Paris, 24-25 September 2001

Participants:

Members: Prof. Y. Quéré (Académie des Sciences, Prof. E. Krieger (Brazilian Academy of Sciences), Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei (Prof. E. Vesentini - 25th) African Academy of Sciences (Prof. M. H. A. Hassan) US National Academy of Sciences (Prof. F. Sherwood Rowland), Indonesian Academy of Sciences (Prof. M. Ridwan), Caribbean Academy of Sciences (Prof. H. Ramkisson), Turkish Academy of Sciences (Prof. E. Bermek), Australian Academy of Sciences (Dr. K. Lambeck - 24th), Chinese Academy of Sciences (Prof. Chen Zhu), Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (Prof. E. Norrby), The Royal Society (Sir Brian Heap), IAP Secretariat (J. Lacey).

Observers: International Council for Science (Prof. H. Yoshikawa, Dr. L. Kohler).

Others: J. Rondest (Académie des Sciences), P. de Goes (Brazilian Academy of Sciences), J. Boright (US National Academy of Sciences), Prof. Liu Jian, Dr. Xing Xuerong (Chinese Academy of Sciences).

Apologies: Third World Academy of Sciences (Prof. C.N.R. Rao), Indian National Science Academy (Prof. G. Mehta).