Transatlantic Science Week Program Update 07-10-11

"GLOBAL CHALLENGES" was the title of this year's Transatlantic Science Week. Key topics were energy, health and innovation, with special focus on carbon capture and storage technologies, health research and biomedical innovation, and science policy.

Science Week 2009, "Discover, Innovate, Collaborate", September 27-30. This year's Science Week conference will for the first time be held in Minneapolis, MN. Honorary Consul General and former U.S. Vice President Walter Mondale, Norway’s Minister for Research and Higher Education Tora Aasland, Ambassador Wegger Chr. Strommen and President of the University of Minnesota Robert H. Bruininks...

Polar research, young involvement, energy future, strong women in science, cancer innovation, biotech schools, exchange champions, biobanks, global health, multilateral cooperation, a climate change update and a spectacular view of the sun and its global impact are key ingredients for Science Week 2008 in Ottawa and Washington, D.C.

The Norwegian Embassy brings together scientists from both sides of the Atlantic for its Annual Science Week at the Carnegie Institution in Washington, D.C.