Annual Report 2010 - Comsats

on ‘Information and Communication Technologies’ was also held. Short accounts of
these meetings are as follows:
Foundation Meeting of the Thematic Research Group on ‘Climate
Change and Environmental Protection’, Beijing-China
The foundation meeting of COMSATS’ Thematic Research Group on ‘Climate
Change and Environmental Protection’ was jointly held by COMSATS and its Centre
of Excellence in China, the International Centre for Climate and Environment
Sciences (ICCES), on November 20, 2010, in Beijing, China. The meeting was
chaired by Prof. Dr. Lin Zhaohui, Director ICCES, whereas COMSATS Headquarters
was represented by Engr. Farhan Ansari, Assistant Director (Programmes)
COMSATS. The meeting was held at the Foreign Experts Building in Beijing, in
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conjunction with the 9 International Workshop on Climate and Environmental
Change: Challenges for Developing Countries (November 17-19, 2010).
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A brief opening ceremony was held
at the beginning of the meeting. Prof.
Jiang Zhu, Deputy Director of the
Institute of Atmospheric Physics
(IAP), China, and Mr. Syed Ali Tallae,
Counsellor Technical Affairs of
Embassy of Pakistan in China, were
amongst the distinguished guests
who attended the opening ceremony
of the meeting. Prof. Jiang Zhu is
also a member of COMSATS’
Technical Advisory Committee
(TAC).
In order to initiate the joint research
activities under this Thematic
Research Group and to expand its
membership, representatives of the
organizations working in the area of climate sciences in the Member States of
COMSATS and other developing countries were invited to participate in the meeting.
Representatives from 13 scientific institutions from 9 developing countries, China,
India, Iran, Malaysia, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Sudan, and Zimbabwe, attended
the meeting. Besides ICCES, which is the designated Lead Centre of the Group, two
other Centres of Excellence of COMSATS were represented in the meeting. These
were the Iranian Research Organization for Science & Technology (IROST), Iran, and
COMSATS Institute of
Information Technology
(CIIT), Pakistan.
C O M S A T S
Headquarters sponsored
7 scientists/experts from
6 scientific organizations
belonging to 5
developing countries for
their international travel
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