1.  IANAS Workshop on the Recommendations of the IAC Study "Inventing a Better Future". The workshop will focus on strategies for building regional capacities in science and technology and the challenges to promote regional science and technology capacity in countries in Latin America and the Caribbean, as well as the special role that Academies of sciences can play in the process. The Workshop will take place in Brasilia from July 21-23, 2010 in conjunction with the Brazilian National S&T Conference. Guest speakers included the Brazilian Minister of S&T and the President of the National Research Council. For information, contact: mcbs@abc.org.br.

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2. NASIC Workshop on "Alternate Sources of Energy: Prospects and Options" based on the recommendations of the IAC Study Lighting the Way: Toward a Sustainable Energy Future.  The workshop will be organized by the Pakistan Academy of Sciences 5-6 October 2010 in Islamabad. More details on the programme will follow in due course. In the meantime, for information, contact: Noman Zia Khan (Admin Officer NASIC)  nasicpk@yahoo.com

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