This series started in 1981 with the Erice Seminars when the danger of a nuclear East-West confrontation was menacing the world. The volumes reproduce the crucial steps, from the Nuclear Winter to the Strategic Defense Initiative. After the collapse of the U.S.S.R., new emergencies are now to be faced such as the danger of proliferation of Weapons for Mass Destruction (WMD), the North-South confrontation on ecological problems and the new deal for Science and Technology to help developing countries in their struggle for a better standard of life. The Erice Seminars have attracted the attention of world leaders in Science, Technology and Culture.
The ecology of international security / Charles D. Ferguson. Assessment of RDD event medical response, recovery, and mitigation in a world of one science / Annette Sobel. Defeating religious terrorism - what will it take? / Pervez Hoodbhoy. Terrorism threats due to weapons of mass disturbance / Friedrich Steinhausler. Cell phones, texting, position reporting, and self-assembly in emergency response management / Robert V. Duncan -- 10. Special session : lectio magistralis. Why science is needed in everyday life / Ignazio La Russa -- 11. Climate. Focus : data, mathematical structures and predictions. Carbon dioxide, friend or foe. William Happer. Climate sensitivity : various approaches / Richard S. Lindzen. Climategate and the inquiries / Stephen McIntyre. Energy legislation in the USA / Richard Wilson -- 12. WFS general meeting. PMP reports - debate and conclusions. Permanent monitoring panel on motivations for terrorism / Lord John Alderdice. 2010 progress report of the MCD-2/7 project and 2011 research project. East-Africa AIDS Research Centre at the Uganda Virus Research Institute (UVRI), Entebbe Uganda / Franco M. Buonaguro. Mother and child health PMP : maternal and child mortality is a planetary emergency, report of 2010 activities / Nathalie Charpak, J.G. Ruiz and S.D. Leon-Mendoza. Permanent monitoring panel report on limits of development / Christopher D. Ellis. Pollution permanent monitoring panel - 2010 annual report / Lorne G. Everett. Report of the energy permanent monitoring panel / William Fulkerson, J, Ongena and C. Difiglio. PMP report for cosmic objects / Walter F. Huebner. Annual report permanent monitoring panel on mitigation of terrorist acts / Alan Leigh Moore, Jr. Information security PMP report / Henning Wegener and Jody R. Westby -- 13. Seminar participants -- 14. Ettore Majorana Erice Science for Peace Prize
This proceedings volume contains presentations, group discussions and reports on terrorism-related issues, such as: motivations; tools and countermeasures; worldwide stability; risk analysis.
Full Title: Water OCo Pollution, Biotechnology OCo Transgenic Plant Vaccine, Energy, Black Sea Pollution, AIDS OCo Mother-Infant HIV Transmission, Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathy, Limits of Development OCo Megacities, Missile Proliferation and Defense OCo Information Security, Cosmic Objects, Desertification, Carbon Sequestration and Sustainability, Climatic Changes, Global Monitoring of Planet, Mathematics and Democracy, Science and Journalism, Permanent Monitoring Panel Reports, Water for Megacities Workshop, Black Sea Workshop, Transgenic Plants Workshop, Research Resources Workshop, Mother-Infant HIV Transmission Workshop, Sequestration and Desertification Workshop, Focus Africa Workshop. Contents: Opening Session (T D Lee, K M B Siegbahn, A Zichichi, J K-C Ma, D Bodansky, R G Will, W P T James, C M Wilfert, A D Lopez & L G Everett); Water OCo Pollution (A A Keller, S M Hassanizadeh & D I Norman); Biotechnology OCo Transgenic Plant Vaccine (F Sala, R-X Fang, J-P Kraehenbuhl & C J Arntzen); Energy (J Ongena, A Yu Gagarinski & Y P Huo); Pollution OCo Black Sea (V I Mikhailov, I Salihoglu & K Thompson); AIDS OCo Mother-Infant HIV Transmission (G de Th(r), F Barre-Sinoussi, M F Rea, H Pratomo & L Wood); Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathy (P Brown & M Ricketts); Limits of Development OCo Megacities (W J Cosgrove, K C Sivaramakrishnan, J M Borthagaray & G G Serra); Missile Proliferation and Defense OCo Information Security (L Wood, V Tsigichko, A Kroutskikh, A Lehmann, A Piontkovsky & G Canavan); Cosmic Objects (W F Huebner, A Cellino, A F Cheng & J M Greenberg); Desertification, Carbon Sequestration and Sustainability (N J Rosenberg & L L Tiezen); Climatic Changes OCo Cosmic Objects, Global Monitoring of Planet, Mathematics and Democracy, Science and Journalism (T Dyson, W M Washington, R Walgate, K C Sivaramakrishnan & D R O Morrison); Permanent Monitoring Panel Reports (K M B Siegbahn, D Johnson, R Ragaini, Z Rudzikas, G Palshin, H Schubert, J Pozela & G de Th(r)); Megacities Workshop OCo Water as a Limit to Development (W J Cosgrove, J M Borthagaray, A G Pozo, G G Serra, P F Ricci, K C Sivaramakrishnan, I A Amer & G O Rogers); Workshop on Environmental Impacts of Oil Pollution in the Black Sea (R Ragaini, V Mikhailov, L Mirianashvili, I Salihoglu, K Thompson, E Okandan, D Dorogan & V Ragaini); Transgenic Plants as Vaccines: Impact on Developing Countries Workshop (G Levi, C J Arntzen, M Pezzotti, J-P Kraehenbuhl, J K-C Ma, Z Eshhar, Z-K Xu, R-X Fang & F Sala); Research Resources Workshop (W Sprigg, P Uhlir & G Tallia); Mother-Infant HIV Transmission Workshop (G de Th(r), C M Wilfert, H Pratomo, M F Rea, R ZetterstrAm, D Birx & A Coutsoudis); Linking the Conventions: Soil Carbon Sequestration and Desertification Control Workshop (L Olsson & P Bartel); Limits of Development: Focus Africa (C A Reynolds, J F Kuka, M Farah & M Diop). Readership: Ecologists, meteorologists, biotechnologists, AIDS researchers, doctors, physicists and social scientists."
Since its inception in 1981, the Erice Seminars from which this book series originates have attracted the attention of world leaders in science, technology and culture.This latest volume in the series covers a wide range of topics ? from energy studies and research to disarmament and cultural emergencies.In addition to the main topics, the book also includes an associated workshop program (the 33rd Session) focusing on cultural emergencies, specifically designing and building in resilience against chemical, biological and radiological attacks.
The Erice International Seminars are multidisciplinary seminars attended by over 100 eminent participants from all fields of science. Each year, a few scientific issues are selected and experts are invited to present contrasting views during the plenary multidisciplinary sessions of the seminar, followed by general debates. These sessions offer a unique opportunity for specialists to enlarge their fields of vision by being confronted with ideas and suggestions from high-level scientists in complementary domains of science. Associated workshops allow the experts to further refine and process the ideas evoked during the seminar. This year's topics are all currently of high relevance. For example, on energy issues, we have focused on the future of global nuclear power. On global monitoring of the planet, we have focused on the proliferation of nuclear weapons and the Nuclear-Proliferation Treaty. On climatology, we have investigated the role of aerosols on global warming and their satellite detection. On pollution, the role of plastic contaminants in water was revealed through a series of disquieting reports.
The Erice International Seminars are multidisciplinary seminars attended by over 100 eminent participants from all fields of Science. Each year, a few scientific issues are selected and experts are invited to present contrasting views during the plenary multidisciplinary sessions of the Seminar, followed by general debates. These sessions offer a unique opportunity for specialists to enlarge their fields of vision by being confronted to the ideas and suggestions from high level scientists in complementary domains of science. Associated workshops allow the experts to further refine and process the ideas evoked during the seminar. This year's topics are focused on the World Energy Crisis and more specifically on the Essential Technologies for Moderating Climate Change and Improving Energy Security and for Energy & Limits of Development. We also concentrated on Managing the Challenges of Climate Change, Energy Security and Pollution in Asian Countries. On Global Monitoring of the Planet we have focused on the Climate Change issues and specifically on the Sensitivity of Climate to Additional CO2 as indicated by Water Cycle Feedback Issues, Climate Uncertainties Addressed by Satellites, and the Basic Mathematics Needed for All Models. In Information Security we focused on Cyber Conflict and Cyber Stability. For Pollution and Medicine we focused on the Revolution in the Environmental Health Sciences and the Emergence of Green Chemistry.
The Erice International Seminars are multidisciplinary seminars attended by over 100 eminent participants from all fields of science. Each year, a few scientific issues are selected and experts are invited to present contrasting views during the plenary multidisciplinary sessions of the seminar, followed by general debates. These sessions offer a unique opportunity for specialists to enlarge their vision of their related fields by being confronted with ideas and suggestions from high-level scientists in complementary domains of science. Associated workshops allow the experts to further refine and process the ideas evoked during the seminar. This year's topics are all actual. For instance, on climate issues we have focused on the management of a global warming and on new theoretical alternatives to climate modeling. On global monitoring of the planet, we have focused on the US missile defence shield, the energy externalities and waste disposal and the historical dive by Dr Chilingarov on the North Pole shelf. On the medical side, we have investigated the Alzheimer epidemics and the role of infectious agents in cancer.
The Erice International Seminars are multidisciplinary seminars attended by over 100 eminent participants from all fields of science. Each year, a few scientific issues are selected and experts are invited to present contrasting views during the plenary multidisciplinary sessions of the seminar, followed by general debates. These sessions offer a unique opportunity for specialists to enlarge their vision of their related fields by being confronted with ideas and suggestions from high-level scientists in complementary domains of science. Associated workshops allow the experts to further refine and process the ideas evoked during the seminar. This year's topics are all actual. For instance, on climate issues we have focused on the management of a global warming and on new theoretical alternatives to climate modeling. On global monitoring of the planet, we have focused on the US missile defence shield, the energy externalities and waste disposal and the historical dive by Dr Chilingarov on the North Pole shelf. On the medical side, we have investigated the Alzheimer epidemics and the role of infectious agents in cancer.
