1. ACADEMIA DE CIENCIAS DE CUBA
ICSU/ROLAC FOCAL POINTS MEETING
MARCH 10, 2015, PANAMA.
2. SUMMARY
• …the origins of the Cuban Academy
• …the origins of ICSU...
• … the Cuban Academy now…
• …the advisory role of the Cuban Academy...
• …the recognition of excellence in research…
• …the promotion of sciences in Society...
• …the Academy heritage…
• …international activities...
• …the restoration of the Academy building...
• …and the future…
5. At the end of the XVIII Century
the first enlightened societies
are created in Havana
By 1790 Havana was
the biggest port city
in the Americas.
By 1830 Havana
was the first
producer in the
whole world of:
Sugar
Coffee
Tobacco
Copper,
and Ocean Liners.
15. Informe al Pleno de la ACC del 16.11. 2013
sobre la
Presentación al Consejo de Ciencia y Tecnología de la CIDL el 24.10. 2013
ANÁLISIS DEL ESTADO DE LA CIENCIA EN CUBA DE CARA
AL CUMPLIMIENTO DE LOS LINEAMIENTOS DE LA
POLÍTICA ECONÓMICA Y SOCIAL DEL PARTIDO Y LA
REVOLUCIÓN.
16. The Cuban Minister for Science
Technology and Environment
meets with the Members of
the Cuban Academy to discuss
national science policy issues
in Havana, Santa Clara and
Santiago in mid 2014.
Santa Clara Santiago de Cuba
La Habana
32. Science. September 2005. Deciphering Dengue:
The Cuban Experience. One of 12 Voices. Maria
Guadalupe Guzmán. Member CSPR 2015-2018.
COMMEMORATING 125 YEARS OF SCIENCE.
36. Cuban Academy contribution to ICSU.
• Member of the Board 2005-2014: Sergio Jorge
Pastrana.
• Director ROLAC2011-2018: Manuel Limonta
Vidal.
• Member CFRS 2013-2018: Alberto Núñez
Selles.
• Member CSPR 2015-2018: María Guadalupe
Guzmán Tirado.
• Member RCLAC 2006-2018: First Elena Vigil
and later Lilliam Álvarez.
37. First Meeting of Global Organizations
in Science. Trieste, February 2014.
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