Stockholm, 26-27 February 2005

Present:

MEMBERS: Co-Chairs - Y. Quéré (Académie des Sciences) and Chen Zhu (Chinese Academy of Sciences). Bangladesh Academy of Sciences (M. Shamsher Ali) Brazilian Academy of Sciences (E. Krieger) Cuban Academy of Sciences (S. Pastrana) Indian National Science Academy (A. Varma) Science Council of Japan (S. Asano) Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei ( E. Vesentini) The Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (W. J. M. Levelt) Académie des Sciences et Techniques du Sénégal (A. Dialy Ndiaye) Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (G. Öquist) US National Academy of Sciences (M Clegg).

EX OFFICIO: Third World Academy of Sciences (M. H. A. Hassan)

OBSERVERS: InterAcademy Council (A. Koers) International Council for Science (T. Rosswall)

SPECIAL GUEST SPEAKER: Professor Guo Huadong (Chinese Academy of Sciences)

OTHERS: Dick Hedberg (Swedish Academy of Sciences) P. de Goes (Brazilian Academy of Sciences), A.K. Jain (Indian National Science Academy) M. Hoshi (Science Council of Japan) J. Boright (US National Academy of Sciences) J. Fröchen (Académie des Sciences) Wang Zhenyu and Ling Thompson (Chinese Academy of Sciences).

UNABLE TO ATTEND: Nigerian Academy of Sciences (G. B. Ogunmola) IAP Secretariat (J. Lacey)