Science for Future Conference: On the Path to Carbon Neutrality
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German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina and Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)
Rudower Chaussee 17, Albert‐Einstein‐Straße 15,
12489 Berlin
WISTA Conventions, Helmholtz‐Zentrum Berlin
The German National Academy of Sciences and the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) jointly launched the Science for Future Initiative in 2018 with the aim of highlighting the importance of basic research for society.
The inaugural conference took place in September 2019 under the title “All Starts with Basic Research” at the University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (UCAS). The “Beijing Declaration on Basic Science” was signed by the two academy presidents during this conference. In this declaration, Leopoldina and CAS commit themselves to long-term scientific cooperation that transcends national and cultural borders and scientific disciplines, to the promotion of evidence-based dialogue in society and to fostering young researchers.
The second conference in the series “On the Path to Carbon Neutrality” will focus on the discussion of innovative approaches ranging from basic research to application, thus opening a discourse on strategies to achieve carbon neutrality.
Keynote speakers of the conference:
- Prof. Dr. Benjamin List ML, Max‐Planck‐Institute for Coal Research, Nobel Prize Laureate for Chemistry 2021
- Prof. Dr. Chunli Bai, Past President of CAS, CAS Institute of Chemistry
- Prof. Dr. Klaus von Klitzing ML, Max‐Planck‐Institute for Solid State Research, Nobel Prize Laureate for Physics 1985