10th CAS Anniversary Meeting 1998

9th CAS General Meeting and 10th Anniversary Meeting 1998

Conference Theme: "Furthering co-operation in science and technology for Caribbean development"
Organized by the Caribbean Academy of Sciences (CAS) in association with UNESCO and the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
Held at the Hilton Hotel and Conference Centre, Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, 23-26 September 1998

Front cover of the Proceedings of 1998

Foreword to the 1998 Proceedings


Kamla Persad-Bissessar at the 10 CAS Anniversary Meeting

Plenary Sessions

The importance of science and technology in Caribbean development by Christopher Thomas

Address by the Honourable Dr. Rosa Elena Simeon Negrin, Minister of Science and Technology and Environment, Cuba

Science and Technology eradicating poverty: the unfulfilled promise by Arnoldo K. Ventura

Furthering cooperation in science and technology in the Caribbean: the past experience by Ismael Clark Arxer

Science, technology and the State in Latin America: the end of the twentieth century by Eduardo Martinez

Parallel Sessions

Group 1 Collaboration between the Research Community and the End Users

Collaboration between the research community and end users: the university industry relationship by Rodrigo Zeledon
Building a research culture responsive to users needs by Roger Prichard
Circuits in the transfer of research results to potential users by Jose Antonio Esteva Maraboto

Group 2 Communication and Information Technologies and Challenges

Science, technology and commerce in the digital age by John D. Evans
Development in the digital future by Julio Escobar
Communication and information technologies opportunities for economic development in the Caribbean by Cardinal Warde

Group 3 Disaster Mitigation

Hurricane hazard mitigation in the Caribbean by J. C. Vermeiren
Decision making and risk management by Allan Lavell
Tropical cyclone warnings and the factors that influence response: the Trinidad and Tobago experience by Steve R. Pollanais
Volcanic activities and dynamic processes at Soufriere Hills volcano, Montserrat by Jean-Jacques Jeremie

Group 4 Inceasing Public Understanding of Science and Technology

Science education K-100 by Leon Lederman
The pyramid of science and technology popularization by Eduardo Martinez
Increasing public understanding of science and technology by Jeffery W. Dellimore
Use and management of natural resources by Dennis Pantin

Group 5 Use and Management of Natural Resources

Natural resource management in the Caribbean and Latin America by D.S. Cassells and G.G. Walkins
Can water be scarse in the humid tropics: a comminity based program for resource management in a coastal area by Patricia Moreno-Casasola
Proposal for a Caribbean centre for tropical aquaculture by Ted Cowan and Mark Donelon.

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