[IRTalk] SA eyes World Science Forum

[Ina Smith]

https://www.sanews.gov.za/south-africa/sa-eyes-world-science-forum


South Africa has thrown its hat into the ring to host the World Science Forum in 2021. Initially held only in Hungary, central Europe, this biennial forum decided to increase its global footprint and so is held outside of Hungary every second year. Hosting of such an international event would further raise the profile of African science and enhance the continent's science prowess on the global stage, Science and Technology Minister Naledi Pandor said. To initiate the process, the minister said her department would begin talks with the Hungarian Academy of Science and other organisers of the forum. She was speaking during the closing of the highly successful third instalment of the Science Forum South Africa, which attracted over 2000 researchers, academics, and scientists mainly from around this continent.


Ina Smith
Project Manager: African Open Science Platform<http://africanopenscience.org.za/>
SciELO Planning Manager
Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf)
DOAJ Ambassador, Southern Africa Region<https://blog.doaj.org/2016/09/07/the-doaj-ambassadors-biographies/>
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