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STAS. Flattening the World: The Role of Science and Technology Diplomacy in the 21st Century. Dr. Nina V. Fedoroff Science and Technology Adviser to the Secretary of State (STAS) and the Administrator of USAID U. S. Department of State Washington, DC.
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STAS Flattening the World: The Role of Science and Technology Diplomacy in the 21st Century Dr. Nina V. Fedoroff Science and Technology Adviser to the Secretary of State (STAS) and the Administrator of USAID U. S. Department of State Washington, DC
http://eppsnet.com/images/digital-divide.jpg STAS Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2007
Image credit: MIT Media Lab STAS weblogs.jupiterresearch.com/analysts/ask/arch...
STAS Photo Credit: Tony Karumba /Agence France-Presse - Getty Images AIDS Orphans lh3.google.com/_nZ6ODsczwkI/Ryln1I1tiVI/AAAAA...
STAS Economist Dr. Paul Collier Oxford University Press, 2007
http://www.diversifiedriskmanagement.com/articles/images/grocery-store-lg.jpghttp://www.diversifiedriskmanagement.com/articles/images/grocery-store-lg.jpg http://www.seattle-city.com/images/petes-eggnest-restaurant.jpg http://www.dlife.com/opencms/export/pics/dLife_Images/fast_food.jpg STAS
STAS bp3.blogger.com/…./s320/Hubert+proughing+2.jpg iStock photo 000003424427
http://www.iaea.org/NewsCenter/Features/Tsetse/tsetse_gallery/images/006w.jpghttp://www.iaea.org/NewsCenter/Features/Tsetse/tsetse_gallery/images/006w.jpg STAS http://image.guardian.co.uk/sys-images /Guardian/Pix/pictures/2006/07/18/farm372.jpg
http://www.sustainablescale.org/images/uploaded/Population/World%20Population%20Growth%20to%202050.JPGhttp://www.sustainablescale.org/images/uploaded/Population/World%20Population%20Growth%20to%202050.JPG www.nndb.com/people/250/000024178/malthus.jpg STAS Thomas Malthus
Green Revolution wheat yields, 1950-2005 STAS Norman Borlaug Father of the Green Revolution Normal and dwarf wheat varieties
STAS http://www.sustainablescale.org/images/uploaded/Population/World%20Population%20Growth%20to%202050.JPG
STAS www.theoildrum.com/.../12/global_land_use2.jpg
STAS http://keetsa.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/06/biofuels.JPG
STAS New York Times, 19 January 2008
STAS http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://lh3.google.com/_2vGIpngAD6A/RyYrHUwLEYI/AAAAAAAAAcI/im80wmhEezM/s800/Deforestation.jpg
George Soros www.worldaidscampaign.info/.../george_ soros/ Former Senator Nunn and Senator Lugar, 2007 www.worldpoliticsreview.com/images/CommentaryNews/nunnlugar0807.jpg STAS Senators Nunn and Lugar, 1991 www.villagevoice.com/.../nunn-lugar-in-1991.jpg
Chronic disease Emerging disease Misuse of dual use dechnology Bio terrorism Bio war STAS Science for Security: The Bio Example “Dual Use” Science Collaboration = Dual-Benefit Dr. Jason Rao US State Department, Spectrum of Bio-Risk
Going Global: Biosecurity Engagement Program Jason Rao (right) and Reynolds Salerno during a visit last year to a new BSL-3 lab in Bandung, Indonesia. STAS Bioindustry Initiative:
Redirecting Iraqi weapons scientists STAS Dr. Alex Dehgan US State Department, STAS Soviet-made Frog 7’s
Supporting Redirection: Creating a Virtual Science Library for Iraq Dr. Susan Cumberledge, DoD DTRA; Dr. Ranjiv Khush, DoS/STAS; Dr. Alex Dehgan, DoS/NEA;Dr. Barrie Ripin, DoS; Dr. Ben Perman, DoD; Karan Nain, Pakistan STAS
Signing of the US-Libyan S & T Agreement U. S. Department of State 3 January 2008 Science Diplomacy in the US Department of State STAS Conference on Women in Science Kuwait, 2007
STAS Path of Totality Libya, 29 March 2006 http://www.skynightly.com/images/solar-eclipse-march-2006-bg.jpg http://www.mreclipse.com/SEphoto/TSE2006/image/T06-309w.JPG
STAS Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates at the World Economic Forum 2008 in Davos (Photo credit: Getty Images, CNN, 25 January 2008) “…. a hint of what we can accomplish if people who are experts on needs in the developing world meet with scientists who understand what the breakthroughs are, whether it’s in software or drugs.”
STAS Characterization of contamination and human health at former nuclear facilities in Iraq Texas Tech University US Department of State Government of Iraq
STAS Funding: • Texas Excellence Funds • U.S. Department of State • US CRDF • IICSI Iraq Ministry of Science and Technology Iraq Ministry of Environment International Iraq Center for Science and Industry (IICSI-State Dept. Program) International Radioecology Lab (Ukraine) International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) U.S. Civilian Research & Development Foundation (CRDF) Royal Scientific Society (Jordan) University of Science & Technology (Jordan) Texas Tech Team
STAS http://www7.nationalacademies.org/Jefferson/
Visiting a physics laboratory in Addis Ababa University Undergraduate technology students in Adama University STAS Dr. Osama Awadelkarim Jefferson Fellow US Department of State
Meeting with the Sudanese Minister of Science and Technology STAS Giving a seminar at Sudan University
Biotechnology in Agriculture: Myths and Realities, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2005 STAS Joseph Henry Press, 2004
www.biotechnologyonline.gov.au/images/ www.whybiotech.com/html/images/ http://extension.missouri.edu/explore/images/ipm1025art17d.jpg Molecular insect resistance Bt cotton STAS
Molecular insect resistance: Bt corn STAS http://www.apsnet.org/online/feature/BtCorn/Images/healthy%20ear.JPG
Fusarium ear rot -> fumonisins Kernel rot -> aflatoxin http://www.apsnet.org/online/feature/BtCorn/Images/healthy%20ear.JPG www.gmo-compass.org/images/news/257_global06.gif STAS Millions of hectares planted in GMOs
STAS cujtokyo.files.wordpress.com/2007/10/gmo-prot... www.greenpeace.org/raw/image_full/france/phot.. http://www.bayweekly.com/year01/issue9_38/images9_38/lead04protestors.jpg
STAS Flattening the World: The Role of Science and Technology Diplomacy in the 21st Century Dr. Nina V. Fedoroff Science and Technology Adviser to the Secretary of State (STAS) and the Administrator of USAID U. S. Department of State Washington, DC