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Caribbean Academy of Sciences (CAS) Jamaica Chapter, will stage
its 21st General Meeting on Thursday, April 22, 2010 @ 2:30 pm,
Chemistry Lecture Theatre-C5, the University of the West Indies, Mona. (Note this was postponed to avoid a clash with the Student Awards Ceremony) The
Caribbean Academy of Sciences (CAS) Jamaica Chapter, staged
its 20th General Meeting on Friday, January 15, 2010 @ 2:30 pm,
Chemistry Lecture Theatre-C5, the University of the West Indies, Mona. CAS held a Teachers Workshop at the Office of the Ministry of Education in Georgetown, Guyana with Theme: "Learning Science and Mathematics as Inquiry through Design Activities" from the 7th October 2009. There were 35 course participants expected, as well as an additional 20 teachers from Guyana. The workshop was sponsored by OAS, IANAS and CDB. A report on the IANAS Science Funding Landscape Workshop held in Guatemala City, Guatemala 26-28 July 2009 has been prepared by Jo-Anne Nina Sewlal, CAS Young Scientist Representative. The
Caribbean Academy of Sciences (CAS) Jamaica Chapter, staged
its 19th General Meeting on Thursday, September 17, 2009 @ 2:30 pm,
Chemistry Lecture Theatre-C5, the University of the West Indies, Mona. CAS organised a free Panel Discussion on "Swine Flu: The A/H1N1 virus" on Tuesday the 30th June at the Ampitheatre A, Eric Williams Medical Sciences Complex, Champs Fleur, Trinidad and Tobago.
More information on CAS involvement in the ICT Euro-AfriCa Project and the March Workshop is now available. CAS organised a Caribbean Conference on Information and Communication Technology (CCICT) with the theme: Research, Applications and Policies. This was held at the UWI, Mona Campus on the 16th and 17th of March, 2009. Further information and the schedule is available online. The Opening Ceremony was at 8:30 AM on Monday 16th March 2009.
Shown at the Opening Ceremony are: The Minister of State, Michael Stern, The President of CAS, Prof Tara Dasgupta, The Principal of UWI, Mona, Prof Gordon Shirley and the Dean of the Faculty of Pure and Applied Sciences at UWI, Mona, Prof Ishenkumba Kahwa. At right is a scene from the second day where over 100 were present to listen to a presentation on the impact of ICT on the environment. On the 9th and 10th October 2008, just prior to the 16th General Meeting, CAS in association with TWAS hosted a workshop for Science Teachers. The programme details are now available. Read the report on an IAP-IANAS meeting held in Brazil 4-9th August 2008. IAP Bio-Security Questionnaire The 16th General Meeting of the Jamaica Chapter was held on the April 17, 2008 at 2.30 p.m.
in Chemistry Lecture Theatre, C5. Primary School Science Education Conference Ocho Rios, JAMAICA, November 27th-29th, 2007 with Cariscience, UNESCO and CARICOM. The 14th General Meeting of the Jamaica Chapter was held at 2:30 PM on the 22nd November 2007 in Chemistry Lecture Theatre 5 at the Mona Campus of UWI. A Panel discussion was hosted by CAS in collaboration with The University of the West Indies, Faculty of Medical Sciences and the National Oncology Centre on "What every woman or man needs to know about cancer in females" Tuesday 20th November, 2007 at 6:00 p.m. at the Eric Williams Medical Sciences Complex Mount Hope, Amphitheatre B. Presentations from the IAP Conference and General Assembly in December 2006 are available on-line Latest IAP bulletin Presentations at IUPAC GA (August 2007) in Torino Proceedings from the 15th CAS Meeting held in Guadeloupe in 2006 LINKSThe following links provide information relating to the Caribbean Academy of Sciences:Customise your own CAS start page! Message from the President A Brief History of CAS CAS e-journal
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