
Prof. Dr. Umran Savaş İNAN | TÜBA Honorary Member | Koç University
Prof. Dr. Zeynel KILIÇ | TÜBA Honorary Member | Ankara University
Doç. Dr. Önder METİN | TÜBA Associate Member | Koç University
Format
TÜBA-AASSA Joint Symposium on ‘The Role of Science Academies towards the Future of Basic Sciences’ aims to bring together academics, researchers, scientists, technologists, policy makers and strategists for an open discourse on basic sciences. The symposium includes both in-persona and virtual presentations, plenary sessions, keynote talks, and several specialized parallel sessions related to a variety of themes.
Important Dates
Deadline for abstract submission: 31 March 2023
Notification of acceptance: 07 April 2023
Symposium date: 28-29 April 2023
Deadline for full paper submission: 31 May 2023
Submission
Please prepare your abstract according to the template
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