Tentative Programme Structure  Sunday, 16 September 2012 Dark shade: closed sessions (for members only) VENUE: Guest House Hotel 19:00 Nominations & Selections Committee Meeting   Monday, 17 September 2012 Dark shade: closed sessions (for members only) VENUE: Guest House Hotel   08:30-10:00 TWAS Prizes Committee Meeting 10:00-10:15 Refreshments 10:15-12:30 TWAS Elections Committee Meeting 12:30-14:00 Lunch 14:00-15:45 TWAS Policy Development & Future Action Committee 15:45-16:00 Refreshments 16:00-18:00 TWAS 32nd Council Meeting 18:00-19:00 TWAS Regional Offices Annual Meeting TWAS-OWSD Advisory Panel for Women in Science 19:30-21:30 Dinner     Tuesday, 18  September 2012 Dark shade: closed sessions (for members only) VENUE: Lakeview Hotel & Tianjin Great Hall   08:30-12:00 TWAS 23rd General Meeting 10:00-10:30 Refreshments 10:30-12:00 TWAS 23rd General Meeting (cont.) 12:00-13:30 Invited Lectures 13:30-14:30 Lunch 14:30-14:40 To Tianjin Great Hall 14:40-15:00 Participants and guests to be seated 15:00-16:20 Opening Ceremony and Presentation of TWAS Awards Chair: Yaping Zhang 16:20-16:30 Refreshments 16:30-18:00 Ministerial Session: STI for Economic Growth & Poverty Convener: Gretchen Kalonji 18:00-19:30 Forum on National Academies & Open Innovation Chair: Jinghai Li 19:30-20:00 Discussions 20:00-20:10 Back to Lakeview Hotel 20:00 Reception by Prof. Chunli Bai, President, CAS     Wednesday, 19 September 2012 VENUE: Lakeview Hotel   08:30-10:30 Symposium 1: Lectures on S&T Development in China Convener: Yaping Zhang 10:30-11:00 Refreshments 11:00-12:00 Abdus Salam Medal Lecture The future of science in the developing world and the role of TWAS M.H.A. Hassan 12:00-12:05 STS Forum Koji Omi 12:05-13:15 Lunch 13:15-14:00 Ernesto Illy Trieste Science Prize Lecture 14:00-17:30 Lectures by Awardees of TWAS 2011 Prizes Biological & Earth Sciences Lectures by Awardees of TWAS 2011 Prizes Physical Sciences 17:30-18:00 Refreshments 18:00-18:30 TWAS CNR Rao Prize Lecture 18:30-19:00 Atta-ur-Rahman Prize Lecture 19:00-20:00 Induction of new TWAS Members and Young Affiliates 20:00 Dinner hosted by Mayor of Tianjin city     Thursday, 20 September 2012 VENUE: Lakeview Hotel   08:30-10:00 Symposium 2: Stem cell and genomics Convener: D. Balasubramanian 10:00-11:00 Refreshments & Poster Session 11:00-13:00 Symposium 3: Interdisciplinary Convener: Ajay Sood & G. Oliva 13:00-14:00 Lunch 14:00-16:15 Medal 2012 lectures Convener: Ajay Sood 16:15-16:45 Refreshments 16:45-18:15 Presentations by Young Affiliates Biological Sciences Presentation by Young Affiliates Physics, Chemical and Engineering Sciences 18:15-18:45 TWAS-ROESEAP Prize Lecture Convener: Xin Fang Presentation by Yin Li 20:00 Dinner hosted by Chinese Academy of Engineering     Friday, 21 September 2012 VENUE: Lakeview Hotel   09:00-11:00 Presentations by Young Affiliates   Biological Sciences Presentation by Young Affiliates   Physics, Chemical and Engineering Sciences 11:00-11:30 Refreshments 11:30-12:30 Closing Ceremony 12:30-13:30 Lunch 13:30-18:30 City Tour (Program Available in the column of Tour)