Regional Conference on the Role of Scientific and Engineering Societies in Caribbean Development; San Juan, Puerto Rico; December, 1987

该奖项为一个会议提供了部分支持，该会议将讨论加勒比地区的科学和工程学会在改进科技应用以满足该地区的发展需求方面可以发挥的作用。这次会议是由波多黎各大学能源和环境研究中心、加勒比大学和研究所协会以及其他区域组织与美国科学促进会西半球办事处联合组织的。它是以过去几年在非洲和印度举行的类似会议为蓝本，并以1983年举行的关于同一主题的联合国全球会议为基础。议程的安排一般是集中讨论各岛屿社会的地位、加强这些社会的方式以及这些社会协助其成员将其能力用于解决发展问题的方式。各工作组在通讯、教育和自然资源领域为会议编写了行动建议。没有任何一个加勒比国家在所有必要领域都拥有足够的科学家来有效地满足其许多技术发展需要。这些国家的面积小，使它们无法达到如此关键的数量。加强包括波多黎各在内的各岛屿科学界之间的交流和具体合作将加强它们的能力和基础设施。他们将更有能力开展相关研究，也能更好地与美国和其他工业化国家进行有效合作。这次会议旨在探索通过区域网络引导和连接当地科学家的能力的具体方法。

This award provides partial support for a conference addressing the roles that science and engineering societies in the Caribbean could play in improving the application of S & T to development needs in the region. The conference has been organized jointly by the Center for Energy and Environment Research of the University of Puerto Rico, the Caribbean Association of Universities and Research Institutes, and other regional organizations, together with the Western Hemisphere office of the AAAS. It is modeled after similar conferences held in Africa and India in the past few years and builds on a worldwide United Nations conference on the same subject held in 1983. The agenda is generally organized to focus discussion on the status of the societies in the islands, ways in which they could be strengthened, and ways in which they could assist their members to apply their capabilities to the problems of development. Working Groups have prepared action recommendations for the conference in the areas of communication, education and natural resources. No single Caribbean nation has the critical mass of scientists in all the fields necessary to address their many technical development needs effectively. The small size of these countries precludes their ever achieving such a critical mass. Strengthening communication and concrete collaboration among the scientific communities of the islands, including Puerto Rico, will strengthen their capabilities and infrastructure. They will become better able to carry out relevant research and also better able to collaborate effectively with the U.S. and other industrialed countries. This conference is well designed to explore concrete ways to channel and link the abilities of local scientists through regional networks.