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#AAASmtgPresident’s AddressMARGARETA.HAMBURG
AAAS President
Foreign Secretary, National
Academy of MedicineFundamental
Research at CERN
and International
CollaborationFABIOLA GIANOTTI
Director-General, CERN,
European Organization
for Nuclear ResearchScience Activation:
How Do We Get Our
Science Used by
Those in Power?
LUCY JONES
Founder and Chief Scientist,
Dr. Lucy Jones Center for
Science and SocietyINTERNATIONAL PANEL:
Responding Faster and Smarter
to New ProblemsMICHINARI HAMAGUCHI
President, Japan Science &
Technology AgencyMARGARET A. HAMBURG
AAAS PresidentH.E. MMAMOLOKO KUBAYIRNGUBANE
Minister of Science and Technology, Ministry
of Science & Technology, South Africa
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