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

该奖项提供了部分支持，以解决会议 加勒比科学和工程学会可以发挥的作用 在改进科技应用以满足发展需要方面的作用 地区 该会议由该中心联合举办， 波多黎各大学能源与环境研究所 加勒比大学和研究所协会，以及 其他区域组织以及西半球 AAAS的办公室。 它是仿照1998年举行的类似会议而举办的。 非洲和印度在过去几年中，并建立在一个全球联合 1983年联合国关于同一主题的会议。 会议议程受到 一般组织起来集中讨论社会的地位 如何加强这些机构，以及如何 他们可以帮助他们的成员将他们的能力应用于 发展的问题。 工作组已准备好行动 向会议提出的通信、 教育和自然资源。 没有一个加勒比海国家的科学家总数达到临界质量 解决其许多技术发展需求所必需的领域 有效地 这些国家面积小， 达到这样的临界质量。 加强沟通 各岛屿科学界之间的具体合作， 包括波多黎各，将加强他们的能力， 基础设施演进 他们将能够更好地开展相关工作， 研究，并能够更有效地与美国合作。 和其他工业化国家。 本次会议旨在 探索具体途径，引导和联系地方能力， 科学家通过区域网络。

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.